1 Samuel 30 Cross References - Leeser

¹ And it came to pass when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that the ‘Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burnt it with fire; ² And had taken captive the women that were therein, both great and small: they had not slain any one, but had led them off, and gone on their way. ³ When therefore David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burnt with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, had been taken captive. ⁴ And David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep. ⁵ And the two wives of David were also taken captive, Achino’am the Yizre’elitess, and Abigayil the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. ⁶ And David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was imbittered, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David fortified himself in the Lord his God. ⁷ And David said to Ebyathar the priest, the son of Achimelech, Bring hither, I pray thee, unto me the ephod. And Ebyathar brought the ephod near unto David. ⁸ And David asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop! shall I overtake them? And he said to him, Pursue; for thou wilt surely overtake them, and certainly recover all. ⁹ So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came up to the brook Bessor, where those that were left behind stayed. ¹⁰ But David pursued on, he and four hundred men; and there stayed behind two hundred men, who were too fatigued to go over the brook Bessor. ¹¹ And they found an Egyptian man in the field, and took him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water; ¹² And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins, and he ate, and then his spirit returned to him; for he had not eaten any bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights. ¹³ And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young Egyptian man, the servant to an ‘Amalekite; and my master left me behind, because I fell sick, today three days ago. ¹⁴ We made an invasion upon the south of the Kerethites, and upon that which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and Ziklag did we burn with fire. ¹⁵ And David said to him, Wilt thou bring me down to this troop? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt not kill me, and that thou wilt not surrender me into the hand of my master, and then will I bring thee down to this troop. ¹⁶ And he brought him down; and behold, they were scattered over the face of all the country, eating and drinking, and dancing for joy, because of all the great spoil which they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah. ¹⁷ And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day; and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, who rode upon camels, and fled. ¹⁸ And David recovered all that the ‘Amalekites had taken away; and his two wives also did David rescue. ¹⁹ And there was nothing missing to them, from small to great, as also sons and daughters, and spoil, down to every thing that they had taken from them: the whole did David bring back. ²⁰ And David took all the flocks and the herds: these they drove before those other cattle, and said, This is David’s spoil. ²¹ And David came to the two hundred men, who had been too fatigued to follow after David, and whom they had left to remain at the brook Bessor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him; and David came near to the people, and asked them after their well-being. ²² Then exclaimed every wicked and worthless man, of those that had gone with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them aught of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, and these they may lead away, and go. ²³ Then said David, Ye must not do so, my brethren; since the Lord hath given us this, and guarded us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand. ²⁴ And who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as is the part of him that went down to the battle, so shall be the part of him that remained with the baggage: together must they share. ²⁵ And it happened from that day and forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel until this day. ²⁶ And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying, Behold, here is a present for you from the spoil of the enemies of the Lord: ²⁷ To those who were in Beth-el, and to those who were in south Ramoth, and to those who were in Yattir, ²⁸ And to those who were in ‘Aro’er, and to those who were in Siphmoth, and to those who were in Eshtemoa’, ²⁹ And to those who were in Rachal, and to those who were in the cities of Yerach-meelites, and to those who were in the cities of the Kenites, ³⁰ And to those who were in Chormah, and to those who were in Kor-’ashan, and to those who were in ‘Athach, ³¹ And to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men had wandered about.

¹⁴ And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants; born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them into Dan. ¹⁵ And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. ¹⁶ And he brought back all the goods; and he also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and also the women, and the people.

¹⁶ And he brought back all the goods; and he also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and also the women, and the people.

⁷ And he said, I pray you, my brethren, do not act wickedly.

⁶² And Isaac came from a walk to the well Lachai-roi; for he dwelt in the south country;

¹⁹ And he called the name of that place Beth-el; but Luz was the name of that city in former times.

⁷ Then Jacob was greatly afraid, and he felt distressed; and he divided the people that were with him, and the flocks, and the herds, and the camels, into two bands.

¹¹ Take, I pray thee, my present that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have a plenty of all. And he urged him, and he took it.

³³ And he recognized it, and said, it is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is surely torn in pieces. ³⁴ And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. ³⁵ And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I must go down unto my son, mourning, into the grave; thus his father wept for him.

⁴ And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, What shall I do unto this people? but little is wanting and they will stone me.

⁶ And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt-offerings, and brought near peace-offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.

¹⁷ And Joshua heard the noise of the people in its shouting, and he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp. ¹⁸ And he said, It is not the voice of a shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of a cry for defeat; the noise of singing do I hear. ¹⁹ And it came to pass, when he came nigh unto the camp, and he saw the calf, and the dancing: that the anger of Moses waxed hot, and he cast from his hands the tables, and broke them at the foot of the mount.

²⁷ And he said unto them, Thus hath said the Eternal, the God of Israel, Put ye every man his sword by his side, and go ye hither and thither, from gate to gate in the camp, and slay ye every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his relative. ²⁸ And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people on that day about three thousand men.

¹ And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried aloud; and the people wept that night.

¹⁰ But all the congregation said to stone them with stones: when the glory of the Lord appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation unto all the children of Israel.

³⁹ And Moses spoke these words unto all the children of Israel; and the people mourned greatly.

⁴⁵ Then came down the Amalekites, and the Canaanites that dwelt on that mountain, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Chormah.

²¹ And before Elazar the priest shall he stand, and he shall ask of him after the judgment of the Urim before the Lord: at his direction shall they go out, and at his direction shall they come in, he, and all the children of Israel with him, and all the congregation.

⁹ And the children of Israel took captives the women of Midian, and their little ones; and all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods, they took as spoil. ¹⁰ And all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their castles they burnt with fire. ¹¹ And they took all the spoil, and all the booty, both of men and of cattle. ¹² And they brought unto Moses, and to Elazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, the captives, and the booty, and the spoil, unto the camp, to the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan opposite Jericho.

²⁷ And thou shalt divide the booty, between those that carried on the war, who went out to the army, and between all the congregation.

⁴⁹ And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war who have been under our command, and there lacketh not one man of us.

⁴⁹ And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war who have been under our command, and there lacketh not one man of us. ⁵⁰ We have therefore brought an oblation unto the Lord, each what he hath gotten of vessels of gold, chains, and bracelets, finger-rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the Lord. ⁵¹ And Moses with Elazar the priest took the gold from them, all kinds of wrought articles. ⁵² And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the Lord, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels, from the captains of the thousands, and from the captains of the hundreds. ⁵³ The men of the army had taken spoil, every man for himself. ⁵⁴ And Moses and Elazar the priest took the gold from the captains of the thousands and of the hundreds, and they brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, as a memorial for the children of Israel before the Lord.

¹⁰ And when thou hast eaten and art satisfied, then shalt thou bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.

¹⁸ But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God; for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth; in order that he might fulfill his covenant which he hath sworn unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

^{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:

⁷ If there be among thee a needy man, any one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lord thy God giveth thee: thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thy hand from thy needy brother. ⁸ But thou shalt open wide thy hand unto him, and thou shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, which his want requireth. ⁹ Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thy heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thy eye be thus evil against thy needy brother, so that thou wouldst give him nought; and if he cry concerning thee unto the Lord, it will be sin in thee: ¹⁰ Thou shalt surely give him, and thy heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him; for because of this thing the Lord thy God will bless thee in all thy work, and in all the acquisition of thy hand. ¹¹ For the needy will not cease out of the land; therefore do I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open wide thy hand unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

^{7 (23:8)} Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother; thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land.

^{15 (23:16)} Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant who may escape unto thee from his master; ^{16 (23:17)} With thee shall he dwell, in the midst of thee, in the place which he may choose in any one of thy gates, where it seemeth best to him: thou shalt not oppress him.

¹² And now swear, I pray you, unto me by the Lord, because I have shown you kindness, that ye will also, for your part, show kindness, unto my father’s house; and give me a sure token,

² And Joshua sent men from Jericho to ‘Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, on the east side of Beth-el, and said unto them, thus, Go up and spy out the country. And the men went up and spied out ‘Ai.

¹⁵ And Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the princes of the congregation swore unto them.

¹⁹ And all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the Lord the God of Israel: and now we cannot touch them. ²⁰ This will we do to them, and we will let them live, that there be no wrath upon us, on account of the oath which we have sworn unto them.

⁶ And the Lord said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them; for tomorrow about this time will I give all of them up slain before Israel: their horses shalt thou hamstring and their chariots shalt thou burn with fire.

¹⁶ And their territory was from ‘Aro’er, that is on the bank of the brook Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the brook, and all the plain by Medeba;

¹³ And Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron unto Caleb the son of Yephunneh for an inheritance.

¹³ And Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron unto Caleb the son of Yephunneh for an inheritance. ¹⁴ Therefore did Hebron become the inheritance of Caleb the son of Yephunneh the Kenizzite unto this day; for the cause that he had wholly followed the Lord the God of Israel. ¹⁵ And the name of Hebron was aforetimes Kiryatharba’, who was the greatest man among the ‘Anakim. And the land had rest from war.

¹³ And unto Caleb the son of Yephunneh he gave as a portion among the children of Judah, according to the order of the Lord to Joshua, Kiryath-arba’ the father of ‘Anak, which is Hebron.

⁴² Libnah, and ‘Ether, and ‘Ashan,

⁴⁸ And in the mountains, Shamir, and Yattir, and Sochoh,

⁵⁰ And ‘Anab, and Eshtemoh, and ‘Anim.

² And the boundary went out from Beth-el to Luz, and passed along unto the boundary of the Arkites to ‘Ataroth,

⁴ And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Chormah,

⁸ And all the villages that were round about these cities up to Ba’alath-beer, South Ramah. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.

¹⁴ And Yattir with its open spaces, and Eshtemoa’ with its open spaces.

⁸ And he said unto them, as followeth, With much riches return unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with copper, and with iron, and with very many garments: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.

¹⁶ And the children of the Kenite, the father-in-law of Moses, went up out of the city of palm-trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which is at the south of ‘Arad; and they went and dwelt with the people. ¹⁷ And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they smote the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and devoted it. And the name of the city was called Chormah.

²² And the house of Joseph, these also, went up against Beth-el; and the Lord was with them. ²³ And the house of Joseph sent to spy out Beth-el: now the name of the city formerly was Luz. ²⁴ And the watchers saw a man coming forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will show thee kindness. ²⁵ And he showed them the entrance into the city, and they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but the man and all his family they let go free.

⁴ And it came to pass, when the messenger of the Lord spoke these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

¹⁶ And Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the army, unto Charosheth-hagoyim: and all the army of Sissera fell by the edge of the sword; there was not left even one.

⁴ And Gid’on came to the Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, and in pursuit. ⁵ And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, a few loaves of bread unto the people that are in my train; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebach and Zalmunna,’ the kings of Midian.

¹⁵ And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold here are Zebach and Zalmunna’, with whom ye derided me, saying, Is the sole of the foot of Zebach and Zalmunna’ now already in thy hand, that we should give unto thy weary men bread?

¹⁹ But God clave a hollow place that was at Lechi, and there came forth water out of it; and he drank, and his spirit came again, and he revived; wherefore he called the name thereof ‘En-hakkore, which is in Lechi unto this day.

²³ And the lords of the Philistines gathered themselves together to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice; and they said, Our god hath delivered into our hand Samson our enemy. ²⁴ And when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hand our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, and him who hath slain so many of us. ²⁵ And it came to pass, when their heart was merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make sport for us. And they called for Samson out of the prison-house; and he made sport before them; and they placed him between the pillars. ²⁶ And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me to go and let me feel the pillars whereupon the house is supported, that I may lean upon them. ²⁷ Now the house was full of men and women; and there were all the lords of the Philistines; and upon the roof were about three thousand men and women, that looked on while Samson made sport. ²⁸ And Samson called unto the Lord, and said, O Lord Eternal, remember me, I pray thee, and do thou strengthen me only this once, O God, that I may be avenged for one of my two eyes on the Philistines. ²⁹ And Samson threw his arms around the two middle pillars upon which the house was supported, and he leaned on them, on one with his right hand, and on the other with his left. ³⁰ And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bent them with might, and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead whom he slew at his death were more than those whom he had slain in his life.

²⁵ And the children of Dan said unto him, Cause not thy voice to be heard among us, lest men of an embittered spirit assail thee, and thou lose thy life, with the life of thy household.

²² As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, worthless people, beset the house round about, knocking at the door; and they said to the master of the house, the old man, thus, Bring forth the man that in come to thy house, that we may know him. ²³ And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, No, my brethren, I pray you, act not wickedly; since this man is once come into my house, do not this scandalous thing.

¹⁸ And they arose, and went up to Beth-el, and asked counsel of God; and the children of Israel said, Who of us shall go up at first to the battle with the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Judah, at first.

²³ And the children of Israel went up and wept before the Lord until the evening, and asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I again approach to battle with the children of Benjamin my brother? And the Lord said, Go up against him.

²⁸ And Phinehas, the son of Elazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, shall I yet continue to go out to battle with the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I forbear? And the Lord said, Go up; for tomorrow will I deliver him into thy hand.

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 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.

¹⁰ But she had bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept greatly.

⁷ The Lord maketh poor and maketh rich: he bringeth low and also lifteth up.

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

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

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

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

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

³¹ And they smote on that day among the Philistines from Michmash to Ayalon; and the people were very faint.

³⁷ And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not on that day.

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

⁶ And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from the midst of the ‘Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; whereas ye acted kindly with all the children of Israel, at their coming up out of Egypt. And the Kenites departed from the midst of the ‘Amalekites. ⁷ And Saul smote the ‘Amalekites from Chavilah until thou comest to Shur, that is before Egypt.

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

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

²⁰ And there escaped one of the sons of Achimelech the son of Achitub, whose name was Ebyathar, and he fled after David. ²¹ And Ebyathar told David that Saul had slain the priests of the Lord.

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

² Thereupon David asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I go and smite among these Philistines? And the Lord said unto David, Go and smite among the Philistines, and deliver Ke’ilah. ³ And David’s men said unto him, Behold, here in Judah are we afraid: how much more then if we should go to Ke’ilah against the battle-arrays of the Philistines? ⁴ Then David asked yet again counsel of the Lord. And the Lord answered him and said, Arise, Go down to Ke’ilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thy hand.

⁴ Then David asked yet again counsel of the Lord. And the Lord answered him and said, Arise, Go down to Ke’ilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thy hand. ⁵ So David and his men went to Ke’ilah; and he fought with the Philistines, and lead away their cattle, and smote among them a great slaughter. So David delivered the inhabitants of Ke’ilah. ⁶ And it came to pass, when Ebyathar the son of Achimelech, fled over to David, to Ke’ilah, that the ephod came down with him. ⁷ And it was told to Saul that David was come to Ke’ilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars. ⁸ And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Ke’ilah, to besiege David and his men. ⁹ And David understood that Saul secretly devised mischief against him; and he said to Ebyathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod. ¹⁰ Then said David, O Lord, God of Israel, thy servant hath heard for certain that Saul seeketh to come to Ke’ilah, to destroy the city for my sake. ¹¹ Will the men of Ke’ilah surrender me into his hand? will Saul come down as thy servant hath heard? O Lord, God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the Lord said, He will come down. ¹² Then said David, Will the men of Ke’ilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul! And the Lord said, They will surrender.

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

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

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

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.

²⁷ And now this present which thy hand-maid hath brought unto my Lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow in the train my Lord.

³⁶ And Abigayil came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, and he was exceedingly drunken; wherefore she told him not a word, either little or great, until the morning-light. ³⁷ But it happened in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, that his wife told him these things; and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. ³⁸ And it came to pass in about ten days thereafter, that the Lord struck Nabal, and he died.

⁴² And Abigayil hastened, and arose, and rode upon an ass, with her five damsels that went in her train; and she went after the messengers of David, and she became his wife. ⁴³ David also took Achino’am of Yizre’el; and both of them became thus his wives.

² And David arose, and he passed over himself with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Ma’och, the king of Gath. ³ And David remained with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, also David with his two wives, Achino’am the Yizre’elitess, and Abigayil, Nabal’s wife, the Carmelitess.

⁸ And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gizrites, and the ‘Amalekites; for these nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, till thou comest to Shur, and as far as the land of Egypt. ⁹ And David smote the land, and left not alive either man or woman, and took away the flocks, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish. ¹⁰ And Achish said, Whither have ye made an inroad today? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Yerachmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.

¹⁰ And Achish said, Whither have ye made an inroad today? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Yerachmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites. ¹¹ And David left not alive either man or woman, to bring them to Gath, saying, That they may not tell on us, saying, So hath David done, and so is his custom all the days he hath dwelt in the fields of the Philistines.

⁶ And Saul asked counsel of the Lord; but the Lord answered him not, either by means of dreams, or by means of the Urim, or by means of the prophets.

¹⁵ And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am greatly distressed, and the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and hath not answered me any more, either by the agency of the prophets, or by means of dreams; wherefore I have called thee, to make known unto me what I shall do. ¹⁶ Then said Samuel, And why wilt thou ask me, seeing the Lord is departed from thee, and is become thy enemy?

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

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

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

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

⁸ And David asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop! shall I overtake them? And he said to him, Pursue; for thou wilt surely overtake them, and certainly recover all. ⁹ So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came up to the brook Bessor, where those that were left behind stayed. ¹⁰ But David pursued on, he and four hundred men; and there stayed behind two hundred men, who were too fatigued to go over the brook Bessor.

¹³ And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young Egyptian man, the servant to an ‘Amalekite; and my master left me behind, because I fell sick, today three days ago. ¹⁴ We made an invasion upon the south of the Kerethites, and upon that which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and Ziklag did we burn with fire.

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

¹⁸ And David recovered all that the ‘Amalekites had taken away; and his two wives also did David rescue. ¹⁹ And there was nothing missing to them, from small to great, as also sons and daughters, and spoil, down to every thing that they had taken from them: the whole did David bring back.

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

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

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

¹ And it came to pass after this, that David asked counsel of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up into one of the cities of Judah? And the Lord said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron. ² So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Achino’am the Yizre’elitess, and Abigayil, Nabal’s wife, the Carmelite.

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

² And there were born unto David sons in Hebron: and his first-born was Amnon, of Achino’am the Yizre’elitess; ³ And his second was Kilab, of Abigayil the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Abshalom, the son of Ma’achah the daughter of Talmai the king of Geshur;

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

¹⁹ And David asked counsel of the Lord, saying, shall I go up against the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into my hand? And the Lord said unto David, Go up; for I will certainly deliver the Philistines into thy hand.

²³ And when David asked counsel of the Lord, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but turn about and fall in the rear of them, and come upon them opposite to the mulberry-trees.

¹⁸ And Banayahu the son of Yehoyada’ was over both the Kerethites and the Pelethites; and David’s sons were officers of state.

²⁸ Now Abshalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye, I pray you, when Annon’s heart is merry with wine, and I say unto you, Smite Amnon: then kill him, fear not; behold, it is I who command it you; be firm and show yourselves men of valor.

¹⁰ But Abshalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, When ye hear the sound of the cornet, then shall ye say, Abshalom is become king at Hebron.

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.

³⁸ Thereupon Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benayahu the son of Yehoyada’, and the Kerethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David’s mule, and conducted him to Gichon.

⁴⁴ And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benayahu the son of Yehoyada’, and the Kerethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king’s mule;

²⁶ And unto Ebyathar the priest said the king, Go to ‘Anathoth, unto thy own fields; for thou art a man worthy of death; but on this day will I not put thee to death; because thou hast borne the ark of the Lord Eternal before David my father, and because thou was afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted.

²⁹ And he placed the one in Beth-el, and the other put he in Dan.

²⁹ And they encamped one opposite the other for seven days. And it happened, that on the seventh day the battle took place: and the children of Israel smote the Syrians a hundred thousand men on foot in one day. ³⁰ But those that were left fled to Aphek, into the city; but the city-wall fell upon the twenty and seven thousand men that had been left. And Ben-hadad fled, and came into the city, into an innermost chamber.

¹⁰ And seat two men, worthless fellows, opposite to him, and let them bear witness against him, saying, Thou hast blasphemed God and the king; and then lead him forth, and stone him, that he may die.

¹³ And there came in two men, worthless fellows, and seated themselves opposite to him; and these worthless men testified against him, against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth hath blasphemed God and the king. Then they led him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

²⁷ And she came to the man of God to the mount, and caught hold of his feet; and Gechazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is grieved within her; and the Lord hath hidden it from me, and hath not told it me.

¹⁵ And he returned to the man of God, he with all his camp, and came and stood before him, and said, Behold, now I know that there is no god on all the earth, but in Israel; and now, I pray thee, take a present from thy servant.

¹ And these are those that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, confederates for the war, ² Who were armed with bows, and could use both the right and the left hand in hurling stones and shooting arrows with the bow, even of the brethren of Saul out of Benjamin. ³ The chiefs were Achi’ezer, then Joash, the sons of Hashema’ab the Gib’athite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of ‘Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the ‘Anthothite, ⁴ And Yishma’yah the Gib’onite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jachaziel, and Jochanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite, ⁵ El’uzai, and Jerimath, and Be’alyah, and Shemaryahu, and Shephatyahu, the Chariphite, ⁶ Elkanah, and Yishiyahu, and ‘Azarel, and Jo’ezer, and Jashob’am, the Korchites, ⁷ And Jo’elah, and Zebadyah, the sons of Jerocham of Gedor. ⁸ And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the strong-hold in the wilderness mighty men of valor, and men of the army for the war, that could handle shield and lance, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as the roebucks upon the mountains in swiftness. ⁹ ‘Ezer was the chief, ‘Ohadiah the second, Eliab the third, ¹⁰ Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth. ¹¹ ‘Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, ¹² Jochanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, ¹³ Jirmiyahu the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh. ¹⁴ These were of the sons of Gad, the chiefs of the army, one of the least could fight with a hundred, and the greatest with a thousand. ¹⁵ These are those that passed over the Jordan in the first month, when it had overflowed all its banks; and they put to flight all the men of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west.

¹⁷ And Benayahu the son of Jehoyada’ was over the Kerethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were the first at the side of the king.

¹² And riches and honor come from thee, and thou rulest over all; and in thy hand are power and might; and it is in thy hand to make great, and to give strength unto all. ¹³ And now, O our God, we give thanks unto thee, and praise thy glorious name. ¹⁴ For who am I, and what is my people, that we should possess the power to offer voluntarily after this sort? for from thee is every thing, and out of thy own have we given unto thee.

²⁵ And then came Jehoshaphat and his people to plunder their booty, and they found among them in abundance both riches and dead bodies, and costly vessels, which they stript off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in plundering the booty, for it was so much.

¹ Now when ‘Ezra prayed, and when he made his confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there gathered themselves unto him out of Israel a very large assembly of men and women and children; for the people wept exceedingly much.

¹⁶ Go, assemble together all the Jews who are now present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, so that ye neither eat nor drink three days, either night or day; also I myself with my maidens will fast in like manner; and then will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law; and if I then perish, I perish.

¹⁰ Behold, thou hast indeed placed a fence about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath, on every side: the work of his hands hast thou blessed, and his cattle are far spread out in the land.

¹⁵ Lo, though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: only I will argue my own ways before him.

⁵ That the triumphal shouting of the wicked is ever of but a recent date, and the joy of the hypocrite endureth only for a moment.

¹³ If ever I cast aside the justice due to my man-servant and my maid-servant, when they contended with me: ¹⁴ What then could I do when God should rise up? and when he should investigate, what could I answer him? ¹⁵ Did not he that made me make him born or a woman? and did not the same one fashion us in the womb?

¹¹ And said, Thus far mayest thou come, but no farther; and here shall be stayed thy strength in the pride of thy waves?

^{6 (18:7)} When in my distress I called upon the Lord, and unto my God I cried: he heard from his temple my voice, and my complaint came before him, even into his ears.

^{42 (18:43)} And I beat them small as the dust before the wind: like the dirt in the streets do I cast them out.

¹⁷ The distresses of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my afflictions.

¹ Of David. Judge me, O Lord; for I have indeed walked in my integrity: and in the Lord have I trusted; I shall not slip. ² Try me, O Lord, and prove me; purify my reins and my heart.

¹ Of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; of whom shall I be afraid? the Lord is the fortress of my life; of whom shall I have dread? ² When evil-doers come near against me to eat up my flesh, my assailants and my enemies at me: then do they stumble and fall. ³ If an army should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: if war should arise against me, even then will I have trust.

¹⁴ Wait on the Lord; be strong, and let thy heart be of good courage; and only wait on the Lord.

¹ By David, when he disguised his reason before Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed. ^(34:2) I will bless the Lord at all times: continually shall his praise be in my mouth. ^{2 (34:3)} My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear it, and be rejoiced. ^{3 (34:4)} Oh magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together. ^{4 (34:5)} I sought the Lord, and he answered me, and from all that I dreaded did he deliver me. ^{5 (34:6)} They who looked unto him, were indeed enlightened, and their faces were not put to the blush. ^{6 (34:7)} This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and out of all his distresses did he save him. ^{7 (34:8)} The angel of the Lord encampeth round about those who fear him, and delivereth them. ^{8 (34:9)} Experience and see that the Lord is good: happy is the man that trusteth in him. ^{9 (34:10)} Oh fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to those who fear him. ^{10 (34:11)} The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger; but those who seek the Lord shall not want any good.

^{19 (34:20)} Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but out of them all the Lord ever delivereth him.

²⁷ Let those shout, and rejoice, that desire my righteousness: yea, let them say continually, Great is the Lord, who desireth the welfare of his servant.

¹ To the chief musician, a psalm of David. ^(40:2) I had waited patiently for the Lord, when he inclined himself unto me, and heard my cry. ^{2 (40:3)} And he brought me up out of the noiseful deep, out of the miry clay, and he set up my feet upon a rock, making firm my steps.

^{5 (42:6)} Why art thou cast down, O my soul, and disquieted in me? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet thank him, because of the salvation of his countenance.

^{7 (42:8)} Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls: all thy waves and thy billows have passed over me.

^{11 (42:12)} Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within met? Hope thou in God; for I shall yet thank him, the salvation of my countenance, and my God.

^{2 (44:3)} Thou, with thy hand, didst indeed drive out nations, and plant them; thou didst ill-treat people, and cause them to spread out. ^{3 (44:4)} For not by their sword did they obtain possession of the land, and their own arm brought them no victory; but thy right hand, and thy arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst given them thy favor. ^{4 (44:5)} Thou art my King, O God: ordain salvation for Jacob. ^{5 (44:6)} Through thee will we butt down our assailants: through thy name will we tread under foot our opponents. ^{6 (44:7)} For not in my bow will I trust, and my sword shall not help me. ^{7 (44:8)} But thou helpest us against our assailants, and those that hate us thou puttest to shame.

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

^{3 (56:4)} The day when I am afraid, I will still trust in thee. ^{4 (56:5)} In God will I praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not be afraid: what can flesh do unto me?

^{11 (56:12)} In God have I put my trust; I will not be afraid: what can man do unto me?

¹ To the chief musician, upon Jeduthun, a psalm of David. ^(62:2) Only in God my soul trusted in silence: from him cometh my salvation.

^{5 (62:6)} Yea, in God hope in silence, my soul; for from him is my expectation.

^{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. ^{9 (62:10)} Verily nought are the sons of common men, a lie the sons of the great; they must rise in the balance; they are altogether lighter than nought.

^{12 (68:13)} The kings of the armies flee away—flee away: yet she that tarried at home divideth the spoil.

^{18 (68:19)} Thou didst ascend on high, lead away captives, receive gifts among men, yea, even the rebellious, to dwell among them. O Lord God.

^{10 (76:11)} For the fury of man shall praise thee: the remainder of the fury wilt thou gird about thee.

⁹ Because thou hast said, The Lord is my protection, the Most High hast thou made thy refuge: ¹⁰ No evil shall befall thee, nor shall any plague come nigh unto thy tent.

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.

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.

¹⁰ I believe, therefore will I speak: I was greatly afflicted;

⁸ It is better to seek shelter with the Lord than to trust in man. ⁹ It is better to seek shelter with the Lord than to trust in princes. ¹⁰ All nations encompassed me about; but in the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off. ¹¹ They encompassed me about: yea, they compassed about, but in the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off. ¹² They encompassed me about like bees; they blazed up like the fire of thorns; but in the name of the Lord I will surely cut them off. ¹³ Thou hast thrust violently at me that I might fall; but the Lord assisted me.

⁷ The Lord will guard thee against all evil: he will guard thy soul. ⁸ The Lord will guard thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth and for evermore.

⁵ Trust in the Lord with all thy heart: and upon thy own understanding do not rely. ⁶ In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he will make level thy paths.

¹⁰ A righteous man careth for the life of his beast; but the mercies of the wicked are cruelty.

¹⁰ The name of the Lord is a strong tower, whereunto the righteous runneth, and is placed in safety.

¹⁶ A man’s gift maketh room for him, and before great men will it lead him. ¹⁷ He that is first in his cause seemeth just; but when his neighbor cometh, then will it be investigated. ¹⁸ The lot causeth disputes to cease, and it decideth between the mighty. ¹⁹ A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong town; and quarrels among brothers are like the bars of a castle. ²⁰ From the fruit of a man’s mouth is his body satisfied; with the product of his lips doth he satisfy himself. ²¹ Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they that love it will eat its fruit. ²² Whoso hath found a wife hath found happiness, and hath obtained favor from the Lord. ²³ The poor speaketh entreatingly; but the rich answereth roughly. ²⁴ A man’s many companions are hurtful to him; but there is many a friend that cleaveth closer than a brother.

²¹ If thy enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink;

¹³ And behold there are gladness and joy, slaying of oxen, and killing of sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: “Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we must die.”

⁴ For thou hast become a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy when he is distressed; a protection from the tempest, a shadow from the heat; for the wrathful breath of the tyrants is like the tempest against a wall.

⁸ In measure, by driving him forth, thou strivest with him: he removed him with his violent storm on the day of the east wind. ⁹ Therefore by this only shall the iniquity of Jacob be atoned; and this shall be all the fruit of the taking away of his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as limestones that are beaten in pieces, when there shall not arise again any groves and sun-images.

⁸ But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and he ever persisteth by liberal things.

¹⁴ And Hezekiah took the letter out of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the Lord, and spread it out before the Lord. ¹⁵ And Hezekiah prayed unto the Lord, saying, ¹⁶ O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, who dwellest between the cherubim, thou art the true God, thou alone, for all the kingdoms of the earth; for it is thou who hast made the heavens and earth. ¹⁷ Bend down, O Lord, thy ear, and hear; open, O Lord, thy eye, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he hath sent to blaspheme the living God. ¹⁸ Truly, Lord, the kings of Assyria have devastated all the nations, and their land; ¹⁹ And they have placed their gods into the fire; for they are no gods, but the work of man’s hands, wood and stone; and these have they destroyed. ²⁰ And now, O Lord our God, save us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord, thou alone.

²⁹ He giveth to the faint strength; and to the powerless he imparteth much might. ³⁰ Though youths should grow faint and be weary, and young men should utterly stumble: ³¹ Yet they that wait upon the Lord shall acquire new strength, they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk, and not become faint.

¹² Therefore will I divide him a portion with the many, and with the strong shall he divide the spoil; because he poured out his soul unto death, and with transgressors was he numbered: while he bore the sin of many, and for the transgressors he let evil befall him.

¹⁹ O Lord, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge on the day of trouble, unto thee shall nations come from the ends of the earth, and say, Nothing but falsehood had our fathers inherited, vanity, wherein there is no profit.

¹³ And he took one of the royal seed, and made a covenant with him, and bound him with an oath; but the mighty of the land did he take away;

¹⁶ As I live, saith the Lord Eternal, surely in the residence of the king that hath made him king, whose oath he hath despised, and whose covenant he hath broken, even near him in the midst of Babylon shall he die.

¹⁹ Therefore thus hath said the Lord Eternal, As I live, surely my oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken,—even this will I bring upon his own head.

¹⁶ Therefore thus hath said the Lord Eternal, Behold, I will stretch out my hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Kerethim, and destroy the remnant of the dwellers of the sea-coast.

¹ King Belshazzar prepared a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and before these thousand did he drink wine. ² Belshazzar ordered, through the counsel of the wine, to bring in the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken away out of the temple which was in Jerusalem: that the king, and his lords, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therefrom. ³ Then they brought in the golden vessels that were taken away out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his lords, his wives, and his concubines, drank from them. ⁴ They drank wine, and praised their gods of gold, and of silver, of copper, of iron, of wood, and of stone.

^{17 (2:1)} And the Lord made ready a large fish to swallow up Jonah: and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

¹⁶ Therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; because through them is his portion fat, and his food marrowy.

¹⁷ For the fig-tree doth not bud, and no fruit is on the vines; the productiveness of the olive deceiveth, and the fields yield no food; from the fold the flocks are cut off, and there are no herds in the stalls. ¹⁸ Yet will I rejoice in the Lord, I will exult in the God of my salvation.

⁵ Woe unto the inhabitants of the district by the sea, the nation of the Kerethites! the word of the Lord is against you, O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that no inhabitant shall remain.