09:013:003 And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.
09:013:004 And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.
09:013:005 And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.
09:013:006 When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.
09:013:007 And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gadand Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all thepeople followed him trembling.
09:013:008 And he tarried seven days, according to the set time thatSamuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and thepeople were scattered from him.
09:013:009 And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.
09:013:010 And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him.
09:013:011 And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;
09:013:012 Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering.
09:013:013 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hastnot kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which hecommanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thykingdom upon Israel for ever.
09:013:014 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath soughthim a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded himto be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept thatwhich the LORD commanded thee.
09:013:015 And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah ofBenjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present withhim, about six hundred men.
09:013:016 And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that werepresent with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but thePhilistines encamped in Michmash.
09:013:017 And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines inthree companies: one company turned unto the way that leadethto Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:
09:013:018 And another company turned the way to Bethhoron: and anothercompany turned to the way of the border that looketh to thevalley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.
09:013:019 Now there was no smith found throughout all the land ofIsrael: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make themswords or spears:
09:013:020 But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, tosharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, andhis mattock.
09:013:021 Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
09:013:022 So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.
09:013:023 And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.
09:014:001 Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father.
09:014:002 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under apomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that werewith him were about six hundred men;
09:014:003 And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son ofPhinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD's priest in Shiloh, wearingan ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.
09:014:004 And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
09:014:005 The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.
09:014:006 And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.
09:014:007 And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.
09:014:008 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men,and we will discover ourselves unto them.
09:014:009 If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then wewill stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.
09:014:010 But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: forthe LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall bea sign unto us.
09:014:011 And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison ofthe Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrewscome forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.
09:014:012 And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.
09:014:013 And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, andhis armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; andhis armourbearer slew after him.
09:014:014 And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearermade, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre ofland, which a yoke of oxen might plow.
09:014:015 And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling.
09:014:016 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and,behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beatingdown one another.
09:014:017 Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now,and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered,behold, Jonathan and his armourbearer were not there.
09:014:018 And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel.
09:014:019 And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand.
09:014:020 And Saul and all the people that were with him assembledthemselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, everyman's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very greatdiscomfiture.
09:014:021 Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines beforethat time, which went up with them into the camp from thecountry round about, even they also turned to be with theIsraelites that were with Saul and Jonathan.
09:014:022 Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle.
09:014:023 So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Bethaven.
09:014:024 And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food.
09:014:025 And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.
09:014:026 And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.
09:014:027 But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.
09:014:028 Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitlycharged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the manthat eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.
09:014:029 Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, Ipray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because Itasted a little of this honey.
09:014:030 How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day ofthe spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there notbeen now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?
09:014:031 And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash toAijalon: and the people were very faint.
09:014:032 And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen,and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people dideat them with the blood.
09:014:033 Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin againstthe LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Yehave transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day.
09:014:034 And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the LORD in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there.
09:014:035 And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first altar that he built unto the LORD.
09:014:036 And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.
09:014:037 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 that day.
09:014:038 And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.
09:014:039 For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be inJonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a manamong all the people that answered him.
09:014:040 Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I andJonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people saidunto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee.
09:014:041 Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give aperfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the peopleescaped.
09:014:042 And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. AndJonathan was taken.
09:014:043 Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die.
09:014:044 And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.
09:014:045 And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.
09:014:046 Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place.
09:014:047 So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.
09:014:048 And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.
09:014:049 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua:and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of thefirstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:
09:014:050 And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter ofAhimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner,the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.
09:014:051 And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
09:014:052 And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days ofSaul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, hetook him unto him.
09:015:001 Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee tobe king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearkenthou unto the voice of the words of the LORD.
09:015:002 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek didto Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he cameup from Egypt.
09:015:003 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that theyhave, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infantand suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
09:015:004 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them inTelaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men ofJudah.
09:015:005 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
09:015:006 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
09:015:007 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comestto Shur, that is over against Egypt.
09:015:008 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterlydestroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
09:015:009 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
09:015:010 Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying,
09:015:011 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he isturned back from following me, and hath not performed mycommandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto theLORD all night.
09:015:012 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it wastold Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he sethim up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gonedown to Gilgal.
09:015:013 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.
09:015:014 And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?
09:015:015 And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
09:015:016 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee whatthe LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Sayon.
09:015:017 And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight,wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and theLORD anointed thee king over Israel?
09:015:018 And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterlydestroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against themuntil they be consumed.
09:015:019 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, butdidst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of theLORD?
09:015:020 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
09:015:021 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.
09:015:022 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
09:015:023 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness isas iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the wordof the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
09:015:024 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I havetransgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words:because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
09:015:025 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.
09:015:026 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
09:015:027 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.
09:015:028 And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.
09:015:029 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.
09:015:030 Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.
09:015:031 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.
09:015:032 Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of theAmalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said,Surely the bitterness of death is past.
09:015:033 And Samuel said, As the sword hath made women childless, soshall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewedAgag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.
09:015:034 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house toGibeah of Saul.
09:015:035 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.
09:016:001 And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
09:016:002 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will killme. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I amcome to sacrifice to the LORD.
09:016:003 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee whatthou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I nameunto thee.
09:016:004 And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came toBethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming,and said, Comest thou peaceably?
09:016:005 And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
09:016:006 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD's anointed is before him.
09:016:007 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
09:016:008 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel.And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
09:016:009 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither haththe LORD chosen this.
09:016:010 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. AndSamuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.
09:016:011 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.
09:016:012 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.
09:016:013 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.
09:016:014 But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evilspirit from the LORD troubled him.
09:016:015 And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spiritfrom God troubleth thee.
09:016:016 Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.
09:016:017 And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.
09:016:018 Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.
09:016:019 Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send meDavid thy son, which is with the sheep.
09:016:020 And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine,and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.
09:016:021 And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved himgreatly; and he became his armourbearer.
09:016:022 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, standbefore me; for he hath found favour in my sight.
09:016:023 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
09:017:001 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle,and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth toJudah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.
09:017:002 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, andpitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in arrayagainst the Philistines.
09:017:003 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, andIsrael stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was avalley between them.
09:017:004 And there went out a champion out of the camp of thePhilistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was sixcubits and a span.
09:017:005 And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armedwith a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was fivethousand shekels of brass.
09:017:006 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.
09:017:007 And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
09:017:008 And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
09:017:009 If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.
09:017:010 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day;give me a man, that we may fight together.
09:017:011 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine,they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
09:017:012 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
09:017:013 And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
09:017:014 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followedSaul.
09:017:015 But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father'ssheep at Bethlehem.
09:017:016 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, andpresented himself forty days.
09:017:017 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethrenan ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and runto the camp of thy brethren;
09:017:018 And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of theirthousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take theirpledge.
09:017:019 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
09:017:020 And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.
09:017:021 For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army.
09:017:022 And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren.
09:017:023 And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them.
09:017:024 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.
09:017:025 And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is comeup? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, thatthe man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with greatriches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father'shouse free in Israel.
09:017:026 And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, Whatshall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, andtaketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is thisuncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies ofthe living God?
09:017:027 And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him.
09:017:028 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.
09:017:029 And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?
09:017:030 And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.
09:017:031 And when the words were heard which David spake, theyrehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.
09:017:032 And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because ofhim; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.
09:017:033 And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against thisPhilistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and hea man of war from his youth.
09:017:034 And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep,and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of theflock:
09:017:035 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it outof his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him byhis beard, and smote him, and slew him.
09:017:036 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and thisuncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing hehath defied the armies of the living God.
09:017:037 David said moreover, The LORD that 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 Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.
09:017:038 And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail.
09:017:039 And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed togo; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, Icannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And Davidput them off him.
09:017:040 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smoothstones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bagwhich he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand:and he drew near to the Philistine.
09:017:041 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him.
09:017:042 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, hedisdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of afair countenance.
09:017:043 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thoucomest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David byhis gods.
09:017:044 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will givethy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of thefield.
09:017:045 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
09:017:046 This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
09:017:047 And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not withsword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he willgive you into our hands.
09:017:048 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, anddrew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran towardthe army to meet the Philistine.
09:017:049 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
09:017:050 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
09:017:051 Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and tookhis sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slewhim, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistinessaw their champion was dead, they fled.
09:017:052 And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, andpursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and tothe gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines felldown by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.
09:017:053 And the children of Israel returned from chasing after thePhilistines, and they spoiled their tents.
09:017:054 And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it toJerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent.
09:017:055 And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.
09:017:056 And the king said, Enquire thou whose son the stripling is.
09:017:057 And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine,Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head ofthe Philistine in his hand.
09:017:058 And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? AndDavid answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse theBethlehemite.
09:018:001 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking untoSaul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul ofDavid, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
09:018:002 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more hometo his father's house.
09:018:003 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved himas his own soul.
09:018:004 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
09:018:005 And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behavedhimself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and hewas accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in thesight of Saul's servants.
09:018:006 And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned fromthe slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out ofall cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul,with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.
09:018:007 And the women answered one another as they played, and said,Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
09:018:008 And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom?
09:018:009 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.
09:018:010 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand.
09:018:011 And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice.
09:018:012 And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.
09:018:013 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
09:018:014 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORDwas with him.
09:018:015 Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely,he was afraid of him.
09:018:016 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out andcame in before them.
09:018:017 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD's battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.
09:018:018 And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or myfather's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to theking?
09:018:019 But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughtershould have been given to David, that she was given untoAdriel the Meholathite to wife.
09:018:020 And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
09:018:021 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare tohim, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son inlaw in the one of the twain.
09:018:022 And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with Davidsecretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, andall his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son inlaw.
09:018:023 And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?
09:018:024 And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.
09:018:025 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
09:018:026 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son in law: and the days were not expired.
09:018:027 Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.
09:018:028 And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and thatMichal Saul's daughter loved him.
09:018:029 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul becameDavid's enemy continually.
09:018:030 Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.
09:019:001 And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.
09:019:002 But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:
09:019:003 And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee.
09:019:004 And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, andsaid unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant,against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, andbecause his works have been to thee-ward very good:
09:019:005 For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine,and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thousawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sinagainst innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?
09:019:006 And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware,As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain.
09:019:007 And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all thosethings. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in hispresence, as in times past.
09:019:008 And there was war again: and David went out, and fought withthe Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; andthey fled from him.
09:019:009 And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat inhis house with his javelin in his hand: and David played withhis hand.
09:019:010 And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with thejavelin: but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and hesmote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escapedthat night.
09:019:011 Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him,and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife toldhim, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrowthou shalt be slain.
09:019:012 So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
09:019:013 And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth.
09:019:014 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He issick.
09:019:015 And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bringhim up to me in the bed, that I may slay him.
09:019:016 And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was animage in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for hisbolster.
09:019:017 And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, andsent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answeredSaul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee?
09:019:018 So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, andtold him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel wentand dwelt in Naioth.
09:019:019 And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth inRamah.
09:019:020 And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.
09:019:021 And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and theyprophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the thirdtime, and they prophesied also.
09:019:022 Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that isin Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David?And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah.
09:019:023 And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of Godwas upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until hecame to Naioth in Ramah.
09:019:024 And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?
09:020:001 And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life?
09:020:002 And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.
09:020:003 And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.
09:020:004 Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee.
09:020:005 And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even.
09:020:006 If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly askedleave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for thereis a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
09:020:007 If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: butif he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined byhim.
09:020:008 Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?
09:020:009 And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?
09:020:010 Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thyfather answer thee roughly?
09:020:011 And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into thefield. And they went out both of them into the field.
09:020:012 And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when Ihave sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the thirdday, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I thensend not unto thee, and shew it thee;
09:020:013 The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please myfather to do thee evil, then I will shew it thee, and sendthee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be withthee, as he hath been with my father.
09:020:014 And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not:
09:020:015 But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth.
09:020:016 So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying,Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies.
09:020:017 And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he lovedhim: for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
09:020:018 Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: andthou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty.
09:020:019 And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel.
09:020:020 And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark.
09:020:021 And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the LORD liveth.
09:020:022 But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows arebeyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away.
09:020:023 And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of,behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever.
09:020:024 So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon wascome, the king sat him down to eat meat.
09:020:025 And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon aseat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul'sside, and David's place was empty.
09:020:026 Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for hethought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surelyhe is not clean.
09:020:027 And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?
09:020:028 And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem:
09:020:029 And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.
09:020:030 Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness?
09:020:031 For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.
09:020:032 And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him,Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?
09:020:033 And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathanknew that it was determined of his father to slay David.
09:020:034 So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eatno meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved forDavid, because his father had done him shame.
09:020:035 And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went outinto the field at the time appointed with David, and a littlelad with him.
09:020:036 And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
09:020:037 And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow whichJonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Isnot the arrow beyond thee?
09:020:038 And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not.And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to hismaster.
09:020:039 But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knewthe matter.
09:020:040 And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said untohim, Go, carry them to the city.
09:020:041 And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.
09:020:042 And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city.
09:021:001 Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee?
09:021:002 And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.
09:021:003 Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present.