The Philistines take counsel Before I. SAMUEL. 21 And she named the child ||PI-chaCHRIST bod, saying, The glory is departed about 1141. from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband. | That is, Where is the glory! or, There is no glory. pch. 14. 3. Ps. 26, 8. & 78.61. ach. 4. 1. & 7. 12. how to send back the ark. 11 So they sent and gathered to- Before gether all the lords of the Philistines, CHRIST and said, Send away the ark of the about 1141. God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay fus not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; "the hand of God was very heavy there. 12 And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven. CHAPTER VI. 1 After seven months the Philistines take counsel how to send back the ark. 10 They bring it on a new cart with an of fering unto Beth-shemesh. 19 The people are smitten for looking into the ark. 21 They send to them of Kirjath-jearim to fetch it. 2 When the Philistines took the ark AND the ark of the Lopp winn of God, they brought it into the house bJudg. 18. 23. of b Dagon, and set it by Dagon. e Is. 19. 1. & 46. 1, 2. dla. 40. 7. e Jer. 50. 2. Es. 6. 4, 6. Mic. 1. 7. Or, the fishy part. 3 And when they of Ashdod arose carly on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and d set him in his place again. 4 And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him. 5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into DafSee Zeph. 1. gon's house, ftread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day. 6 But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he h destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the g ver. 7, 11. Ex. 9. 3. Ps. 32. 4. Acts 13. 11. hch. 6. 5. 1 Deut. 28. 27. Ps. 78. 66. coasts thereof. 7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god. 8They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither. 9 And it was so, that, after they had Deut. 2. 15. carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts. ch. 7. 13. & 12. 15. 1 ver. 11. m ver. 6. Pa. 78. 08. + Heb. me, to slay me and my. 10 T Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to tus, to slay us and our people. the country of the Philistines seven months. 2 And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place. 3 And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not bempty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then yo shall be healed, and it shall dbe known to you why his hand is not removed from you. 4 Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on i you all, and on your lords. 5 Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that fmar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will h lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land. 6 Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, kas the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, 1 did they not let the people go, and they departed? i 7 Now therefore make ma new cart, and take two milch kine, " on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them: Beb. me not, and my. A ver. 6, 9. about 1140. Gen 41. 8. Ex. 7. 11. Dan. 2. 2. & 5.7. Matt. 2.4. b Ex. 23. 15. Deut. 16. 16. Lov.5.15, 10. ver. D. e See ver. 17, 18. Josh. 13. 3. Judg. 3. 3. + Heb. them. fch. 5. 6. Js. 42. 12. See ch. 5. 6, 11. Ps. 20. 10. ich, 5, 3, 4, 7. kEx. 7. 13, & 8.15. & 14.17. ¡Or, reproach fully. 1Ex. 12. 31. + Heb. them. m 2 Sam. 6.3. n Num. 19. 2. 8 And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return over. 4, 8. him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go. 9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own const to P Beth-shemeshi, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us. pJosh. 15. 10. Or, it. The Philistines send back the ark. I. SAMUEL. Before CHRIST about 1140. r Josh. 13. 3. s ver. 4. Or. great stone. * See Ex. 19. 21. 20. 2 Sam. 6. 7. 10 T And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home: 11 And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods. 12 And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Bethshemesh. 13 And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it. 14 And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD. 15 And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD. 16 And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day. The Israelites repent at Mizpeh. fy Eleazar his son to keep it. 2 After a Before CHRIST about 1140. 132, the Kirjat-jearmach. 1.26. came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD. 2 And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD. 3T And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do rcturn unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and fprepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. 4 Then the children of Israel did put away h Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only. 5 And Samuel said, i Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD. 6 And they gathered together to Mizpeh, kand drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and Ifasted on that day, and said there, eme-We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh. 17 "And these are the golden 18 And the golden mice, according 19 T And the smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had Num.4.5.15, looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter. 20 And the men of Beth-shemesh u 2 Sam. 6. 9. said, "Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us? Mal, & 2. Josh. 18. 11. Judg. 18. 12. 1 Chr. 13.5,0. 21 T And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and fetch it up to you. CHAPTER VII. 1 They of Kirjath-jearim bring the ark 7 And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines. 8 And the children of Israel said to Samuel, † "Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines. 9 T And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt of fering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him. 10 And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: P but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel. 12 Sam. 6. 4 about 1120. c Deut. 30.210. 1 Kings 8. 48. Is. 65. 7. Hoa. (. 1. Joel 2. 12. à Gen. 35, 2. Josh. 21. 14. 23. Judg. 2. 13, 12 Chr. 20. 19 Job 11.13.1 g Deut. 6, 1 & 10, 20 13.4. Matt. 10. Luke 4. 8. hJudg. 2. 11. iJudg. 20. 1. 2 Kin. 25. 23. k2Sam.14.14 Neh. 9. 1, 2 Dan. 9. 3, 4 They desire a king. Before I. SAMUEL. ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD CHRIST helped us. 13 So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel. about 1120. Judg. 13. 1. ch, 13, 5, Lver, R. ch. 12. 11. Judg. 2. 16. 14 And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites. 15 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. 16 And he went from year to year Heb. and he fin circuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places. circuited. uch. 8. 4. 17 And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he x Judg. 21. 4 built an altar unto the LORD. CHAPTER VIII. 1 By occasion of the ill government of Samuel's sons, the Israelites ask a king. 6 Samuel praying in grief, is comforted by God: 10 He telleth the manner of a king. 19 God willeth Samuel to yield unto the importunity of the people. about 1112. AND it as old, that he made his came to pass, when Sambsons judges over Israel. a Deut. 16.18. 2 Chr. 19. 5. bSee Judg.10, 4. & 12. 14. compared with Judg. 5. 10. I Vashni, 1 Chr. 6. 28. 1 Tim. 3. 3.& e Deut. 16. 19. f ver. 19, 20. Deut. 17. 11. Hos, 13. 10. Acts 13, 21. + Heb, was evil in the eyes of Samuel. 2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beer-sheba. 3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside d after lucre, and e took bribes, and perverted judgment. 4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, 5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. 6 T But the thing † displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. 7 And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for g See Ex.16.8. they have not rejected thee, but hch. 10. 19. &h they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. 12, 17, 19. Hos. 13. 10, 11. 10r, obey. [Or, not when thou 8 According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee. 9 Now therefore hearken unto their withstanding voice: how beit yet protest solemnhast solemnly ly unto them, and ishew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. protested against them, then thou shalt shew, fc. i ver. 11. 10 T And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king. The manner of a king foretold. Before about 1095. 11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign CHRIST over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots. 12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. 13 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. 16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and Your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work." 17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants. 18 And ye shall cry out in that day have chosen you; and the LORD because of your king which ye shall "will not hear you in that day. 19 T Nevertheless the people "refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; 20 That we also may be Plike all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles. 21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD. 22 And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city. CHAPTER IX. 1 Saut despairing to find his father's asses, 6 by the counsel of his servant, 11 and direction of young maidens, 15 according to God's revelation, 18 cometh to Samuel. 19 Samuel entertaineth Saul at the feast. 25 Samuel, after secret communication, bringeth Saul on his way. Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was a Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power. eunucha, Gen. 37. 36. n Prov. 1. 25, 26, 27, 28. Is. 1. 15. Mio. 3. 4. o Jer. 44. 16. pver. 5. g ver. 7. Hos. 13. 11. ch. 14. 51. 1 Chr. 8. 33. & 9. 39. 10r, the son of a man of Jemini, | Or, substance, 2 And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: bfrom his shoulders bch. 10, 23, and upward he was higher than any of the people. 3 And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul sent to seek his father's asses. I. SAMUEL. Before about 1035. He cometh to Samuel. about 1095. n ch. 10. 1 Saul his son, Take now one of the | send thee a man out of the land of CHRIST servants with thee, and arise, go seek Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint CHRIST the asses. him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me. 4 And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the c2 Kin. 4. 42. land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not. d Deut. 33. 1. 5 And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us. 6 And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city da man of 1 Kings 13.1. God, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can shew us our way that we should go. ech, 3. 19. 7 Then said Saul to his servant, Seo Judg. 6. But, behold, if we go, fwhat shall we bring the man? for the bread fis spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: What t have we? 18. & 13. 17. 1 Kings 14.3. 2 Kings 4.42. & 8. 8. + Heb. is gone out of, fe. +Ileb, is with + Heb. there is found in my hand, 8 And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, †I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way. 9(Beforetime in Israel, when a man Gen. 25. 22.5 went to inquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a h25am.24.11. Prophet was beforetime called ba 2 Kin. 17. 13. Seer.) 1 Chr. 26. 28. & 20, 29. 2 Chr. 16. 7, 10. Ia. 30. 10. Amos 7. 12. + Heb. Thy + Heb. in the ascent of the city. 10 Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was. 11 T And as they went up f the hill word is good. to the city, ithey found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer heré? 12 And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for kthere is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place: 17 And when Samuel saw Saul, the 19 And Samuel answered Saul, and 20 And as for 4thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thec, and on all thy father's house? o Ex. 2. 25. & 3. 7, 9. 23 And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee. 24 And the cook took up the shoul-x Lev.7.32,33 Ex. 24. 4. der, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left! set it be-1Or, rerved. fore thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did cat with Samuel that day. 25 T And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house. 26 And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad. Samuel anointeth Saul. Before CHRIST 1095. ach. 9. 16. & 16. 13. the kingdom from his uncle. 17 Saul is | father? THEN "Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, 2 Kin. 9.3.6. band kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over d his inheritance? b Pa. 2. 12. e Acts 13. 21. d Deut. 32. 9. Ps. 78. 71. Gen. 35, 19, 20. fJosh. 18. 28. + Heb. the business, 2 When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin fat Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left f the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son? 3 Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall g Gen. 28. 22. meet thee three men going up to & 35. 1, 3, 7. God to Beth-el, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine: ↑ Heb. ask thee of peace: as Judg. 18. 15. I ver. 10. i ch. 13. 3. k ch. 9. 12. 1 Ex. 15.20,21. 2 Kin. 3. 15. 1 Cor. 11. 1. m Num.11.25. ch. 16. 13. A ver. 10. 4 And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands. 5 After that thou shalt come to h the hill of God, i where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy: 6 And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and "thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be ch. 10. 23, 24. turned into another man. + Heb. it shall come to pass, that when these signs, fo. o Ex. 4. 8. Luke 2. 12. + Heb, do for thee as thine hand shall find, Judz. 9. 33. pJudg. G. 12. q eh. 11.14.15. & 13, 4. r ch. 13. 8. † Heb. 7 And flet it be, when these signs arc come unto thee, † that thou do as occasion serve thee; for P God is with thee. 8 And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sucrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thec, and shew thee what thou shalt do. 9 T And it was so, that, when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart and all those signs came to + Heb.turned. pass that day. shoulder. s ver. 5. teh. 19. 20. u ver, 6. 10 And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and "the Spirit of God came upon him, and he to his neigh prophesied among them. + Heb. a man bour. x ch. 19. 24. Matt. 13. 54, 55. John 7. 15. Acts 4. 13. + Heb. from thence. y Is. 54. 13. John 6. 45.& 7. 16. 11 And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said tone to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets? 12 And one of the same place answered and said, But Y who is their ets? 13 And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place. 14 T And Saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they were no where, we came to Samuel. 15 And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you. 16 And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not. Before 1095. 18 And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you: 19 And ye have this day rejected ch.8.7, 19.& your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands. 12. 12. 20 And when Samuel had d caused a Josh. 7. 14, all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken. 21 When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found. 22 Therefore they inquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff. 16, 17. Acts 1. 24, 26. e ch. 23. 2, 4, 10, 11. 23 And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, fhe was higher than any feh. 9. 2. of the people from his shoulders and upward. 24 And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD 82 8am. 21.6. hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, ht God h1 Kin. 1.25, save the king. 25 Then Samuel told the people ithe manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house. |