m Cp. ch. 36, 45. 1. SAMUEL. ye be our servants, mand serve us. ver: 25, 26, 10 And the Philistine said, "I 1defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together. 11 And when Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. O ver. 58. ch. 16. 1, 18. Ruth 4.22. 19. 9 ver. 58. ch. 16. 1, 18. Ruth 4.22, al. r ch. 16. 10, 11. Cp. 1 Chr. 2. 13-15. 8 ch. 16. 6, 8, 9. 122 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken in years among men. 13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons Cp. 1 Chr. that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah, 14' And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul. 15 Now David went to and fro from u ch. 16. 19. Saul "to feed his father's sheep at Beth-lehem. 16 And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. 2. 13. t ch. 16. 11. v Cp. ch. 16. 20. 37. 14. 17 And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to thy brethren; 18" and bring these ten cheeses unto the captain of their Cp. Gen. 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 vale of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. 20 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 a ch. 26.5, 7. he came to the 4 place of the wagons, as the host which was going forth to the fight shouted for the battle. 21 And Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army. y Isai. 10. 28. left his baggage in the hand of 22 And David Acts 21. 15. the keeper of the baggage, and ran to the army, and came and saluted his brethren. he talked with them, behold, there 23 And as came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spake "according to the same words: and David heard them. 24 And all the men of Israel, when z ver. 4. a ver. 8. 2 1 Or, reproach battle ground [CHAP. 17, v. 36. ver. 10, 36, 45. d ch. 11. 2. 26. and were sore afraid. 25 And the they saw the man, fled from him, men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich give him his daughter, and make 15. 16. him with great riches, and will e Cp. Josh. his father's house free in Israel. 26 And David spake to the_men that stood by him, saying. What shall be done to the man that killeth the reproach from Israel? for who this Philistine, and taketh away is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should 16 defy the armies of the living God? 27 And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to Eliab his eldest brother heard when the man that killeth him. 28 And he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why art thou come down? and with whom hast thou ness? I know thy pride, and the left those few sheep in the wildernaughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest What have I now done? 6 Is there & ver. 17. see the battle. 29 And David said, not a cause? away from him toward another, and spake after the same manner : 30 And he turned and the people answered him again after the former manner. when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them 31 And before Saul; and he sent for him. man's heart fail because of him; 20.3. 32 And David said to Saul, Let no thy servant will go and fight with * Cp. ch. this Philistine. 33 And Saul said 16.18. to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. 34 And David said unto Saul, Thy and when there came a lion, or a servant kept his father's sheep; bear, and took a lamb out of the smote him, and delivered it out of flock, 35 I went out after him, and his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. 36 Thy servant smote both circumcised Philistine shall be as the lion and the bear: and this un 2 The Sept. omits vv. 12-31 and 55-ch. 18. 3. a bear... and I went out &c. 3 Or, are i ver. 26, 27. Cp. Deut. I ver. 10, 28. # Cp. 2 Tim. 4. 17. * Cp, ch. 1 Chr. 22. 20.13 11, 16. over. 7. p ch. 16. 12. qeh.24. 14. 2 Sam. 3.8 £9.8 rver. 46. a ver. 6. ? Deut. 28. 25 #ver. 44. one of them, 'seeing he hath 'defied the armies of the living God. 37 And David said, "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 shall be With thee. 38 And Saul clad David with his apparel, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head, and he clad him with a coat of mail. 39 And David girded his sword upon his apparel, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him. 40 And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the 2brook, and put them in the shepherd's bag which he had, even in his scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine. 41 And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before bim. 42 And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and withal of a fair countenance. 43 And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. 44 And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh "unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field. 45 Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a javelin: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, which thou hast 1defied. 46 This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from off thee; and I will give the carcases of the host of the Philistines this day "unto the fowls of 1 Kin. 18. the air, and to the wild beasts of Cp. Josh. 44. 6, 7 z 2 Chr. 20. 15. 47. 4. give you into our hand. 48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. 49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead; and the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell upon his face to the earth. 50 So David prevailed Ecclus. over the Philistine with a sling and Mac. with a stone, and smote the Philis- 4.30. tine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David. 51 Then David ran, and stood over the Philistine, and took his sword, z ch. 21. 9. and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw that their 3 champion was dead, "they fled. 52 And a Cp. Heb. the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou comest to Gai, and to the gates of 'Ekron. ↳ Josh. 15. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to 5 Shaaraim, even unto a Gath, and unto Ekron. 53 And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their camp. 54 And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armour in his tent. h 55 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. 56 And the king said, Inquire thou whose son the stripling is. 57 And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul Cp. 2 Sam. 23. 21. 11. 34. 11. with the head of the Philistine in jver. 54. his hand. 58 And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am & ver. 12. the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite. 1 And it came the earth; that all the earth may 18 to pass, when he had made an Deut. 13.6. & 2 Sam. 1. would let him go no more home to his father's house. 3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, m ch. 20. 17. because he loved him as his own soul. 4 And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his apparel, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle. 5 And David 1 went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and 2 behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants. o ver. 14, 15, 30. Cp. Deut. 29.9 (mg.). 34. 6 And it came to pass as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, pEx. 15. 20. that the women came out of all Judg. 11. the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with timbrels, with joy, and with instruments of music. 7 And the women 57 sang one to another in their play, and said, q Cp. Ex. 15. 21. r ch. 21. 11 "Saul hath slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands. 8 And Saul was very wroth, and this saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and 8 ch. 15. 28. what can he have more but the kingdom? 9 And Saul eyed David from that day and forward. tch. 16. 14. Cp. Judg. 9.23. u ch. 19. 23, 24. Cp. 1 Kin. 18.29 & Acts 16. 16. v See ch. 16. 16. w ch. 19. 9. a ch. 19. 10 & 20. 33. 8 David; for he went out and came 17 And Saul said to David, Be- m 18. 21. 8. ¿Cp. 28am. Judg. 7. 22. I ver. 28. n ver. 17. 26. but let the hand of the Philistines h ver. 21, 25. be upon him. 18 And David said unto Saul, 'Who am I, and what iver. 23. is my life, or my father's family in Sam. 7. Israel, that I should be son in law to the king? 19 But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife. 20 And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. 21 And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, "and m Ex. 10. 7. that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day o Cp. ver. be my son in law a second time. 22 And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now 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 pCp. Num. thing to be the king's son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed? 24 And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David. 25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins Gen. 34. of the Philistines, to be avenged Ex. 22. 17. of the king's enemies. Now Saulr ch. 14. 24. thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. 26 And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son in law. And the Cp. ver. days were not expired; 27 and David arose and went, he "and his men, u ver. 13. and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; "and David brought v2 Sam. their foreskins, and they gave them 3.14. 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 And Saul 1 Or, went out; whithersoever Saul sent him, he &c. 2 Or, prospered triangles Or, three-stringed instruments 5 Or, answered one another my kinsfolk : x 10 And it came to pass on the morrow, that an evil spirit from God came mightily upon Saul, and "he prophesied in the midst of the house and David played with his hand, as he did day by day: w and Saul had his spear in his hand. II And Saul cast the spear; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall. And David avoided y ver. 15, 29. out of his presence twice. 12" And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, "and was ch. 16. 14 departed from Saul. 13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. 14 And David 2 behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him. 15 And when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe of him. d Cp. ver. 5. 16d But all Israel and Judah loved z ver. 28. ch. 16. 18. & 28. 15. b ver. 16. Cp. Num. 27. 17 & 2 Sam. 5. 2. c ver. 5. 2 3 Or, Philistines 16. 9. 12. 8 ver. 17. 21. 21. 1 ¿Cp. Gen. 42.22. I And Saul spake to Jona 19 than his son, and to all his servants, that they should ach. 18. 1. slay David. 2aBut Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David. And Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to slay thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself in 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 if I see aught, I will tell thee. 4 And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good: 5 for he put his life in his hand, and smote the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great 3 victory for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore 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, As the LORD liveth, he Ruth 3. 13. shall not be put to death. 7 And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan shewed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as beforetime. e eh. 28. 21. Jd Cp. Judg. 9.17. deh. 17. 49,50. eCp. ch. 11.13 & 1 Chr. 11. 14. / Matt. 2.4. 9 See A ch. 16. 21 18. 2, 13. ¡See ch. 16. 14. j See ch. 16. 16. k ch. 18. 11 & 90. 31. 8 And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him. 9'And an evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand; and David played with his hand. 10* And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall 1 Or, prospered more than 2 Heb. precious. evil toward Saul 5 Or, quilt Or, network 7 Or, cistern with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the spear into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night. 11'And See Ps. 59. Saul sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to-night, tomorrow thou shalt be slain. 12m So Michal let David down through the window: and he went, and fled, and escaped. 13 And Michal took "the teraphim, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair at the head thereof, and covered it with the clothes. 14 And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. 15 And Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him. 16 And when the messengers came in, behold, "the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats' hair at the head thereof. 17 And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me thus, and let mine enemy go, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee? 0 m Cp. Josh. n & Acts 9. 24, 25. 2 Cor. 11. 33. See Gen. 31. 19. Cp. 2 2 Sam. 2. 22. 19. 1 Sam. 1. q Cp. ch. 10. r Cp. Num. 11, 25 & Joel 2. 28 18 Now David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth. 19 And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah. 20 And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as head over them, the spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they also 56, 10 prophesied. 21 And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, "and they also prophesied. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they also prophesied. 22 Then went he also to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Secu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in P Ramah. 23 And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah : and the spirit of God came upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah. 24' And he also stripped off his clothes, and u ch. 10. 11, 12. he also prophesied before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, "Is Saul also among the prophets? 1 And David fled from Nach. 1. 19. 20 ioth" 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? 2 And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father doeth nothing either great or small, but that he discloseth it unto me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is 3 And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father knoweth well 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. w ch. 9. 15 (mg.). * See Gen. 33. 15. y ch. 25. 26. 2 Kin. 2. 2, 4,6 & 4.30. See Ruth 3. 13. z ch. 1. 26. a ver. 18. Num. 10. 10 & 28. 11. b ch. 19. 2, 3. c ver. 18. d ch. 16. 4. e Cp. ch.3. 12. fch. 25. 17. Cp. ver. 3. 9 ver. 16, 42. Esth. 7. 7. ch. 18. 3 & 23. 18. Cp. 2 Sam. 21. 7. h 2 Sam. 14. 32. not so. 22 e Then said Jonathan unto David, 3 Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee. 5 And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to-morrow is a 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. 6 If thy father miss me at all, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city: for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family. 7 If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be wroth, then know that evil is determined by him. 8 Therefore deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee; but if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father? 9 And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I should at all know that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee? 10 Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me if perchance thy father answer thee roughly? 11 And Jonathan said unto David, Come and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field. 1. 17. 5, 17. 11, 16. j Josh. 1. 'kin. 1.37. Chr. 22. Cp.ch. 2 Sam. 9. 1,3,7, 17. 37. & 21. 7. 12 And Jonathan said unto David, The LORD, the God of Israel, be witness; when I have sounded my father about this time to-morrow, or the third day, behold, if there be good toward David, shall I not then send unto thee, and disclose it unto thee? 13 The LORD do so to Cp. Ruth Jonathan, and more also, should it please my father to do thee evil, if I disclose it not unto thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with thee, as he hath been with my father. 14 And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not: 15 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. 16 Šo Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, 'And the LORD shall require it at the hand of David's enemies. 17 And Jonathan caused David to swear again, 5 for the love that he had to him: for he loved m ch. 18. him as he loved his own soul. 1,3. 18 Then Jonathan said unto him, "To-morrow is the new moon: and a ver. 5. thou shalt be missed, because over. 6. Pthy seat will be empty. 19 And pver. 25, 27 when thou hast stayed three days, 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. 20 And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark. 21 And, behold, I will send the lad, saying, Go, find the arrows. If I say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee: take 10 them, and come; for there is peace to thee and 11 no hurt, as the LORD liveth. 22 But if I say thus unto the boy, "Behold, the arrows are beyond thee: go thy way; for the LORD hath sent thee away. 23 And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the ver. 42. LORD is between thee and me for ever. 8 6 24 So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat. 25 And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even Or, What doth thy soul desire, that I should do it for thee? 6 Heb. missed. 7 Heb. greatly. 8 Heb. in the day of the Sept., this mound. 10 Or, him 11 Heb. not any thing. |