1 Samuel 20 Cross References - Thomson

¹ And David fled from Navath in Rama, and came to Jonathan, and said, What have I done? And what is my offence? And wherein have I sinned in the sight of thy father, that he seeketh my life? ² And Jonathan said to him, God forbid! Thou must not die. Behold my father can do nothing, great or small, without telling me. Why then should he conceal from me such a thing as this? It is not so. ³ And David in reply to Jonathan, said, Thy father knoweth well, that I have found favour in thy sight, therefore he said, Jonathan must not know this. He will not consent. But as the Lord liveth, and thy soul liveth, it is as I said. There is but a step between me and death. ⁴ Then Jonathan said to David, What doth thy soul desire? And, What shall I do for thee? ⁵ And David said to Jonathan, Behold, to-morrow is the new moon. As for me, I will not sit down to eat. Thou shalt let me go, and I will hide myself in the field till evening. ⁶ And if thy father look and inquire for me, thou shalt say, David earnestly intreated me, that he might run to Bethlehem, his city, because there is an annual sacrifice there, for the whole community. ⁷ If he say, Very well; there is peace for thy servant. But if he answer thee sharply, be assured that this mischief is fully determined on by him. ⁸ Now thou must deal mercifully with thy servant, because thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thee. If indeed there be iniquity in thy servant, put me to death thyself. Why shouldst thou in that case bring me to thy father? ⁹ And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee. For if I know certainly that this mischief is fully determined on by my father, to come upon thee, provided it be not against thy cities, I will tell thee. ¹⁰ Then David said to Jonathan, Who shall tell me, if thy father hath answered roughly? ¹¹ Whereupon Jonathan said to David, Come and stay in the field. So they both went out to the field. ¹² Then Jonathan said to David, The Lord God of Israel knoweth, that I will, as occasion offereth, during the three days, sound my father, and whether good or ill be determined in respect to David, I will send thee word into this field. ¹³ God do so to Jonathan, and more also, if I do not disclose the evils against thee, and send thee away that thou mayst go in peace. And the Lord be with thee as he hath been with my father, ¹⁴ provided that while I am alive, thou deal kindly with me, and, when I die, ¹⁵ thou withdraw not thy kindness from my house forever; and with this further proviso, that when the Lord removeth the enemies of David, every one from the face of the earth, the family of Jonathan be not sought for by the house of David, ¹⁶ may the Lord search out the enemies of David. ¹⁷ And Jonathan repeated again his oath to David, for he loved the soul of one who loved him. ¹⁸ Then Jonathan said, To-morrow is new moon, therefore thou shalt hide thyself, that thy seat may be vacant; ¹⁹ and when thou hast done so for three days, thou shalt watch an opportunity, and come to this place, where thou mayst conceal thyself on that busy day, and thou shalt sit near that Ergab. ²⁰ And I will come on the third day, and throw darts, taking aim at this Amattari. ²¹ And behold I will send a servant and say, Go, find me the dart. If I say to the servant, Here, the dart is from thee, even here, pick it up. Come thou to me, for there is peace for thee. And the matter is over, as the Lord liveth. ²² But if I say to the lad, Here, the dart is from thee Titer e. Go thou away, for the Lord hath sent thee away. ²³ Now touching the matter of which I and thou have spoken, behold the Lord is witness between me and thee forever. ²⁴ So David hid himself in the field, and when the new moon came, the king came to the table to dine. ²⁵ And when he had seated himself as heretofore, on the seat by the wall, he faced Jonathan, and Abenner sat by Saul's side, but David's seat was vacant. ²⁶ And on that day Saul said nothing, for he thought it was accidental; that being unclean he had not purified himself. ²⁷ But on the morrow, the second day of the moon, when David's seat was vacant, Saul said to his son Jonathan, Why hath not the son of Jessai come to table yesterday and to-day? ²⁸ And Jonathan answered Saul and said to him, David earnestly entreated me, that he might go to his city Bethlehem, ²⁹ and said, Let me go, I entreat thee, for we have a sacrifice of our community in the city, and my brethren have sent for me. Now therefore if I have found favour in thy sight, let me, I pray thee, go down and see my brethren. For this cause he hath not come to the king's table. ³⁰ Upon this Saul was greatly enraged at Jonathan, and said to him, Thou son of the perverse and rebellious! For do I not know that thou art an accomplice of the son of Jessai, to thy own shame, and the confusion of thy mother? ³¹ For as long as the son of Jessai liveth, thy kingdom will not be established. Now therefore send and seize that young man, for he shall surely die. ³² And when Jonathan in reply said to Saul, Why must he die? What hath he done? ³³ Saul lifted up his spear against Jonathan, to put him to death. So Jonathan knew that his father was fully bent on this mischief, to slay David, ³⁴ and started up from the table in great wrath, and did not eat bread the second day of the moon: for he was grieved for David, because his father was determinedly set against him. ³⁵ And when it was morning Jonathan went out to the field, as he had fixed by appointment with David, and a little boy with him. ³⁶ And he said to the lad, Run, find for me the dart which I threw. And as the boy was running, he threw a dart, and it passed the other; ³⁷ and when the boy came to the place where the dart lay which Jonathan had thrown, Jonathan cried with a loud voice after the boy, and said, There: the dart is from thee, even There. ³⁸ Then Jonathan cried with a loud voice after the boy, saying, Haste with all speed. Tarry not. So when Jonathan's servant had picked up the darts, and brought them to his master ³⁹ [Now the boy knew nothing, Jonathan and David only understood the matter] ⁴⁰ Jonathan gave his weapons to the servant, and said to him, Go, return to the city. ⁴¹ And when the servant was gone, David arose from the Argab, and fell on his face, and made obeisance to him three times. And when they had kissed each other, and wept over each other a great while, ⁴² Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have both sworn by the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord be a witness between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed, forever. Then David arose and departed, and Jonathan returned to the city.

¹⁸ On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram saying, "To thy seed I will give this land from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates,

⁵ Whereupon Sara said to Abram, I am injured on thy account. I gave thee this maid of mine into thy bosom, and when she seeth that she is with child, I am contemptible in her sight. God judge between me and thee.

⁴⁹ Now therefore, if you deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me. If not, tell me; that I may turn either to the right or left.

¹¹ And Jacob kissed Rachel, and raising his voice he wept

¹³ And when Laban heard the name of Jacob his sister's son, he ran to meet him, and having embraced him he kissed him, and brought him to his house. And Jacob related to him all these circumstances.

³⁶ Jacob was inflamed with resentment and remonstrated against Laban. And Jacob addressing Laban said, What is my crime, and what my offence that thou hast pursued me?

⁵⁰ if thou afflict my daughters, if thou take other wives besides my daughters, look! though there be none with us to see, God is a witness between me and thee.

⁷ And when Joseph saw his brothers he knew them and was reserved and spoke harshly to them and said to them, Whence come you? And they said, From the land of Chanaan to buy food.

³⁰ The man the lord of the country spoke harshly to us and put us in prison as coming to spy the country;

²⁸ And they said, Thy servant, our father is well. He is still alive. And he said, Blessed of God is that man. Whereupon they bowed down and made obeisance to him.

⁷ Upon which they said to him, Why doth my lord speak in such terms as these: Far be it from thy servants to do such an act.

¹⁵ And Benjamin wept on his neck. And he kissed all his brothers and wept upon them. And after that his brothers conversed with him.

²⁹ Now when the time of Israel's death drew nigh he sent for his son Joseph and said to him, If I have found favour in thy sight, put thy hand under my thigh and thou shalt deal kindly and truly with me, that thou wilt not bury me in Egypt;

²⁰ But if any person shall eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of thanksgiving, which is the Lord's, with his uncleanness upon him, that person shall be cut off from among his people. ²¹ And the person who shall touch any unclean thing, whether it be the uncleanness of a man, or of unclean beasts, or any unclean abomination, and shall eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of thanksgiving, which is the Lord's, that person shall be destroyed from among his people.

²⁴ With them you must not defile yourselves. Whosoever toucheth their dead carcases shall be unclean until the evening.

²⁷ And every beast which walketh on paws among all the beasts which walk on four feet, is unclean to you. Whoever toucheth their carcases shall be unclean until the evening.

³¹ These are unclean to you above all the reptiles which are on the earth. Whoever toucheth them when dead, shall be unclean until the evening.

⁴⁰ And he who eateth of their carcases shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until evening. And he who carrieth any of their carcases shall wash his clothes, and wash himself with water, and be unclean until evening.

⁵ And whoever shall touch his bed must wash his clothes, and wash himself with water, and shall be unclean until the evening.

¹⁶ And if any man's seed go from him by copulation, he shall wash his whole body with water, and be unclean until evening. ¹⁷ And every garment, and every skin on which the seminal matter may be, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the evening.

¹⁹ And if any woman hath an efflux, and it be in her body, she shall confine herself seven days to her peculiar seat. Every one who toucheth her shall be unclean until the evening. ²⁰ And every thing on which she lieth during her state of separation, shall be unclean; and every thing on which she shall sit, shall be unclean. ²¹ And whoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and wash himself with water, and be unclean until evening.

²⁶ The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

¹⁰ In the days of your rejoicings also, and at your festivals, and at your new moons, you shall blow the trumpets, at your whole burnt offerings, and at your sacrifices of thanksgivings; and it shall be a calling of you into remembrance before the Lord; I the Lord your God.

¹⁶ And every one who, in the open field, toucheth one slain, or dead, or a human bone, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days.

¹¹ And at the new moons you shall offer a whole burnt offering to the Lord, two young bulls from the herd, one ram, seven lambs, of the first year, without blemish,

²³ And the proposal was agreeable to me. So I took from among you twelve men; a man for every tribe.

¹³ Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him alone, and cleave to him, and swear by his name.

⁵ but you shall seek out and come to the place, which the Lord thy God shall make choice of, in one of your cities, to put his name there, and to be invoked;

⁶ And if thy brother, the son of thy father, or of thy mother, or thine own son, or daughter, or the wife in thy bosom, or a friend who is as thine own soul, speak privately to thee saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known;

⁶⁶ and thy life shall hang in suspence before thine eyes, and thou shalt be in terror, day and night, and have no assurance of thy life.

⁵ Not a man shall withstand you all the clays of thy life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with thee. I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

¹⁴ And the men said to her, Our life for yours even to death. Then she said to them. When the Lord delivereth up to you this city, you will deal mercifully and truly with me.

²² The Lord God is our God, and God himself our God hath seen, and Israel themselves may determine. If through apostacy we have trespassed in the sight of the Lord, let him not this day deliver us.

²⁹ God forbid that we should turn away from the Lord, by apostatizing this day from the Lord, so far as to build an altar for the purpose of homage offerings, or incense offerings, or sacrifices of thanksgiving, over and above the altar of the Lord, which is before his tabernacle.

¹⁶ Upon this the people answered, and said, God forbid that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods.

²⁰ And when Dalida said, The Philistines are upon thee Sampson! He awoke from his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times heretofore, and rouse myself. He indeed did not know that the Lord had departed from him.

⁸ Noemin said to her two daughters in law, Go, I pray you, return each to her mother's house. May the Lord deal kindly with you, as you have done with the dead, and with me.

¹⁷ and wherever thou diest, I will die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me and more also, if any thing but death shall part me and thee.

¹⁷ Then Eli in reply said to her, Go in peace. May the God of Israel grant thee thy petition, which thou hast asked of him.

²⁶ Attend to me, my lord! As thy soul liveth, I am the woman who stood in thy presence with thee when I prayed to the Lord.

¹⁷ And he said, What was the word spoken to thee? Hide it not from me, I pray thee. God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me, of all that was spoken to thee in thy hearing.

¹² And the women in reply said to them, He is. Behold he is before you. He has just come to the city to-day, because there is, to-day, a sacrifice for the people in the Bama.

¹⁵ Now the Lord had made a revelation to Samuel, the day before Saul came to him, saying,

¹ Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed him, and said to him, Hath not the Lord anointed thee to be ruler ever his people Israel? Thou therefore shalt rule over the people of the Lord, and save them out of the hand of their enemies. And this shall be to thee the sign that the Lord hath anointed thee to be ruler over his heritage;

⁷ Now when these signs are come to thee; do thou as the occasion may require; for God is with thee.

⁶ a Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and his anger was greatly inflamed against them, ⁷ and taking two heifers, he cut them in pieces, and sent them to all the borders of Israel, by the hands of messengers, saying, So shall be done to every man's cattle who goeth not out after Saul and after Samuel. And a dread of the Lord came on all the people of Israel, and they came out as one man. ⁸ And when he had reviewed them at Bezek, in the Bama, the men of Israel, six hundred thousand, and the men of Juda, seventy thousand, ⁹ he said to the messengers who came, Thus shall you say to the men of Jabis, To-morrow, by the time the sun is warm, you shall have help. ¹⁰ So when the messengers came to the city, and told the men of Jabis, they were rejoiced. And the men of Jabis said to Nahas the Ammanite, Tomorrow we will come out to you, that you may do to us what is good in your sight. 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, ¹² the people said to Samuel, Who is he who said, Saul shall not reign over us? Deliver up those men, that we may put them to death. ¹³ Whereupon Saul said, Not a man shall this day be put to death; for to day the Lord hath wrought salvation in Israel.

³ Here I am. Bring your complaints against me before the Lord, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom among you have I oppressed? or whom have I aggrieved? or from whose hand have I taken a bribe, even to a shoe latchet? Witness against me, and I will make you restitution.

⁴⁵ Upon this the people said to Saul, Shall he this day be put to death who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? As the Lord liveth there shall not a hair of his head fall to the ground. Because the people of God had that day performed exploits, therefore the people prayed for Jonathan that day, and he did not die.

⁴⁷ Now Saul cast lots for the administration of government. Every work over Israel was determined by lot. And he made war on all his enemies round about, on Moab, and on the children of Ammon, and the children of Edom, and on Baithaior, and on the king of Suba, and on the Philistines, and whithersoever he turned he was saved.

² And Samuel said, How can I go? Saul will hear and will kill me. And the Lord said, Take with thee a heifer from the kine, and thou shalt say, I come to sacrifice to the Lord; ³ and thou shalt invite Jessai to the sacrifice, and I will let thee know what thou shalt do, and thou shalt anoint him whom I point out to thee. ⁴ So Samuel did all that the Lord spoke to him. Now when he came to Bethlehem, the elders of the city were surprised at meeting him, and said, Seer! Is thy coming peaceable? ⁵ And he said, It is peaceable. I come to sacrifice to the Lord. Sanctify yourselves, and rejoice with me to-day. And when he was hallowing Jessai and his sons and inviting them to the sacrifice,

⁵ And he said, It is peaceable. I come to sacrifice to the Lord. Sanctify yourselves, and rejoice with me to-day. And when he was hallowing Jessai and his sons and inviting them to the sacrifice,

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³⁷ The Lord who delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear; he will deliver me out of the hand of this uncircumcised Philistine. Then Saul said to David, Go; and the Lord be with thee.

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¹¹ [Omitted] ¹² And Saul became afraid of David,

² Now Jonathan, the son of Saul, loved David exceedingly; therefore Jonathan told David, and said, Saul seeketh to kill thee, therefore be on thy guard till to-morrow morning, and hide thyself, and keep close,

⁵ For he hath put his life in his hands, and smitten the Philistines, and the Lord hath wrought a great deliverance, and all Israel have seen and rejoiced. Why then wilt thou sin against innocent blood by putting David to death without cause? ⁶ And Saul hearkened to the voice of Jonathan, and sword, saying, As the Lord liveth, he shall not be put to death.

⁹ But the evil spirit from God came upon Saul when he was sitting in his house, with his spear in his hand, and while David's hands were engaged in playing, ¹⁰ Saul sought to strike the spear into David; but David darted from before him, and he struck the spear into the wall. As David had withdrawn, and escaped,

¹⁰ Saul sought to strike the spear into David; but David darted from before him, and he struck the spear into the wall. As David had withdrawn, and escaped,

¹⁰ Saul sought to strike the spear into David; but David darted from before him, and he struck the spear into the wall. As David had withdrawn, and escaped, ¹¹ Saul sent messengers that night to David's house, to watch him, with an intent to put him to death in the morning. But Melchol, David's wife, told him, and said, Unless thou save thy life this night, to-morrow thou wilt be put to death.

¹¹ Saul sent messengers that night to David's house, to watch him, with an intent to put him to death in the morning. But Melchol, David's wife, told him, and said, Unless thou save thy life this night, to-morrow thou wilt be put to death. ¹² Then Melchol let David out through a window, and he departed, and fled, and escaped. ¹³ And Melchol took the cenotaphs, and laid them on the bed, and placed a goat skin pillow for his head, and covered them with a mantle. ¹⁴ So when Saul sent messengers to take David, they said he was sick. ¹⁵ Then Saul sent them for David, saying, Bring him to me on the bed, that I may put him to death.

¹⁵ Then Saul sent them for David, saying, Bring him to me on the bed, that I may put him to death.

¹⁹ when it was told Saul, saying, Behold David is at Navath, in Rama, ²⁰ Saul sent messengers to take David. But when they saw the assembly of the prophets, with Samuel, standing at the head of them, a Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they prophesied. ²¹ When this was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. And when Saul sent a third set of messengers, and they also prophesied, ²² he was exceedingly enraged, and went himself to Armathaim. And when he came to the well of Alo, which is at Sephi, he inquired, and said, Where are Samuel and David? And they ²³ said, Behold at Navath, in Rama. Thereupon he went thence to Navath, in Rama, and a Spirit of God came upon him also, and he went on prophesying till he came to Navath, in Rama. ²⁴ And having stripped off his upper garments, he prophesied before them, and lay uncovered that whole day, and the whole night. For this cause they said, Is Saul also among the prophets?

⁵ And David said to Jonathan, Behold, to-morrow is the new moon. As for me, I will not sit down to eat. Thou shalt let me go, and I will hide myself in the field till evening. ⁶ And if thy father look and inquire for me, thou shalt say, David earnestly intreated me, that he might run to Bethlehem, his city, because there is an annual sacrifice there, for the whole community. ⁷ If he say, Very well; there is peace for thy servant. But if he answer thee sharply, be assured that this mischief is fully determined on by him. ⁸ Now thou must deal mercifully with thy servant, because thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the Lord with thee. If indeed there be iniquity in thy servant, put me to death thyself. Why shouldst thou in that case bring me to thy father? ⁹ And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee. For if I know certainly that this mischief is fully determined on by my father, to come upon thee, provided it be not against thy cities, I will tell thee.

¹² Then Jonathan said to David, The Lord God of Israel knoweth, that I will, as occasion offereth, during the three days, sound my father, and whether good or ill be determined in respect to David, I will send thee word into this field.

¹⁴ provided that while I am alive, thou deal kindly with me, and, when I die, ¹⁵ thou withdraw not thy kindness from my house forever; and with this further proviso, that when the Lord removeth the enemies of David, every one from the face of the earth, the family of Jonathan be not sought for by the house of David,

¹⁵ thou withdraw not thy kindness from my house forever; and with this further proviso, that when the Lord removeth the enemies of David, every one from the face of the earth, the family of Jonathan be not sought for by the house of David, ¹⁶ may the Lord search out the enemies of David.

¹⁸ Then Jonathan said, To-morrow is new moon, therefore thou shalt hide thyself, that thy seat may be vacant; ¹⁹ and when thou hast done so for three days, thou shalt watch an opportunity, and come to this place, where thou mayst conceal thyself on that busy day, and thou shalt sit near that Ergab. ²⁰ And I will come on the third day, and throw darts, taking aim at this Amattari. ²¹ And behold I will send a servant and say, Go, find me the dart. If I say to the servant, Here, the dart is from thee, even here, pick it up. Come thou to me, for there is peace for thee. And the matter is over, as the Lord liveth. ²² But if I say to the lad, Here, the dart is from thee Titer e. Go thou away, for the Lord hath sent thee away.

²² But if I say to the lad, Here, the dart is from thee Titer e. Go thou away, for the Lord hath sent thee away.

²² But if I say to the lad, Here, the dart is from thee Titer e. Go thou away, for the Lord hath sent thee away. ²³ Now touching the matter of which I and thou have spoken, behold the Lord is witness between me and thee forever.

²⁵ And when he had seated himself as heretofore, on the seat by the wall, he faced Jonathan, and Abenner sat by Saul's side, but David's seat was vacant.

³⁰ Upon this Saul was greatly enraged at Jonathan, and said to him, Thou son of the perverse and rebellious! For do I not know that thou art an accomplice of the son of Jessai, to thy own shame, and the confusion of thy mother? ³¹ For as long as the son of Jessai liveth, thy kingdom will not be established. Now therefore send and seize that young man, for he shall surely die. ³² And when Jonathan in reply said to Saul, Why must he die? What hath he done? ³³ Saul lifted up his spear against Jonathan, to put him to death. So Jonathan knew that his father was fully bent on this mischief, to slay David, ³⁴ and started up from the table in great wrath, and did not eat bread the second day of the moon: for he was grieved for David, because his father was determinedly set against him.

³⁷ and when the boy came to the place where the dart lay which Jonathan had thrown, Jonathan cried with a loud voice after the boy, and said, There: the dart is from thee, even There. ³⁸ Then Jonathan cried with a loud voice after the boy, saying, Haste with all speed. Tarry not. So when Jonathan's servant had picked up the darts, and brought them to his master

⁴² Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have both sworn by the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord be a witness between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed, forever. Then David arose and departed, and Jonathan returned to the city.

⁷ Saul said to his servants who attended him, Hearken, I pray you, ye sons of Benjamin! Can the son of Jessai really give every one of you fields, and vineyards, and make you all captains of hundreds, and captains of thousands, ⁸ that you all conspire against me; and there is not one who informed me when my son made a league with the son of Jessai; nor one of you who is sorry for me, or informeth me that my son hath stirred up my vassal against me to be my enemy, as is now the case? ⁹ Then Doek the Syrian, who had the care of Saul's asses, answered and said, I saw the son of Jessai coming to Nomba, to Abimelech the son of Achitob, the priest;

¹³ Then Saul said to him, Why hast thou conspired against me, thou and the son of Jessai, that thou shouldst give him bread, and a sword, and consult God for him to make him my enemy, as is now the case? ¹⁴ And Abimelech answered the king and said, Who among all thy servants was like David, in high trust, and the king's son in law, and thy prime minister, and highly honoured in thy house?

¹⁸ So they two made a covenant before the Lord, and David abode at Kaina, and Jonathan returned to his house.

²⁶ And Saul and his men marched on one side of the mountain, while David and his men were on the other side of the mountain. But David was protected in escaping from the presence of Saul. For while Saul and his men were encamping against David and his men, to take them, ²⁷ a messenger came to Saul, and said, Haste and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land. ²⁸ Whereupon Saul returned from pursuing David, and went to meet the Philistines. For this cause that place was called, The dividing rock.

⁹ Then David said to Saul, Why dost thou hearken to the words of the people who say, Behold David seeketh thy life?

¹¹ Now behold here is the skirt of thy cloak in my hand. I cut off the skirt, but did not kill thee. Know, therefore, and see now that there is no wickedness in my hand; no impiety or disloyalty; nor have I sinned against thee, though thou huntest my life to take it.

¹⁷ Then Saul said to David, Thou art more righteous than I; for thou hast returned me good; but I have returned thee evil.

²¹ Now therefore swear to me by the Lord, that thou wilt not destroy my seed after me; nor blot out my name from the house of my father.

¹⁰ Upon which Nabal started up, and in reply said to David's young men, Who is David? and who is the son of Jessai? There are now a days many slaves who run away every one from his master;

¹⁴ Now one of his servants had told Abigaia, the wife of Nabal, saying, Behold, David sent messengers from the wilderness to salute our master; but he turned away from them.

¹⁷ Now therefore consider, and see what thou canst do: for there is mischief determined on against our master, and his household; but he is so perverse that there is no speaking to him.

²² God do so to David, and more also, if by to-morrow morning I leave of all that belong to Nabal one man; ²³ And when Abigaia saw David, she hasted, and alighted from her ass, and fell on her face before David, and made obeisance to him on the ground,

²⁶ Now therefore, my lord, as the Lord liveth, and thy soul liveth, as the Lord hath withheld thee from coming to shed innocent blood, it was to save thy hand for thyself. Now therefore let all thine enemies and those who seek to hurt my lord be like Nabal.

¹⁶ This thing which thou hast done is not good. As the Lord liveth, you who guard your lord the king; the anointed of the Lord, are guilty of death; for see now, I pray thee, the king's lance, and the cup of water, where are they which were at his head?

¹ But David spoke in his heart, saying, I may one day fall into the hands of Saul. Is it not best for me to make my escape to the land of the Philistines, so that Saul may cease from seeking me in the borders of Israel? So shall I escape out of his hand.

² and the Philistines came to a close engagement with Saul and his sons, and the Philistines smote Jonathan, and Aminadab, and Melchisa, sons of Saul.

²⁶ I mourn for thee, my brother Jonathan, To me thou wast very lovely. Thy love for me was wonderful; Far surpassing the love of women.

³⁵ Now all the people had been assembled to bewail him; and when all the people came to induce David to eat the funeral bread while it was yet day, David sword, saying, God do so to me and more also, if I taste bread, or any thing else, till the sun is set.

⁷ And they smote him, and killed him, and cut off his head. And they took his head, and travelled all night, by the way leading westward, ⁸ and brought the head of Jebosthe to David at Chebron, and said to the king, Behold here is the head of Jebosthe son of Saul thine enemy, who sought thy life; but the Lord hath executed vengeance for our lord the king on his enemies as at this day; on Saul thine enemy, and on his seed.

¹⁵ but I will not withdraw my mercy from him as I withdrew it from them whom I removed from my presence.

¹ And David said, Is there any yet left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake? ² Now there was a servant of the house of Saul, whose name was Siba. So they called him to David. And the king said to him, Art thou Siba? And he said, I am thy servant. ³ Then the king said to him, Is there any man yet left of the house of Saul, that I may treat him with all the kindness possible? And when Siba said to the king, There is still a son of Jonathan who is disabled in his feet,

³ Then the king said to him, Is there any man yet left of the house of Saul, that I may treat him with all the kindness possible? And when Siba said to the king, There is still a son of Jonathan who is disabled in his feet, ⁴ the king said to Siba, Where is he? And Siba said to the king, Behold at the house of Machir, son of Amiel of Lodabar. ⁵ Thereupon king David sent for him from the house of Machir, son of Amiel of Lodabar. ⁶ And when Memphibosthe son of Jonathan, son of Saul was brought before king David, he fell on his face, and made obeisance to him. And when David said to him, Memphibosthe! He said, Here am I thy servant.

⁶ And when Memphibosthe son of Jonathan, son of Saul was brought before king David, he fell on his face, and made obeisance to him. And when David said to him, Memphibosthe! He said, Here am I thy servant. ⁷ Then David said to him, Fear not; for I will indeed deal kindly with thee, for Jonathan thy father's sake, and restore thee all the fields of Saul thy grandfather, and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.

³² And Abessalom said to Joab, Behold I sent to thee, saying, Come here that I may send thee to the king, saying, Why have I come from Gedsur? It was better for me to be there, as I have not yet seen the king's face. If indeed there be wickedness in me, put me to death.

²¹ And Ethi answered the king, and said, As the Lord liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, whithersoever my lord goeth, whether to death or to life, there shall thy servant be.

⁴ Though this reasoning seemed good in the sight of Abessalom, and in the sight of all the elders of Israel,

¹³ And to Amessai you shall say, Art not thou my bone and my flesh? Now therefore, God do so to me and more also, if thou shalt not be captain general of the army before me continually, in the room of Joab.

²⁸ For all my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king, yet thou didst set thy servant among them who eat at thy table. What right then have I to cry any more to the king?

³⁹ Now all the people had crossed the Jordan, and when the king had crossed, he kissed Berzelli, and bade him farewell, and he returned to his place;

⁵ So Amessai went to assemble the men of Juda, but he tarried beyond the time which David set for him.

⁷ But the king had compassion on Memphibosthe, the son of Jonathan, Saul's son, on account of the oath of the Lord between them; namely between David and Jonathan, Saul's son. ⁸ So the king took the two sons of Respha, the daughter of Aia, whom she bore to Saul, namely Ermoni and Memphibosthe, and the five sons of Michol the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Esdriel, the son of Berzelli, the Mooulothite,

¹³ the king answered the people roughly. He slighted the counsel of the old men, which they had given him,

² Jezabel sent to Elias, and said, As sure as thou art Elias, and I Jezabel, God do so to me and more also, if by this time to-morrow I do not make thy life like the life of one of them.

¹⁰ Son Ader sent to him saying, God do so to me and more also, if I do not make Samaria a jakes for all the people of my infantry.

² Now Elias had said to Elisha, Tarry here I pray thee, for God hath sent me to Baithel. But Elisha said, As the Lord liveth and thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went to Baithel.

⁴ Then Elias said to Elisha, Tarry here I pray thee; for the Lord hath sent me to Jericho. But he said, As the Lord liveth, and thy soul liveth, I will not forsake thee. So they went to Jericho.

⁶ Then Elias said to him, Tarry here I pray thee, for the Lord hath sent me to the Jordan. But Elisha replied, As the Lord liveth and thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they both proceeded on.

²³ And he said to her, Why wouldst thou go to him to-day? It is neither new moon nor sabbath. To which she replied, Peace.

¹⁷ And David went out to meet them, and said to them, If you are come to me with good intent, let my heart as it is disposed be knit to you: but if to betray me to my enemies, and not with sincerity, may the God of our fathers see and rebuke.

¹¹ Now therefore, my son, the Lord will be with thee, and will prosper thee, and thou shalt build a house for the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken concerning thee.

¹⁶ of gold and silver and brass and iron, an innumerable number. Up therefore; and fall to work. And the Lord be with thee.

⁷ Then the king rising from the banquet went into the garden, and Haman supplicated the queen, for he saw himself in a desperate situation.

² Passion indeed transporteth the foolish, and envy killeth the wanderer.

⁴ Why will he not behold my way and number all my steps?

³ Lord, my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands: ⁴ if I have requited them evil who did me wrong; let me fall by mine enemies as a Worthless man: ⁵ let mine enemy pursue my soul and take it; let him tread down my life to the earth and lay my honour in the dust.

³ Thou hast proved my heart: thou hast watched me by night: thou hast tried me: and in me there was found no injustice.

²⁰ The Lord will reward me according to my righteousness, and recompense me according to the cleanness of my hands. ²¹ Because I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God; ²² because all his judgments were before me, and his rules of rectitude were not far from me; ²³ therefore with him I shall be unblemished, and I will guard myself from mine iniquity; ²⁴ and the Lord will reward me according to my righteousness, and according to the cleanness of my hands in his sight.

⁶ Sacrifice and offerings thou didst not desire, but preparedst for me a body; whole burnt offerings and offerings for sin thou didst not require.

¹⁶ But to the sinner God said, "Why dost thou mention my judgments, or take my covenant in thy mouth? ¹⁷ As for thee, thou hast hated instruction, and cast my words behind thy back. ¹⁸ When thou sawest a thief, thou didst run with him; and hast been a partaker with adulterers. ¹⁹ Thy mouth hath abounded in wickedness, and thy tongue hath framed deceits. ²⁰ Sitting down thou hast spoken against thy brother, and against thy mother's son, propagated falsehood. ²¹ These things thou hast done and I was silent. Thou unjustly didst suppose that I would be like thyself. I will reprove thee and set things in order before thee.

⁶ So that I said, that I had wings like those of a dove; that I might fly away and be at rest. ⁷ Behold I had removed far away, as a fugitive, and taken up my lodging in the wilderness. ⁸ I waited for him who delivereth me from distress and a furious tempest. ⁹ Confound, O Lord, and divide their tongues, For I saw iniquity and contradiction in the city.

¹² Had an enemy reproached me I could have borne it. And had the man who hated me magnified himself against me, I could have hid myself from him.

¹¹ Let the groans of the prisoners come before thee. According to the mighty power of thine arm; protect the children of them who are slain.

³ Sound the trumpet at the new moon; at the set day of your festival.

³ The pangs of death encompassed me; the perils of Hades found me: I met with distress and sorrow:

¹¹ and in my perturbation I said, Every man is a liar.

⁶ Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth! ⁷ Our soul hath escaped as a bird from the fowler's snare. The snare was broken and we have escaped. ⁸ Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made the heaven and the earth.

¹ For the conclusion. A Psalm by David. LORD, thou hast proved me and known me. ² Thou knowest my sitting down and my rising up. Thou from afar understandest my thoughts. ³ Thou has tracked my path and my line: and hast seen distinctly all my ways; ⁴ that there is not an evil word on my tongue. Behold thou, Lord, knowest all things;

³ Let not acts of kindness and faithfulness forsake thee: but bind them about thy neck

¹⁷ For they eat the bread of wickedness; and drink plentifully of the wine of violence.

⁴ Give no sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids, ⁵ that thou mayst be saved like a roe from a toil, and like a bird from a snare.

²⁹ A man slow to wrath, is of great understanding; but a passionate man is egregiously foolish.

² The tongue of the wise knoweth good things; but the mouth of fools poureth out evils.

¹⁷ Better is a dinner on herbs, with friendship and favour, than a feast on young bulls, with enmity.

¹ Better is a morsel with pleasure in peace; than a house full of goods and ill gotten dainties, with contention.

¹² The threat of a king is like the roaring of a lion; but his favour is like dew on the grass.

¹⁹ Let a malicious man be fined high; but if he take away life, let him forfeit his own.

⁵ Counsel in the heart of a man is deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it up.

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

²⁴ He who is bold, selfwilled and boastful is called loimos [a pest;] and he who harboureth mischief is called a transgressor.

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

³ A prudent man seeing the wicked severely punished instructeth himself: but the foolish passed heedlessly by and were punished.

²⁴ Have no fellowship with a man addicted to wrath; nor lodge with a friend who is passionate:

¹¹ Deliver them who are to be led away to death; and intercede for them who are to be slain, make no delay. ¹² If thou should say, I do not know this man: know that the Lord knoweth the hearts of all: and that he, who gave breath to all, knoweth all things: and will render to every one according to his works.

² The glory of God obscureth a matter: but the glory of a king giveth a lustre to actions. ³ Heaven is high and the earth is deep: and the heart of a king is unsearchable.

²⁸ A man who doth any thing without counsel; is like a city which hath the foundations of walls laid and is without walls.

³ A stone is heavy and sand is weighty; but a fool's anger is heavier than both.

⁸ Open thy mouth with the word of God, and administer justice to all with a sound understanding. ⁹ Open thy mouth and judge righteously, and plead the cause of the weak and needy.

⁹ Be not apt to be grieved in spirit; for grief will rest in the bosom of fools.

²⁰ Because there is not a righteous man on earth who will do good and not commit sin,

³ There is this evil in every thing done under the sun, that one event happeneth to them all, so that the heart of the children of men being filled with evil there is an instability in their heart during their life, and it followeth them to the dead.

¹¹ "What is the multitude of your sacrifices to me?" saith the Lord: I am cloyed with whole burnt offerings of rams: in the fat of lambs and the blood of bulls and goats I have no delight; ¹² nor should you come to appear before me: for who hath required these at your hands? You shall no more be admitted to tread my court. ¹³ Though you bring fine flour; it is a vain incense: it is an abomination to me. Your new moons and sabbaths and great day I cannot endure: ¹⁴ your fasting and cessation from labour; and your new moons and your festivals my soul hateth. You are become loathsome to me; I will no longer remit your sins. ¹⁵ When you stretch forth your hands, I will turn mine eyes from you: and though you multiply prayer, I will not hearken to you: for your hands are full of blood.

¹ And there shall spring up a shoot from the root of Jessai; even from that root shall spring up a blooming shoot; ² and the spirit of God will rest upon him; a spirit of wisdom and understanding; a spirit of counsel and majesty; a spirit of knowledge and piety:

⁵ And the instruction of the Lord, Lord openeth mine ears and I am not rebellious, nor do I gainsay.

² As the Lord liveth" with truth in judgment and justice: then shall the nations bless by him, and by him praise God in Jerusalem.

² They say, "As the Lord liveth." Do they not on this very account swear to falsehoods?

¹⁶ And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the way of my people to swear by my name, "As the Lord liveth" as they taught my people to swear by Baal;

⁹ [p] The heart is deep beyond all things; so also is a man, who then can know Him?

¹⁶ Then the king sword to him, saying, As the Lord liveth who made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, nor will I deliver thee into the hands of those men.

¹⁴ They who swear by the atonement of Samaria, and they who say, Thy God, Dan, liveth: thy God, Bersabee, liveth, shall indeed fall and shall never rise any more.

⁶ And though you ate and drank; did you not eat and drink for yourselves?

²² But I say to you, Whosoever is angry with his brother without cause, shall be liable to the sentence of the judges: and whoever shall say to his brother, Raca, [a contemptuous word] shall be liable to the sentence of the Sanhedrim; and whoever shall say, Moreh, [a reproachful word] shall be liable [to be sentenced] to the vale of fire.

⁵⁵ Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary and his brethren, James and Joses and Simon and Judas?

¹⁶ then let them who are in Judea flee to the mountains: ¹⁷ and let not him who is on the house top go down, to carry away any thing out of the house, ¹⁸ nor him who is in the field turn back to take up his clothes.

²³ Thereupon the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they with more vehemence cried, Let him be crucified.

²⁰ teaching them to observe all that I commanded you. And lo! I am with you all the days to the conclusion of this age. Amen.

⁵ Then looking round on them with indignation, being grieved for the blindness of their mind, he saith to the man, Stretch forth thy hand. Accordingly he stretched it out, and his hand was restored whole as the other.

¹⁴ Now when you see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by the prophet Daniel, erected where it ought not [ Reader attend!] then let them who are in Judea flee to the mountains; ¹⁵ and let not him who is on the house top go down into the house, nor enter it to carry away any thing out of his house. ¹⁶ And let not him who is in the field turn back to take up his mantle.

⁵⁰ Thereupon he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee, Go in peace.

³¹ On that day, whoever shall be on the house top, and his goods in the house, let him not come down to carry them away. And in like manner let not him who shall be in the field turn back to what is behind him. ³² Remember Lot's wife.

¹⁶ He will come and destroy those husbandmen and give the vineyard to others. Upon hearing this, they said, God forbid.

²² But he said to them a third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found nothing in him deserving death. I will therefore chastise him and let him go.

⁴² Hath not the scripture said that the Christ cometh of the seed of David and from Bethlehem, the town whence David was?

⁵¹ Doth our law condemn the man without hearing him, and knowing what he hath done?

⁵⁹ Upon this they took up stones to throw at him. But Jesus concealed himself and went out of the temple, passing through the midst of them, and thus withdrew.

¹⁵ I no longer call you servants; because the servant doth not know what his master doth. But I have called you friends, because I have made known to you all that I heard from my Father.

⁸ Because I have given them the doctrines which thou gavest me, therefore they have received them, and know certainly that I came forth from thee; and believe that thou didst send me.

²⁸ From Caiaphas they led Jesus away to the judgment hall of the Roman governor. Now it was early in the morning and they themselves did not go into the hall that they might not be polluted, but that they might eat the passover.

³⁶ When the jailor made this report to Paul, The generals have sent that you may be discharged; now, therefore, depart and go in peace;

¹⁴ upon which the brethren immediately sent away Paul towards the sea. But Silas and Timothy continued there.

³⁷ And there was great weeping among them all; and they fell upon Paul's neck and kissed him,

¹¹ If indeed I am guilty, or have committed any capital crime, I do not deprecate death: but if the charges which they bring against me be groundless, no man can give me up to gratify them. I appeal to Caesar.

³⁰ and why are we every hour incurring danger ³¹ I dying daily? I swear by that boasting of yours" [meaning that which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord]

⁹ but had in ourselves the sentence of death, that we might not trust in ourselves, but in God who raiseth the dead, ¹⁰ who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will still deliver us,

¹² For this is the matter of our boasting; the testimony of our conscience, that with simplicity and godly sincerity, not with carnal wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and more especially towards you.

²⁶ are you excited to anger? Do not therefore sin. Let not the sun go down on your wrath,

³¹ Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and detraction, be banished from among you, with malice of every sort;

¹ be ye therefore imitators of God as beloved children. ² And walk in love, even as the Christ loved us, and delivered himself up for us, as an3 offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling savour.

⁴ And you, parents, exasperate not your children, but educate them with the discipline and admonition of the Lord.

⁹ and practise what you have learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me; and the God of peace be with you.

¹⁶ Let none therefore judge you in respect to eating or drinking, or in respect to a festival, or a new moon, or sabbaths,

¹⁶ For men indeed swear by a greater, and an oath for confirmation being to them an end of strife,

¹⁹ Therefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: ²⁰ for the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

⁴ to whom you are come as to a living stone, by men indeed rejected, but with God chosen and precious,

⁹ the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly from, temptation, and to reserve the wicked to the day of judgment, to be punished;

²¹ Beloved, if our heart doth not condemn us, we have confidence towards God,