place, and is gone about, and passed CHRIST on, and gone down to Gilgal.

about 1079.

Gen. 14. 19. Judg. 17. 2. Ruth 3. 10.

tver. », 21. Gen. 3. 12 Prov. 28. 13.

u ch. 9. 21.

Heh, they

consume them.

xver, 13.

y ver. 15.

z Pa. 50. 8, 9. Prov. 21. 3. Is. 1. 11. 12, 13, 13, 17, Jer. 7. 22, 23. Mic. 6.6,7,8.

Heb. 10. 0,7, 8, 9.

a Ecc. 5. 1. Hoa. . . Matt. 5.24. Mark 12, 33.

9. 13. & 12.7.

+ Heb. divination, Deut. 18. 10. ch. 13. 14. c See 2 Sam. 12. 13.

1 Ex. 23. 2. Prov. 29. 25. Is 51. 12, 13.

e See ch. 2, 30,

13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, "Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD. 14 And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

15 And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: t 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. 16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on. 17 And Samuel said, "When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?

18 And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.

19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?

20 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.

21. 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.

22 And Samuel said, "Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, a to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

23 For rebellion is as the sin of twitchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, bhe hath also rejected thee from being king.

24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I d feared the people, and obeyed their voice. 25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.

26 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.

27 And as Samuel turned about to fSee 1 Kings go away, fhe laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.

11.30.

Samuel cometh to Beth-lehem.

28 And Samuel said unto hini, 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.

Before

CHRIST about 1079.

geh. 28. 17,18. Kin. 11. 31.

Or.Eternity, or, Victory. h Num.23.19. Ex. 24. 1

2 Tim. 2, 13. Tit. 1.2.

29 And also the | Strength of Israel h will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent. 30 Then he said, I have sinned: yet i honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before John 5.44. & 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.

12. 43.

32 T Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past. 33 And Samuel said, k As thy swordEx. 17. 11. hath made women childless, so shall Num. 14.45. See Judg. L thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal. 34 T Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to I Gibeah of Saul.

7.

1 ch. 11. 4. m See ch. 19.

n ver. 11. ch, 10. 1.

o ver. 11.

35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: 24. nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel. CHAPTER XVI. Samuel sent by God, under pretence of a sacrifice, cometh to Beth-lehem. 6 His human judgment is reproved. 11 He anointeth David. 15 Saul sendeth for David to quiet his evil spirit.

1

ach. 15. 35. bch. 15. 23. ech. 9. 16.

about 1063.

allow long wilt thou mourn for ND the LORD said unto Samuel, Saul, seeing bI have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I have provided me a king among Ps. 78, 70, & his sons.

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

3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and fI will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.""

2 Kin. 9. 1.

Samuel anointeth David.

Before

Look not on "his countenance, or CHRIST on the height of his stature; because about 1063. I have refused him: "for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man Plooketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the 4 heart.

n Ps. 147, 10, 11.

ola. 55. 8. p2 Cor. 10. 7. + Heb, eyes. 91 Kin, 8. 39. 1 Chr. 28. 9.

Pa. 7. 9. Jer. 11, 20. & 17.10.&20.12. Acts 1. 21. rch, 17. 13. sch. 17. 13. Shimenk, 2 Sain. 13.3 Shimma,

1 Chr. 2. 13.

tch. 17, 12.

u2 Sam. 7. 8.

Pa. 78. 70.

+ Heb.round.

x eh. 17. 42. Cant. 5. 10. + Heh, fair of eyes.

y So ch. 9. 17.

zch. 10. 1. Pa. 89. 20. A See Num, 27. 18, Judg. 11. 29. & 13. 25, & 14. 6.

ch. 10. 6, 10. about 1065.

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

9 Then Jesse made | 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, t 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.

12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal tof 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 Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

4 T b But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him. 15 And Saul's servants said unto Judg. 16, 20. him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.

bch 11. 6. & 18.12.&28.15.

Ps. 51. 11.

© Judg. 9. 23. ch. 18. 10. & 19. 9.

Or, terrified.
Gen. 41. 46.

ver. 21, 22. 1 Kin. 10, 8. aver. 23.

2 Kin. 3. 15.

35, 36.

16 Let our lord now command thy servants which are a before thee, to Se out a man, who is a cunning player on a 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. 17 And Saul said unto his servants, 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 a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that fch. 17.32,34, is cunning in playing, and fa mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him. 19 T Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, h which is with the

Or, speech, gel, 3, 19. & 18. 12, 14.

h ver. 11.

ch 17. 15,31. sheep.

1 See ch. 10.

20 And Jesse i took an ass laden 27.& 17. 18. with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.

Gen. 43. 11.

Prov. 18. 16.

Goliath defieth Israel.

me; for he hath found favour in my sight.

23 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took a harp, and played with his hand: so Sauf was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

CHAPTER XVII.

1 The armies of the Israelites and Philistines being ready to battle, 4 Goliath cometh proudly forth to challenge a combat. 12 David, sent by his father to visit his brethren, taketh the challenge. 28 Eliab chideth him. 30 He is brought to Saul. 32 He sheweth the reason of his confidence. 38 Without armour, armed by faith, he slayeth the giant. 55 Saul taketh notice of David.

Before CHRIST about 1983.

1 ver. 14, 16.

TOW the Philistines a gathered a cb. 13, 5, together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at b Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekalı, in || Ephes-dammim.

2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and fset the battle in array against the Philistines. 3 And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them."

4 T And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of d Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. 5 And he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he was 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 target of brass between his shoulders.

7 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.

b Josh, 15. 35. 2 Chr. 28. 18. 1 Or, The coast of Dammim. callel Pasdammim, 1 Chr. 11. 13. + Heb. ranged the battle

c28am.21.19. d Josh. 11. 22.

+ Heb. clothed.

(Or, gorget.

28am.21.10.

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 fservants to Saul? choose teh, 8, 17. 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 h 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.

David, coming to the army,

Before CHRIST about 1063.

1 ch. 16. 10.11. See 1 Chr. 2. 13, 14, 15.

leight 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 firstborn, and next unto 1 Chr. 2. 13. him Abinadab, and the third Sham

in ch. 16. 6, 8,

9.

a ch. 16. 19.

+ Hub. cheeses of milk. + Heb. captain of a thousand.

o Gen. 37. 14.

Or, place of the carriage, ch. 26. 5. Or, battle array, or,

mah.

14 And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul. 15 But David went and returned from Saul "to feed 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;

accepteth the challenge.

Before CHRIST about 1063.

y Gen. 37.4.8. 11.

Matt, 10, 36.

28 T 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. 29 And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause? 30 And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the aver. 25, 27. same manner: and the people an-t Heb, word, swered him again after the former manner.

31 And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him.

19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. 20 T 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.

21 For Israel and the Philistines had place of fight. put the battle in array, army against

↑ Heb. the vessels from upon him.

+ Heb. asked his brethren of peace, as

army.

22 And David left this carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and † saluted his brethren. 23 And as he talked with them, beJudg. 18. 15. hold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake Paccording to the same words: and David heard them. 24 And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled † from him, and were sore afraid.

p ver. 8.

+ Heb. from his face.

25 And the 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 him Josh. 15. 16. With great riches, and 4 will give him his daughter, and make 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 this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of a Deut. 6. 28. "the living God?

this Philistine.

33 And Saul said to David, d 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 servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: 35 And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.

36 Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, sceing he hath defied the armies of the living God.

The

37 David said moreover, 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.

38 T And Saul farmed David with his armour, and he put a helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with coat of mail.

39 And David girded his sword upon his armour, 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 brook, and put them in a shepherd's t bag which he had, even in a 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 him. 42 And when the Philistine looked

aver. 17.

Heb. took

Aim.

b Deut. 20. 1.

3.

eeh. 16. 18.

aSee Num.

13.31. Deut, 9, 2.

1 Or, kid,

Ps. 18.16,17. & 63.7. & 77. 11.

2 Cor. 1. 10. 2 Tim. 4. 17. 18.

fch. 20. 13.

1 Chr. 22. 11, 16.

+Heb, clothed

David with
his clothes.

Or, valley. Heb. vessel.

12 T And Saul was "afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was P departed from Saul. 13 Therefore Saul removed him peh. 16. 14. & from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and "he went out and came in before the people. 14 And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.

28. 15.

q ver. 16. Num. 27. 17. 2 Sam. 5. 2. Or, prospered, ver. 5.

r Gen. 39. 2, 3, 23. Josh. 6. 27. a ver. 5.

tch. 17. 25.

+ Heb. a son of valour.

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

16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.

17 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, ther will I give thee to wife: only be thou

valiant for me, and fight "the LORD'S battles. For Saul said, *Let u Num.32.20, not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.

27, 29.

ch, 25, 28,

x ver. 21, 25. 2 Sam. 12. 9. y See ver. 23. cb. 9. 21.

2 Sam. 7. 18.

z 2 8am, 21. 8. a Judg. 7. 22, b ver. 28.

+ Heb. was right in his eyes.

c Ex. 10. 7. d ver. 17.

. See ver. 28.

+ Heb. According to these words.

18 And David said unto Saul, y 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?

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 a 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 that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain.

22 T 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 thing to be a 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 fGen. 34. 12. any fdowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul h thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

Ex. 22. 17. gch, 14, 24. h ver. 17.

Michal given to David to wife.

27 Wherefore David arose and Before went, he and his men, and slew of CHRIST the Philistines two hundred men ; about 1063. and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to 12 Sam. 3. 14. the king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife.

k ver. 13.

m 2 Sam. 11.

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 continually. 30 Then the princes of the Philis-1. tines 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.

CHAPTER XIX.

1 Jonathan discloseth his father's purpose to kill David. 4 lle persuadeth his father to reconciliation. 8 By reason of David's good success in a new war, Saul's malicious rage breaketh out against him. 12 Michal deceiveth her father with an image in David's bed. 18 David cometh to Samuel in Naioth. 20 Saul's messengers sent to take David, 22 and Saul himself, prophesy.

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

n ver. 5. + Heb.

precious, eh. 26, 21. 2 Kin. 1. 13. Ps. 116. 15.

de- ach. 18. 1.

2 But Jonati an Saul's son lighted much i 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: 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 T And Jonathan bspake 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 did put his life in his dJudg. 9. 17. hand, and slew the Philistine, and fthe LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou saw-ch. 17.49,50. est it, and didst rejoice: wherefore fch. 11. 13. then wilt thou sin against inno- 1 Chr. 11. 14. cent blood, to slay David without a gch. 20, 32. cause?

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

7 And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan_shewed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, i as fin times past.

8 T And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a

& 12. 3.

ch. 28. 21. Ps. 119. 109.

h Matt. 27, 4.

ich. 16. 21. & 18. 2, 13. + Heb. yesterday third day. about 1062.