1Samuel 15
15Then Samuel said to Saul, "The LORD sent me to anoint you as king over His people, over Israel; now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD.H8050H559H7586H3068H7971H4886H4428H5971H3478H8085H6963H1697H30682"Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'I will punish Amalek [for] what he did to Israel, how he set himself against him on the way while he was coming up from Egypt.H559H3068H6635H6485H6002H6213H3478H7760H1870H5927H47143'Now go and strike Amalek and utterly destroy all that he has, and do not spare him; but put to death both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.' "H3212H5221H6002H2763H2550H4191H376H802H5768H3243H7794H7716H1581H25434Then Saul summoned the people and numbered them in Telaim, 2000000 foot soldiers and 100000 men of Judah.H7586H8085H5971H8085H6485H2923H3967H505H7273H6235H505H376H30635And Saul came to the city of Amalek, and set an ambush in the valley.H7586H935H5892H6002H7378H693H51586And Saul said to the Kenites, "Go, depart, go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for you showed kindness to all the sons of Israel when they came up from Egypt." So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.H7586H559H7017H3212H5493H3381H8432H6002H622H6213H2617H1121H3478H5927H4714H7017H5493H8432H60037So Saul defeated the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, which is east of Egypt.H7586H5221H6002H2341H935H7793H6440H47148And he captured Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.H8610H90H4428H6002H2416H2763H5971H6310H27199But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs, and all that was good, and were not willing to destroy them utterly; but everything despised and worthless, that they utterly destroyed.H7586H5971H2550H90H4315H6629H1241H4932H3733H2896H14H2763H4399H5240H4549H276310Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying,H1697H3068H8050H55911"I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following Me, and has not carried out My commands." And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all night.H5162H4427H7586H4428H7725H310H6965H1697H2734H8050H2199H3068H391512And Samuel rose early in the morning to meet Saul; and it was told Samuel, saying, "Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself, then turned and proceeded on down to Gilgal."H8050H7925H7125H7586H1242H5046H8050H559H7586H935H3760H5324H3027H5437H5674H3381H153713And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, "Blessed are you of the LORD! I have carried out the command of the LORD."H8050H935H7586H7586H559H1288H3068H6965H1697H306814But Samuel said, "What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?"H8050H559H6963H6629H241H6963H1241H808515And Saul said, "They have brought them from the Amalekites, for the people spared the best of the sheep and oxen, to sacrifice to the LORD your God; but the rest we have utterly destroyed."H7586H559H935H6003H5971H2550H4315H6629H1241H2076H3068H430H3498H276316Then Samuel said to Saul, "Wait, and let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night." And he said to him, "Speak!"H8050H559H7586H7503H5046H3068H1696H3915H559H169617And Samuel said, "Is it not true, though you were little in your own eyes, you were [made] the head of the tribes of Israel? And the LORD anointed you king over Israel,H8050H559H6996H5869H7218H7626H3478H3068H4886H4428H347818and the LORD sent you on a mission, and said, 'Go and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are exterminated.'H3068H7971H1870H559H3212H2763H2400H6002H3898H361519"Why then did you not obey the voice of the LORD, but rushed upon the spoil and did what was evil in the sight of the LORD?"H8085H6963H3068H5860H7998H6213H7451H5869H306820Then Saul said to Samuel, "I did obey the voice of the LORD, and went on the mission on which the LORD sent me, and have brought back Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.H7586H559H8050H8085H6963H3068H3212H1870H3068H7971H935H90H4428H6002H2763H600221"But the people took [some] of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the choicest of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to the LORD your God at Gilgal."H5971H3947H7998H6629H1241H7225H2764H2076H3068H430H153722And Samuel said, "Has the LORD as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, [And] to heed than the fat of rams.H8050H559H3068H2656H5930H2077H8085H6963H3068H8085H2896H2077H7181H2459H35223"For rebellion is as the sin of divination, And insubordination is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has also rejected you from [being] king."H4805H2403H7081H6484H205H8655H3988H1697H3068H3988H442824Then Saul said to Samuel, "I have sinned; I have indeed transgressed the command of the LORD and your words, because I feared the people and listened to their voice.H7586H559H8050H2398H5674H6310H3068H1697H3372H5971H8085H696325"Now therefore, please pardon my sin and return with me, that I may worship the LORD."H5375H2403H7725H7812H306826But Samuel said to Saul, "I will not return with you; for you have rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel."H8050H559H7586H7725H3988H1697H3068H3068H3988H4428H347827And as Samuel turned to go, [Saul] seized the edge of his robe, and it tore.H8050H5437H3212H2388H3671H4598H716728So Samuel said to him, "The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today, and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.H8050H559H3068H7167H4468H3478H3117H5414H7453H289629"And also the Glory of Israel will not lie or change His mind; for He is not a man that He should change His mind."H5331H3478H8266H5162H120H516230Then he said, "I have sinned; [but] please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and go back with me, that I may worship the LORD your God."H559H2398H3513H2205H5971H3478H7725H7812H3068H43031So Samuel went back following Saul, and Saul worshiped the LORD.H8050H7725H310H7586H7586H7812H306832Then Samuel said, "Bring me Agag, the king of the Amalekites." And Agag came to him cheerfully. And Agag said, "Surely the bitterness of death is past."H559H8050H5066H90H4428H6002H90H3212H4574H90H559H403H4751H4194H549333But Samuel said, "As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women." And Samuel hewed Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.H8050H559H2719H802H7921H517H7921H802H8050H8158H90H8158H6440H3068H153734Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his house at Gibeah of Saul.H8050H3212H7414H7586H5927H1004H1390H758635And Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death; for Samuel grieved over Saul. And the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.H8050H3254H7200H7586H3117H4194H3588H8050H56H7586H3068H5162H7586H4427H3478
1Samuel 16
16Now the LORD said to Samuel, "How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have selected a king for Myself among his sons."H3068H559H8050H56H7586H3988H4427H3478H4390H7161H8081H3212H7971H3448H1022H7200H4428H11212But Samuel said, "How can I go? When Saul hears [of it,] he will kill me." And the LORD said, "Take a heifer with you, and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.'H8050H559H3212H7586H8085H2026H3068H559H3947H1241H5697H3027H559H935H2076H30683"And you shall invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do; and you shall anoint for Me the one whom I designate to you."H7121H3448H2077H3045H6213H4886H5594So Samuel did what the LORD said, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the city came trembling to meet him and said, "Do you come in peace?"H8050H6213H3068H1696H935H1035H2205H5892H2729H7125H559H935H79655And he said, "In peace; I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice." He also consecrated Jesse and his sons, and invited them to the sacrifice.H559H7965H935H2076H3068H6942H935H2077H6942H3448H1121H7121H20776Then it came about when they entered, that he looked at Eliab and thought, "Surely the Lord's anointed is before Him."H935H7200H446H559H3068H48997But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God [sees] not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."H3068H559H8050H5027H4758H1364H6967H3988H120H7200H120H7200H5869H3068H7200H38248Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, "Neither has the LORD chosen this one."H3448H7121H41H5674H6440H8050H559H3068H9779Next Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, "Neither has the LORD chosen this one."H3448H8048H5674H559H3068H97710Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. But Samuel said to Jesse, "The LORD has not chosen these."H3448H7651H1121H5674H6440H8050H8050H559H3448H3068H97711And Samuel said to Jesse, "Are these all the children?" And he said, "There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he is tending the sheep." Then Samuel said to Jesse," Send and bring him; for we will not sit down until he comes here. "H8050H559H3448H8552H5288H559H7604H6996H7462H6629H8050H559H3448H7971H3947H5437H935H631112So he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the LORD said, "Arise, anoint him; for this is he."H7971H935H132H5973H3303H5869H2896H7210H3068H559H6965H488613Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon David from that day forward. And Samuel arose and went to Ramah.H8050H3947H7161H8081H4886H7130H251H7307H3068H6743H1732H3117H4605H8050H6965H3212H741414Now the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD terrorized him.H7307H3068H5493H7586H7451H7307H3068H120415Saul's servants then said to him, "Behold now, an evil spirit from God is terrorizing you.H7586H5650H559H7451H7307H430H120416"Let our lord now command your servants who are before you. Let them seek a man who is a skillful player on the harp; and it shall come about when the evil spirit from God is on you, that he shall play [the harp] with his hand, and you will be well."H113H559H5650H6440H1245H376H3045H5059H3658H7451H7307H430H5059H3027H289517So Saul said to his servants, "Provide for me now a man who can play well, and bring [him] to me."H7586H559H5650H7200H376H5059H3190H93518Then one of the young men answered and said, "Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is a skillful musician, a mighty man of valor, a warrior, one prudent in speech, and a handsome man; and the LORD is with him."H6030H259H5288H559H7200H1121H3448H1022H3045H5059H1368H2428H376H4421H995H1697H8389H376H306819So Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, "Send me your son David who is with the flock."H7586H7971H4397H3448H559H7971H1732H1121H662920And Jesse took a donkey [loaded with] bread and a jug of wine and a young goat, and sent [them] to Saul by David his son.H3448H3947H2543H3899H4997H3196H259H1423H5795H7971H3027H1732H1121H758621Then David came to Saul and attended him, and Saul loved him greatly; and he became his armor bearer.H1732H935H7586H5975H6440H157H3966H5375H362722And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, "Let David now stand before me; for he has found favor in my sight."H7586H7971H3448H559H1732H5975H6440H4672H2580H586923So it came about whenever the [evil] spirit from God came to Saul, David would take the harp and play [it] with his hand; and Saul would be refreshed and be well, and the evil spirit would depart from him.H7307H430H7586H1732H3947H3658H5059H3027H7586H7304H2895H7451H7307H5493
1Samuel 17
17Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle; and they were gathered at Socoh which belongs to Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.H6430H622H4264H4421H622H7755H3063H2583H7755H5825H6582And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered, and camped in the valley of Elah, and drew up in battle array to encounter the Philistines.H7586H376H3478H622H2583H6010H425H4421H6186H7125H64303And the Philistines stood on the mountain on one side while Israel stood on the mountain on the other side, with the valley between them.H6430H5975H2022H3478H5975H2022H15164Then a champion came out from the armies of the Philistines named Goliath, from Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.H3318H376H1143H4264H6430H8034H1555H1661H1363H8337H520H22395And [he had] a bronze helmet on his head, and he was clothed with scale-armor which weighed five thousand shekels of bronze.H3553H5178H7218H3847H8302H7193H4948H8302H2568H505H8255H51786[He] also [had] bronze greaves on his legs and a bronze javelin [slung] between his shoulders.H4697H5178H7272H3591H5178H38027And the shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and the head of his spear [weighed] six hundred shekels of iron; his shield-carrier also walked before him.H6086H2671H2595H707H4500H2595H3852H8337H3967H8255H1270H5375H6793H1980H64408And he stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, and said to them, " Why do you come out to draw up in battle array? Am I not the Philistine and you servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves and let him come down to me.H5975H7121H4634H3478H559H3318H4421H6186H6430H5650H7586H1262H376H33819"If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will become your servants; but if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall become our servants and serve us."H3201H3898H5221H5650H3201H5221H5650H564710Again the Philistine said, "I defy the ranks of Israel this day; give me a man that we may fight together."H6430H559H2778H4634H3478H3117H5414H376H3898H316211When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.H7586H3478H8085H1697H6430H2865H3966H337212Now David was the son of the Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, whose name was Jesse, and he had eight sons. And Jesse was old in the days of Saul, advanced [in years] among men.H1732H1121H376H673H1035H3063H8034H3448H8083H1121H376H935H582H2204H3117H758613And the three older sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle. And the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the first-born, and the second to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.H7969H1419H1121H3448H3212H310H7586H4421H8034H7969H1121H1980H4421H446H1060H4932H41H7992H804814And David was the youngest. Now the three oldest followed Saul,H1732H6996H7969H1419H1980H310H758615but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father's flock at Bethlehem.H1732H1980H7725H7586H7462H1H6629H103516And the Philistine came forward morning and evening for forty days, and took his stand.H6430H5066H7925H6150H3320H705H311717Then Jesse said to David his son, "Take now for your brothers an ephah of this roasted grain and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to your brothers.H3448H559H1732H1121H3947H251H374H2088H7039H6235H3899H7323H4264H25118"Bring also these ten cuts of cheese to the commander of [their] thousand, and look into the welfare of your brothers, and bring back news of them.H935H6235H2461H2757H8269H505H6485H251H7965H3947H616119"For Saul and they and all the men of Israel are in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines."H7586H376H3478H6010H425H3898H643020So David arose early in the morning and left the flock with a keeper and took [the supplies] and went as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the circle of the camp while the army was going out in battle array shouting the war cry.H1732H7925H1242H5203H6629H8104H5375H3212H3448H6680H935H4570H2428H3318H4634H7321H442121And Israel and the Philistines drew up in battle array, army against army.H3478H6430H6186H4634H7125H463422Then David left his baggage in the care of the baggage keeper, and ran to the battle line and entered in order to greet his brothers.H1732H5203H3627H3027H8104H3627H7323H4634H935H7592H7965H25123As he was talking with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine from Gath named Goliath, was coming up from the army of the Philistines, and he spoke these same words; and David heard [them].H1696H5927H376H1143H6430H1661H1555H8034H4634H4630H6430H1696H428H1697H1732H808524When all the men of Israel saw the man, they fled from him and were greatly afraid.H376H3478H7200H376H5127H6440H3966H337225And the men of Israel said, "Have you seen this man who is coming up? Surely he is coming up to defy Israel. And it will be that the king will enrich the man who kills him with great riches and will give him his daughter and make his father's house free in Israel."H376H3478H559H7200H376H5927H2778H3478H5927H376H5221H4428H6238H1419H6239H5414H1323H6213H1H1004H2670H347826Then David spoke to the men who were standing by him, saying, "What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine, and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should taunt the armies of the living God?"H1732H559H582H5975H559H6213H376H5221H1975H6430H5493H2781H3478H6189H6430H2778H4634H2416H43027And the people answered him in accord with this word, saying, "Thus it will be done for the man who kills him."H5971H559H1697H559H6213H376H522128Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab's anger burned against David and he said, "Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your insolence and the wickedness of your heart; for you have come down in order to see the battle."H446H1419H251H8085H1696H582H446H639H2734H1732H559H3381H5203H2007H4592H6629H4057H3045H2087H7455H3824H3381H7200H442129But David said, "What have I done now? Was it not just a question?"H1732H559H6213H169730Then he turned away from him to another and said the same thing; and the people answered the same thing as before.H5437H681H4136H312H559H1697H5971H1697H7725H7223H169731When the words which David spoke were heard, they told [them] to Saul, and he sent for him.H1697H8085H1732H1696H5046H6440H7586H394732And David said to Saul, "Let no man's heart fail on account of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine."H1732H559H7586H120H3820H5307H5650H3212H3898H643033Then Saul said to David, "You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are [but] a youth while he has been a warrior from his youth."H7586H559H1732H3201H3212H6430H3898H5288H376H4421H527134But David said to Saul, "Your servant was tending his father's sheep. When a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock,H1732H559H7586H5650H7462H1H6629H935H738H1677H5375H7716H2089H573935I went out after him and attacked him, and rescued [it] from his mouth; and when he rose up against me, I seized [him] by his beard and struck him and killed him.H3318H310H5221H5337H6310H6965H2388H2206H5221H419136"Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he has taunted the armies of the living God."H5650H5221H738H1677H6189H6430H259H2778H4634H2416H43037And David said, "The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine." And Saul said to David, "Go, and may the LORD be with you."H1732H559H3068H5337H3027H738H3027H1677H5337H3027H6430H7586H559H1732H3212H306838Then Saul clothed David with his garments and put a bronze helmet on his head, and he clothed him with armor.H7586H3847H1732H4055H5414H6959H5178H7218H3847H830239And David girded his sword over his armor and tried to walk, for he had not tested [them.] So David said to Saul, "I cannot go with these, for I have not tested [them]." And David took them off.H1732H2296H2719H4055H2974H3212H5254H1732H559H7586H3201H3212H5254H1732H549340And he took his stick in his hand and chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the shepherd's bag which he had, even in [his] pouch, and his sling was in his hand; and he approached the Philistine.H3947H4731H3027H977H2568H2512H68H5158H7760H7462H3627H3219H7050H3027H5066H643041Then the Philistine came on and approached David, with the shield-bearer in front of him.H6430H3212H1980H7131H1732H376H5375H6793H644042When the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him; for he was [but] a youth, and ruddy, with a handsome appearance.H6430H5027H7200H1732H959H5288H132H3303H475843And the Philistine said to David, "Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?" And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.H6430H559H1732H3611H935H4731H6430H7043H1732H43044The Philistine also said to David, "Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the beasts of the field."H6430H559H1732H3212H5414H1320H5775H8064H929H770445Then David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have taunted.H559H1732H6430H935H2719H2595H3591H935H8034H3068H6635H430H4634H3478H277846"This day the LORD will deliver you up into my hands, and I will strike you down and remove your head from you. And I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,H3117H3068H5462H3027H5221H5493H7218H5414H6297H4264H6430H3117H5775H8064H2416H776H776H3045H3426H430H347847and that all this assembly may know that the LORD does not deliver by sword or by spear; for the battle is the Lord's and He will give you into our hands. "H6951H3045H3068H3467H2719H2595H4421H3068H5414H302748Then it happened when the Philistine rose and came and drew near to meet David, that David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine.H6430H6965H3212H7126H7125H1732H1732H4116H7323H4634H7125H643049And David put his hand into his bag and took from it a stone and slung [it], and struck the Philistine on his forehead. And the stone sank into his forehead, so that he fell on his face to the ground.H1732H7971H3027H3627H3947H68H7049H5221H6430H4696H68H2883H4696H5307H6440H77650Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and he struck the Philistine and killed him; but there was no sword in David's hand.H1732H2388H4480H6430H7050H68H5221H6430H4191H2719H3027H173251Then David ran and stood over the Philistine and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.H1732H7323H5975H6430H3947H2719H8025H8593H4191H3772H7218H6430H7200H1368H4191H512752And the men of Israel and Judah arose and shouted and pursued the Philistines as far as the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the slain Philistines lay along the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath and Ekron.H582H3478H3063H6965H7321H7291H6430H935H1516H8179H6138H2491H6430H5307H1870H8189H1661H613853And the sons of Israel returned from chasing the Philistines and plundered their camps.H1121H3478H7725H1814H310H6430H8155H426454Then David took the Philistine's head and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his weapons in his tent.H1732H3947H7218H6430H935H3389H7760H3627H16855Now when Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, "Abner, whose son is this young man?" And Abner said, "By your life, O king, I do not know."H7586H7200H1732H3318H7125H6430H559H74H8269H6635H74H1121H5288H74H559H5315H2416H4428H518H304556And the king said, "You inquire whose son the youth is."H4428H559H7592H1121H595857So when David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the Philistine's head in his hand.H1732H7725H5221H6430H74H3947H935H6440H7586H7218H6430H302758And Saul said to him, "Whose son are you, young man?" And David answered, "[I am] the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite."H7586H559H1121H5288H1732H559H1121H5650H3448H1022
Psalm 82
82{A Psalm of Asaph.} God takes His stand in His own congregation; He judges in the midst of the rulers.H4210H623H430H5324H5712H410H8199H7130H4302How long will you judge unjustly, And show partiality to the wicked? Selah.H8199H5766H5375H6440H7563H55423Vindicate the weak and fatherless; Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.H8199H1800H3490H6663H6041H73264Rescue the weak and needy; Deliver [them] out of the hand of the wicked.H6403H1800H34H5337H3027H75635They do not know nor do they understand; They walk about in darkness; All the foundations of the earth are shaken.H3045H995H1980H2825H4144H776H41316I said, "You are gods, And all of you are sons of the Most High.H559H430H1121H59457"Nevertheless you will die like men, And fall like [any] one of the princes."H403H4191H120H5307H259H82698Arise, O God, judge the earth! For it is Thou who dost possess all the nations.H6965H430H8199H776H5157H1471
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