1 Samuel 13 Cross References - Thomson

¹ [Omitted] ² Then Saul chose for himself three thousand men from among the men of Israel, two thousand of whom were with Saul at Machmas and mount Baithel, and one thousand with Jonathan, at Gabaa, in Benjamin. And the rest of the people he dismissed every man to his tent. ³ And Jonathan smote Nasib, the Philistine, who was in the fortress, and the Philistines heard of it, and Saul sounded a trumpet through all the land, saying, The servants have revolted. ⁴ And when all Israel heard the news that Saul had smitten Nasib the Philistine; though Israel had been put to shame by the Philistines, yet all the children of Israel went up after Saul to Galgala. ⁵ And the Philistines assembled for battle against Israel; and there came up against Israel, thirty thousand charioteers, and six thousand cavalry, and people like the sand on the sea shore for multitude, and they encamped at Machmas, over against Baithoron, southward. ⁶ And when Israel saw that they were strictly enjoined not to offer sacrifices, the people hid themselves in caves, and in dens, and among rocks, and in pits, and wells, ⁷ and some crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad, and Galaad. As for Saul, he was still at Galgal; but all the people who followed him were in the utmost dread. ⁸ And when he had waited seven days according to appointment, as Samuel said, and Samuel did not come to Galgal, and his people were dispersed from him, ⁹ Saul said, Bring your offerings, that I may offer a whole burnt offering and peace offerings. So he offered the whole burnt offering. ¹⁰ And just as he had finished carrying up the whole burnt offering, Samuel arrived, and Saul went out to meet him, that he might give the blessing. ¹¹ And Samuel said, What hast thou done? Whereupon Saul said, Because I saw that the people were dispersed from me, and that thou wast not come, in the appointed days, and that the Philistines were assembled at Machmas, ¹² I said, Now will the Philistines come down upon me to Galgal, and I have not made my supplication to the Lord, therefore I forced myself, and offered the whole burnt offering. ¹³ And Samuel said to Saul, It is of no avail to thee, because thou hast not kept my command which the Lord commanded thee. Till now the Lord had prepared thy kingdom over Israel for ever: ¹⁴ but now thy kingdom will not be continued to thee. But the Lord will seek for himself a man after his own heart; and the Lord will appoint him to be ruler over his people, because thou hast not kept all that the Lord commanded thee. ¹⁵ Then Samuel arose, and departed from Galgal, and the remnant of the people went up after Saul, to overtake the men of war. And when they were come from Galgal to Gabaa of Benjamin, Saul reviewed the people who were with him, about six hundred men. ¹⁶ So Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people who were with them, halted at Gabaa of Benjamin, and wept. ¹⁷ Now while the Philistines lay encamped at Machmas, there went out spoilers from the field of the Philistines, in three bands. One band took the way of Gophera, to the land of Sogel; ¹⁸ another took the way to Baithoron, and another took the way of Gabaa, which leadeth by Gai to Sabim. ¹⁹ [Now there was not a blacksmith to be found in all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, The Hebrews must not make a sword or a spear; ²⁰ so that all the Israelites went down to the land of the Philistines, every one to get a scythe, or a tool made; and every one to get his ax, or his sickle. ²¹ And when a vine dresser wanted to prune his vineyard, his tools cost him three shekels for a saw; and his ax and his pruning hook cost the same. ²² So that in the days of the battle of Machmas there was not a sword, or a spear found in the hand of all the people who were with Saul and Jonathan. They were to be found with Saul only, and Jonathan his son.] ²³ Now from the main body of the Philistines, there was an advanced party on the side of Machmas.

¹³ And the Lord God said to the woman, "Why hast thou done this?" And the woman said, "The serpent seduced me and I ate."

¹⁰ Then the Lord said, "What hast thou done? The voice of thy brother's blood crieth to me out of the ground.

² made war on Balla king of Sodom, and on Barsa king of Gomorra, and on Sennaar king of Adama, and Sumobor king of Seboeim, and the king of Balak which is Segor.

¹⁷ with blessings I will indeed bless thee; and I will multiply thy seed abundantly as the stars of heaven and as the sand on the sea shore: and thy seed shall inherit the cities of their adversaries;

³⁰ Thereupon Jacob said to Symeon and Levi, You have made me an object of hatred so as to be deemed a mortal enemy to all the inhabitants of the land, both to the Chananites and the Pherezites. Now as I am few in number they will assemble against me and fall upon me, and I and my house shall be utterly destroyed.

³⁴ you will say, We thy servants are feeders of cattle from our youth even to this time, as well as our fathers; that you may dwell in Gesem-Arabia. For every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians.

²¹ they said to them, God look upon you and judge. For you have made the smell of us horrible before Pharao and before his servants to put a sword in his hand to kill us.

⁵ Your sheep shall be without blemish, a male and in its first year. You may take either from the lambs or the kids.

¹⁰ And as Pharao approached; the children of Israel raising their eyes saw the Egyptians encamping in their rear and were greatly terrified. And the Israelites cried to the Lord, ¹¹ and said to Moses, Was it because there were no graves in the land of Egypt, that thou hast brought us out to die in the wilderness? Why hast thou dealt thus with us in bringing us out of Egypt? ¹² Is not this what we told thee in Egypt saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it was better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in this wilderness.

¹⁷ and I will set my face against you; and you shall fall before your enemies; and they who hate you shall pursue you; and you shall flee when there is none pursuing you.

³⁶ And upon those of you who are left, I will bring a slavery, which shall reach their very hearts, in the land of their enemies. The sound of a leaf driven by the wind will scare them; and they shall flee like those who flee from a battle, and shall fall when none pursueth. ³⁷ And brother shall overlook brother as in a battle, though none attacketh; and you shall not be able to withstand your enemies.

¹ Now the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, had a great multitude of cattle, and having taken a view of the country of Jazer, and the region of Galaad, and seen that it was a place fit for stock, ² the Reubenites and the Gadites came to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the chiefs of the congregation and said, ³ Ataroth, and Daibon, and Jazer, and Namra, and Esebon, and Eleale, and Sebama, and Nabo, and Baian, ⁴ the land which the Lord delivered up before the children of Israel, is a land fit for raising stock, and thy servants have cattle; ⁵ if therefore, said they, we have found favour in thy sight, let this land be given to thy servants for a possession, and cause us not to cross the Jordan.

³³ So Moses gave them, namely, to the Gadites and the Reubenites, and to the half of the tribe of Manasses, one of the sons of Joseph, the kingdom of Seon, king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Basan, the land and the cities, with the boundaries thereof, even the cities of the land round about. ³⁴ And the Gadites rebuilt Daibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, ³⁵ and Sophar, and Jazer, and raised these, namely, ³⁶ Namram and Baithara, fenced cities, and folds for sheep. ³⁷ And the Reubenites rebuilt Esebon, and Eleale, and Kariatham, ³⁸ and Beelmeon, which they enclosed all around, and Sebama; and they named the cities which they rebuilt after their own names. ³⁹ Now a descendant of Machir, son of Manasses, had gone to Galaad, and taken it, and destroyed the Amorite who dwelt there. ⁴⁰ So Moses gave Galaad to the community of Machir, son of Manasses, and they dwelt there. ⁴¹ And Jair, of the tribe of Manasses, went and took their sheepcots, and called them the sheepcots of Jair. ⁴² And Nabau went and took Kaath, and its villages, and called them Naboth after his own name.

¹² And we took possession of this land, at that time, from Aroer, which is on the bank of the brook Arnon, and the half of mount Galaad; and I gave all the cities thereof to Reuben, and Gad.

⁶ and to that place you shall bring your whole burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your oblations, and your vows, and your free will offerings, and your thank offerings, and the firstlings of your herds, and flocks;

⁸ And the scribes shall further speak to the people, and say, Is there any man fearful, and faint hearted; let him go, and return to his family, lest he make the heart of his brother faint as his own.

²⁵ May the Lord deliver thee up to slaughter before thine enemies, so that thou mayst go out one way to meet them, and flee seven ways from before them; and be a dispersion among all the kingdoms of the earth;

⁹ And the Lord said to Joshua son of Nave, This day I have taken away from you the reproach of Egypt. So he called the name of that place Galgala.

² so that when Joshua sent men to Gai, which is over against Baithel, saying, Take a view of Gai; and the men had gone up, and viewed Gai,

¹⁹ Whereupon Joshua said to Achar, Give glory this day to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession, and tell me what thou hast done, and conceal it not from me.

²⁰ And when the inhabitants of Gai looked back, they saw a smoke rising from the city, up to heaven, and had no where to flee, this way or that.

¹¹ And as they were fleeing from before Israel, at the descent of Oronin, the Lord poured a storm of hail stones from heaven upon them, all the way to Azeka; so that there were more who died by the hail stones, than the children of Israel slew with the sword in battle.

⁴ and they, and their kings with them, came out like the sand of the sea for multitude, with horses and chariots in great abundance.

²⁴ And to the children of Gad, according to their communities, Moses gave, ²⁵ and these were their borders, Jazer, all the cities of Galaad, and the half of the land of Ammon, even to Araba, which is in front of Arad, ²⁶ and from Esebon to Araboth, over against Massepha, and Botanim, and Maan to the border of Daibon, ²⁷ and Enadom, and Othargai, and Bainthanabra, and Sokchotha, and Saphan, and the residue of the kingdom of Seon, king of Esebon. And the Jordan is their boundary, to a part of the sea of Cheneroth, on the east side of the Jordan. ²⁸ This is the possession of the children of Gad, according to their communities, and according to their cities. According to their communities they can face their enemies; for their cities, and their sheepcots, were distributed according to their communities. ²⁹ And to the half of the tribe of Manasses, according to their communities, Moses gave, ³⁰ and these were their borders; from Maan, all the kingdom of Basan, even all the kingdom of Og, king of Basan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Basanitis, sixty cities, ³¹ and the half of Galaad, and in Astaroth, and in Edrain, the cities of the kingdom of Og, in Basanitis. These he gave to the Machirites, the children of Manasses, to one half of the Machirites, the children of Manasses, according to their communities.

³ and proceed westward, along the borders of Aptalim, till it reacheth the borders of lower Baithoron; and the termination thereof is to be at the sea.

⁵ the borders of the children of Ephraim, according to their communities were these. The boundary of their possession from the east were Ataroth, and Erok, till it reached the

¹² and the children of Joseph; and these were their borders. On the north their boundary was to go up from the Jordan, back of Jericho, on the north side, and to run westward to the mountain, and come out at Mabdaritis-Baithon; ¹³ thence the boundary was to run to the border of Louza, back of Louza on the south side of it, this is Baithel; thence the boundary was to run down to Maatarob-Orech, by the high land which is south of the lower Baithoron; ¹⁴ thence the boundary was to wind, and proceed to that part on the south which overlooketh the sea, from the mountain before Baithoron southward, and to terminate at Kariathbaal, that is Kariathiarim, a city of the children of Juda. This was the western part.

²³ and Aiein, and Phara, and Ephratha, ²⁴ and Karapha, and Kephira, and Moni, and Gabaa, twelve cities with their villages:

²⁸ and Jebus, this is Jerusalem, and Gabaoth-Jarim, thirteen cities with their villages. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, according to their communities.

³ and Arsola, and Bola, and Jason,

¹⁷ and from the tribe of Benjamin, Gabaon with its suburbs, and Gatheth with its suburbs,

²⁷ And when Aod came to the land of Israel, he sounded a horn on Mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel went down with him from the mountain, and he before them.

⁸ They had chosen new gods; Then was war made upon the cities of chiefs, if a buckler was seen, or a spear among forty thousand in Israel.

² And the hand of Madiam prevailed against Israel, so that because of Madiam, the Israelites made for themselves those dens which are in the mountains, and those caves and strong holds in cliffs.

³⁴ And the Spirit of the Lord came upon Gideon, and he sounded a horn, and called out Abiezer after him.

³ Now therefore speak in the hearing of the people, and say, If any man is fearful, or timorous, let him depart from mount Galaad. So there returned of the people twenty two thousand: and ten thousand were left.

¹² Now Madiam, and Amalek, and all the children of the east lay along in the valley, like grasshoppers, for multitude, and their camels were innumerable. They were like the sand on the sea shore for multitude.

⁹ Moreover the children of Ammon crossed the Jordan to fight against Juda, and Benjamin, and against Ephraim, so that the Israelites were grievously oppressed.

¹² But his master said, We will not turn aside to a strange city, in which there is none of the children of Israel, but go on to Gabaa.

⁴¹ So when Israel faced about, the men of Benjamin were struck with consternation, for they saw that evil was coming upon them,

⁴ And behold Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, The Lord be with you! And they said to him, The Lord bless thee.

³⁰ For this cause, thus saith the Lord the God of Israel, I said, Thy house, and the house of thy father, shall go out before me for ever; but now the Lord saith, Far be this from me; for I will honour them only who honour me. And he who despiseth me shall be despised.

¹¹ and said, This will be the prerogative of the king who shall reign over you. He will take your sons, and appoint them for his chariots, and for his horsemen, and some to run before his chariots,

¹⁶ About this time to-morrow I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be ruler over my people Israel; and he shall save my people out of the hand of the Philistines; for I have looked upon the affliction of this people; for their cry hath come up to me.

⁵ And after that thou shalt go to the mount of God, where there is a garrison of the Philistines under Nasib the Philistine; And when you there enter the city, thou wilt meet a choir of prophets coming down from the Bama, with nablas, and tympanums, and pipes, and kinaras before them, and they will be prophesying;

⁸ But when thou shalt go down to Galgal, behold I will go down to thee, to offer a burnt offering and peace offerings. Thou shalt wait seven days till I come to thee. And I will let thee know what thou art to do.

²⁶ And Saul went to his house at Gabaa, and there went with Saul a band of men, whose hearts the Lord had touched.

¹¹ Now, on the morrow, Saul divided the people into three armies, and they entered the camp in the morning watch, and smote the Ammanites till the day grew warm; and when they who were left, were dispersed, so that not two of them were found together,

¹⁴ Then Samuel spoke to the people, saying, Let us go up to Galgal, and there renew the kingdom. ¹⁵ So all the people went to Galgal; and Samuel anointed Saul to be king, before the Lord, at Galgal, and there they offered sacrifices, and peace offerings before the Lord, and Samuel and all the people rejoiced with exceeding great joy.

² Then Saul chose for himself three thousand men from among the men of Israel, two thousand of whom were with Saul at Machmas and mount Baithel, and one thousand with Jonathan, at Gabaa, in Benjamin. And the rest of the people he dismissed every man to his tent.

² Then Saul chose for himself three thousand men from among the men of Israel, two thousand of whom were with Saul at Machmas and mount Baithel, and one thousand with Jonathan, at Gabaa, in Benjamin. And the rest of the people he dismissed every man to his tent. ³ And Jonathan smote Nasib, the Philistine, who was in the fortress, and the Philistines heard of it, and Saul sounded a trumpet through all the land, saying, The servants have revolted.

³ And Jonathan smote Nasib, the Philistine, who was in the fortress, and the Philistines heard of it, and Saul sounded a trumpet through all the land, saying, The servants have revolted.

⁵ And the Philistines assembled for battle against Israel; and there came up against Israel, thirty thousand charioteers, and six thousand cavalry, and people like the sand on the sea shore for multitude, and they encamped at Machmas, over against Baithoron, southward. ⁶ And when Israel saw that they were strictly enjoined not to offer sacrifices, the people hid themselves in caves, and in dens, and among rocks, and in pits, and wells, ⁷ and some crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad, and Galaad. As for Saul, he was still at Galgal; but all the people who followed him were in the utmost dread.

¹² I said, Now will the Philistines come down upon me to Galgal, and I have not made my supplication to the Lord, therefore I forced myself, and offered the whole burnt offering. ¹³ And Samuel said to Saul, It is of no avail to thee, because thou hast not kept my command which the Lord commanded thee. Till now the Lord had prepared thy kingdom over Israel for ever:

¹⁶ So Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people who were with them, halted at Gabaa of Benjamin, and wept.

²³ Now from the main body of the Philistines, there was an advanced party on the side of Machmas.

¹ And one day Jonathan, the son of Saul, said to his servant who carried his arms, Come, let us go over to Messab of the Philistines, that is on yonder side: but he did not tell his father.

¹ And one day Jonathan, the son of Saul, said to his servant who carried his arms, Come, let us go over to Messab of the Philistines, that is on yonder side: but he did not tell his father. ² Now Saul had posted himself on the top of the hill, in the pomegranate grove, at Magdon, and there were with him about six hundred men;

² Now Saul had posted himself on the top of the hill, in the pomegranate grove, at Magdon, and there were with him about six hundred men; ³ and Achia, son of Achitob, the brother of Jochabed, son of Phineas, son of Eli, was the priest of God at Selom, wearing the ephod. And the people did not know that Jonathan was gone. ⁴ Now in the middle of the passage where Jonathan sought to cross over to the army of the Philistines, there was a point of a rock on this side, and the point of a rock on that, the name of the one was Bases, and the name of the other Senna.

⁴ Now in the middle of the passage where Jonathan sought to cross over to the army of the Philistines, there was a point of a rock on this side, and the point of a rock on that, the name of the one was Bases, and the name of the other Senna. ⁵ There was one way on the north for going to Machmas, and another way on the south, for going to Gabaa.

⁵ There was one way on the north for going to Machmas, and another way on the south, for going to Gabaa.

⁵ There was one way on the north for going to Machmas, and another way on the south, for going to Gabaa. ⁶ And when Jonathan said to his servant who carried his arms, Come let us go over to Messab of these uncircumcised Philistines, it may be, the Lord may do something for us, for there is no restraint to the Lord to save by many or by few;

¹¹ So they both went to Messab of the Philistines; and the Philistines said, Behold the Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they hid themselves.

¹⁵ And there was a consternation in the camp, and in the field; and all the people who were in Messab, and they who were spoiling, were struck with horror, and would not do any thing; for the earth trembled, and the consternation was from the Lord.

¹⁸ Then Saul said to Achia, Bring the ephod. For he at that time wore the ephod before Israel.

²³ So the Lord saved Israel that day; and the battle passed through the Bamoth, and all the people with Saul were about ten thousand men; and the battle spread to every city on mount Ephraim.

³¹ They had now smitten on that day those of the Philistines at Machmas, and as the people were very fainty,

⁵² Now there was a fierce war with the Philistines all the days of Saul. And when Saul had assembled to him every man of valour, and every man whom he saw expert in war,

¹¹ Have I had comfort for making Saul king? For he hath turned away from following me, and hath not observed my orders. Thereupon Samuel was grieved, and cried to the Lord that whole night.

¹³ And when Samuel came to Saul, Saul said to him, Blessed art thou of the Lord. I have performed all that the Lord hath spoken.

²¹ and the people have taken of the spoils, flocks and herds, as first fruits of the destruction, to sacrifice them before the Lord our God, at Galgal. ²² And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in whole burnt offerings, and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold obedience is better than good sacrifice; and to hearken, is better than the fat of rams.

²² And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in whole burnt offerings, and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold obedience is better than good sacrifice; and to hearken, is better than the fat of rams.

²⁸ Thereupon Samuel said to him, The Lord hath rent thy regal government from Israel, this day, out of thy hand, and will give it to a neighbour of thine, who is better than thou,

³⁴ Then Samuel went to Armathaim, and Saul went up to his house to Gabaa,

¹ therefore the Lord said to Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul? As for me, I have rejected him from being king over Israel. Fill thy horn with oil, and come, let me send thee to Jessai to Bethlehem; for I have seen among his sons a king for me.

¹² So he sent for him. Now he was of a ruddy complexion, with beautiful eyes, and comely in appearance to the Lord, and the Lord said to Samuel, Arise and anoint David, for he is good.

⁴⁷ and that all this assembly may know that the Lord saveth not with a sword or a spear. For the battle is the Lord's, and the Lord will deliver you into our hands.

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⁷ Now there was there that day, near the Neessaran before the Lord, one of Saul's servants. His name was Doek, the Syrian, who tended Saul's asses.

¹⁹ Then the Ziphites went up from the wilderness to Saul, on the mount, and said, Behold doth not David hide himself near us at Messara, at the straits by Kaina, on mount Echala, which is to the right of Jessamon?

³ And when he came to the sheepcots by the way side, where there was a cave, Saul went into it to prepare himself. Now David and his men had taken up their abode in the inner part of the cave.

²⁸ Then Joab sounded a trumpet and the people halted, and did not pursue Israel, nor continue the battle longer.

²⁴ Joab went to the king, and said, What is this thou hast done? Behold Abenner came to thee! Why then hast thou sent him away? And he is gone in peace?

² Heretofore, while Saul was king over us, It was thou who didst lead out and bring in Israel; and the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel.

¹⁵ but I will not withdraw my mercy from him as I withdrew it from them whom I removed from my presence. ¹⁶ His house and his kingdom shall be established for ever before me and his throne shall be raised up again for ever.

⁷ Whereupon Nathan said to David, Thou art the man who hath done this. Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel, I anointed thee to be king over Israel, and it was I who delivered thee out of the hand of Saul, ⁸ and gave thee the house of thy master, and thy master's wives into thy bosom. I gave thee also the house of Israel and Juda, and if this had not been enough, I would have added still more. ⁹ Why then hast thou despised the word of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? Thou hast slain Ourias the Chettite with the sword, and taken his wife to be thy wife. Thou hast indeed slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.

¹ men of Israel; and there happened to be there a turbulent man whose name was Sabee, son of Bochori, the chief of the Jeminites, and he sounded a trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, nor inheritance in the son of Jessai. Every man to his tent, Israel.

⁶ Give us seven men of his sons, and let us crucify to the Lord at Gabaon those of Saul who are the choice of the Lord. And the king said, I will give them.

¹⁴ Now David was then in the fortress, and there was a garrison of the Philistines then at Bethlehem.

¹⁴ Thereupon David said to Gad, I am in great straits on every side. Pray let me fall into the hands of the Lord; for very many and great are his mercies. But let me not fall into the hands of men.

²⁵ And David built there an altar to the Lord, and offered whole burnt offerings and peace offerings. Now Solomon afterwards enlarged this altar; for at first it was small. Thus the Lord was entreated for the land, and the slaughter was stopped from Israel.

⁴ So he arose and went to Gabaon because it was the highest and greatest to sacrifice there. And when Solomon had offered there a whole burnt offering of a thousand victims upon the altar of Gabaon,

²⁶ And Jeroboam said in his heart, Behold now the kingdom will revert to the house of David, ²⁷ if the people go up to Jerusalem to offer sacrifice in the house of the Lord; for the heart of the people will turn to the Lord and to their lord Roboam king of Juda and they will kill me.

¹⁸ To which Elias replied, I am not the troubler of Israel; but thou and thy father's house are, by your forsaking the Lord your God and going after the Baalims.

²⁰ And Achab said to Elias, Hast thou found me, my enemy? To which he replied, I have found thee. Because thou hast sold thyself to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to wrath,

²⁵ he went in and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him, Whence comest thou, Giezi? To which he replied, Thy servant hath not gone any where.

⁵ Return and say to Ezekias the leader of my people, Thus saith the Lord the God of thy father David, I have heard thy prayer. I have seen thy tears. Behold I will heal thee. On the third day thou shalt go up to the house of the Lord.

¹⁴ And he carried away captive from Jerusalem all the chiefs and mighty men of valour, ten thousand captives, with all the carpenters and mechanics, so that there were none left but the poor of the land.

⁶⁸ and Jekman with its suburbs, and Baithoron with its suburbs,

⁹ now therefore, Lord my God, let thy name I beseech thee be established on my father David. Seeing thou hast made me king over a people numerous as the dust of the earth,

⁵ He rebuilt also the upper and the lower Baithoron, cities fortified with walls, gates and bars;

⁹ For the eyes of the Lord look throughout the whole earth, to strengthen them whose heart is perfect towards him. In this matter thou hast acted foolishly. Henceforward thou shalt have war.

² .Jehu the son of Anani the prophet, went out to meet him, and said to him, King Josaphat, dost thou aid a sinner, or form friendship with one hated by the Lord? On this account there would have been wrath against thee,

¹⁵ therefore the wrath of the Lord was against Amasias, and he sent a prophet to him and said to him, Why hast thou sought the gods of this people, which could not deliver their own people out of thy hand? ¹⁶ But while the prophet was speaking to him lie said to him, Have I made thee a counsellor of the king? Forbear, lest thou be scourged. Thereupon the prophet held his peace, for I know, said he, that he hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened to my counsel.

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¹⁸ He is irreverent, who saith to a king, Thou transgressest: to princes, you are acting impiously.

⁷ Submit thyself to the Lord, and supplicate him; fret not at the man who prospereth in his way; at the man who committeth iniquity.

⁸ I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices. And as for thy whole burnt offerings which are continually before me, ⁹ I will not take young bulls from thy house, nor he goats from thy folds. ¹⁰ For all the beasts of the forests are mine, the cattle on the mountains, and the beeves. ¹¹ I claim all the birds of the air; and to me belong the ripe fruits of the field. ¹² If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; for the World is mine and the fulness thereof. ¹³ Do I eat the flesh of bulls? Or do I drink the blood of goats? ¹⁴ Sacrifice to God a sacrifice of praise, and pay thy vows to the Most High. ¹⁵ Then call on me in the day of trouble; and I will deliver thee and thou shalt praise me."

³ Say to God, How awful are thy works! For the greatness of thy power, let thine enemies submit to thee.

⁷⁰ and he chose David his servant and took him from the flocks of sheep;

¹⁹ At that time thou didst speak in vision to thy children and say, "I have laid help on one who is Mighty: I have exalted a chosen one of my people; ²⁰ I have found David my servant; I have anointed him with holy oil. ²¹ My hand will indeed support him. And him mine arm will strengthen. ²² Over him an enemy shall not gain advantage; nor shall a son of wickedness any more afflict him. ²³ For before him I will hew down his enemies: and them who hate him I will put to flight. ²⁴ And my truth and my mercy shall be with him; and by my name his horn shall be exalted. ²⁵ And I will put his hand on the sea; and his right hand on the rivers: ²⁶ and he will invoke me saying, Thou art my father; my God and the support of my salvation; ²⁷ and I will set him as a first born; high above all the kings of the earth. ²⁸ My mercy I will keep for him evermore. And my covenant with him shall be firm. ²⁹ And I will establish his seed forever, and his throne as the days of heaven. ³⁰ If his children forsake my law, and do not walk in my judgments; ³¹ If they profane my statutes; and do not keep my commandments: ³² I will visit their transgressions with a rod; and their iniquities with scourges. ³³ But from him I will not withdraw my mercy; nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. ³⁴ I will not violate my covenant; nor annul what have passed my lips. ³⁵ Once for all I have sworn by my holiness; that I will not be false to David. ³⁶ His seed shall endure forever, and his throne as the sun before me; ³⁷ and as the moon forever fixed: and the witness in heaven is faithful."

⁸ so that they who passed by did not say, "The blessing of the Lord is upon you." We have blessed you in the name of the Lord.

⁸ The sacrifices of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord; but the prayers of the upright are acceptable to him.

³ The folly of a man maketh his ways destructive; but in his heart he blameth God.

²² Do not say, I will take vengeance on an enemy; but wait for the Lord that he may help thee.

³ To do justice and to adhere to truth are more acceptable to God than the blood of victims.

²⁷ The sacrifices of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord; because they offer them unrighteously.

²⁸ For he will come to the city Aggai, and pass on to Mageddo; and at Machmas he will deposit his baggage:

²⁸ For he will come to the city Aggai, and pass on to Mageddo; and at Machmas he will deposit his baggage: ²⁹ then he will pass the valley and come to Aggai. Terror will seize Rama the city of Saul;

²⁹ then he will pass the valley and come to Aggai. Terror will seize Rama the city of Saul;

²² Whereupon I beheld and the people were plundered and dispersed: for the snare was every where in the private chambers, and in the houses also where they had hidden themselves. They were for a prey and there was no rescuer; for a spoil; and there was none who said, Restore.

¹⁹ and thy seed would have been as the sand, and the issue of thy bowels as the dust of the ground. Still however thou shalt not be utterly cut off; nor shall thy name perish from before me.

¹⁶ Behold I have created thee, not like a coppersmith blowing coals and using a tool for the work. But I have created thee, not for destruction.

³ As for the wicked man, who sacrificeth to me a young bull: he is one who slayeth a dog: and though he offereth me fine flour: it will be as the blood of swine. Though he offereth incense for a memorial, he is as a blasphemer. As they have chosen their own ways: and their soul hath delighted in their abominations:

⁸ Their widows are multiplied above the sand of the sea. Against a mother I have brought soldiers-misery at noon-day. Upon her I have cast suddenly terror and consternation.

¹ "Behold the days are coming, saith the Lord, When they shall no more say, "As the Lord liveth who brought up the house of Israel, out of the land of Egypt, " but, "As the Lord liveth who gathered all the seed of Israel from the land of the north and from all the countries whither he had driven them and reestablished them in their own land" the Lord shewed me two baskets of figs set before the temple of the Lord, after Nabuchodonosar the king of Babylon had carried away Jechonias son of Joakim king of Juda and the chiefs and the artisans and the prisoners of war and the rich men from Jerusalem and brought them to Babylon.

¹⁵ As for thee, Israel, continue not in ignorance; and thou Juda go not to Galgala. Either go not up to the house of On, or swear not by the living Lord.

⁸ [p] Sound a trumpet on the mounts; raise a shout on the high places; proclaim in the house of On, Benjamin is confounded.

⁵ Let the inhabitants of Samaria sojourn with the calf of the house of On, because its people mourned for it. Now as they provoked it they should rejoice at its glory; that it hath been removed from them.

⁸ [J] What shall I do with thee, Ephraim? Shall I shield thee, Israel? What must I do with thee? Shall I make thee as Adama and as Seboim? My heart relenteth for him. My compassion is moved.

¹⁰ Am I to follow the Lord? Will he roar like a lion? And because of his roaring, will the children of waters be affrighted? ¹¹ [J] They shall be frighted like a bird out of Egypt, and like a dove out of the land of the Assyrians. And I will bring them back to their own homes, saith the Lord.

⁵ "When will the new moon be over that we may buy? And the sabbaths, that we may open store? to make the measure small, and the weight heavy, and to make the balance uneven,

⁶ [Balak.] "By what mean shall I gain over the Lord? Shall I take him for my God most high? Shall I gain him over by whole burnt offerings; by calves of a year old?

⁶ Then he answered and said to me, This is the word of the Lord to Zorobabel, saying, "Not by mighty power nor by strength, but by my spirit" saith the Lord Almighty.

⁸ and remove three shepherds in one month; and my soul will be weighed down against them. For as their souls roared against me,

¹⁰ enclosing for Jerusalem all the land and the desert around, from Gabea to Remmon southward. As for Rama, it shall continue in its place. From the gate of Benjamin to the place of the first gate, on to the gate of the corners and to the tower of Anameel, on to the king's wine presses

³ [For Herod had apprehended John and bound him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip: ⁴ for John had said to him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.

⁴⁶ who found favour in the sight of God, and made it his petition to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.

²² Then having removed him, he raised up for them David to be king, to whom he gave this testimony, "I have found David the son of Jesse, a man according to my heart, who will execute all my orders."

²⁷ Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, "Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, this remnant shall be saved."

²⁷ but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise; and the weak things of the world God hath made choice of to put to shame the strong ²⁸ and the ignoble of this world, and those of no account, God hath chosen; nay, the very nothings, to put a stop to the operation of the things which are, ²⁹ that no flesh might boast in his presence.

⁷ and we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may belong to God and not be from, us;

⁷ let every one give as he is predisposed in his heart, not with regret, nor reluctance; for God loveth a cheerful giver:

²³ For I am strained between the two, having a desire to depart and to be with Christ which is by far the best;

¹⁰ For it became him for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, when bringing many sons to glory to make the leader of their salvation perfect by sufferings.

³⁸ [of whom the world was not worthy] wandering in deserts, and mountains, and dens, and caves of the earth.