4 witchcraft, y and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.z Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he a hath also rejected thee from being king.

24 T And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared b the people, and obeyed their voice.

David anointed.

divination,

De. 18.10. y Re.22. 15. z 2Cor.6.16.

Gal.5.20. Rev.21.8. a ch. 13. 14. b Ex.23.2. Pr.29.25. Is.51.12. Gal.1.10. e 2Jno.11. d 1Ki. 11.30, 31.

25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with ine, that I may worship the LORD. 26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I c 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. 27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, hed laid hold upon ƒ Jno.6.44. the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.

e Nu.23. 19. Eze.24. 14. 2Ti.2.13. Tit. 1.2.

12.43.

Ps. 119.136.
Jer. 13.17.

(CHAP. 16.)

28 And Samuel said unto him. g Ju.1.7. The LORD hath rent the kingdom h ver. 11. of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou. 29 And also the 5 Strength of Is-a ch.15.35. rael will not lie e nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.

Jer.7.16. 11.14. 14.11.

b ver. 15.23. c 2Ki.9.1.

30 Then he said, I have sinned: yet honourf me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and d Ps. 78.70. before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.

31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.

89.19,20.

Is.55.4.

1 in thine hand.

e ch.9.12.

20.29.

2 meeting.

f De. 17. 15.

32 Then said Samuel, Bring ye T hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came untoh him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.

33 And Samuel said, As thy g sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.

31 TThen Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.

35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death : nevertheless Samuel mourned h for Saul and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

CHAPTER XVI.
Samuel anointeth David.
ND the LORD said unto Sa-

IKI.2.13.
Ex.19.10.
Nu.11.19.
Jos.3.5.

i ch.17.13. called Elihu, Ch.27.18. Ps. 147.10. Is.55.8,9.

l

3

cyes. m 2Cor.10.7. n Ki.8.39. 1Ch.28.9. Ps.7.9. Jer. 17.10. Rev.2.23.

4

Shimeah, 25a.13.3.

2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer 1 with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice e to the LORD.

3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me himf whom I name unto thee.

4 And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his 2 coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?g

5 And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify h yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.

6 And it came to pass when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, i and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed is before him.

7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not k on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: forl the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the 3 outward appearance,m but the LORD looketh on the heart.n

8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.

9 Then Jesse made 4 Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.

10 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.

11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and behold, he o keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, send and fetch him: for we will not sit 5 down till he come hither.

12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, p and withal 6 of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.

13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirita of the LORD came upon Da vid from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah 14 T But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil s

Saul sendeth for David.

u ch.17.32-36

16 Let our lord now command thy t ver.23. 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 t with his hand, and thou shalt be well.

17 And Saul said unto his ser

2Sa. 17.8, 10.

w 2Sa. 14.20.

8 or, speech.

x ver. 12.

vants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me. 18 Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen u son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite. that is cunning in playing, and a ych.18.12-14. mighty valiant u man, and a man of war, v and prudent w in 8 mat-z Pr.22.29. ters, and a comely a person, and the LORD y is with him.

19 T Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.

20 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.

21 And David came to Saul, and stood before z him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armour-bearer.

22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight.

23 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit a 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.

CHAPTER XVII.

2

a ver. 14, 16.

(CHAP. 17.)

a 2 Ch.28.18.

Jos. 15.35.

or, the coast of Dammim,

called
Pas-dam-
mim,
1Ch. 11. 13.

ranged the battle.

3 clothed.

3 And the Philistines stood on as cheeses of mountain on the one side, and lsrael stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley 6 a thousand. between them.

4 T And there went out a cham-i Ge.37.14. pion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath of Gath,

5 And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was 3 armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.

6 And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a 4 target of brass between his shoulders.

7 And the staff c 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.

8 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.

9 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.

10 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.

11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.

12 Now David was the son f of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight g sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.

13 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 first-born, and next unto him, Abinadab; and the third, Shammah.

14 And David was the youngest : and the three eldest followed Saul. 15 But David went and returned from Saul to feed h his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.

16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

17 And Jesse said unto David his

son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren:

18 And carry these ten 5 cheeses unto the captain of 6 their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge.

19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.

David slayeth Goliath.

y ver. 10. 18 shut thee up.

46 This day will the LORD 18 deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take z thine z ver.51, head from thee; and I will give a De.28.26. the carcasses of the host of the Mat.24.28. Philistines this day unto the fowlsab Jos.4.24. of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth: that all the earth may know b that there is a God in Israel.

47 And all this assembly shall c know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: ford the battle is the LORD'S, and he will give you into our hands.

IKI.8.43. 18.36. 2Ki. 19,19, Ps.46.10. Is.52.10. c Ps.44.6.7. Hos. 1.7. Zec.4.6.

d 2Ch.20.15. 48 And it came to pass, when the e 1Ki.22.34. Philistine arose, and came and ƒ Ju.3.31. drew nigh to meet David, that 15.15. David hasted, and ran toward the g ch.21.9. army to meet the Philistine.

2 Pa.23.21. Ps.7.15, 16. h ver.46.

i Heb. 11.34.

49 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 k Jos. 15.33, fell e upon his face to the earth. 36,45. 50 So David prevailed over the Jer.30. 16. Philistine with a sling fand with am ch.16.21, stone, and smote the Philistine and slew him; but there was no sword n ver.54. in the hand of David.

51 Therefore David ran and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, g and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.i

And

52 And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the k valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron.

53 And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents. 54 And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his

tent.

55 T And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, m whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.

56 And the king said, Inquire thou whose son the stripling is.

57 And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistines, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head ʼn of the Philistine in his hand

22.

over. 12.
(CHAP. 18.)
a Ge.44.30.

b ver.3.
ch. 19.2.

20.17.
2Sa.1.26.

c De. 13.6.
a Ge.41.42.
or, pros-
pered,
ver. 14,15,
30.
Ps. 1.3.

Jonathan loveth David.

58 And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, o I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.

CHAPTER XVIII.

1 Jonathan loveth David. 5 Saul envieth his praise.

ND it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul a of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan b loved him as his own c soul.

2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.

3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

4 And Jonathan stripped himself d 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.

5 And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and 1 behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.

6 And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the 2 Philistine, that e the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with 9 in

struments of music.

7 And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath ƒ slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

8 And Saul was very wroth, g and the saying 4 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? h

9 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.

10 T And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit i from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied k in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin 7 in Saul's hand.

11 And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided m out of his presence twice.

12 ¶ And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.

13 Therefore Saul removed lum from him, and made him his cap

Saul's hypocrisy.

tain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. 14 And David 5 behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.

15 Wherefore, when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.

or, pros pered, ver.5. n Nu.27.17. 2Sam.5.2. IKI.3.7.

o ch.17.25.

6 a son of

valour.

16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went n out and came in before them. 17 T And Saul said to David, Be-p ch.25.28. hold my elder daughter Merab, o q ver.21.25. her will I give thee to wife only 2$2.12.9. be thou 6 valiant for me, and fightpr ver.23. the LORD's battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but q let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.

18 And David said unto Saul, r Who am I? and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?

ch.9.21. 25a.7.18. s 2Sa.21.8.

t Ju.7.22. I was right in his eyes. Ex. 10.7.

Pr.29.5.

ver. 17.

Saul's hatred.

foreskins, b 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.

28 T And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him. 29 And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy c continually.

30 Then the princes of the Philistines went d forth; and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more e wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name was much 10 set by.

CHAPTER XIX. Jonathan discloseth his father's purpose to kill David.

A

ND Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.

2 But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted mucha in David: and Jo

the Meholathite t to wife.

8 According

Y

to these
words.

y Ex.22.17. z ch.14.24.

20 And Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing 7 pleased him. 21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a u snare to him, and that the hand v of the 9 fulfilled. Philistines may be against him. a ver. 13. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son-in-b 25a.3.14. law in the one of the twain. 22 T And Saul commanded his Ps.37.12,14. servants, saying, Commune with d 2Sa. 11.1. David secretly, and say, Behold, e ver.5. the king hath delight in thee, and Ps. 119.99. all his servants love thee: now 10 precious, therefore be the king's son-in-law. 23 And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light w thing to be a king's son-in-(CHAP. 19.) law, seeing that I am a poor man, a ch.18.1. and lightly esteemed ?

ch.26.21.

2Ki. 1.13.

Ps. 116.15. 1Pet.2.7.

b Pr.31.8,9.

c Ge.42.22.

24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying, 8 On this manner spake d Ps.35.12. David.

109.5. Pr.17.13.

25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth note ch.28.21. any y dowry, but an hundred fore- Ju. 12.3. skins of the Philistines, to be Ps. 119.109. avenged z of the king's enemies. fch. 17.49,50. But Saul thought to make David g ch.11.13. fall by the hand of the Philistines. 1Ch.11.14. 26 And when his servants told h ch.20.32. David these words, it pleased i Pr.26.24,25. David well to be the king's son-in1 yesterday, law and the days were not exthird day. pired.

27 Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, a and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their

father secketh to kill thee. Now, therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:

3 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.

4 And Jonathan spake good b of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin c against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good.d

5 For he did put e his life in his hand, and slew f the Philistine, and the g LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it. and didst rejoice: wherefore h then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

6 And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, i As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain.

7 And Jonathan called David, an:1 Jonathan showed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as 1 in times past.k

8 T And there was war again: and David went out,and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from 2 him.

9 And the evil spirit / from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in