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Then  all Is ra el pros ti tut ed them-
selves  by wor ship ing  it  there,  and  it be came  a 
 snare  to Gid e on  and  his house hold. 28  So Mid i an  was sub dued be fore  the Is ra-
el ites,  and  they  were  no lon ger  a  threat. e  The 
 land  had  peace  for for ty  years dur ing  the  days 
 of Gid e on. 29 Jer ub ba al ( that  is, Gid e on)  son  of 
Jo ash  went  back  to  live  at  his  house. 30 Gid e on  had sev en ty  sons,  his  own off-
spring,  since  he  had  many  wives. 31  His con-
cu bine  who  was  in She chem  also  bore  him  a 
 son,  and  he  named  him Abim e lech. 32  Then 
Gid e on  son  of Jo ash  died  at  a  good  old  age  and 
 was bur ied  in  the  tomb  of  his fa ther Jo ash  in 
Oph rah  of  the Abi ez rites. 33  When Gid e on  died,  the Is ra el ites  turned 
 and pros ti tut ed them selves  by wor ship ing  the 
 Baals  and  made Baal-berith f  their  god. 34  The 
Is ra el ites  did  not re mem ber  the  L ord  their  God 
 who  had res cued  them  from  the  hand  of  the 
en e mies  around  them.


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35  They  did  not  show 
kind ness  to  the  house  of Jer ub ba al ( that  is, 
Gid e on)  for  all  the  good  he  had  done  for Is ra el. ABIMELECH BECOMES KING
9 
Abim e lech  son  of Jer ub ba al  went  to She-
chem  and  spoke  to  his uncles  and  to  his 
moth er’s  whole  clan, say ing, 2 “ Please  speak 
 in  the hear ing  of  all  the cit i zens  of She chem, 
‘ Is  it bet ter  for  you  that sev en ty  men,  all  the 
 sons  of Jer ub ba al,  rule  over  you  or  that  one 
a 8:7 Lit thresh   b 8:10 Lit men who drew the sword   c 8:11 Lit on the route of those who live in tents   d 8:26 Lit  1,700 
shekels   e 8:28 Lit they no longer raised their head   f 8:33 Lit Baal of the Covenant, or  Lord of the Covenant
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 man  rule  over  you? ’ Re mem ber  that  I  am  your 
 own  flesh  and  blood.” a
3  His moth er’s rel a tives  spoke  all  these  words 
 about  him  in  the hear ing  of  all  the cit i zens  of 
She chem,  and  they  were fa vor able  to Abim-
e lech,  for  they  said, “ He  is  our broth er.” 4  So 
 they  gave  him sev en ty  pieces  of sil ver  from 
 the tem ple  of Baal-berith. b Abim e lech  used  it 
 to  hire worth less  and reck less  men,  and  they 
fol lowed  him.


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5  He  went  to  his fa ther’s  house 
 in Oph rah  and  killed  his sev en ty broth ers,  the 
 sons  of Jer ub ba al,  on  top  of  a  large  stone. But 
Jo tham,  the youn gest  son  of Jer ub ba al, sur-
vived, be cause  he  hid. 6  Then  all  the cit i zens  of 
She chem  and  of Beth-millo gath ered to geth er 
 and pro ceed ed  to  make Abim e lech  king  at  the 
 oak  of  the pil lar  in She chem. JOTHAM’S PARABLE
7  When  they  told Jo tham,  he  climbed  to  the 
 top  of  Mount Ge ri zim,  raised  his  voice,  and 
 called  to  them:
  Listen to me, citizens of Shechem,
  and may God listen to you:
 8 The trees decided
  to anoint a king over themselves. They said to the olive tree, 
“Reign over us.”
 9 But the olive tree said to them,
  “Should I stop giving my oil
  that people use to honor both God 
and men,
  and rule  c over the trees? ”
 10 Then the trees said to the fig tree,
  “Come and reign over us.”
 11 But the fig tree said to them,
  “Should I stop giving
  my sweetness and my good fruit,
  and rule over trees? ”
 12 Later, the trees said to the grapevine,
  “Come and reign over us.”
 13 But the grapevine said to them,
  “Should I stop giving my wine
  that cheers both God and man,
  and rule over trees? ”
 14 Finally , all the trees said to the bramble,
  “Come and reign over us.”
 15 The bramble said to the trees,
  “If you really are anointing me
  as king over you,
  come and find refuge in my shade. But if not,
  may fire come out from the bramble
  and consume the cedars of Lebanon.”
16 “ Now  if  you  have act ed faith ful ly  and hon-
est ly  in mak ing Abim e lech  king,  if  you  have 
 done  well  by Jer ub ba al  and  his fam i ly ,  and 
 if  you  have re ward ed  him ap pro pri ate ly  for 
 what  he  did — 17  for  my fa ther  fought  for  you, 
 risked  his  life,  and res cued  you  from Mid i-
an, 18  and  now  you  have at tacked  my fa ther’s 
fam i ly to day ,  killed  his sev en ty  sons  on  top  of 
 a  large  stone,  and  made Abim e lech,  the  son 
 of  his  slave wom an,  king  over  the cit i zens  of 
She chem ‘be cause  he  is  your broth er’ — 19  so 
 if  you  have act ed faith ful ly  and hon est ly  with 
Jer ub ba al  and  his  house  this  day , re joice  in 
Abim e lech  and  may  he  also re joice  in  you. 20  But  if  not,  may  fire  come  from Abim e lech 
 and con sume  the cit i zens  of She chem  and 
Beth-millo,  and  may  fire  come  from  the cit i-
zens  of She chem  and Beth-millo  and con sume 
Abim e lech.” 21  Then Jo tham  fled, es cap ing  to 
 Beer,  and  lived  there be cause  of  his broth er 
Abim e lech. ABIMELECH’S PUNISHMENT
22  When Abim e lech  had  ruled  over Is ra el 
 three  years, 23  God  sent  an  evil spir it be tween 
Abim e lech  and  the cit i zens  of She chem. They 
treat ed Abim e lech de ceit ful ly , 24  so  that  the 
 crime  against  the sev en ty  sons  of Jer ub ba al 
 might  come  to jus tice  and  their  blood  would 
 be  avenged  on  their broth er Abim e lech,  who 
 killed  them,  and  on  the cit i zens  of She chem, 
 who  had  helped  him d  kill  his broth ers. 25  The 
cit i zens  of She chem re belled  against  him  by 
put ting  men  in am bush  on  the  tops  of  the 
moun tains,  and  they  robbed ev ery one  who 
 passed  by  them  on  the  road. So  this  was re-
port ed  to Abim e lech. 26  Gaal  son  of  Ebed  came  with  his broth ers 
 and  crossed  into She chem,  and  the cit i zens  of 
She chem trust ed  him. 27  So  they  went  out  to 
 the coun try side  and har vest ed  grapes  from 
 their vine yards.


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They tram pled  the  grapes 
 and  held  a cel e bra tion. Then  they  went  to  the 
 house  of  their  god,  and  as  they  ate  and  drank, 
 they  cursed Abim e lech. 28  Gaal  son  of  Ebed 
a 9:2 Lit your bone and your flesh   b 9:4 Lit Baal of the Covenant, or  Lord of the Covenant   c 9:9 Lit and go to sway, also in 
vv .


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11,13   d 9:24 Lit had strengthened his hands
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 said, “ Who  is Abim e lech  and  who  is She chem 
 that  we  should  serve  him? Isn’t  he  the  son  of 
Jer ub ba al,  and  isn’t Ze bul  his off  i cer?


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Why  should  we  serve Abim e lech? 29  If 
 only  these peo ple  were  in  my pow er,  I  would 
re move Abim e lech.”  So  he  said a  to Abim e lech, 
“Gath er  your  army  and  come  out.”
30  When Ze bul,  the rul er  of  the  city ,  heard 
 the  words  of  Gaal  son  of  Ebed,  he  was an gry . 31  So  he se cret ly  sent mes sen gers  to Abim e-
lech, say ing, “Be ware! Gaal  son  of  Ebed,  with 
 his broth ers,  have  come  to She chem  and  are 
turn ing  the  city  against  you. b 32  Now to night, 
 you  and  the  troops  with  you,  come  and  wait 
 in am bush  in  the coun try side.


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33  Then  get  up 
ear ly ,  and  at sun rise at tack  the  city . When  he 
 and  the  troops  who  are  with  him  come  out 
 against  you,  do  to  him what ev er  you  can.” 34  So 
Abim e lech  and  all  the  troops  with  him  got  up 
 at  night  and wait ed  in am bush  for She chem 
 in  four  units. 35  Gaal  son  of  Ebed  went  out  and  stood  at  the 
en trance  of  the  city  gate. Then Abim e lech  and 
 the  troops  who  were  with  him  got  up  from 
 their am bush. 36  When  Gaal  saw  the  troops, 
 he  said  to Ze bul, “ Look,  troops  are com ing 
 down  from  the moun tain tops! ”  But Ze bul  said 
 to  him, “ The shad ows  of  the moun tains  look 
 like  men  to  you.”
37  Then  Gaal  spoke  again, “ Look,  troops  are 
com ing  down  from  the cen tral  part  of  the  land, 
 and  one  unit  is com ing  from  the di rec tion  of  the 
Di vin ers’  Oak.” 38 Ze bul re plied,“ What  do  you 
 have  to  say  now? You  said, ‘ Who  is Abim e lech 
 that  we  should  serve  him?


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Now  go  and  fight  them! ”
39  So  Gaal  went  out lead ing  the cit i zens  of 
She chem  and  fought  against Abim e lech, 40  but 
Abim e lech pur sued  him,  and  Gaal  fled be fore 
 him. Nu mer ous bod ies  were  strewn  as  far 
 as  the en trance  of  the  city  gate. 41 Abim e lech 
 stayed  in Aru mah,  and Ze bul  drove  Gaal  and 
 his broth ers  from She chem. 42  The  next  day  when  the peo ple  of She chem c 
 went  into  the coun try side,  this  was re port ed  to 
Abim e lech. 43  He  took  the  troops, di vid ed  them 
 into  three com pa nies,  and wait ed  in am bush 
 in  the coun try side. He  looked,  and  the peo ple 
 were com ing  out  of  the  city ,  so  he  arose  against 
 them  and  struck  them  down. 44  Then Abim e-
lech  and  the  units  that  were  with  him  rushed 
for ward  and  took  their  stand  at  the en trance 
 of  the  city  gate. The oth er  two  units  rushed 
 against  all  who  were  in  the coun try side  and 
 struck  them  down. 45  So Abim e lech  fought 
 against  the  city  that en tire  day , cap tured  it, 
 and  killed  the peo ple  who  were  in  it. Then 
 he  tore  down  the  city  and  sowed  it  with  salt. 46  When  all  the cit i zens  of  the Tow er  of She-
chem  heard,  they en tered  the in ner cham ber d  of 
 the tem ple  of El-berith. e 47  Then  it  was re port ed 
 to Abim e lech  that  all  the cit i zens  of  the Tow er 
 of She chem  had gath ered. 48  So Abim e lech  and 
 all  the  troops  who  were  with  him  went  up  to 
 Mount Zal mon. Abim e lech  took  his  ax  in  his 
 hand  and  cut  a  branch  from  the  trees. He  picked 
 up  the  branch,  put  it  on  his shoul der,  and  said 
 to  the  troops  who  were  with  him, “Hur ry  and 
 do  what  you  have  seen  me  do.” 49  Each  of  the 
 troops  also  cut  his  own  branch  and fol lowed 
Abim e lech. They  put  the branch es  against  the 
in ner cham ber  and  set  it  on  fire;  about  a thou-
sand  men  and wom en  died, in clud ing  all  the 
 men  of  the Tow er  of She chem.


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50 Abim e lech  went  to The bez,  camped  against 
 it,  and cap tured  it. 51  There  was  a  strong tow er 
in side  the  city ,  and  all  the  men, wom en,  and 
cit i zens  of  the  city  fled  there. They  locked them-
selves  in  and  went  up  to  the  roof  of  the tow er. 52  When Abim e lech  came  to at tack  the tow er, 
 he ap proached  its en trance  to  set  it  on  fire. 53  But  a wom an  threw  the up per por tion  of  a 
mill stone  on Abim e lech’s  head  and fractured 
 his  skull. 54  He quick ly  called  his armor-bearer 
 and  said  to  him, “ Draw  your  sword  and  kill 
 me,  or they’ll  say  about  me, ‘ A wom an  killed 
 him.’ ”  So  his armor-bearer  ran  him  through, 
 and  he  died. 55  When  the Is ra el ites  saw  that 
Abim e lech  was  dead,  they  all  went  home. 56  In  this  way ,  God  brought  back Abim e lech’s 
 evil— the  evil  that Abim e lech  had  done  to  his 
fa ther  when  he  killed  his sev en ty broth ers. 57  God  also  brought  back  to  the  men  of She-
chem  all  their  evil. So  the  curse  of Jo tham  son 
 of Jer ub ba al  came  upon  them. TOLA AND JAIR
10 
Af ter Abim e lech,  Tola  son  of  Puah,  son 
 of  Dodo be came  judge  and be gan  to de-
liv er Is ra el. He  was  from Is sa char  and  lived  in 
Sha mir  in  the  hill coun try  of Ephra im.


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2  Tola 
 judged Is ra el twenty-three  years  and  when 
 he  died,  was bur ied  in Sha mir. a 9:29 DSS read They said ; LXX reads I would say   b 9:31 Hb obscure   c 9:42 of Shechem supplied for clarity   d 9:46 Or the crypt, 
or the vault   e 9:46 = God of the Covenant
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3 Af ter  him  came  Jair  the Gil e ad ite,  who 
 judged Is ra el twenty-two  years. 4  He  had thir ty 
 sons  who  rode  on thir ty don keys. They  had 
thir ty  towns a  in Gil e ad,  which  are  still  called 
 Jair’s Vil lages b to day .


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5  When  Jair  died,  he  was 
bur ied  in Ka mon. ISRAEL ’S REBELLION AND REPENTANCE
6  Then  the Is ra el ites  again  did  what  was  evil 
 in  the  sight  of  the  L ord. They wor shiped  the 
 Baals  and  the Ash to reths,  the  gods  of  Aram, 
Si don,  and  Moab,  and  the  gods  of  the Am mon-
ites  and  the Phi lis tines. They aban doned  the 
 L ord  and  did  not wor ship  him. 7  So  the  L ord’ s 
an ger  burned  against Is ra el,  and  he  sold  them 
 to c  the Phi lis tines  and  the Am mon ites. 8  They 
shat tered  and  crushed  the Is ra el ites  that  year, 
 and  for eigh teen  years  they  did  the  same  to  all 
 the Is ra el ites  who  were  on  the oth er  side  of  the 
Jor dan  in  the  land  of  the Am o rites  in Gil e ad. 9  The Am mon ites  also  crossed  the Jor dan  to 
 fight  against Ju dah, Ben ja min,  and  the  house 
 of Ephra im. Is ra el  was great ly op pressed, 10  so 
 they  cried  out  to  the  L ord, say ing, “ We  have 
 sinned  against  you. We  have aban doned  our 
 God  and wor shiped  the  Baals.”
11  The  L ord  said  to  the Is ra el ites, “ When  the 
Egyp tians, Am o rites, Am mon ites, Phi lis tines, 
12 Si do ni ans, Am a lek ites,  and Ma on ites d op-
pressed  you,  and  you  cried  out  to  me,  did  I 
 not de liv er  you  from  them? 13  But  you  have 
aban doned  me  and wor shiped oth er  gods.


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14  Go  and 
 cry  out  to  the  gods  you  have cho sen. Let  them 
de liv er  you when ev er  you  are op pressed.”
15  But  the Is ra el ites  said, “ We  have  sinned. Deal  with  us  as  you  see  fit; e  only res cue  us 
to day! ” 16  So  they  got  rid  of  the for eign  gods 
 among  them  and wor shiped  the  L ord,  and  he 
be came wea ry  of Is ra el’s mis ery . 17  The Am mon ites  were  called to geth er,  and 
 they  camped  in Gil e ad. So  the Is ra el ites as sem-
bled  and  camped  at Miz pah. 18  The rul ers f  of 
Gil e ad  said  to  one an oth er, “ Which  man  will 
be gin  the  fight  against  the Am mon ites? He  will 
 be  the lead er  of  all  the in hab i tants  of Gil e ad.”
JEPHTHAH BECOMES ISRAEL’S LEADER
11 
Jeph thah  the Gil e ad ite  was  a val iant war-
rior,  but  he  was  the  son  of  a pros ti tute, 
 and Gil e ad  was  his fa ther. 2 Gil e ad’s  wife  bore 
 him  sons,  and  when  they  grew  up,  they  drove 
Jeph thah  out  and  said  to  him, “ You  will  have 
 no in her i tance  in  our fa ther’s fam i ly , be cause 
 you  are  the  son  of an oth er wom an.” 3  So Jeph-
thah  fled  from  his broth ers  and  lived  in  the 
 land  of  Tob. Then  some worth less  men  joined 
Jeph thah  and  went  on raids  with  him. 4  Some  time lat er,  the Am mon ites  fought 
 against Is ra el. 5  When  the Am mon ites  made 
 war  with Is ra el,  the el ders  of Gil e ad  went  to 
 get Jeph thah  from  the  land  of  Tob. 6  They  said 
 to  him, “ Come,  be  our com mand er,  and  let’s 
 fight  the Am mon ites.”
7 Jeph thah re plied  to  the el ders  of Gil e ad, 
“ Didn’t  you  hate  me  and  drive  me  out  of  my 
fa ther’s fam i ly? Why  then  have  you  come  to 
 me  now  when  you’re  in trou ble?


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But 
 now  we  turn  to  you. Come  with  us,  fight  the 
Am mon ites,  and  you  will be come lead er  of 
 all  the in hab i tants  of Gil e ad.”
9  So Jeph thah  said  to  them, “ If  you  are bring-
ing  me  back  to  fight  the Am mon ites  and  the 
 L ord  gives  them  to  me,  I  will  be  your lead er.”
10  The el ders  of Gil e ad  said  to Jeph thah, “ The 
 L ord  is  our wit ness  if  we  don’t  do  as  you  say .” 
11  So Jeph thah  went  with  the el ders  of Gil e ad. The peo ple  made  him  their lead er  and com-
mand er,  and Jeph thah re peat ed  all  his  terms 
 in  the pres ence  of  the  L ord  at Miz pah. JEPHTHAH REJECTS AMMONITE CLAIMS
12 Jeph thah  sent mes sen gers  to  the  king  of 
 the Am mon ites, ask ing, “ What  do  you  have 
 against  me  that  you  have  come  to  fight  me 
 in  my  land? ”
13  The  king  of  the Am mon ites  said  to Jeph-
thah’s mes sen gers, “ When Is ra el  came  from 
 Egypt,  they  seized  my  land  from  the Ar non 
 to  the Jab bok  and  the Jor dan. Now re store 
 it peace ably .”
14 Jeph thah  again  sent mes sen gers  to  the 
 king  of  the Am mon ites 15  to  tell  him, “ This  is 
 what Jeph thah  says: Is ra el  did  not  take  away 
 the  land  of  Moab  or  the  land  of  the Am mon-
ites. 16  But  when  they  came  from  Egypt, Is ra el 
trav eled  through  the wil der ness  to  the  Red  Sea 
 and  came  to Ka desh. 17 Is ra el  sent mes sen gers 
 to  the  king  of  Edom, say ing, ‘ Please  let  us trav-
el  through  your  land,’  but  the  king  of  Edom 
 would  not lis ten. They  also  sent mes sen gers 
 to  the  king  of  Moab,  but  he re fused.


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So Is ra el 
 stayed  in Ka desh. a 10:4 LXX; MT reads donkeys   b 10:4 Or called Havvoth-jair   c 10:7 Lit into the hand of   d 10:12 LXX reads Midianites    
e 10:15 Lit Do to us what is good in your eyes   f 10:18 Lit The people, rulers
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18 “ Then  they trav eled  through  the wil der-
ness  and  around  the  lands  of  Edom  and  Moab. They  came  to  the  east  side  of  the  land  of  Moab 
 and  camped  on  the oth er  side  of  the Ar non 
 but  did  not en ter  into  the ter ri to ry  of  Moab, 
 for  the Ar non  was  the bound ary  of  Moab. 19 “ Then Is ra el  sent mes sen gers  to Si hon 
 king  of  the Am o rites,  king  of Hesh bon. Is ra el 
 said  to  him, ‘ Please  let  us trav el  through  your 
 land  to  our coun try ,’ 20  but Si hon  would  not 
 trust Is ra el  to  pass  through  his ter ri to ry . In-
stead, Si hon gath ered  all  his  troops,  camped 
 at Ja haz,  and  fought  with Is ra el. 21  Then  the 
 L ord  God  of Is ra el hand ed  over Si hon  and  all 
 his  troops  to Is ra el,  and  they de feat ed  them. So Is ra el  took pos ses sion  of  the en tire  land 
 of  the Am o rites  who  lived  in  that coun try . 22  They  took pos ses sion  of  all  the ter ri to ry  of 
 the Am o rites  from  the Ar non  to  the Jab bok 
 and  from  the wil der ness  to  the Jor dan. 23 “ The  L ord  God  of Is ra el  has  now driv en 
 out  the Am o rites be fore  his peo ple Is ra el,  and 
 will  you  now  force  us  out? 24  Isn’t  it  true  that 
 you  can  have what ev er  your  god Che mosh 
con quers  for  you,  and  we  can  have what ev-
er  the  L ord  our  God con quers  for  us? 25  Now 
 are  you  any bet ter  than Ba lak  son  of Zip por, 
 king  of  Moab?


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Did  he  ever con tend  with Is ra-
el  or  fight  against  them? 26  While Is ra el  lived 
 three hun dred  years  in Hesh bon  and Aro er 
 and  their sur round ing vil lages,  and  in  all  the 
cit ies  that  are  on  the  banks  of  the Ar non,  why 
 didn’t  you  take  them  back  at  that  time? 27  I 
 have  not  sinned  against  you,  but  you  are do-
ing  me  wrong  by fight ing  against  me. Let  the 
 L ord  who  is  the  judge de cide to day be tween 
 the Is ra el ites  and  the Am mon ites.” 28  But  the 
 king  of  the Am mon ites  would  not lis ten  to 
Jeph thah’s mes sage  that  he  sent  him. JEPHTHAH’S VOW AND SACRIFICE
29  The Spir it  of  the  L ord  came  on Jeph thah, 
 who trav eled  through Gil e ad  and Ma nas seh, 
 and  then  through Miz pah  of Gil e ad. He  crossed 
 over  to  the Am mon ites  from Miz pah  of Gil-
e ad. 30 Jeph thah  made  this  vow  to  the  L ord: 
“ If  you  in  fact  hand  over  the Am mon ites  to 
 me, 31 who ev er  comes  out  the  doors  of  my 
 house  to  greet  me  when  I re turn safe ly  from 
 the Am mon ites  will be long  to  the  L ord,  and 
 I  will off  er  that per son  as  a  burnt off  er ing.”
32 Jeph thah  crossed  over  to  the Am mon ites 
 to  fight  against  them,  and  the  L ord hand ed 
 them  over  to  him. 33  He de feat ed twen ty  of 
 their cit ies  with  a  great slaugh ter  from Aro er 
 all  the  way  to  the en trance  of Min nith  and  to 
Abel-keramim. So  the Am mon ites  were sub-
dued be fore  the Is ra el ites. 34  When Jeph thah  went  to  his  home  in Miz-
pah,  there  was  his daugh ter, com ing  out  to 
 meet  him  with tam bou rines  and danc ing! She 
 was  his  only  child;  he  had  no oth er  son  or 
daugh ter be sides  her.


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You  have  brought 
 great mis ery  on  me. a  I  have giv en  my  word  to 
 the  L ord  and can not  take  it  back.”
36  Then  she  said  to  him, “ My fa ther,  you  have 
giv en  your  word  to  the  L ord. Do  to  me  as  you 
 have  said,  for  the  L ord  brought ven geance  on 
 your en e mies,  the Am mon ites.” 37  She  also  said 
 to  her fa ther, “ Let  me  do  this  one  thing:  Let  me 
wan der  two  months  through  the moun tains 
 with  my  friends  and  mourn  my vir gin i ty .”
38 “ Go,”  he  said. And  he  sent  her  away  two 
 months. So  she  left  with  her  friends  and 
 mourned  her vir gin i ty  as  she wan dered 
 through  the moun tains. 39  At  the  end  of  two 
 months,  she re turned  to  her fa ther,  and  he 
 kept  the  vow  he  had  made  about  her.


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And  she 
 had nev er  been in ti mate  with  a  man. Now  it 
be came  a cus tom  in Is ra el 40  that  four  days 
 each  year  the  young wom en  of Is ra el  would 
com mem o rate  the daugh ter  of Jeph thah  the 
Gil e ad ite. CONFLICT WITH EPHRAIM
12 
 The  men  of Ephra im  were  called to geth er 
 and  crossed  the Jor dan  to Za phon. They 
 said  to Jeph thah, “ Why  have  you  crossed  over 
 to  fight  against  the Am mon ites  but  didn’t  call 
 us  to  go  with  you? We  will  burn  your  house 
 with  you  in  it! ”
2  Then Jeph thah  said  to  them, “ My peo ple 
 and  I  had  a bit ter con flict  with  the Am mon-
ites. So  I  called  for  you,  but  you  didn’t de liv er 
 me  from  their pow er. 3  When  I  saw  that  you 
 weren’t go ing  to de liv er  me,  I  took  my  life  in 
 my  own  hands  and  crossed  over  to  the Am-
mon ites,  and  the  L ord hand ed  them  over  to 
 me. Why  then  have  you  come to day  to  fight 
 against  me?


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”
4  Then Jeph thah gath ered  all  of  the  men  of 
Gil e ad. They  fought  and de feat ed Ephra im, 
be cause Ephra im  had  said, “ You Gil e ad ites 
 are Ephra im ite fu gi tives  in  the ter ri to ries 
a 11:35 Lit have been among those who trouble me
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 of Ephra im  and Ma nas seh.” 5  The Gil e ad ites 
cap tured  the  fords  of  the Jor dan lead ing  to 
Ephra im. When ev er  a fu gi tive  from Ephra im 
 said, “ Let  me  cross  over,”  the Gil e ad ites  asked 
 him, “ Are  you  an Ephra im ite? ”  If  he an swered, 
“ No,” 6  they  told  him, “ Please  say Shib bo leth.” 
 If  he  said, “Sib bo leth,” be cause  he  could  not 
pro nounce  it cor rect ly ,  they  seized  him  and 
ex e cut ed  him  at  the  fords  of  the Jor dan. At  that 
 time forty-two thou sand  from Ephra im  died.


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7 Jeph thah  judged Is ra el  six  years,  and  when 
 he  died,  he  was bur ied  in  one  of  the cit ies  of 
Gil e ad. a
IBZAN, ELON, AND ABDON
8 Ib zan,  who  was  from Beth le hem,  judged 
Is ra el af ter Jeph thah 9  and  had thir ty  sons. He  gave  his thir ty daugh ters  in mar riage  to 
 men out side  the  tribe  and  brought  back thir-
ty  wives  for  his  sons  from out side  the  tribe. Ib zan  judged Is ra el sev en  years, 10  and  when 
 he  died,  he  was bur ied  in Beth le hem. 11  Elon,  who  was  from Zeb u lun,  judged Is ra el 
af ter Ib zan. He  judged Is ra el  ten  years, 12  and 
 when  he  died,  he  was bur ied  in Ai ja lon  in  the 
 land  of Zeb u lun. 13 Af ter  Elon, Ab don  son  of Hil lel,  who  was 
 from Pir a thon,  judged Is ra el. 14  He  had for-
ty  sons  and thir ty grand sons,  who  rode  on 
sev en ty don keys. Ab don  judged Is ra el  eight 
 years, 15  and  when  he  died,  he  was bur ied  in 
Pir a thon  in  the  land  of Ephra im,  in  the  hill 
coun try  of  the Am a lek ites. BIRTH OF SAMSON
13 
 The Is ra el ites  again  did  what  was  evil 
 in  the  L ord’ s  sight,  so  the  L ord hand-
ed  them  over  to  the Phi lis tines for ty  years. 2  There  was  a cer tain  man  from Zo rah,  from 
 the fam i ly  of  Dan,  whose  name  was Ma no ah; 
 his  wife  was un able  to con ceive  and  had  no 
chil dren.


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3  The an gel  of  the  L ord ap peared  to 
 the wom an  and  said  to  her, “ It  is  true  that  you 
 are un able  to con ceive  and  have  no chil dren, 
 but  you  will con ceive  and  give  birth  to  a  son. 4  Now  please  be care ful  not  to  drink  wine  or 
 beer,  or  to  eat any thing un clean; 5  for in deed, 
 you  will con ceive  and  give  birth  to  a  son. You 
 must nev er  cut  his  hair, b be cause  the  boy  will 
 be  a Naz irite  to  God  from  birth,  and  he  will 
be gin  to  save Is ra el  from  the pow er  of  the 
Phi lis tines.”
6  Then  the wom an  went  and  told  her hus-
band, “ A  man  of  God  came  to  me. He  looked 
 like  the awe-inspiring an gel  of  God.


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7  He  said  to  me, ‘ You  will con-
ceive  and  give  birth  to  a  son. There fore,  do  not 
 drink  wine  or  beer,  and  do  not  eat any thing 
un clean, be cause  the  boy  will  be  a Naz irite  to 
 God  from  birth un til  the  day  of  his  death.’ ”
8 Ma no ah  prayed  to  the  L ord  and  said, 
“ Please,  Lord,  let  the  man  of  God  you  sent  come 
 again  to  us  and  teach  us  what  we  should  do 
 for  the  boy  who  will  be  born.”
9  God lis tened  to c Ma no ah,  and  the an gel 
 of  God  came  again  to  the wom an. She  was 
sit ting  in  the  field,  and  her hus band Ma no ah 
 was  not  with  her.


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10  The wom an  ran quick ly 
 to  her hus band  and  told  him, “ The  man  who 
 came  to  me  the oth er  day  has  just  come  back! ”
11  So Ma no ah  got  up  and fol lowed  his  wife. When  he  came  to  the  man,  he  asked, “ Are  you 
 the  man  who  spoke  to  my  wife? ”
“ I  am,”  he  said. 12  Then Ma no ah  asked, “ When  your  words 
 come  true,  what  will  be  the  boy’s re spon si-
bil i ties  and  work? ”
13  The an gel  of  the  L ord an swered Ma no ah, 
“ Your  wife  needs  to  do ev ery thing  I  told  her. 14  She  must  not  eat any thing  that  comes  from 
 the grape vine  or  drink  wine  or  beer. And  she 
 must  not  eat any thing un clean. Your  wife  must 
 do ev ery thing  I  have com mand ed  her.”
15 “ Please  stay  here,” Ma no ah  told  him, “ and 
 we  will pre pare  a  young  goat  for  you.”
16  The an gel  of  the  L ord  said  to  him, “ If  I 
 stay ,  I  won’t  eat  your  food. But  if  you  want  to 
pre pare  a  burnt off  er ing, off  er  it  to  the  L ord.” 
(Ma no ah  did  not  know  he  was  the an gel  of 
 the  L ord.)
17  Then Ma no ah  said  to  him, “ What  is  your 
 name,  so  that  we  may hon or  you  when  your 
 words  come  true? ”
18 “ Why  do  you  ask  my  name,”  the an gel  of 
 the  L ord  asked  him, “ since  it  is be yond un-
der stand ing.”
19 Ma no ah  took  a  young  goat  and  a  grain of-
fer ing  and off  ered  them  on  a  rock  to  the  L ord, 
 who  did some thing mi rac u lous d  while Ma no ah 
 and  his  wife  were watch ing. 20  When  the  flame 
 went  up  from  the al tar  to  the  sky ,  the an gel  of 
 the  L ord  went  up  in  its  flame. When Ma no ah 
 and  his  wife  saw  this,  they  fell face down  on  the 
a 12:7 LXX reads in his city in Gilead   b 13:5 Lit And a razor is not to go up on his head   c 13:9 Lit to the voice of   d 13:19 LXX 
reads to the Lord, to the one who works wonders
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 ground. 21  The an gel  of  the  L ord  did  not ap pear 
 again  to Ma no ah  and  his  wife. Then Ma no ah 
re al ized  that  it  was  the an gel  of  the  L ord. 22 “ We’re cer tain ly go ing  to  die,”  he  said  to 
 his  wife, “be cause  we  have  seen  God! ”
23  But  his  wife  said  to  him, “ If  the  L ord  had 
in tend ed  to  kill  us,  he  wouldn’t  have ac cept ed 
 the  burnt off  er ing  and  the  grain off  er ing  from 
 us,  and  he  would  not  have  shown  us  all  these 
 things  or spo ken  to  us  like  this.”
24  So  the wom an  gave  birth  to  a  son  and 
 named  him Sam son. The  boy  grew ,  and  the 
 L ord  blessed  him.


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25  Then  the Spir it  of  the 
 L ord be gan  to  stir  him  in  the  Camp  of  Dan, a 
be tween Zo rah  and Esh ta ol. SAMSON’S RIDDLE
14 
Sam son  went  down  to Tim nah  and  saw 
 a  young Phi lis tine wom an  there. 2  He 
 went  back  and  told  his fa ther  and  his moth-
er: “ I  have  seen  a  young Phi lis tine wom an  in 
Tim nah. Now  get  her  for  me  as  a  wife.”
3  But  his fa ther  and moth er  said  to  him, “ Can’t 
 you  find  a  young wom an  among  your rel a tives 
 or  among  any  of  our peo ple? Must  you  go  to 
 the un cir cum cised Phi lis tines  for  a  wife? ”
 But Sam son  told  his fa ther, “ Get  her  for  me. She’s  the  right  one  for  me.”  4  Now  his fa ther 
 and moth er  did  not  know  this  was  from  the 
 L ord,  who want ed  the Phi lis tines  to pro vide 
 an op por tu ni ty  for  a confrontation. b  At  that 
 time,  the Phi lis tines  were rul ing Is ra el.


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5 Sam son  went  down  to Tim nah  with  his fa-
ther  and moth er  and  came  to  the vine yards  of 
Tim nah. Sud den ly  a  young  lion  came roar ing 
 at  him, 6  the Spir it  of  the  L ord  came pow er ful-
ly  on  him,  and  he  tore  the  lion  apart  with  his 
 bare  hands  as  he  might  have  torn  a  young  goat. But  he  did  not  tell  his fa ther  or moth er  what 
 he  had  done.


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7  Then  he  went  and  spoke  to  the 
wom an, be cause  she  seemed  right  to Sam son. 8 Af ter  some  time,  when  he re turned  to mar ry 
 her,  he  left  the  road  to  see  the  lion’s car cass, 
 and  there  was  a  swarm  of  bees  with hon ey 
 in  the car cass. 9  He  scooped  some hon ey  into 
 his  hands  and  ate  it  as  he  went  along. When 
 he  came  to  his fa ther  and moth er,  he  gave 
 some  to  them  and  they  ate  it. But  he  did  not 
 tell  them  that  he  had  scooped  the hon ey  from 
 the  lion’s car cass. 10  His fa ther  went  to vis it  the wom an,  and 
Sam son pre pared  a  feast  there,  as  young  men 
 were ac cus tomed  to  do. 11  When  the Phi lis-
tines  saw  him,  they  brought thir ty  men  to 
ac com pa ny  him. 12 “ Let  me  tell  you  a rid dle,” Sam son  said 
 to  them. “ If  you  can ex plain  it  to  me dur ing 
 the sev en  days  of  the  feast  and fig ure  it  out,  I 
 will  give  you thir ty lin en gar ments  and thir ty 
chang es  of  clothes. 13  But  if  you  can’t ex plain  it 
 to  me,  you  must  give  me thir ty lin en gar ments 
 and thir ty chang es  of  clothes.”
“ Tell  us  your rid dle,”  they re plied. c “ Let’s 
 hear  it.”
14  So  he  said  to  them:
  Out of the eater came something to eat,
  and out of the strong came something 
sweet. Af ter  three  days,  they  were un able  to ex plain 
 the rid dle. 15  On  the  fourth d  day  they  said  to 
Sam son’s  wife, “Per suade  your hus band  to 
ex plain  the rid dle  to  us,  or  we  will  burn  you 
 and  your fa ther’s fam i ly  to  death. Did  you in-
vite  us  here  to  rob  us? ”
16  So Sam son’s  wife  came  to  him, weep ing, 
 and  said, “ You  hate  me  and  don’t  love  me! You 
 told  my peo ple  the rid dle,  but  haven’t ex plained 
 it  to  me.”
“ Look,”  he  said, e “ I  haven’t  even ex plained 
 it  to  my fa ther  or moth er,  so  why  should  I ex-
plain  it  to  you? ”
17  She  wept  the  whole sev en  days  of  the  feast, 
 and  at  last,  on  the sev enth  day ,  he ex plained  it 
 to  her, be cause  she  had nagged  him  so  much.


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Then  she ex plained  it  to  her peo ple. 18  On  the 
sev enth  day , be fore sun set,  the  men  of  the 
 city  said  to  him:
  What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?


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So  he  said  to  them:
  If you hadn’t plowed with 
my young cow ,
  you wouldn’t know my riddle now! 19  The Spir it  of  the  L ord  came pow er ful-
ly  on  him,  and  he  went  down  to Ash ke lon 
 and  killed thir ty  of  their  men. He  stripped 
 them  and  gave  their  clothes  to  those  who 
 had ex plained  the rid dle.


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In  a  rage, Sam son 
re turned  to  his fa ther’s  house, 20  and  his  wife 
 was giv en  to  one  of  the  men  who  had ac-
com pa nied  him. a 13:25 Or in Mahaneh-dan   b 14:4 for a confrontation supplied for clarity   c 14:13 Lit replied to him   d 14:15 LXX, Syr; MT reads 
seventh   e 14:16 Lit said to her
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SAMSON’S REVENGE
15 
Lat er  on, dur ing  the  wheat har vest, Sam-
son  took  a  young  goat  as  a  gift  and vis it ed 
 his  wife. “ I  want  to  go  to  my  wife  in  her  room,” 
 he  said.


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But  her fa ther  would  not  let  him en ter. 2 “ I  was  sure  you hat ed  her,”  her fa ther  said, 
“ so  I  gave  her  to  one  of  the  men  who ac com pa-
nied  you. Isn’t  her youn ger sis ter  more beau-
ti ful  than  she  is?


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Why  not  take  her in stead? ”
3 Sam son  said  to  them, “ This  time  I  will  be 
blame less  when  I  harm  the Phi lis tines.” 4  So  he 
 went  out  and  caught  three hun dred fox es. He 
 took torch es,  turned  the fox es tail-to-tail,  and 
 put  a  torch be tween  each  pair  of  tails. 5  Then 
 he ignited  the torch es  and re leased  the fox es 
 into  the stand ing  grain  of  the Phi lis tines. He 
 burned  the  piles  of  grain  and  the stand ing 
 grain  as  well  as  the vine yards  and ol ive  groves.


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6  Then  the Phi lis tines  asked, “ Who  did  this? ”
 They  were  told, “ It  was Sam son,  the Tim-
nite’s son-in-law , be cause  he  took Sam son’s 
 wife  and  gave  her  to  his com pan ion.”  So  the 
Phi lis tines  went  to  her  and  her fa ther  and 
 burned  them  to  death. 7  Then Sam son  told  them, “Be cause  you  did 
 this,  I  swear  that  I  won’t  rest un til  I  have tak en 
ven geance  on  you.” 8  He  tore  them  limb  from 
 limb a  and  then  went  down  and  stayed  in  the 
 cave  at  the  rock  of  Etam. 9  The Phi lis tines  went  up,  camped  in Ju dah, 
 and raid ed  Lehi. 10  So  the  men  of Ju dah  said, 
“ Why  have  you at tacked  us? ”
 They re plied, “ We  have  come  to  tie Sam son 
 up  and  pay  him  back  for  what  he  did  to  us.”
11  Then  three thou sand  men  of Ju dah  went 
 to  the  cave  at  the  rock  of  Etam,  and  they  asked 
Sam son, “ Don’t  you re al ize  that  the Phi lis tines 
 rule  us? What  have  you  done  to  us? ”
“ I  have  done  to  them  what  they  did  to  me,” 
 he an swered. b
12  They  said  to  him, “ We’ve  come  to  tie  you 
 up  and  hand  you  over  to  the Phi lis tines.”
 Then Sam son  told  them, “ Swear  to  me  that 
 you your selves  won’t  kill  me.”
13 “ No,”  they  said, c “ we  won’t  kill  you,  but  we 
 will  tie  you  up se cure ly  and  hand  you  over  to 
 them.”  So  they  tied  him  up  with  two  new  ropes 
 and  led  him  away  from  the  rock. 14  When  he  came  to  Lehi,  the Phi lis tines 
 came  to  meet  him shout ing.


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The Spir it  of  the 
 L ord  came pow er ful ly  on  him,  and  the  ropes 
 that  were  on  his  arms  and  wrists be came  like 
 burnt  flax  and  fell  off. 15  He  found  a  fresh jaw-
bone  of  a don key ,  reached  out  his  hand,  took 
 it,  and  killed  a thou sand  men  with  it. 16  Then 
Sam son  said:
  With the jawbone of a donkey
  I have piled them in heaps. With the jawbone of a donkey
  I have killed a thousand men. 17  When  he fin ished speak ing,  he  threw  away 
 the jaw bone  and  named  that  place Ramath- 
lehi. d 18  He be came  very  thirsty  and  called  out 
 to  the  L ord: “ You  have ac com plished  this  great 
vic to ry  through  your ser vant. Must  I  now  die 
 of  thirst  and  fall  into  the  hands  of  the un cir-
cum cised? ” 19  So  God  split  a hol low  place  in 
 the  ground  at  Lehi,  and wa ter  came  out  of  it. Af ter Sam son  drank,  his  strength re turned, 
 and  he re vived. That  is  why  he  named  it En-
hak ko re, e  which  is  still  in  Lehi to day .


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20  And 
 he  judged Is ra el twen ty  years  in  the  days  of 
 the Phi lis tines. SAMSON AND DELILAH
16 
Sam son  went  to  Gaza,  where  he  saw 
 a pros ti tute  and  went  to  bed  with  her. 2  When  the Gazites  heard  that Sam son  was 
 there,  they sur round ed  the  place  and wait ed 
 in am bush  for  him  all  that  night  at  the  city 
 gate. They  kept qui et  all  night, say ing, “ Let’s 
 wait un til  dawn;  then  we  will  kill  him.” 3  But 
Sam son  stayed  in  bed  only un til mid night. Then  he  got  up,  took  hold  of  the  doors  of  the 
 city  gate  along  with  the  two gate posts,  and 
 pulled  them  out,  bar  and  all.


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He  put  them  on 
 his shoul ders  and  took  them  to  the  top  of  the 
moun tain over look ing He bron. 4  Some  time lat er,  he  fell  in  love  with  a wom an 
 named De li lah,  who  lived  in  the So rek V al ley . 5  The Phi lis tine lead ers  went  to  her  and  said, 
“Per suade  him  to  tell  you f  where  his  great 
 strength  comes  from,  so  we  can over pow er 
 him,  tie  him  up,  and  make  him help less. Each 
 of  us  will  then  give  you 1,100  pieces  of sil ver.”
6  So De li lah  said  to Sam son, “ Please  tell  me, 
 where  does  your  great  strength  come  from? How  could some one  tie  you  up  and  make  you 
help less? ”
7 Sam son  told  her, “ If  they  tie  me  up  with sev-
en  fresh bowstrings  that  have  not  been  dried,  I 
 will be come  weak  and  be  like  any oth er  man.”
8  The Phi lis tine lead ers  brought  her sev en 
 fresh bowstrings  that  had  not  been  dried,  and 
a 15:8 Lit He struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter   b 15:11 Lit answered them   c 15:13 Lit said to him    
d 15:17 = High Place of the Jawbone   e 15:19 = Spring of the One Who Cried Out   f 16:5 Lit him and see
JUDGES 15-16 222
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 she  tied  him  up  with  them. 9  While  the  men  in 
am bush  were wait ing  in  her  room,  she  called 
 out  to  him, “Sam son,  the Phi lis tines  are  here! ” a 
 But  he  snapped  the bowstrings  as  a strand  of 
 yarn  snaps  when  it touch es  fire.


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The se cret  of 
 his  strength re mained un known. 10  Then De li lah  said  to Sam son, “ You  have 
 mocked  me  and  told  me  lies! Won’t  you  please 
 tell  me  how  you  can  be  tied  up? ”
11  He  told  her, “ If  they  tie  me  up  with  new 
 ropes  that  have nev er  been  used,  I  will be come 
 weak  and  be  like  any oth er  man.”
12 De li lah  took  new  ropes,  tied  him  up  with 
 them,  and shout ed, “Sam son,  the Phi lis tines 
 are  here! ”  But  while  the  men  in am bush  were 
wait ing  in  her  room,  he  snapped  the  ropes  off 
 his  arms  like  a  thread. 13  Then De li lah  said  to Sam son, “ You  have 
 mocked  me  all  along  and  told  me  lies! Tell  me 
 how  you  can  be  tied  up.”
 He  told  her, “ If  you  weave  the sev en  braids 
 on  my  head  into  the fab ric  on  a  loom  —  ” b
14  She fas tened  the  braids  with  a  pin  and 
 called  to  him, “Sam son,  the Phi lis tines  are 
 here! ”  He  awoke  from  his  sleep  and  pulled 
 out  the  pin,  with  the  loom  and  the  web.


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15 “ How  can  you  say , ‘ I  love  you,’ ”  she  told 
 him, “ when  your  heart  is  not  with  me?


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This  is 
 the  third  time  you  have  mocked  me  and  not 
 told  me  what  makes  your  strength  so  great! ”
16 Be cause  she nagged  him  day af ter  day  and 
plead ed  with  him un til  she  wore  him  out, c 
17  he  told  her  the  whole  truth  and  said  to  her, 
“ My  hair  has nev er  been  cut, d be cause  I  am 
 a Naz irite  to  God  from  birth. If  I  am  shaved, 
 my  strength  will  leave  me,  and  I  will be come 
 weak  and  be  like  any oth er  man.”
18  When De li lah re al ized  that  he  had  told 
 her  the  whole  truth,  she  sent  this mes sage  to 
 the Phi lis tine lead ers: “ Come  one  more  time, 
 for  he  has  told  me  the  whole  truth.”  The Phi-
lis tine lead ers  came  to  her  and  brought  the 
sil ver  with  them. 19  Then  she  let  him  fall  asleep  on  her  lap  and 
 called  a  man  to  shave  off  the sev en  braids  on 
 his  head.


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In  this  way ,  she  made  him help less, 
 and  his  strength  left  him. 20  Then  she  cried, 
“Sam son,  the Phi lis tines  are  here! ”  When  he 
 awoke  from  his  sleep,  he  said, “ I  will es cape 
 as  I  did be fore  and  shake my self  free.”  But 
 he  did  not  know  that  the  L ord  had  left  him. SAMSON’S DEFEAT AND DEATH
21  The Phi lis tines  seized  him  and  gouged  out 
 his  eyes. They  brought  him  down  to  Gaza  and 
 bound  him  with  bronze shack les,  and  he  was 
 forced  to  grind  grain  in  the pris on. 22  But  his  hair 
be gan  to  grow  back af ter  it  had  been  shaved. 23  Now  the Phi lis tine lead ers gath ered to-
geth er  to off  er  a  great sac ri fice  to  their  god 
Da gon. They re joiced  and  said:
  Our god has handed over
  our enemy Samson to us. 24  When  the peo ple  saw  him,  they  praised  their 
 god  and  said:
  Our god has handed over to us
  our enemy who destroyed our land
  and who multiplied our dead. 25  When  they  were  in  good spir its, e  they  said, 
“ Bring Sam son  here  to en ter tain  us.”  So  they 
 brought Sam son  from pris on,  and  he en ter-
tained  them. They  had  him  stand be tween 
 the pil lars. 26 Sam son  said  to  the  young  man  who  was 
lead ing  him  by  the  hand, “ Lead  me  where  I 
 can  feel  the pil lars sup port ing  the tem ple,  so  I 
 can  lean  against  them.” 27  The tem ple  was  full 
 of  men  and wom en;  all  the lead ers  of  the Phi-
lis tines  were  there,  and  about  three thou sand 
 men  and wom en  were  on  the  roof watch ing 
Sam son en ter tain  them. 28  He  called  out  to 
 the  L ord: “ Lord  G od,  please re mem ber  me.


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Strength en  me,  God,  just  once  more. With  one 
 act  of ven geance,  let  me  pay  back  the Phi lis-
tines  for  my  two  eyes.” 29 Sam son  took  hold 
 of  the  two mid dle pil lars sup port ing  the tem-
ple  and  leaned  against  them,  one  on  his  right 
 hand  and  the oth er  on  his  left. 30 Sam son  said, 
“ Let  me  die  with  the Phi lis tines.”  He  pushed 
 with  all  his  might,  and  the tem ple  fell  on  the 
lead ers  and  all  the peo ple  in  it. And  those  he 
 killed  at  his  death  were  more  than  those  he 
 had  killed  in  his  life. 31  Then  his broth ers  and  all  his fa ther’s fam-
i ly  came  down, car ried  him  back,  and bur ied 
 him be tween Zo rah  and Esh ta ol  in  the  tomb 
 of  his fa ther Ma no ah. So  he  judged Is ra el 
twen ty  years.


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MICAH’S PRIEST
17 
 There  was  a  man  from  the  hill coun try 
 of Ephra im  named Mi cah. 2  He  said  to 
 his moth er, “ The 1,100  pieces  of sil ver tak en 
a 16:9 Lit are on you, also in vv . 12,14,20   b 16:13-14 LXX reads loom and fasten them with a pin into the wall and I will become 
weak and be like any other man.” 14And while he was sleeping, Delilah wove the seven braids on his head into the loom. c 16:16 Lit him and he became short to death   d 16:17 Lit A razor has not gone up on my head   e 16:25 Or When they were 
feeling good
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 from  you,  and  that  I  heard  you  place  a  curse 
 on  —   here’s  the sil ver. I  took  it.”
 Then  his moth er  said, “ My  son,  may  you  be 
 blessed  by  the  L ord! ”
3  He re turned  the 1,100  pieces  of sil ver  to 
 his moth er,  and  his moth er  said, “ I per son-
al ly con se crate  the sil ver  to  the  L ord  for  my 
 son’s ben e fit  to  make  a  carved im age  and  a 
sil ver  idol. a  I  will  give  it  back  to  you.” 4  So  he 
re turned  the sil ver  to  his moth er,  and  she  took 
 five  pounds  of sil ver  and  gave  it  to  a sil ver-
smith. He  made  it  into  a  carved im age  and  a 
sil ver  idol,  and  it  was  in Mi cah’s  house. 5  This  man Mi cah  had  a  shrine,  and  he  made 
 an  ephod  and house hold  idols,  and in stalled 
 one  of  his  sons  to  be  his  priest. 6  In  those  days 
 there  was  no  king  in Is ra el; ev ery one  did what-
ev er  seemed  right  to  him. 7  There  was  a  young  man,  a Le vite  from Beth-
le hem  in Ju dah,  who  was stay ing with in  the 
 clan  of Ju dah. 8  The  man  left  the  town  of Beth-
le hem  in Ju dah  to  stay wher ev er  he  could  find 
 a  place. On  his  way  he  came  to Mi cah’s  home 
 in  the  hill coun try  of Ephra im. 9 “ Where  do  you  come  from?


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” Mi cah  asked 
 him. He an swered  him, “ I  am  a Le vite  from Beth-
le hem  in Ju dah,  and  I’m go ing  to  stay wher ev er 
 I  can  find  a  place.”
10 Mi cah re plied, b “ Stay  with  me  and  be  my 
fa ther  and  priest,  and  I  will  give  you  four ounc-
es  of sil ver  a  year,  along  with  your cloth ing 
 and pro vi sions.”  So  the Le vite  went  in 11  and 
 agreed  to  stay  with  the  man,  and  the  young 
 man be came  like  one  of  his  sons. 12 Mi cah con-
se crat ed  the Le vite,  and  the  young  man be came 
 his  priest  and  lived  in Mi cah’s  house. 13  Then 
Mi cah  said, “ Now  I  know  that  the  L ord  will 
 be  good  to  me, be cause  a Le vite  has be come 
 my  priest.”
DAN’S INVASION AND IDOLATRY
18 
 In  those  days,  there  was  no  king  in Is ra-
el,  and  the Dan ite  tribe  was look ing  for 
ter ri to ry  to oc cu py . Up  to  that  time  no ter ri-
to ry  had  been cap tured  by  them  among  the 
 tribes  of Is ra el.


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2  So  the Dan ites  sent  out  five 
 brave  men  from  all  their  clans,  from Zo rah 
 and Esh ta ol,  to scout  out  the  land  and ex plore 
 it. They  told  them, “ Go  and ex plore  the  land.”
 They  came  to  the  hill coun try  of Ephra-
im  as  far  as  the  home  of Mi cah  and  spent 
 the  night  there. 3  While  they  were  near Mi-
cah’s  home,  they rec og nized  the ac cent  of 
 the  young Le vite. So  they  went  over  to  him 
 and  asked, “ Who  brought  you  here?


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What  is keep ing 
 you  here? ” 4  He  told  them, “ This  is  what Mi-
cah  has  done  for  me:  He  has  hired  me,  and  I 
be came  his  priest.”
5  Then  they  said  to  him, “ Please in quire  of 
 God  for  us  to de ter mine  if  we  will  have  a suc-
cess ful jour ney .”
6  The  priest  told  them, “ Go  in  peace. The  L ord 
 is watch ing  over  the jour ney  you  are go ing  on.”
7  The  five  men  left  and  came  to La ish. They 
 saw  that  the peo ple  who  were  there  were liv-
ing se cure ly ,  in  the  same  way  as  the Si do ni ans, 
qui et  and un sus pect ing. There  was noth ing 
lack ing c  in  the  land  and  no op pres sive rul er. They  were  far  from  the Si do ni ans, hav ing  no 
al li ance  with any one. d
8  When  the  men  went  back  to  their rel a tives 
 at Zo rah  and Esh ta ol,  their rel a tives  asked 
 them, “ What  did  you  find  out? ”
9  They an swered, “ Come  on,  let’s at tack  them, 
 for  we  have  seen  the  land,  and  it  is  very  good. Why  wait?


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Don’t hes i tate  to  go  and in vade  and 
 take pos ses sion  of  the  land! 10  When  you  get 
 there,  you  will  come  to  an un sus pect ing peo-
ple  and  a spa cious  land,  for  God  has hand ed 
 it  over  to  you. It  is  a  place  where noth ing  on 
 earth  is lack ing.” 11  Six hun dred Dan ites de-
part ed  from Zo rah  and Esh ta ol  armed  with 
weap ons  of  war. 12  They  went  up  and  camped 
 at Kiriath-jearim  in Ju dah. This  is  why  the 
 place  is  still  called  the  Camp  of  Dan e to day; 
 it  is  west  of Kiriath-jearim. 13  From  there  they 
trav eled  to  the  hill coun try  of Ephra im  and 
ar rived  at Mi cah’s  house. 14  The  five  men  who  had  gone  to scout  out 
 the  land  of La ish  told  their broth ers, “ Did  you 
 know  that  there  are  an  ephod, house hold  gods, 
 and  a  carved im age  and  a sil ver  idol f  in  these 
hous es? Now  think  about  what  you  should  do.” 
15  So  they detoured  there  and  went  to  the  house 
 of  the  young Le vite  at  the  home  of Mi cah  and 
greet ed  him. 16  The  six hun dred Dan ite  men 
 were stand ing  by  the en trance  of  the  city  gate, 
 armed  with  their weap ons  of  war. 17  Then  the 
 five  men  who  had  gone  to scout  out  the  land 
 went  in  and  took  the  carved im age,  the  ephod, 
 the house hold  idols,  and  the sil ver  idol, g  while 
 the  priest  was stand ing  by  the en trance  of  the 
a 17:3 Or image and a cast image, also in v . 4   b 17:10 Lit replied to him   c 18:7 Hb obscure   d 18:7 MT ; some LXX mss, Sym, Old 
Lat, Syr read Aram   e 18:12 Or called Mahaneh-dan   f 18:14 Or image, the cast image   g 18:17 Or the cast image, also in v .


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 city  gate  with  the  six hun dred  men  armed 
 with weap ons  of  war. 18  When  they en tered Mi cah’s  house  and 
 took  the  carved im age,  the  ephod,  the house-
hold  idols,  and  the sil ver  idol,  the  priest  said 
 to  them, “ What  are  you do ing? ”
19  They  told  him, “ Be qui et.


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Is  it bet ter  for  you  to  be  a  priest 
 for  the  house  of  one per son  or  for  you  to  be  a 
 priest  for  a  tribe  and fam i ly  in Is ra el? ” 20  So  the 
 priest  was  pleased  and  took  his  ephod, house-
hold  idols,  and  carved im age,  and  went  with 
 the peo ple. 21  They pre pared  to  leave, put ting 
 their de pen dents, live stock,  and pos ses sions 
 in  front  of  them. 22 Af ter  they  were  some dis tance  from Mi cah’s 
 house,  the  men  who  were  in  the hous es  near 
 it  were mus tered  and  caught  up  with  the Dan-
ites. 23  They  called  to  the Dan ites,  who  turned 
 to  face  them,  and  said  to Mi cah, “ What’s  the 
mat ter  with  you  that  you mus tered  the  men? ”
24  He  said, “ You  took  the  gods  I  had  made 
 and  the  priest,  and  went  away . What  do  I  have 
 left?


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How  can  you  say  to  me, ‘ What’s  the mat-
ter  with  you? ’ ”
25  The Dan ites  said  to  him, “ Don’t  raise  your 
 voice  against  us,  or an gry  men  will at tack  you, 
 and  you  and  your fam i ly  will  lose  your  lives.” 
26  The Dan ites  went  on  their  way ,  and Mi cah 
 turned  to  go  back  home, be cause  he  saw  that 
 they  were stron ger  than  he  was. 27 Af ter  they  had tak en  the  gods Mi cah  had 
 made  and  the  priest  that be longed  to  him,  they 
 went  to La ish,  to  a qui et  and un sus pect ing 
peo ple. They  killed  them  with  their  swords 
 and  burned  the  city . 28  There  was  no  one  to 
res cue  them be cause  it  was  far  from Si don 
 and  they  had  no al li ance  with any one. It  was 
 in  a val ley  that be longed  to Beth-re hob. They 
re built  the  city  and  lived  in  it. 29  They  named 
 the  city  Dan, af ter  the  name  of  their an ces tor 
 Dan,  who  was  born  to Is ra el. The  city  was for-
mer ly  named La ish. 30  The Dan ites  set  up  the  carved im age  for 
them selves. Jon a than  son  of Ger shom,  son 
 of Mo ses, b  and  his  sons  were  priests  for  the 
Dan ite  tribe un til  the  time  of  the ex ile  from 
 the  land. 31  So  they  set  up  for them selves Mi-
cah’s  carved im age  that  he  had  made,  and  it 
 was  there  as  long  as  the  house  of  God  was 
 in Shi loh. OUTRAGE IN BENJAMIN
19 
 In  those  days,  when  there  was  no  king 
 in Is ra el,  a Le vite stay ing  in  a re mote 
 part  of  the  hill coun try  of Ephra im ac quired 
 a wom an  from Beth le hem  in Ju dah  as  his 
con cu bine. 2  But  she  was un faith ful  to c  him 
 and  left  him  for  her fa ther’s  house  in Beth le-
hem  in Ju dah.


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She  was  there  for  four  months. 3  Then  her hus band  got  up  and fol lowed  her 
 to  speak kind ly  to  her d  and  bring  her  back. He  had  his ser vant  with  him  and  a  pair  of 
don keys. So  she  brought  him  to  her fa ther’s 
 house,  and  when  the  girl’s fa ther  saw  him, 
 he glad ly wel comed  him. 4  His father-in-law , 
 the  girl’s fa ther, de tained  him,  and  he  stayed 
 with  him  for  three  days. They  ate,  drank,  and 
 spent  the  nights  there. 5  On  the  fourth  day ,  they  got  up ear ly  in  the 
morn ing  and pre pared  to  go,  but  the  girl’s fa-
ther  said  to  his son-in-law , “ Have some thing 
 to  eat  to  keep  up  your  strength  and  then  you 
 can  go.” 6  So  they  sat  down  and  the  two  of  them 
 ate  and  drank to geth er. Then  the  girl’s fa ther 
 said  to  the  man, “ Please  agree  to  stay over night 
 and en joy your self.” 7  The  man  got  up  to  go, 
 but  his father-in-law per suad ed  him,  so  he 
 stayed  and  spent  the  night  there  again. 8  He 
 got  up ear ly  in  the morn ing  of  the  fifth  day  to 
 leave,  but  the  girl’s fa ther  said  to  him, “ Please 
 keep  up  your  strength.”  So  they wait ed un til 
 late af ter noon  and  the  two  of  them  ate. 9  The 
 man  got  up  to  go  with  his con cu bine  and  his 
ser vant,  when  his father-in-law ,  the  girl’s fa-
ther,  said  to  him, “ Look,  night  is com ing. Please 
 spend  the  night.


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See,  the  day  is al most  over. Spend  the  night  here, en joy your self,  then  you 
 can  get  up ear ly to mor row  for  your jour ney 
 and  go  home.”
10  But  the  man  was un will ing  to  spend  the 
 night. He  got  up, de part ed,  and ar rived op po-
site Je  bus ( that  is, Je ru sa lem). The  man  had 
 his  two sad dled don keys  and  his con cu bine 
 with  him. 11  When  they  were  near Je bus  and 
 the  day  was al most  gone,  the ser vant  said 
 to  his mas ter, “ Please,  why  not  let  us  stop  at 
 this Jeb u site  city  and  spend  the  night  here? ”
12  But  his mas ter re plied  to  him, “ We  will  not 
 stop  at  a for eign  city  where  there  are  no Is ra-
el ites. Let’s  move  on  to Gib e ah.” 13 “ Come  on,” 
 he  said, e “ let’s  try  to  reach  one  of  these plac es 
 and  spend  the  night  in Gib e ah  or Ra mah.” 
14  So  they con tin ued  on  their jour ney ,  and  the 
a 18:19 Lit Put your hand on your mouth   b 18:30 Some Hb mss, LXX, Vg; other Hb mss read Manasseh   c 19:2 LXX reads was 
angry with   d 19:3 Lit speak to her heart   e 19:13 Lit said to his servant
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 sun  set  as  they  neared Gib e ah  in Ben ja min. 15  They  stopped a  to  go  in  and  spend  the  night 
 in Gib e ah. The Le vite  went  in  and  sat  down 
 in  the  city  square,  but  no  one  took  them  into 
 their  home  to  spend  the  night. 16  In  the eve ning,  an  old  man  came  in  from 
 his  work  in  the  field. He  was  from  the  hill 
coun try  of Ephra im,  but  he  was residing  in 
Gib e ah  where  the peo ple  were Ben ja min ites. 17  When  he  looked  up  and  saw  the trav el er  in 
 the  city  square,  the  old  man  asked, “ Where 
 are  you go ing,  and  where  do  you  come  from? ”
18  He an swered  him, “ We’re trav el ing  from 
Beth le hem  in Ju dah  to  the re mote  hill coun-
try  of Ephra im,  where  I  am  from. I  went  to 
Beth le hem  in Ju dah,  and  now  I’m go ing  to  the 
 house  of  the  L ord. b  No  one  has tak en  me  into 
 his  home, 19 al though  there’s  straw  and  feed 
 for  the don keys,  and  I  have  bread  and  wine 
 for  me,  my con cu bine,  and  the ser vant c  with 
 us. There  is noth ing  we  lack.”
20 “Wel come!


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“ I’ll  take 
 care  of ev ery thing  you  need. Only  don’t  spend 
 the  night  in  the  square.” 21  So  he  brought  him 
 to  his  house  and  fed  the don keys. Then  they 
 washed  their  feet  and  ate  and  drank. 22  While 
 they  were en joy ing them selves,  all  of  a sud den, 
wick ed  men  of  the  city sur round ed  the  house 
 and  beat  on  the  door. They  said  to  the  old  man 
 who  was  the own er  of  the  house, “ Bring  out 
 the  man  who  came  to  your  house  so  we  can 
 have  sex  with  him! ”
23  The own er  of  the  house  went  out  and  said 
 to  them, “ Please  don’t  do  this  evil,  my broth ers. Af ter  all,  this  man  has  come  into  my  house.


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Don’t com mit  this hor ri ble outrage. 24  Here, 
 let  me  bring  out  my vir gin daugh ter  and  the 
 man’s con cu bine  now . Abuse  them  and  do 
what ev er  you  want d  to  them. But  don’t com-
mit  this out ra geous  thing  against  this  man.”
25  But  the  men  would  not lis ten  to  him,  so 
 the  man  seized  his con cu bine  and  took  her 
out side  to  them. They  raped e  her  and  abused 
 her  all  night un til morn ing. At day break  they 
 let  her  go. 26 Ear ly  that morn ing,  the wom an 
 made  her  way  back,  and  as  it  was get ting  light, 
 she col lapsed  at  the door way  of  the  man’s 
 house  where  her mas ter  was. 27  When  her mas ter  got  up  in  the morn ing, 
 opened  the  doors  of  the  house,  and  went  out 
 to  leave  on  his jour ney ,  there  was  the wom an, 
 his con cu bine, col lapsed  near  the door way  of 
 the  house  with  her  hands  on  the thresh old. 28 “ Get  up,”  he  told  her.


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So  the  man  put  her  on  his 
don key  and  set  out  for  home. 29  When  he en tered  his  house,  he  picked  up  a 
 knife,  took  hold  of  his con cu bine,  cut  her  into 
 twelve  pieces,  limb  by  limb,  and  then  sent  her 
through out  the ter ri to ry  of Is ra el. 30 Ev ery one 
 who  saw  it  said, “Noth ing  like  this  has  ever 
hap pened  or  has  been  seen  since  the  day  the 
Is ra el ites  came  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt un til 
 n ow.


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f  Think  it  over, dis cuss  it,  and  speak  up! ”
WAR AGAINST BENJAMIN
20 
 All  the Is ra el ites  from  Dan  to Be er-she ba 
 and  from  the  land  of Gil e ad  came  out, 
 and  the com mu ni ty as sem bled  as  one  body 
be fore  the  L ord  at Miz pah. 2  The lead ers  of  all 
 the peo ple  and  of  all  the  tribes  of Is ra el pre-
sent ed them selves  in  the as sem bly  of  God’s 
peo ple:  four hun dred thou sand  armed g  foot 
sol diers. 3  The Ben ja min ites  heard  that  the 
Is ra el ites  had  gone  up  to Miz pah.


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The Is ra el ites  asked, “ Tell  us,  how  did  this 
 evil  act hap pen? ”
4  The Le vite,  the hus band  of  the mur dered 
wom an, an swered: “ I  went  to Gib e ah  in Ben-
ja min  with  my con cu bine  to  spend  the  night. 5 Cit i zens  of Gib e ah  came  to at tack  me  and 
sur round ed  the  house  at  night. They in tend ed 
 to  kill  me,  but  they  raped  my con cu bine,  and 
 she  died. 6  Then  I  took  my con cu bine  and  cut 
 her  in  pieces,  and  sent  her through out Is ra-
el’s ter ri to ry , be cause  they  have com mit ted 
 a wick ed outrage  in Is ra el. 7  Look,  all  of  you 
 are Is ra el ites. Give  your judg ment  and ver dict 
 here  and  now .”
8  Then  all  the peo ple  stood unit ed  and  said, 
“ None  of  us  will  go  to  his  tent  or re turn  to  his 
 house. 9  Now  this  is  what  we  will  do  to Gib e ah: 
 we  will at tack  it. By  lot 10  we  will  take  ten  men 
 out  of ev ery hun dred  from  all  the  tribes  of Is-
ra el,  and  one hun dred  out  of ev ery thou sand, 
 and  one thou sand  out  of ev ery  ten thou sand 
 to  get pro vi sions  for  the  troops  when  they  go 
 to Gib e ah  in Ben ja min  to pun ish  them  for  all 
 the outrage  they com mit ted  in Is ra el.”
11  So  all  the  men  of Is ra el gath ered unit ed 
 against  the  city . 12  Then  the  tribes  of Is ra el  sent 
 men through out  the  tribe  of Ben ja min, say ing, 
a 19:15 Lit stopped there   b 19:18 LXX reads to my house   c 19:19 Some Hb mss, Syr , Tg, Vg; other Hb mss read servants    
d 19:24 Lit do what is good in your eyes   e 19:25 Lit knew   f 19:30 LXX reads until now.” He commanded the men he sent out, 
saying, “You will say this to all the men of Israel: Has anything like this happened since the day the Israelites came out of 
Egypt until this day? g 20:2 Lit drawing the sword
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“ What  is  this  evil  act  that  has hap pened  among 
 you? 13  Hand  over  the wick ed  men  in Gib e ah 
 so  we  can  put  them  to  death  and eradicate  evil 
 from Is ra el.”  But  the Ben ja min ites  would  not 
lis ten  to  their fel low Is ra el ites. 14 In stead,  the 
Ben ja min ites gath ered to geth er  from  their 
cit ies  to Gib e ah  to  go  out  and  fight  against 
 the Is ra el ites. 15  On  that  day  the Ben ja min ites 
mo bi lized twenty-six thou sand  armed  men a 
 from  their cit ies, be sides sev en hun dred  fit 
 young  men ral lied  by  the in hab i tants  of Gib e ah. 16  There  were sev en hun dred  fit  young  men 
 who  were left-handed  among  all  these  troops; 
 all  could  sling  a  stone  at  a  hair  and  not  miss. 17  The Is ra el ites,  apart  from Ben ja min, mo-
bi lized  four hun dred thou sand  armed  men, 
ev ery  one  an ex pe ri enced war rior.


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18  They  set 
 out,  went  to Beth el,  and in quired  of  God. The 
Is ra el ites  asked, “ Who  is  to  go  first  to  fight  for 
 us  against  the Ben ja min ites? ”
 And  the  L ord an swered, “Ju dah  will  be  first.”
19  In  the morn ing,  the Is ra el ites  set  out  and 
 camped  near Gib e ah. 20  The  men  of Is ra el  went 
 out  to  fight  against Ben ja min  and  took  their 
bat tle po si tions  against Gib e ah. 21  The Ben ja-
min ites  came  out  of Gib e ah  and slaugh tered 
twenty-two thou sand  men  of Is ra el  on  the 
 field  that  day . 22  But  the Is ra el ite  troops ral-
lied  and  again  took  their bat tle po si tions  in 
 the  same  place  where  they positioned them-
selves  on  the  first  day . 23  They  went  up,  wept 
be fore  the  L ord un til eve ning,  and in quired 
 of  him: “ Should  we  again at tack  our broth ers 
 the Ben ja min ites? ”
 And  the  L ord an swered: “ Fight  against 
 them.”
24  On  the sec ond  day  the Is ra el ites ad vanced 
 against  the Ben ja min ites. 25  That  same  day 
 the Ben ja min ites  came  out  from Gib e ah  to 
 meet  them  and slaugh tered  an ad di tion al 
eigh teen thou sand Is ra el ites  on  the  field;  all 
 were  armed.


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26  The  whole Is ra el ite  army  went  to Beth el 
 where  they  wept  and  sat be fore  the  L ord. They 
fast ed  that  day un til eve ning  and off  ered  burnt 
off  er ings  and fel low ship off  er ings  to  the  L ord.


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In 
 those  days,  the  ark  of  the cov enant  of  God  was 
 there, 28  and Phin e has  son  of El e a zar,  son  of 
Aar on,  was serv ing be fore  it. The Is ra el ites 
 asked: “ Should  we  again  fight  against  our 
broth ers  the Ben ja min ites  or  should  we  stop? ”
 The  L ord an swered: “ Fight, be cause  I  will 
 hand  them  over  to  you to mor row .” 29  So Is-
ra el  set  up  an am bush  around Gib e ah. 30  On 
 the  third  day  the Is ra el ites  fought  against  the 
Ben ja min ites  and  took  their bat tle po si tions 
 against Gib e ah  as be fore. 31  Then  the Ben ja-
min ites  came  out  against  the  troops  and  were 
 drawn  away  from  the  city . They be gan  to at tack 
 the  troops  as be fore, kill ing  about thir ty  men 
 of Is ra el  on  the high ways,  one  of  which  goes 
 up  to Beth el  and  the oth er  to Gib e ah  through 
 the  open coun try . 32  The Ben ja min ites  said, 
“ We  are de feat ing  them  as be fore.”
 But  the Is ra el ites  said, “ Let’s  flee  and  draw 
 them  away  from  the  city  to  the high ways.” 
33  So  all  the  men  of Is ra el  got  up  from  their 
plac es  and  took  their bat tle po si tions  at Ba al-
ta mar,  while  the Is ra el ites  in am bush  charged 
 out  of  their plac es  west  of c  Geba. 34  Then  ten 
thou sand  fit  young  men  from  all Is ra el  made  a 
fron tal assault  against Gib e ah,  and  the bat tle 
 was  fierce,  but  the Ben ja min ites  did  not  know 
 that di sas ter  was  about  to  strike  them. 35  The 
 L ord de feat ed Ben ja min  in  the pres ence  of 
Is ra el,  and  on  that  day  the Is ra el ites slaugh-
tered 25,100  men  of Ben ja min;  all  were  armed. 36  Then  the Ben ja min ites re al ized  they  had 
 been de feat ed. The  men  of Is ra el  had re treat ed be fore 
Ben ja min, be cause  they  were con fi dent  in 
 the am bush  they  had  set  against Gib e ah. 37  The  men  in am bush  had  rushed quick ly 
 against Gib e ah;  they ad vanced  and  put  the 
 whole  city  to  the  sword. 38  The  men  of Is ra el 
 had  a prearranged sig nal  with  the  men  in 
am bush:  when  they  sent  up  a  great  cloud 
 of  smoke  from  the  city , 39  the  men  of Is ra el 
 would re turn  to  the bat tle. When Ben ja min 
 had be gun  to  strike  them  down, kill ing  about 
thir ty  men  of Is ra el,  they  said, “They’re de-
feat ed be fore  us,  just  as  they  were  in  the  first 
bat tle.” 40  But  when  the col umn  of  smoke be-
gan  to  go  up  from  the  city , Ben ja min  looked 
be hind  them,  and  the  whole  city  was go ing 
 up  in  smoke. d 41  Then  the  men  of Is ra el re-
turned,  and  the  men  of Ben ja min  were ter-
ri fied  when  they re al ized  that di sas ter  had 
 struck  them. 42  They re treat ed be fore  the 
 men  of Is ra el to ward  the wil der ness,  but  the 
bat tle over took  them,  and  those  who  came 
 out  of  the cit ies e slaugh tered  those be tween 
 them. 43  They sur round ed  the Ben ja min ites, 
a 20:15 Lit men drawing the sword, also in vv .


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17,46   b 20:25 Lit were drawing the sword, also in v . 35   c 20:33 LXX, Syr , Vg; MT 
reads places in the plain of, or  places in the cave of   d 20:40 Lit up to the sky   e 20:42 LXX, Vg read city
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pur sued  them,  and eas i ly over took  them  near 
Gib e ah to ward  the  east. 44  There  were eigh-
teen thou sand  men  who  died  from Ben ja min; 
 all  were war riors. 45  Then Ben ja min  turned 
 and  fled to ward  the wil der ness  to Rim mon 
 Rock,  and Is ra el  killed  five thou sand  men  on 
 the high ways. They over took  them  at Gi dom 
 and  struck  two thou sand  more  dead. 46  All  the Ben ja min ites  who  died  that  day 
 were twenty-five thou sand  armed  men;  all 
 were war riors. 47  But  six hun dred  men es caped 
 into  the wil der ness  to Rim mon  Rock  and  stayed 
 there  four  months. 48  The  men  of Is ra el  turned 
 back  against  the oth er Ben ja min ites  and  killed 
 them  with  their  swords  —   the en tire  city ,  the 
an i mals,  and ev ery thing  that re mained. They 
 also  burned  all  the cit ies  that re mained. BRIDES FOR BENJAMIN
21 
 The  men  of Is ra el  had  sworn  an  oath  at 
Miz pah: “ None  of  us  will  give  his daugh-
ter  to  a Ben ja min ite  in mar riage.” 2  So  the peo-
ple  went  to Beth el  and  sat  there be fore  God 
un til eve ning. They  wept loud ly  and bit ter ly , 
3  and  cried  out, “ Why ,  L ord  God  of Is ra el,  has 
 it oc curred a  that  one  tribe  is miss ing  in Is ra el 
to day?


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” 4  The  next  day  the peo ple  got  up ear ly , 
 built  an al tar  there,  and off  ered  burnt off  er-
ings  and fel low ship off  er ings.


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5  The Is ra el ites 
 asked, “ Who  of  all  the  tribes  of Is ra el  didn’t 
 come  to  the  L ord  with  the as sem bly? ”  For  a 
 great  oath  had  been tak en  that any one  who 
 had  not  come  to  the  L ord  at Miz pah  would 
cer tain ly  be  put  to  death. 6  But  the Is ra el ites  had com pas sion  on  their 
broth ers,  the Ben ja min ites,  and  said, “To day 
 a  tribe  has  been  cut  off  from Is ra el. 7  What 
 should  we  do  about  wives  for  the sur vi vors? We’ve  sworn  to  the  L ord  not  to  give  them 
 any  of  our daugh ters  as  wives.” 8  They  asked, 
“ Which  city  among  the  tribes  of Is ra el  didn’t 
 come  to  the  L ord  at Miz pah? ”  It  turned  out 
 that  no  one  from Jabesh-gilead  had  come  to 
 the  camp  and  the as sem bly .


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9  For  when  the 
 roll  was  called,  no  men  were  there  from  the 
in hab i tants  of Jabesh-gilead. 10  The con gre ga tion  sent  twelve thou sand 
 brave war riors b  there  and com mand ed  them: 
“ Go  and  kill  the in hab i tants  of Jabesh-gile-
ad  with  the  sword, in clud ing wom en  and 
de pen dents. 11  This  is  what  you  should  do: 
Com plete ly de stroy ev ery  male,  as  well  as 
ev ery wom an  who  has  gone  to  bed  with  a 
 man.” 12  They  found  among  the in hab i tants 
 of Jabesh-gilead  four hun dred  young vir gins, 
 who  had  not  gone  to  bed  with  a  man,  and 
 they  brought  them  to  the  camp  at Shi loh  in 
 the  land  of Ca naan. 13  The  whole con gre ga tion  sent  a mes sage 
 of  peace  to  the Ben ja min ites  who  were  at 
Rim mon  Rock.


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14 Ben ja min re turned  at  that 
 time,  and Is ra el  gave  them  the wom en  they 
 had  kept  alive  from Jabesh-gilead. But  there 
 were  not  enough  for  them. 15  The peo ple  had com pas sion  on Ben ja min, 
be cause  the  L ord  had  made  this  gap  in  the 
 tribes  of Is ra el. 16  The el ders  of  the con gre ga tion 
 said, “ What  should  we  do  about  wives  for  those 
 who  are  left,  since  the wom en  of Ben ja min  have 
 been de stroyed? ” 17  They  said, “ There  must  be 
 heirs  for  the sur vi vors  of Ben ja min,  so  that  a 
 tribe  of Is ra el  will  not  be  wiped  out. 18  But  we 
 can’t  give  them  our daugh ters  as  wives.”  For 
 the Is ra el ites  had  sworn, “ Any one  who  gives 
 a  wife  to  a Ben ja min ite  is  cursed.” 19  They  also 
 said, “ Look,  there’s  an an nu al fes ti val  to  the 
 L ord  in Shi loh,  which  is  north  of Beth el,  east 
 of  the high way  that  goes  up  from Beth el  to 
She chem,  and  south  of Le bo nah.”
20  Then  they com mand ed  the Ben ja min ites: 
“ Go  and  hide  in  the vine yards. 21  Watch,  and 
 when  you  see  the  young wom en  of Shi loh  come 
 out  to per form  the danc es,  each  of  you  leave 
 the vine yards  and  catch  a  wife  for your self 
 from  the  young wom en  of Shi loh,  and  go  to 
 the  land  of Ben ja min. 22  When  their fa thers  or 
broth ers  come  to  us  and pro test,  we  will  tell 
 them, ‘ Show fa vor  to  them,  since  we  did  not  get 
 enough  wives  for  each  of  them  in  the bat tle. You  didn’t ac tu al ly  give  the wom en  to  them, 
 so c  you  are  not  guilty  of break ing  your  oath.’ ”
23  The Ben ja min ites  did  this  and  took  the 
num ber  of wom en  they need ed  from  the danc-
ers  they  caught. They  went  back  to  their  own in-
her i tance, re built  their cit ies,  and  lived  in  them.


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24  At  that  time,  each  of  the Is ra el ites re turned 
 from  there  to  his  own  tribe  and fam i ly . Each 
re turned  from  there  to  his  own in her i tance. 25  In  those  days  there  was  no  king  in Is ra el; 
ev ery one  did what ev er  seemed  right  to  him. a 21:3 Lit has this occurred in Israel   b 21:10 Lit twelve thousand of their sons of valor   c 21:22 Lit at this time
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ruTh
NAOMI’S FAMILY IN MOAB
1 
Dur ing  the  time a  of  the judg es,  there  was  a 
fam ine  in  the  land. A  man  left Beth le hem b 
 in Ju dah  with  his  wife  and  two  sons  to  stay  in 
 the ter ri to ry  of  Moab  for  a  while. 2  The  man’s 
 name  was Elim e lech, c  and  his  wife’s  name 
 was Na o mi. d  The  names  of  his  two  sons  were 
Mah lon e  and Chil i on. f  They  were Eph rath ites 
 from Beth le hem  in Ju dah. They en tered  the 
 fields  of  Moab  and set tled  there. 3 Na o mi’s 
hus band Elim e lech  died,  and  she  was  left  with 
 her  two  sons. 4  Her  sons  took Mo ab ite wom-
en  as  their  wives:  one  was  named Or pah  and 
 the sec ond  was  named  Ruth. Af ter  they  lived 
 in  Moab  about  ten  years, 5  both Mah lon  and 
Chil i on  also  died,  and Na o mi  was  left with out 
 her  two chil dren  and with out  her hus band. RUTH’S LOYALTY TO NAOMI
6  She  and  her daughters-in-law  set  out  to re turn 
 from  the ter ri to ry  of  Moab, be cause  she  had 
 heard  in  Moab  that  the  L ord  had  paid at ten-
tion  to  his peo ple’s  need  by pro vid ing  them 
 food. 7  She  left  the  place  where  she  had  been 
liv ing, ac com pa nied  by  her  two daughters-
in-law ,  and trav eled  along  the  road lead ing 
 back  to  the  land  of Ju dah.


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8 Na o mi  said  to  them, “ Each  of  you  go  back 
 to  your moth er’s  home. May  the  L ord  show 
kind ness  to  you  as  you  have  shown  to  the 
 dead  and  to  me. 9  May  the  L ord  grant  each  of 
 you  rest  in  the  house  of  a  new hus band.”  She 
 kissed  them,  and  they  wept loud ly . 10  They  said  to  her, “ We in sist  on re turn ing 
 with  you  to  your peo ple.” 
11  But Na o mi re plied, “Re turn  home,  my 
daugh ters. Why  do  you  want  to  go  with  me?


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Am  I  able  to  have  any  more  sons  who  could 
be come  your hus bands? 12 Re turn  home,  my 
daugh ters. Go  on,  for  I  am  too  old  to  have an-
oth er hus band. Even  if  I  thought  there  was  still 
 hope  for  me  to  have  a hus band to night  and  to 
 bear  sons, 13  would  you  be will ing  to  wait  for 
 them  to  grow  up?


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Would  you re strain your-
selves  from remarrying? g  No,  my daugh ters, 
 my  life  is  much  too bit ter  for  you  to  share, h 
be cause  the  L ord’ s  hand  has  turned  against 
 me.” 14  Again  they  wept loud ly ,  and Or pah 
 kissed  her mother-in-law ,  but  Ruth  clung  to 
 her. 15 Na o mi  said, “ Look,  your sister-in-law 
 has  gone  back  to  her peo ple  and  to  her  gods. Fol low  your sister-in-law .”
16  But  Ruth re plied:
  Don’t plead with me to abandon you
  or to return and not follow you. For wherever you go, I will go,
  and wherever you live, I will live;
  your people will be my people,
  and your God will be my God. 17 Where you die, I will die,
  and there I will be buried. May the Lord punish me,  i
  and do so severely ,
  if anything but death separates you 
and me. 18  When Na o mi  saw  that  Ruth  was de ter mined 
 to  go  with  her,  she  stopped talk ing  to  her.


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19  The  two  of  them trav eled un til  they  came 
 to Beth le hem. When  they en tered Beth le hem, 
 the  whole  town  was excited  about  their ar-
riv al j  and  the lo cal wom en ex claimed, “ Can 
 this  be Na o mi? ”
20 “ Don’t  call  me Na o mi.


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Call  me  Mara,” k  she 
an swered, “ for  the Al mighty  has  made  me 
 very bit ter. 21  I  went  away  full,  but  the  L ord 
 has  brought  me  back emp ty . Why  do  you  call 
 me Na o mi,  since  the  L ord  has op posed l  me, 
 and  the Al mighty  has afflicted  me? ”
22  So Na o mi  came  back  from  the ter ri to ry 
 of  Moab  with  her daughter-in-law  Ruth  the 
Mo ab it ess. They ar rived  in Beth le hem  at  the 
be gin ning  of  the bar ley har vest. RUTH AND BOAZ MEET
2 
 Now Na o mi  had  a rel a tive  on  her hus-
band’s  side. He  was  a prom i nent  man  of 
no ble char ac ter  from Elim e lech’s fam i ly .


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His 
 name  was  Boaz. 2  Ruth  the Mo ab it ess  asked Na o mi, “ Will  you 
 let  me  go  into  the  fields  and gath er fall en  grain 
be hind some one  with  whom  I  find fa vor? ”
Na o mi an swered  her, “ Go  ahead,  my daugh-
ter.” 3  So  Ruth  left  and en tered  the  field  to gath er 
 grain be hind  the har vest ers. She hap pened  to 
a 1:1 Lit In the days of the judging   b 1:1 = House of Bread   c 1:2 = My God Is King   d 1:2 = Pleasant   e 1:2 = Sickly   f 1:2 = Weak 
or Failing   g 1:13 Lit marrying a man   h 1:13 Lit daughters, for more bitter to me than you   i 1:17 A solemn oath formula;  
1Sm 3:17; 2Sm 3:9,35; 1Kg 2:23; 2Kg 6:31   j 1:19 Lit excited because of them   k 1:20 = Bitter   l  1:21 LXX, Syr , Vg read has humiliated
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 be  in  the por tion  of  the  field be long ing  to  Boaz, 
 who  was  from Elim e lech’s fam i ly . 4 Lat er,  when  Boaz ar rived  from Beth le hem, 
 he  said  to  the har vest ers, “ The  L ord  be  with 
 you.”
“ The  L ord  bless  you,”  they re plied. 5  Boaz  asked  his ser vant  who  was  in  charge  of 
 the har vest ers, “ Whose  young wom an  is  this? ”
6  The ser vant an swered, “ She  is  the  young 
Mo ab ite wom an  who re turned  with Na o mi 
 from  the ter ri to ry  of  Moab. 7  She  asked, ‘ Will 
 you  let  me gath er fall en  grain  among  the bun-
dles be hind  the har vest ers? ’  She  came  and  has 
 been  on  her  feet  since ear ly morn ing, ex cept 
 that  she rest ed  a lit tle  in  the shel ter.” a
8  Then  Boaz  said  to  Ruth, “Lis ten,  my daugh-
ter. b  Don’t  go  and gath er  grain  in an oth er  field, 
 and  don’t  leave  this  one,  but  stay  here  close 
 to  my fe male ser vants.


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Haven’t  I 
or dered  the  young  men  not  to  touch  you? c 
 When  you  are  thirsty ,  go  and  drink  from  the 
 jars  the  young  men  have  filled.”
10  She  fell face down,  bowed  to  the  ground, 
 and  said  to  him, “ Why  have  I  found fa vor  with 
 you,  so  that  you no tice me, al though  I  am  a 
for eign er? ”
11  Boaz an swered  her, “Ev ery thing  you  have 
 done  for  your mother-in-law  since  your hus-
band’s  death  has  been ful ly re port ed  to  me: 
 how  you  left  your fa ther  and moth er  and  your 
na tive  land,  and  how  you  came  to  a peo ple 
 you  didn’t pre vi ous ly  know . 12  May  the  L ord 
re ward  you  for  what  you  have  done,  and  may 
 you re ceive  a  full re ward  from  the  L ord  God 
 of Is ra el, un der  whose  wings  you  have  come 
 for ref uge.”
13 “ My  lord,”  she  said, “ I  have  found fa vor  with 
 you,  for  you  have com fort ed  and en cour aged d 
 your ser vant, al though  I  am  not  like  one  of 
 your fe male ser vants.”
14  At meal time  Boaz  told  her, “ Come  over  here 
 and  have  some  bread  and  dip  it  in  the vin egar 
sauce.”  So  she  sat be side  the har vest ers,  and 
 he off  ered  her roast ed  grain. She  ate  and  was 
sat is fied  and  had  some  left  over. 15  When  she  got  up  to gath er  grain,  Boaz 
or dered  his  young  men, “ Let  her  even gath er 
 grain  among  the bun dles,  and  don’t hu mil i ate 
 her. 16  Pull  out  some  stalks  from  the bun dles 
 for  her  and  leave  them  for  her  to gath er. Don’t 
re buke  her.” 17  So  Ruth gath ered  grain  in  the 
 field un til eve ning. She  beat  out  what  she  had 
gath ered,  and  it  was  about twenty-six  quarts e 
 of bar ley . 18  She  picked  up  the  grain  and  went 
 into  the  town,  where  her mother-in-law  saw 
 what  she  had  gleaned. She  brought  out  what 
 she  had  left  over  from  her  meal  and  gave  it 
 to  her.


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19  Her mother-in-law  said  to  her, “ Where 
 did  you gath er bar ley to day ,  and  where  did 
 you  work? May  the  L ord  bless  the  man  who 
no ticed  you.”
 Ruth  told  her mother-in-law  whom  she  had 
 worked  with  and  said, “ The  name  of  the  man 
 I  worked  with to day  is  Boaz.”
20  Then Na o mi  said  to  her daughter-in-law , 
“ May  the  L ord  bless  him be cause  he  has  not 
aban doned  his kind ness  to  the liv ing  or  the 
 dead.” Na o mi con tin ued, “ The  man  is  a  close 
rel a tive. He  is  one  of  our fam i ly re deem ers.”
21  Ruth  the Mo ab it ess  said, “ He  also  told  me, 
‘ Stay  with  my  young  men un til  they  have fin-
ished  all  of  my har vest.’ ”
22  So Na o mi  said  to  her daughter-in-law  Ruth, 
“ My daugh ter,  it  is  good  for  you  to  work f  with 
 his fe male ser vants,  so  that noth ing  will hap-
pen  to  you  in an oth er  field.” 23  Ruth  stayed 
 close  to  Boaz’s fe male ser vants  and gath ered 
 grain un til  the bar ley  and  the  wheat har vests 
 were fin ished. And  she  lived  with g  her moth-
er-in-law . RUTH’S APPEAL TO BOAZ
3 
 Ruth’s mother-in-law Na o mi  said  to  her, 
“ My daugh ter,  shouldn’t  I  find  rest  for  you, 
 so  that  you  will  be tak en  care  of? 2  Now  isn’t 
 Boaz  our rel a tive?


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This eve ning  he  will 
 be win now ing bar ley  on  the thresh ing  floor. 3  Wash,  put  on per fumed  oil,  and  wear  your 
 best  clothes. Go  down  to  the thresh ing  floor, 
 but  don’t  let  the  man  know  you  are  there un til 
 he  has fin ished eat ing  and drink ing. 4  When  he 
 lies  down, no tice  the  place  where  he’s ly ing, 
 go  in  and un cov er  his  feet,  and  lie  down. Then 
 he  will ex plain  to  you  what  you  should  do.”
5  So  Ruth  said  to  her, “ I  will  do ev ery thing 
 you  say .” h 6  She  went  down  to  the thresh ing 
 floor  and  did ev ery thing  her mother-in-law 
 had  charged  her  to  do. 7 Af ter  Boaz  ate,  drank, 
 and  was  in  good spir its, i  he  went  to  lie  down 
a 2:7 LXX reads morning, and until evening she has not rested in the field a little ; Vg reads morning until now and she did 
not return to the house ; Hb uncertain   b 2:8 Lit “Haven’t you heard, my daughter? c 2:9 Either sexual or physical harassment   
d 2:13 Lit and spoken to the heart of   e 2:17 Lit about an ephah   f 2:22 Lit go out   g 2:23 Some Hb mss, Vg read she returned 
to   h 3:5 Alt Hb tradition reads say to me   i 3:7 Lit and his heart was glad
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 at  the  end  of  the  pile  of bar ley ,  and  she  came 
se cret ly , un cov ered  his  feet,  and  lay  down. 8  At mid night,  Boaz  was star tled,  turned  over, 
 and  there ly ing  at  his  feet  was  a wom an! 9  So 
 he  asked, “ Who  are  you?


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”
“ I  am  Ruth,  your ser vant,”  she re plied. “ Take 
 me un der  your  wing, a  for  you  are  a fam i ly 
re deem er.”
10  Then  he  said, “ May  the  L ord  bless  you,  my 
daugh ter. You  have  shown  more kind ness  now 
 than be fore, b be cause  you  have  not pur sued 
youn ger  men, wheth er  rich  or  poor.


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11  Now 
 don’t  be  afraid,  my daugh ter. I  will  do  for  you 
what ev er  you  say , c  since  all  the peo ple  in  my 
 town d  know  that  you  are  a wom an  of no ble 
char ac ter. 12  Yes,  it  is  true  that  I  am  a fam i ly 
re deem er,  but  there  is  a re deem er clos er  than 
 I  am. 13  Stay  here to night,  and  in  the morn ing, 
 if  he  wants  to re deem  you,  that’s  good. Let 
 him re deem  you. But  if  he  doesn’t  want  to 
re deem  you,  as  the  L ord  lives,  I  will. Now  lie 
 down un til morn ing.”
14  So  she  lay  down  at  his  feet un til morn ing 
 but  got  up  while  it  was  still  dark. e  Then  Boaz 
 said, “ Don’t  let  it  be  known  that  a f wom an 
 came  to  the thresh ing  floor.” 15  And  he  told 
 Ruth, “ Bring  the  shawl  you’re wear ing  and 
 hold  it  out.”  When  she  held  it  out,  he shoveled 
 six mea sures  of bar ley  into  her  shawl,  and 
 she g  went  into  the  town. 16  She  went  to  her mother-in-law , Na o mi,  who 
 asked  her, “ What hap pened, h  my daugh ter? ”
 Then  Ruth  told  her ev ery thing  the  man  had 
 done  for  her. 17  She  said, “ He  gave  me  these  six 
mea sures  of bar ley , be cause  he  said, i ‘ Don’t  go 
 back  to  your mother-in-law empty-handed.’ ”
18 Na o mi  said, “ My daugh ter,  wait un til  you 
 find  out  how  things  go,  for  he  won’t  rest un less 
 he resolves  this to day .”
RUTH AND BOAZ MARRY
4 
 Boaz  went  to  the  gate  of  the  town  and  sat 
 down  there. Soon  the fam i ly re deem er 
 Boaz  had spo ken  about  came  by .


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Boaz  said, 
“ Come  over  here j  and  sit  down.”  So  he  went 
 over  and  sat  down. 2  Then  Boaz  took  ten  men  of 
 the town’s el ders  and  said, “ Sit  here.”  And  they 
 sat  down. 3  He  said  to  the re deem er, “Na o mi, 
 who  has re turned  from  the ter ri to ry  of  Moab, 
 is sell ing  the por tion  of  the  field  that be longed 
 to  our broth er Elim e lech. 4  I  thought  I  should 
in form  you: k  Buy  it  back  in  the pres ence  of 
 those seat ed  here  and  in  the pres ence  of  the 
el ders  of  my peo ple. If  you  want  to re deem 
 it,  do  it.


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But  if  you  do l  not  want  to re deem  it, 
 tell  me  so  that  I  will  know , be cause  there  isn’t 
any one oth er  than  you  to re deem  it,  and  I  am 
 next af ter  you.”
“ I  want  to re deem  it,”  he an swered. 5  Then  Boaz  said, “ On  the  day  you  buy  the 
 field  from Na o mi,  you  will ac quire m  Ruth  the 
Mo ab it ess,  the  wife  of  the deceased  man,  to 
per pet u ate  the  man’s  name  on  his prop er ty .” n
6  The re deem er re plied, “ I  can’t re deem  it 
my self,  or  I  will  ruin  my  own in her i tance. Take  my  right  of re demp tion, be cause  I  can’t 
re deem  it.”
7  At  an ear li er pe ri od  in Is ra el,  a  man re-
moved  his san dal  and  gave  it  to  the oth er par ty 
 in or der  to  make  any mat ter legally bind ing 
con cern ing  the  right  of re demp tion  or  the 
ex change  of prop er ty . This  was  the meth od  of 
legally bind ing  a trans ac tion  in Is ra el. 8  So  the re deem er re moved  his san dal  and 
 said  to  Boaz, “ Buy  back  the prop er ty your self.”
9  Boaz  said  to  the el ders  and  all  the peo ple, 
“ You  are wit ness es to day  that  I  am buy ing  from 
Na o mi ev ery thing  that be longed  to Elim e lech, 
Chil i on,  and Mah lon. 10  I  have  also ac quired 
 Ruth  the Mo ab it ess, Mah lon’s wid ow ,  as  my 
 wife,  to per pet u ate  the deceased  man’s  name 
 on  his prop er ty ,  so  that  his  name  will  not dis-
ap pear  among  his rel a tives  or  from  the  gate 
 of  his home town. You  are wit ness es to day .”
11  All  the peo ple  who  were  at  the  city  gate, 
in clud ing  the el ders,  said, “ We  are wit ness es. May  the  L ord  make  the wom an  who  is en-
ter ing  your  house  like Ra chel  and  Leah,  who 
to geth er  built  the  house  of Is ra el.


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May  you  be 
pow er ful  in Eph ra thah  and  your  name  well 
 known  in Beth le hem. 12  May  your  house be-
come  like  the  house  of Pe rez,  the  son Ta mar 
 bore  to Ju dah, be cause  of  the off spring  the 
 L ord  will  give  you  by  this  young wom an.”
13  Boaz  took  Ruth  and  she be came  his  wife. He  slept  with  her,  and  the  L ord grant ed con-
cep tion  to  her,  and  she  gave  birth  to  a  son. 14  The wom en  said  to Na o mi, “ Blessed  be  the 
a 3:9 Or “Spread the edge of your garment ; lit “Spread the wing of your garment ; Ru 2:12   b 3:10 Lit kindness at the last than  
at the first   c 3:11 Some Hb mss, Orig, Syr , Tg, Vg read say to me   d 3:11 Lit all the gate of my people   e 3:14 Lit up before a 
man could recognize his companion   f 3:14 LXX; MT reads the   g 3:15 Some Hb mss, Aramaic, Syr , Vg; other Hb mss read he    
h 3:16 Lit “Who are you   i 3:17 Alt Hb tradition, LXX, Syr , Tg read said to me   j 4:1 Or said, “Come here Mr. So-and-so    
k 4:4 Lit should uncover your ear, saying   l 4:4 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr , Vg; other Hb mss read if he does   m 4:5 Lit Naomi and 
from   n 4:5 Alt Hb tradition reads Naomi, I will have already acquired from Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead man,  
the privilege of raising up the name of the dead man on his property
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 L ord,  who  has  not  left  you with out  a fam-
i ly re deem er to day . May  his  name be come 
 well  known  in Is ra el.


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15  He  will re new  your 
 life  and sus tain  you  in  your  old  age. In deed, 
 your daughter-in-law ,  who  loves  you  and  is 
bet ter  to  you  than sev en  sons,  has giv en  birth 
 to  him.” 16 Na o mi  took  the  child,  placed  him  on 
 her  lap,  and be came  his nanny . 17  The neigh bor 
wom en  said, “ A  son  has  been  born  to Na o mi,” 
 and  they  named  him  Obed. a  He  was  the fa ther 
 of Jes se,  the fa ther  of Da vid. DAVID’S GENEALOGY FROM JUDAH’S SON
18  Now  these  are  the fam i ly rec ords  of Pe rez:
  Perez fathered Hezron,
 19 Hezron fathered Ram,  b
  Ram fathered Amminadab,
 20 Amminadab fathered Nahshon,
  Nahshon fathered Salmon,
 21 Salmon fathered Boaz,
  Boaz fathered Obed,
 22 Obed fathered Jesse,
  and Jesse fathered David. a 4:17 = Servant   b 4:19 LXX reads Aram ; Mt 1:3-4
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1 samuel
HANNAH’S VOW
1 
 There  was  a  man  from Ramathaim-zophim 
 in a  the  hill coun try  of Ephra im. His  name 
 was El ka nah  son  of Je ro ham,  son  of Eli hu,  son 
 of  Tohu,  son  of  Zuph,  an Ephra im ite.


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2  He  had 
 two  wives,  the  first  named Han nah  and  the 
sec ond Pe nin nah. Pe nin nah  had chil dren,  but 
Han nah  was child less. 3  This  man  would  go 
 up  from  his  town ev ery  year  to wor ship  and 
 to sac ri fice  to  the  L ord  of Ar mies  at Shi loh, 
 where  Eli’s  two  sons, Hoph ni  and Phin e has, 
 were  the  L ord’ s  priests. 4 When ev er El ka nah off  ered  a sac ri fice, 
 he al ways  gave por tions  of  the  meat  to  his 
 wife Pe nin nah  and  to  each  of  her  sons  and 
daugh ters. 5  But  he  gave  a dou ble b por tion 
 to Han nah,  for  he  loved  her  even  though  the 
 L ord  had  kept  her  from conceiving. 6  Her ri-
val  would  taunt  her se vere ly  just  to pro voke 
 her, be cause  the  L ord  had  kept Han nah  from 
conceiving. 7  Year af ter  year,  when  she  went 
 up  to  the  L ord’ s  house,  her ri val taunt ed  her 
 in  this  way . Han nah  would  weep  and  would 
 not  eat.


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8 “Han nah,  why  are  you cry ing? ”  her 
hus band El ka nah  would  ask. “ Why  won’t  you 
 eat?


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Am  I  not bet ter  to 
 you  than  ten  sons? ”
9  On  one oc ca sion, Han nah  got  up af ter  they 
 ate  and  drank  at Shi loh. c  The  priest  Eli  was sit-
ting  on  a  chair  by  the door post  of  the  L ord’ s 
tem ple. 10 Deep ly  hurt, Han nah  prayed  to  the 
 L ord  and  wept  with  many  tears. 11 Mak ing 
 a  vow ,  she plead ed, “ L ord  of Ar mies,  if  you 
 will  take no tice  of  your ser vant’s affliction, 
re mem ber  and  not for get  me,  and  give  your 
ser vant  a  son, d  I  will  give  him  to  the  L ord  all 
 the  days  of  his  life,  and  his  hair  will nev er 
 be  cut.” e
12  While  she con tin ued pray ing  in  the  L ord’ s 
pres ence,  Eli  watched  her  mouth. 13 Han nah 
 was pray ing silently , f  and  though  her  lips 
 were mov ing,  her  voice  could  not  be  heard. Eli  thought  she  was  drunk 14  and  said  to  her, 
“ How  long  are  you go ing  to  be  drunk? Get  rid 
 of  your  wine!


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”
15 “ No,  my  lord,” Han nah re plied. “ I  am  a 
wom an  with  a bro ken  heart. I  haven’t  had 
 any  wine  or  beer;  I’ve  been pour ing  out  my 
 heart be fore  the  L ord. 16  Don’t  think  of  me 
 as  a wick ed wom an;  I’ve  been pray ing  from 
 the  depth  of  my an guish  and re sent ment.”
17  Eli re spond ed, “ Go  in  peace,  and  may  the 
 God  of Is ra el  grant  the re quest  you’ve  made 
 of  him.”
18 “ May  your ser vant  find fa vor  with  you,” 
 she re plied. Then Han nah  went  on  her  way; 
 she  ate  and  no lon ger  looked de spon dent. g
SAMUEL ’S BIRTH AND DEDICATION
19  The  next morn ing El ka nah  and Han nah  got 
 up ear ly  to wor ship be fore  the  L ord. Af ter ward, 
 they re turned  home  to Ra mah.


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Then El ka nah 
 was in ti mate  with  his  wife Han nah,  and  the 
 L ord re mem bered  her. 20 Af ter  some  time, h 
Han nah con ceived  and  gave  birth  to  a  son. She  named  him Sam uel, i be cause  she  said, “ I 
re quest ed  him  from  the  L ord.”
21  When El ka nah  and  all  his house hold  went 
 up  to  make  the an nu al sac ri fice  and  his  vow 
off  er ing  to  the  L ord, 22 Han nah  did  not  go  and 
ex plained  to  her hus band, “ Af ter  the  child  is 
 weaned,  I’ll  take  him  to ap pear  in  the  L ord’ s 
pres ence  and  to  stay  there per ma nent ly .”
23  Her hus band El ka nah re plied, “ Do  what 
 you  think  is  best, j  and  stay  here un til  you’ve 
 weaned  him. May  the  L ord con firm  your k 
 word.”  So Han nah  stayed  there  and  nursed 
 her  son un til  she  weaned  him. 24  When  she 
 had  weaned  him,  she  took  him  with  her  to 
Shi loh,  as  well  as  a three-year-old  bull, l  half 
 a bushel m  of  flour,  and  a  clay  jar  of  wine. Though  the  boy  was  still  young, n  she  took 
 him  to  the  L ord’ s  house  at Shi loh. 25  Then 
 they slaugh tered  the  bull  and  brought  the 
 boy  to  Eli. 26 “ Please,  my  lord,”  she  said, “ as sure ly  as 
 you  live,  my  lord,  I  am  the wom an  who  stood 
 here be side  you pray ing  to  the  L ord. 27  I  prayed 
 for  this  boy ,  and  since  the  L ord  gave  me  what 
 I  asked  him  for, 28  I  now  give  the  boy  to  the 
a 1:1 Or from Ramathaim, a Zuphite from   b 1:5 Or gave only one ; Hb obscure   c 1:9 LXX adds and presented herself before 
the Lord   d 1:11 Lit a seed of men   e 1:11 Lit and no razor will go up on his head   f 1:13 Lit praying to her heart   g 1:18 Lit 
and her face was not to her again   h 1:20 Lit In the turning of the days   i 1:20 In Hb, the name Samuel sounds like the phrase 
“requested from God.”   j 1:23 Lit what is good in your eyes   k 1:23 DSS, LXX, Syr; MT reads his   l 1:24 DSS, LXX, Syr; MT reads 
Shiloh with three bulls   m 1:24 Lit bull and an ephah   n 1:24 Lit And the youth was a youth
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 L ord. For  as  long  as  he  lives,  he  is giv en  to  the 
 L ord.”  Then  he a wor shiped  the  L ord  there. b
HANNAH’S TRIUMPHANT PRAYER
2 
Han nah  prayed:
 My heart rejoices in the Lord;
  my horn is lifted up by the Lord. My mouth boasts over my enemies,
  because I rejoice in your salvation.


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There is no one besides you! And there is no rock like our God. 3 Do not boast so proudly ,
  or let arrogant words come out of 
your mouth,
  for the Lord is a God of knowledge,
  and actions are weighed by him. 4 The bows of the warriors are broken,
  but the feeble are clothed 
with strength.


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5 Those who are full hire themselves out 
for food,
  but those who are starving hunger 
no more. The woman who is childless gives birth 
to seven,
  but the woman with many sons 
pines away . 6 The Lord brings death and gives life;
  he sends some down to Sheol, 
and he raises others up. 7 The Lord brings poverty and gives 
wealth;
  he humbles and he exalts. 8 He raises the poor from the dust
  and lifts the needy from the trash heap. He seats them with noblemen
  and gives them a throne of honor. c
  For the foundations of the earth are the 
Lord’s;
  he has set the world on them. 9 He guards the steps  d 
of his faithful ones,
  but the wicked perish in darkness,
  for a person does not prevail by 
his own strength. 10 Those who oppose the Lord  
will be shattered;  e
  he will thunder in the heavens 
against them. The Lord will judge the ends 
of the earth. He will give power to his king;
  he will lift up the horn of his anointed. f
11 El ka nah  went  home  to Ra mah,  but  the 
 boy  served  the  L ord  in  the pres ence  of  the 
 priest  Eli. ELI’S FAMILY JUDGED
12  Eli’s  sons  were wick ed  men;  they  did  not 
re spect  the  L ord 13  or  the  priests’  share  of  the 
sac ri fic es  from  the peo ple. When any one of-
fered  a sac ri fice,  the  priest’s ser vant  would 
 come  with  a three-pronged  meat  fork  while 
 the  meat  was boil ing 14  and  plunge  it  into  the 
con tain er, ket tle, cauldron,  or cook ing  pot.


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The  priest  would  claim  for him self what ev-
er  the  meat  fork  brought  up. This  is  the  way 
 they treat ed  all  the Is ra el ites  who  came  there 
 to Shi loh. 15  Even be fore  the  fat  was  burned, 
 the  priest’s ser vant  would  come  and  say  to 
 the  one  who  was sac ri fic ing, “ Give  the  priest 
 some  meat  to  roast, be cause  he  won’t ac cept 
 boiled  meat  from  you  —   only  raw .” 16  If  that 
per son  said  to  him, “ The  fat  must  be  burned 
 first;  then  you  can  take what ev er  you  want 
 for your self,”  the ser vant  would re ply , “ No,  I 
in sist  that  you  hand  it  over  right  now . If  you 
 don’t,  I’ll  take  it  by  force!


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” 17  So  the ser vants’  sin 
 was  very se vere  in  the pres ence  of  the  L ord, 
be cause  the  men treat ed  the  L ord’ s off  er ing 
 with con tempt. 18 Sam uel  served  in  the  L ord’ s pres ence— 
this  mere  boy  was  dressed  in  the lin en  ephod. 19  Each  year  his moth er  made  him  a lit tle  robe 
 and  took  it  to  him  when  she  went  with  her 
hus band  to off  er  the an nu al sac ri fice. 20  Eli 
 would  bless El ka nah  and  his  wife: “ May  the 
 L ord  give  you chil dren  by  this wom an  in  place 
 of  the  one  she g  has giv en  to  the  L ord.”  Then 
 they  would  go  home. 21  The  L ord  paid at ten tion  to Han nah’s 
 need,  and  she con ceived  and  gave  birth  to 
 three  sons  and  two daugh ters. Mean while, 
 the  boy Sam uel  grew  up  in  the pres ence  of  the  
 L ord. 22  Now  Eli  was  very  old. He  heard  about ev-
ery thing  his  sons  were do ing  to  all Is ra el  and 
 how  they  were sleep ing  with  the wom en  who 
 served  at  the en trance  to  the  tent  of meet ing. 23  He  said  to  them, “ Why  are  you do ing  these 
 things?


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I  have  heard  about  your  evil ac tions 
 from  all  these peo ple. 24  No,  my  sons,  the  news 
a 1:28 DSS read she ; some Hb mss, Syr , Vg read they   b 1:28 LXX reads Then she left him there before the Lord   c 2:8 DSS, LXX 
add He gives the vow of the one who makes a vow and he blesses the years of the just. d 2:9 Lit feet   e 2:10 DSS, LXX read 
The Lord shatters those who dispute with him   f 2:10 Or Messiah   g 2:20 DSS; MT reads he
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 I  hear  the  L ord’ s peo ple spread ing  is  not  good. 25  If  one per son  sins  against an oth er,  God  can 
in ter cede  for  him,  but  if  a per son  sins  against 
 the  L ord,  who  can in ter cede  for  him? ”  But 
 they  would  not lis ten  to  their fa ther,  since  the 
 L ord in tend ed  to  kill  them. 26  By contrast,  the 
 boy Sam uel  grew  in stat ure  and  in fa vor  with 
 the  L ord  and  with peo ple. 27  A  man  of  God  came  to  Eli  and  said  to  him, 
“ This  is  what  the  L ord  says: ‘ Didn’t  I re veal 
my self  to  your fore fa ther’s fam i ly a  when  they 
 were  in  Egypt  and be longed  to Pha raoh’s pal-
ace? 28  Out  of  all  the  tribes  of Is ra el,  I  chose 
 your  house b  to  be  my  priests,  to off  er sac-
ri fic es  on  my al tar,  to  burn in cense,  and  to 
 wear  an  ephod  in  my pres ence. I  also  gave 
 your fore fa ther’s fam i ly  all  the Is ra el ite  fire 
off  er ings. 29  Why ,  then,  do  all  of  you de spise 
 my sac ri fic es  and off  er ings  that  I re quire  at 
 the  place  of wor ship? You  have hon ored  your 
 sons  more  than  me,  by mak ing your selves  fat 
 with  the  best  part  of  all  of  the off  er ings  of  my 
peo ple Is ra el.’
30 “There fore,  this  is  the dec la ra tion  of  the 
 L ord,  the  God  of Is ra el: ‘ I  did  say  that  your 
fam i ly  and  your fore fa ther’s fam i ly  would 
 walk be fore  me for ev er. But  now ,’  this  is  the 
 L ord’ s dec la ra tion, ‘ no lon ger!


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For  those  who 
hon or  me  I  will hon or,  but  those  who de spise 
 me  will  be dis graced. 31  Look,  the  days  are 
com ing  when  I  will  cut  off  your  strength  and 
 the  strength  of  your fore fa ther’s  house,  so 
 that  none  in  your fam i ly  will  reach  old  age. 32  You  will  see dis tress  in  the  place  of wor-
ship,  in  spite  of  all  that  is  good  in Is ra el,  and 
 no  one  in  your fam i ly  will  ever  again  reach 
 old  age. 33  Any  man  from  your fam i ly  I  do  not 
 cut  off  from  my al tar  will  bring  grief c  and 
sad ness  to  you. All  your de scen dants  will 
 die vi o lent ly . d,e 34  This  will  be  the  sign  that 
 will  come  to  you con cern ing  your  two  sons 
Hoph ni  and Phin e has:  both  of  them  will  die 
 on  the  same  day . 35 “ ‘ Then  I  will  raise  up  a faith ful  priest  for 
my self.


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I  will es tab lish  a last ing dy nas ty 
 for  him,  and  he  will  walk be fore  my anoint ed 
 one  for  all  time. 36 Any one  who  is  left  in  your 
fam i ly  will  come  and  bow  down  to  him  for  a 
 piece  of sil ver  or  a  loaf  of  bread. He  will  say: 
 Please ap point  me  to  some priest ly off  ice  so 
 I  can  have  a  piece  of  bread  to  eat.’ ”
SAMUEL ’S CALL
3 
 The  boy Sam uel  served  the  L ord  in  Eli’s 
pres ence. In  those  days  the  word  of  the 
 L ord  was  rare  and pro phet ic vi sions  were 
 not wide spread.


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2  One  day  Eli,  whose eye sight  was fail ing, 
 was ly ing  in  his usu al  place. 3 Be fore  the  lamp 
 of  God  had  gone  out, Sam uel  was ly ing  down 
 in  the tem ple  of  the  L ord,  where  the  ark  of 
 God  was lo cat ed. 4  Then  the  L ord  called Sam uel, f  and  he an-
swered, “ Here  I  am.” 5  He  ran  to  Eli  and  said, 
“ Here  I  am;  you  called  me.”
“ I  didn’t  call,”  Eli re plied. “ Go  back  and  lie 
 down.”  So  he  went  and  lay  down. 6  Once  again  the  L ord  called, “Sam uel! ”
Sam uel  got  up,  went  to  Eli,  and  said, “ Here 
 I  am;  you  called  me.”
“ I  didn’t  call,  my  son,”  he re plied. “ Go  back 
 and  lie  down.”
7  Now Sam uel  did  not  yet  know  the  L ord, 
be cause  the  word  of  the  L ord  had  not  yet  been 
re vealed  to  him. 8  Once  again,  for  the  third 
 time,  the  L ord  called Sam uel. He  got  up,  went 
 to  Eli,  and  said, “ Here  I  am;  you  called  me.”
 Then  Eli un der stood  that  the  L ord  was 
call ing  the  boy . 9  He  told Sam uel, “ Go  and  lie 
 down. If  he  calls  you,  say , ‘ Speak,  L ord,  for 
 your ser vant  is lis ten ing.’ ”  So Sam uel  went 
 and  lay  down  in  his  place. 10  The  L ord  came,  stood  there,  and  called 
 as be fore, “Sam uel, Sam uel! ”
Sam uel re spond ed, “ Speak,  for  your ser vant 
 is lis ten ing.”
11  The  L ord  said  to Sam uel, “ I  am  about  to  do 
some thing  in Is ra el  that ev ery one  who  hears 
 about  it  will shud der. g 12  On  that  day  I  will car-
ry  out  against  Eli ev ery thing  I  said  about  his 
fam i ly ,  from be gin ning  to  end. 13  I  told  him  that 
 I  am go ing  to  judge  his fam i ly for ev er be cause 
 of  the in iq ui ty  he  knows  about:  his  sons  are 
curs ing  God, h  and  he  has  not  stopped  them. 14 There fore,  I  have  sworn  to  Eli’s fam i ly:  The 
in iq ui ty  of  Eli’s fam i ly  will nev er  be  wiped 
 out  by ei ther sac ri fice  or off  er ing.”
15 Sam uel  lay  down un til  the morn ing;  then 
 he  opened  the  doors  of  the  L ord’ s  house. He 
 was  afraid  to  tell  Eli  the vi sion, 16  but  Eli  called 
 him  and  said, “Sam uel,  my  son.”
“ Here  I  am,” an swered Sam uel. 17 “ What  was  the mes sage  he  gave  you?


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“ Don’t  hide  it  from  me. May  God pun ish 
a 2:27 Lit the palace of your father   b 2:28 Lit selected him   c 2:33 Lit grief to your eyes   d 2:33 DSS, LXX read die by the 
sword of men   e 2:33 Lit die men   f 3:4 DSS, LXX read called, “Samuel! Samuel!


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”   g 3:11 Lit about it, his two ears will tingle ; 
Hb obscure   h 3:13 LXX, Old Lat; MT reads them
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 you  and  do  so se vere ly  if  you  hide any thing 
 from  me  that  he  told  you.” 18  So Sam uel  told 
 him ev ery thing  and  did  not  hide any thing 
 from  him. Eli re spond ed, “ He  is  the  L ord. Let 
 him  do  what  he  thinks  is  good.” a
19 Sam uel  grew ,  and  the  L ord  was  with  him, 
 and  he ful filled ev ery thing Sam uel proph-
e sied. b 20  All Is ra el  from  Dan  to Be er-she ba 
 knew  that Sam uel  was  a con firmed proph et 
 of  the  L ord. 21  The  L ord con tin ued  to ap pear 
 in Shi loh, be cause  there  he re vealed him self  to 
4 
Sam uel  by  his  word.


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1  And Sam uel’s  words 
 came  to  all Is ra el. THE ARK CAPTURED BY THE PHILISTINES
Is ra el  went  out  to  meet  the Phi lis tines  in bat tle 
 and c  camped  at Eb en e zer  while  the Phi lis tines 
 camped  at  Aphek. 2  The Phi lis tines  lined  up 
 in bat tle for ma tion  against Is ra el,  and  as  the 
bat tle in ten si fied, Is ra el  was de feat ed  by  the 
Phi lis tines,  who  struck  down  about  four thou-
sand  men  on  the bat tle field. 3  When  the  troops re turned  to  the  camp, 
 the el ders  of Is ra el  asked, “ Why  did  the  L ord 
de feat  us to day be fore  the Phi lis tines? Let’s 
 bring  the  ark  of  the  L ord’ s cov enant  from 
Shi loh. Then  it d  will  go  with  us  and  save  us 
 from  our en e mies.” 4  So  the peo ple  sent  men 
 to Shi loh  to  bring  back  the  ark  of  the cov enant 
 of  the  L ord  of Ar mies,  who  is en throned be-
tween  the cher u bim. Eli’s  two  sons, Hoph ni 
 and Phin e has,  were  there  with  the  ark  of  the 
cov enant  of  God. 5  When  the  ark  of  the cov-
enant  of  the  L ord en tered  the  camp,  all  the 
Is ra el ites  raised  such  a  loud  shout  that  the 
 ground  shook. 6  The Phi lis tines  heard  the  sound  of  the  war 
 cry  and  asked, “ What’s  this  loud  shout  in  the 
He brews’  camp? ”  When  the Phi lis tines dis cov-
ered  that  the  ark  of  the  L ord  had en tered  the 
 camp, 7  they panicked. “ A  god  has en tered  their 
 camp!


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”  they  said. “ Woe  to  us, noth ing  like  this 
 has hap pened be fore. e 8  Woe  to  us,  who  will 
res cue  us  from  these mag nifi   cent  gods? These 
 are  the  gods  that slaugh tered  the Egyp tians 
 with  all  kinds  of  plagues  in  the wil der ness. 9  Show  some cour age  and  be  men, Phi lis tines!


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Now  be  men  and  fight! ”
10  So  the Phi lis tines  fought,  and Is ra el  was 
de feat ed,  and  each  man  fled  to  his  tent. The 
slaugh ter  was se vere  —  thir ty thou sand  of 
 the Is ra el ite  foot sol diers  fell. 11  The  ark  of  God 
 was cap tured,  and  Eli’s  two  sons, Hoph ni  and 
Phin e has,  died. ELI’S DEATH AND ICHABOD’S BIRTH
12  That  same  day ,  a Ben ja min ite  man  ran  from 
 the bat tle  and  came  to Shi loh. His  clothes  were 
 torn,  and  there  was  dirt  on  his  head. 13  When  he 
ar rived,  there  was  Eli sit ting  on  his  chair be side 
 the  road watch ing, be cause  he  was anx ious 
 about  the  ark  of  God. When  the  man en tered 
 the  city  to  give  a re port,  the en tire  city  cried  out. 14  Eli  heard  the out cry  and  asked, “ Why  this 
com mo tion? ”  The  man quick ly  came  and re-
port ed  to  Eli. 15  At  that  time  Eli  was ninety-eight 
 years  old,  and  his  eyes  didn’t  move f be cause 
 he  couldn’t  see. 16  The  man  said  to  Eli, “ I’m  the  one  who  came 
 from  the bat tle. g  I  fled  from  there to day .”
“ What hap pened,  my  son?


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”  Eli  asked. 17  The mes sen ger an swered, “Is ra el  has  fled 
 from  the Phi lis tines,  and  also  there  was  a  great 
slaugh ter  among  the peo ple. Your  two  sons, 
Hoph ni  and Phin e has,  are  both  dead,  and  the 
 ark  of  God  has  been cap tured.” 18  When  he 
men tioned  the  ark  of  God,  Eli  fell back ward 
 off  the  chair  by  the  city  gate,  and  since  he  was 
 old  and  heavy ,  his  neck  broke  and  he  died. Eli 
 had  judged Is ra el for ty  years. 19  Eli’s daughter-in-law ,  the  wife  of Phin e has, 
 was preg nant  and  about  to  give  birth. When 
 she  heard  the  news  about  the cap ture  of  God’s 
 ark  and  the  deaths  of  her father-in-law  and 
 her hus band,  she col lapsed  and  gave  birth 
be cause  her la bor  pains  came  on  her. 20  As 
 she  was dy ing, h  the wom en tak ing  care  of  her 
 said, “ Don’t  be  afraid.


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”  But  she  did  not re spond  or  pay at ten tion. 21  She  named  the  boy Ich a bod, i say ing, “ The 
glo ry  has de part ed  from Is ra el,” re fer ring  to 
 the cap ture  of  the  ark  of  God  and  to  the  deaths 
 of  her father-in-law  and  her hus band. 22 “ The 
glo ry  has de part ed  from Is ra el,”  she  said, “be-
cause  the  ark  of  God  has  been cap tured.”
THE ARK IN PHILISTINE HANDS
5 
Af ter  the Phi lis tines  had cap tured  the 
 ark  of  God,  they  took  it  from Eb en e zer 
 to Ash dod, 2  brought  it  into  the tem ple  of Da-
gon j  and  placed  it  next  to  his stat ue. k 3  When 
a 3:18 Lit what is good in his eyes   b 3:19 Lit he let none of his words fall to the ground   c 4:1 LXX reads In those days the 
Philistines gathered together to fight against Israel, and Israel went out to engage them in battle. They   d 4:3 Or he   e 4:7 Lit 
yesterday or the day before   f 4:15 Lit his eyes stood ; 1Kg 14:4   g 4:16 LXX reads camp   h 4:20 LXX reads And in her time of 
delivery, she was about to die   i 4:21 = Where Is Glory? j 5:2 A Philistine god of the sea, grain, or storm   k 5:2 Lit to Dagon
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 the peo ple  of Ash dod  got  up ear ly  the  next 
morn ing,  there  was Da gon, fall en  with  his 
 face  to  the  ground be fore  the  ark  of  the  L ord. So  they  took Da gon  and re turned  him  to  his 
 place. 4  But  when  they  got  up ear ly  the  next 
morn ing,  there  was Da gon, fall en  with  his 
 face  to  the  ground be fore  the  ark  of  the  L ord. This  time, Da gon’s  head  and  both  of  his  hands 
 were bro ken  off  and ly ing  on  the thresh old. Only Da gon’s torso re mained. a 5  That  is  why , 
 still to day ,  the  priests  of Da gon  and ev ery one 
 who en ters  the tem ple  of Da gon  in Ash dod  do 
 not  step  on Da gon’s thresh old. 6  The  L ord’ s  hand  was  heavy  on  the peo ple 
 of Ash dod. He ter ri fied  the peo ple  of Ash-
dod  and  its ter ri to ry  and afflicted  them  with 
tu mors. b,c 7  When  the peo ple  of Ash dod  saw 
 what  was hap pen ing,  they  said, “ The  ark  of 
Is ra el’s  God  must  not  stay  here  with  us, be-
cause  his  hand  is strong ly  against  us  and  our 
 god Da gon.” 8  So  they  called  all  the Phi lis tine 
rul ers to geth er  and  asked, “ What  should  we 
 do  with  the  ark  of Is ra el’s  God? ”
“ The  ark  of Is ra el’s  God  should  be  moved 
 to  Gath,”  they re plied. So  they  moved  the  ark 
 of Is ra el’s  God. 9 Af ter  they  had  moved  it,  the 
 L ord’ s  hand  was  against  the  city  of  Gath, caus-
ing  a  great pan ic. He afflicted  the peo ple  of 
 the  city ,  from  the youn gest  to  the old est,  with 
 an out break  of tu mors. 10  The peo ple  of  Gath  then  sent  the  ark  of 
 God  to Ek ron,  but  when  it  got  there,  the Ek-
ron ites  cried  out, “They’ve  moved  the  ark  of 
Is ra el’s  God  to  us  to  kill  us  and  our peo ple! ” d
11  The Ek ron ites  called  all  the Phi lis tine rul ers 
to geth er. They  said, “ Send  the  ark  of Is ra el’s 
 God  away . Let  it re turn  to  its  place  so  it  won’t 
 kill  us  and  our peo ple! ” e  For  the  fear  of  death 
per vad ed  the  city;  God’s  hand  was op press ing 
 them. 12  Those  who  did  not  die  were afflicted 
 with tu mors,  and  the out cry  of  the  city  went 
 up  to heav en. THE RETURN OF THE ARK
6 
 When  the  ark  of  the  L ord  had  been  in Phi-
lis tine ter ri to ry  for sev en  months, 2  the 
Phi lis tines sum moned  the  priests  and  the 
di vin ers  and plead ed, “ What  should  we  do 
 with  the  ark  of  the  L ord? Tell  us  how  we  can 
 send  it  back  to  its  place.”
3  They re plied, “ If  you  send  the  ark  of Is ra el’s 
 God  away ,  do  not  send  it with out  an off  er ing. Send  back  a  guilt off  er ing  to  him,  and  you  will 
 be  healed.


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Then  the rea son  his  hand  hasn’t 
 been re moved  from  you  will  be re vealed.” f
4  They  asked, “ What  guilt off  er ing  should 
 we  send  back  to  him? ”
 And  they an swered, “ Five  gold tu mors  and 
 five  gold  mice cor re spond ing  to  the num ber  of 
Phi lis tine rul ers,  since  there  was  one  plague 
 for  both  you g  and  your rul ers. 5  Make im ages 
 of  your tu mors  and  of  your  mice  that  are de-
stroy ing  the  land. Give glo ry  to Is ra el’s  God, 
 and per haps  he  will  stop op press ing  you, h 
 your  gods,  and  your  land. 6  Why hard en  your 
 hearts  as  the Egyp tians  and Pha raoh hard ened 
 theirs?


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When  he afflicted  them,  didn’t  they 
 send Is ra el  away ,  and Is ra el  left? 7 “ Now  then, pre pare  one  new  cart  and  two 
 milk  cows  that  have nev er  been  yoked. Hitch 
 the  cows  to  the  cart,  but  take  their  calves  away 
 and  pen  them  up. 8  Take  the  ark  of  the  L ord, 
 place  it  on  the  cart,  and  put  the  gold ob jects 
 that  you’re send ing  him  as  a  guilt off  er ing  in 
 a  box be side  the  ark. Send  it  off  and  let  it  go 
 its  way . 9  Then  watch:  If  it  goes  up  the  road  to 
 its home land to ward Beth-she mesh,  it  is  the 
 L ord  who  has  made  this ter ri ble trou ble  for 
 us. How ev er,  if  it  doesn’t,  we  will  know  that  it 
 was  not  his  hand  that pun ished  us  —   it  was 
 just some thing  that hap pened  to  us  by  chance.”
10  The  men  did  this:  They  took  two  milk  cows, 
 hitched  them  to  the  cart,  and con fined  their 
 calves  in  the  pen. 11  Then  they  put  the  ark  of 
 the  L ord  on  the  cart,  along  with  the  box con-
tain ing  the  gold  mice  and  the im ages  of  their 
tu mors.


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12  The  cows  went  straight  up  the  road 
 to Beth-she mesh. They  stayed  on  that  one high-
way , low ing  as  they  went;  they nev er  strayed 
 to  the  right  or  to  the  left. The Phi lis tine rul ers 
 were walk ing be hind  them  to  the ter ri to ry  of 
Beth-she mesh. 13  The peo ple  of Beth-she mesh  were har vest-
ing  wheat  in  the val ley ,  and  when  they  looked 
 up  and  saw  the  ark,  they  were over joyed  to 
 see  it. 14  The  cart  came  to  the  field  of Josh ua  of 
Beth-she mesh  and  stopped  there  near  a  large 
 rock. The peo ple  of  the  city  chopped  up  the 
 cart  and off  ered  the  cows  as  a  burnt off  er ing 
 to  the  L ord. 15  The Le vites re moved  the  ark  of 
a 5:4 LXX; Hb reads Only Dagon remained on it   b 5:6 LXX adds He brought up mice against them, and they swarmed in their 
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people? ”   f 6:3 DSS, LXX 
read healed, and an atonement shall be made for you. Shouldn’t his hand be removed from you?”   g 6:4 Some Hb mss, LXX; 
other Hb mss read them   h 6:5 Lit will lighten the heaviness of his hand from you
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 the  L ord,  along  with  the  box con tain ing  the 
 gold ob jects,  and  placed  them  on  the  large  rock. That  day  the peo ple  of Beth-she mesh off  ered 
 burnt off  er ings  and  made sac ri fic es  to  the  L ord. 16  When  the  five Phi lis tine rul ers ob served  this, 
 they re turned  to Ek ron  that  same  day . 17  As  a  guilt off  er ing  to  the  L ord,  the Phi lis-
tines  had  sent  back  one  gold tumor  for  each 
 city: Ash dod,  Gaza, Ash ke lon,  Gath,  and Ek ron. 18  The num ber  of  gold  mice  also corresponded 
 to  the num ber  of Phi lis tine cit ies  of  the  five 
rul ers,  the for ti fied cit ies  and  the out ly ing vil-
lages. The  large  rock a  on  which  the  ark  of  the 
 L ord  was  placed  is  still  in  the  field  of Josh ua 
 of Beth-she mesh to day .


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19  God  struck  down  the peo ple  of Beth-she-
mesh be cause  they  looked in side  the  ark  of 
 the  L ord. b  He  struck  down sev en ty per sons. c 
 The peo ple  mourned be cause  the  L ord  struck 
 them  with  a  great slaugh ter. 20  The peo ple  of 
Beth-she mesh  asked, “ Who  is  able  to  stand 
 in  the pres ence  of  the  L ord  this  holy  God? To 
 whom  should  the  ark  go  from  here? ”
21  They  sent mes sen gers  to  the res i dents  of 
Kiriath-jearim, say ing, “ The Phi lis tines  have 
re turned  the  ark  of  the  L ord. Come  down  and 
 get  it.” d
7 
 So  the peo ple  of Kiriath-jearim  came  for 
 the  ark  of  the  L ord  and  took  it  to Abin a-
dab’s  house  on  the  hill. They con se crat ed  his 
 son El e a zar  to  take  care  of  it. VICTORY AT MIZPAH
2  Time  went  by un til twen ty  years  had  passed 
 since  the  ark  had  been tak en  to Kiriath-jearim. Then  the  whole  house  of Is ra el  longed  for  the 
 L ord. 3 Sam uel  told  them, “ If  you  are re turn-
ing  to  the  L ord  with  all  your  heart,  get  rid  of 
 the for eign  gods  and  the Ash to reths  that  are 
 among  you, ded i cate your selves  to e  the  L ord, 
 and wor ship  only  him. Then  he  will res cue 
 you  from  the Phi lis tines.” 4  So  the Is ra el ites 
re moved  the  Baals  and  the Ash to reths  and 
 only wor shiped  the  L ord. 5 Sam uel  said, “Gath er  all Is ra el  at Miz pah, 
 and  I  will  pray  to  the  L ord  on  your be half.” 
6  When  they gath ered  at Miz pah,  they  drew 
wa ter  and  poured  it  out  in  the  L ord’ s pres ence. They fast ed  that  day ,  and  there  they con fessed, 
“ We  have  sinned  against  the  L ord.”  And Sam-
uel  judged  the Is ra el ites  at Miz pah. 7  When  the Phi lis tines  heard  that  the Is ra-
el ites  had gath ered  at Miz pah,  their rul ers 
 marched  up to ward Is ra el.


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When  the Is ra el ites 
 heard  about  it,  they  were  afraid be cause  of 
 the Phi lis tines. 8  The Is ra el ites  said  to Sam uel, 
“ Don’t  stop cry ing  out  to  the  L ord  our  God  for 
 us,  so  that  he  will  save  us  from  the Phi lis tines.”
9  Then Sam uel  took  a  young  lamb  and of-
fered  it  as  a  whole  burnt off  er ing  to  the  L ord. He  cried  out  to  the  L ord  on be half  of Is ra el, 
 and  the  L ord an swered  him. 10 Sam uel  was 
off  er ing  the  burnt off  er ing  as  the Phi lis tines 
ap proached  to  fight  against Is ra el. The  L ord 
thun dered loud ly  against  the Phi lis tines  that 
 day  and  threw  them  into  such con fu sion  that 
 they  were de feat ed  by Is ra el. 11  Then  the  men 
 of Is ra el  charged  out  of Miz pah  and pur sued 
 the Phi lis tines strik ing  them  down  all  the  way 
 to  a  place be low Beth-car. 12 Af ter ward, Sam uel  took  a  stone  and  set  it 
up right be tween Miz pah  and  Shen. He  named  it 
Eb en e zer, f ex plain ing, “ The  L ord  has  helped  us 
 to  this  point.” 13  So  the Phi lis tines  were sub dued 
 and g  did  not in vade Is ra el’s ter ri to ry  again. The  L ord’ s  hand  was  against  the Phi lis tines 
 all  of Sam uel’s  life. 14  The cit ies  from Ek ron  to 
 Gath,  which  they  had tak en  from Is ra el,  were 
re stored; Is ra el  even res cued  their sur round ing 
ter ri to ries  from Phi lis tine con trol. There  was 
 also  peace be tween Is ra el  and  the Am o rites.


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15 Sam uel  judged Is ra el through out  his  life. 16 Ev ery  year  he  would  go  on  a cir cuit  to Beth-
el, Gil gal,  and Miz pah  and  would  judge Is ra el 
 at  all  these lo ca tions. 17  Then  he  would re turn 
 to Ra mah be cause  his  home  was  there,  he 
 judged Is ra el  there,  and  he  built  an al tar  to 
 the  L ord  there. ISRAEL’S DEMAND FOR A KING
8 
 When Sam uel  grew  old,  he ap point ed  his 
 sons  as judg es  over Is ra el. 2  His first born 
 son’s  name  was  Joel  and  his sec ond  was Abi-
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3 How ev-
er,  his  sons  did  not  walk  in  his  ways  —   they 
 turned to ward dis hon est profi  t,  took  bribes, 
 and per vert ed jus tice. 4  So  all  the el ders  of Is ra el gath ered to geth er 
 and  went  to Sam uel  at Ra mah.


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5  They  said  to 
 him, “ Look,  you  are  old,  and  your  sons  do  not 
 walk  in  your  ways. There fore, ap point  a  king  to 
 judge  us  the  same  as  all  the oth er na tions  have.”
a 6:18 Some Hb mss, DSS, LXX, Tg; other Hb mss read meadow   b 6:19 LXX reads But the sons of Jeconiah did not rejoice with 
the men of Beth-shemesh when they saw the ark of the Lord. c 6:19 Some Hb mss, Josephus; other Hb mss read 70 men, 
50,000 men   d 6:21 Lit and bring it up to you   e 7:3 Lit you and set your hearts on   f 7:12 = Stone of Help   g 7:13 LXX reads 
The Lord humbled the Philistines and they
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6  When  they  said, “ Give  us  a  king  to  judge 
 us,” Sam uel con sid ered  their de mand  wrong, 
 so  he  prayed  to  the  L ord. 7  But  the  L ord  told 
 him, “Lis ten  to  the peo ple  and ev ery thing  they 
 say  to  you. They  have  not re ject ed  you;  they 
 have re ject ed  me  as  their  king. 8  They  are do ing 
 the  same  thing  to  you  that  they  have  done  to 
 me, a  since  the  day  I  brought  them  out  of  Egypt 
un til  this  day , abandoning  me  and wor ship-
ing oth er  gods. 9 Lis ten  to  them,  but sol emn ly 
 warn  them  and  tell  them  about  the cus tom ary 
 rights  of  the  king  who  will  reign  over  them.”
10 Sam uel  told  all  the  L ord’ s  words  to  the peo-
ple  who  were ask ing  him  for  a  king. 11  He  said, 
“ These  are  the  rights  of  the  king  who  will  reign 
 over  you:  He  will  take  your  sons  and  put  them 
 to  his  use  in  his char i ots,  on  his hors es,  or run-
ning  in  front  of  his char i ots. 12  He  can ap point 
 them  for  his  use  as com mand ers  of thou sands 
 or com mand ers  of fif ties,  to  plow  his  ground 
 and  reap  his har vest,  or  to  make  his weap ons 
 of  war  and  the equip ment  for  his char i ots. 13  He 
 can  take  your daugh ters  to be come per fum ers, 
 cooks,  and bak ers. 14  He  can  take  your  best  fields, 
vine yards,  and ol ive or chards  and  give  them  to 
 his ser vants. 15  He  can  take  a  tenth  of  your  grain 
 and  your vine yards  and  give  them  to  his off  i cials 
 and ser vants. 16  He  can  take  your  male ser vants, 
 your fe male ser vants,  your  best  young  men, b 
 and  your don keys  and  use  them  for  his  work. 17  He  can  take  a  tenth  of  your  flocks,  and  you 
your selves  can be come  his ser vants. 18  When 
 that  day  comes,  you  will  cry  out be cause  of 
 the  king  you’ve cho sen  for your selves,  but  the 
 L ord  won’t an swer  you  on  that  day .”
19  The peo ple re fused  to lis ten  to Sam uel. “ No!


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“ We  must  have  a  king  over 
 us. 20  Then  we’ll  be  like  all  the oth er na tions: 
 our  king  will  judge  us,  go  out be fore  us,  and 
 fight  our bat tles.”
21 Sam uel lis tened  to  all  the peo ple’s  words 
 and  then re peat ed  them  to  the  L ord. c 22 “Lis-
ten  to  them,”  the  L ord  told Sam uel. “ Ap point 
 a  king  for  them.”
 Then Sam uel  told  the  men  of Is ra el, “ Each 
 of  you,  go  back  to  your  city .”
SAUL ANOINTED KING
9 
 There  was  a prom i nent  man  of Ben ja min 
 named  Kish  son  of Abi el,  son  of Ze ror,  son 
 of Be co rath,  son  of Aphi ah,  son  of  a Ben ja min-
ite. 2  He  had  a  son  named  Saul,  an im pres sive 
 young  man.


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There  was  no  one  more im pres sive 
 among  the Is ra el ites  than  he. He  stood  a  head 
tall er  than any one  else. d
3  One  day  the don keys  of  Saul’s fa  ther 
 Kish wan dered  off. Kish  said  to  his  son  Saul, 
“ Take  one  of  the ser vants  with  you  and  go 
 look  for  the don keys.” 4  Saul  and  his ser vant 
 went  through  the  hill coun try  of Ephra im 
 and  then  through  the re gion  of Sha li shah, 
 but  they  didn’t  find  them. They  went  through 
 the re gion  of Sha a lim  —  noth ing. Then  they 
 went  through  the Ben ja min ite re gion  but  still 
 didn’t  find  them. 5  When  they  came  to  the  land  of  Zuph,  Saul 
 said  to  the ser vant  who  was  with  him, “ Come 
 on,  let’s  go  back,  or  my fa ther  will  stop wor-
ry ing  about  the don keys  and  start wor ry ing 
 about  us.”
6 “ Look,”  the ser vant  said, “ there’s  a  man 
 of  God  in  this  city  who  is high ly re spect ed; 
ev ery thing  he  says  is  sure  to  come  true. Let’s 
 go  there  now .


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May be he’ll  tell  us  which  way 
 we  should  go.”
7 “Sup pose  we  do  go,”  Saul  said  to  his ser vant, 
“ what  do  we  take  the  man? The  food  from  our 
packs  is  gone,  and  there’s  no  gift  to  take  to  the 
 man  of  God.


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”
8  The ser vant an swered  Saul: “ Here,  I  have 
 a lit tle e sil ver. I’ll  give  it  to  the  man  of  God, 
 and  he  will  tell  us  which  way  we  should  go.”
9 For mer ly  in Is ra el,  a  man  who  was go ing 
 to in quire  of  God  would  say , “ Come,  let’s  go 
 to  the  seer,”  for  the proph et  of to day  was for-
mer ly  called  the  seer. 10 “ Good,”  Saul re plied  to  his ser vant. “ Come 
 on,  let’s  go.”  So  they  went  to  the  city  where  the 
 man  of  God  was. 11  As  they  were climb ing  the 
 hill  to  the  city ,  they  found  some  young wom-
en com ing  out  to  draw wa ter  and  asked, “ Is 
 the  seer  here? ”
12  The wom en an swered, “ Yes,  he  is  ahead 
 of  you. Hur ry ,  he  just  now en tered  the  city , 
be cause  there’s  a sac ri fice  for  the peo ple  at 
 the  high  place to day . 13  As  soon  as  you en ter 
 the  city ,  you  will  find  him be fore  he  goes  to  the 
 high  place  to  eat. The peo ple  won’t  eat un til 
 he  comes be cause  he  must  bless  the sac ri fice; 
af ter  that,  the  guests  can  eat. Go  up im me di-
ate ly  —   you  can  find  him  now .” 14  So  they  went 
 up to ward  the  city . Saul  and  his ser vant  were en ter ing  the  city 
 when  they  saw Sam uel com ing to ward  them 
a 8:8 LXX; MT omits to me   b 8:16 LXX reads best cattle   c 8:21 Lit them in the Lord’s ears   d 9:2 Lit From his shoulder and up 
higher than any of the people   e 9:8 Lit a quarter of a shekel (about a tenth of an ounce)
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 on  his  way  to  the  high  place. 15  Now  the  day 
be fore  Saul’s ar riv al,  the  L ord  had in formed 
Sam uel, a 16 “ At  this  time to mor row  I  will  send 
 you  a  man  from  the  land  of Ben ja min. Anoint 
 him rul er  over  my peo ple Is ra el. He  will  save 
 them  from  the Phi lis tines be cause  I  have  seen 
 the affliction  of  my peo ple,  for  their  cry  has 
 come  to  me.” 17  When Sam uel  saw  Saul,  the 
 L ord  told  him, “ Here  is  the  man  I  told  you 
 about;  he  will gov ern  my peo ple.”
18  Saul ap proached Sam uel  in  the  city  gate 
 and  asked, “ Would  you  please  tell  me  where 
 the  seer’s  house  is? ”
19 “ I  am  the  seer,” Sam uel an swered.


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b “ Go  up 
 ahead  of  me  to  the  high  place  and  eat  with  me 
to day . When  I  send  you  off  in  the morn ing,  I’ll 
 tell  you ev ery thing  that’s  in  your  heart. 20  As 
 for  the don keys  that wan dered  away  from 
 you  three  days  ago,  don’t wor ry  about  them 
be cause they’ve  been  found.


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And  who  does 
 all Is ra el de sire  but  you  and  all  your fa ther’s 
fam i ly? ”
21  Saul re spond ed, “ Am  I  not  a Ben ja min ite 
 from  the small est  of Is ra el’s  tribes  and  isn’t 
 my  clan  the  least im por tant  of  all  the  clans  of 
 the Ben ja min ite  tribe? So  why  have  you  said 
some thing  like  this  to  me? ”
22 Sam uel  took  Saul  and  his ser vant,  brought 
 them  to  the ban quet  hall,  and  gave  them  a 
 place  at  the  head  of  the thir ty c  or  so  men  who 
 had  been in vit ed. 23  Then Sam uel  said  to  the 
 cook, “ Get  the por tion  of  meat  that  I  gave  you 
 and  told  you  to  set  aside.”
24  The  cook  picked  up  the  thigh  and  what 
 was at tached  to  it  and  set  it be fore  Saul. Then 
Sam uel  said, “No tice  that  the re served  piece  is 
 set be fore  you. Eat  it be cause  it  was  saved  for 
 you  for  this sol emn event  at  the  time  I  said, ‘ I’ve 
in vit ed  the peo ple.’ ”  So  Saul  ate  with Sam uel 
 that  day . 25 Af ter ward,  they  went  down  from 
 the  high  place  to  the  city ,  and Sam uel  spoke 
 with  Saul  on  the  roof. d
26  They  got  up ear ly ,  and  just be fore  dawn, 
Sam uel  called  to  Saul  on  the  roof, “ Get  up,  and 
 I’ll  send  you  on  your  way! ”  Saul  got  up,  and 
 both  he  and Sam uel  went out side. 27  As  they 
 were go ing  down  to  the  edge  of  the  city , Sam uel 
 said  to  Saul, “ Tell  the ser vant  to  go  on  ahead  of 
 us,  but  you  stay  for  a  while,  and  I’ll re veal  the 
 word  of  God  to  you.”  So  the ser vant  went  on. 10 
Sam uel  took  the  flask  of  oil,  poured  it 
 out  on  Saul’s  head,  kissed  him,  and  said, 
“ Hasn’t  the  L ord anoint ed  you rul er  over  his 
in her i tance? e 2 To day  when  you  leave  me,  you’ll 
 find  two  men  at Ra chel’s  Grave  at Zel zah  in 
 the ter ri to ry  of Ben ja min.


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They  will  say  to 
 you, ‘ The don keys  you  went look ing  for  have 
 been  found,  and  now  your fa ther  has  stopped 
be ing con cerned  about  the don keys  and  is 
wor ried  about  you, ask ing:  What  should  I  do 
 about  my  son? ’
3 “ You  will pro ceed  from  there un til  you 
 come  to  the  oak  of Ta bor. Three  men go ing 
 up  to  God  at Beth el  will  meet  you  there,  one 
bring ing  three  goats,  one bring ing  three  loaves 
 of  bread,  and  one bring ing  a  clay  jar  of  wine. 4  They  will  ask  how  you  are  and  give  you  two 
 loaves f  of  bread,  which  you  will ac cept  from 
 them. 5 “ Af ter  that  you  will  come  to Gib e ah  of  God 
 where  there  are Phi lis tine gar ri sons. g  When 
 you ar rive  at  the  city ,  you  will  meet  a  group  of 
proph ets com ing  down  from  the  high  place 
proph e sy ing. They  will  be pre ced ed  by  harps, 
tam bou rines,  flutes,  and  lyres. 6  The Spir it  of 
 the  L ord  will  come pow er ful ly  on  you,  you  will 
proph e sy  with  them,  and  you  will  be trans-
formed. 7  When  these  signs  have hap pened 
 to  you,  do what ev er  your cir cum stanc es re-
quire h be cause  God  is  with  you. 8 Af ter ward, 
 go  ahead  of  me  to Gil gal.


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I  will  come  to  you  to 
off  er  burnt off  er ings  and  to sac ri fice fel low-
ship off  er ings. Wait sev en  days un til  I  come 
 to  you  and  show  you  what  to  do.”
9  When  Saul  turned  around i  to  leave Sam uel, 
 God  changed  his  heart, j  and  all  the  signs  came 
 about  that  day . 10  When  Saul  and  his ser vant 
ar rived  at Gib e ah,  a  group  of proph ets  met 
 him.


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Then  the Spir it  of  God  came pow er ful ly 
 on  him,  and  he proph e sied  along  with  them. 11 Ev ery one  who  knew  him pre vi ous ly  and 
 saw  him proph e sy  with  the proph ets  asked 
 each oth er, “ What  has hap pened  to  the  son 
 of  Kish? Is  Saul  also  among  the proph ets? ”
12  Then  a  man  who  was  from  there  asked, 
“ And  who  is  their fa ther? ”
 As  a re sult, “ Is  Saul  also  among  the proph-
ets?


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” be came  a popular say ing. 13  Then  Saul 
fin ished proph e sy ing  and  went  to  the  high 
 place. a 9:15 Lit had uncovered Samuel’s ear, saying   b 9:19 Lit answered Saul   c 9:22 LXX reads 70   d 9:25 LXX reads city. They 
prepared a bed for Saul on the roof, and he slept. e 10:1 LXX adds And you will reign over the Lord’s people, and you will 
save them from the hand of their enemies all around.


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And this is the sign to you that the Lord has anointed you ruler over 
his inheritance. f 10:4 DSS, LXX read wave offerings   g 10:5 Or governors   h 10:7 Lit do for yourself whatever your hand 
finds   i 10:9 Lit turned his shoulder   j 10:9 Lit God turned to him another heart
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14  Saul’s un cle  asked  him  and  his ser vant, 
“ Where  did  you  go? ”
“ To  look  for  the don keys,”  Saul an swered. “ When  we  saw  they  weren’t  there,  we  went 
 to Sam uel.”
15 “ Tell  me,”  Saul’s un cle  asked, “ what  did 
Sam uel  say  to  you? ”
16  Saul  told  him, “ He as sured  us  the don keys 
 had  been  found.” How ev er,  Saul  did  not  tell 
 him  what Sam uel  had  said  about  the mat ter 
 of king ship. SAUL RECEIVED AS KING
17 Sam uel sum moned  the peo ple  to  the  L ord 
 at Miz pah 18  and  said  to  the Is ra el ites, “ This 
 is  what  the  L ord,  the  God  of Is ra el,  says: ‘ I 
 brought Is ra el  out  of  Egypt,  and  I res cued  you 
 from  the pow er  of  the Egyp tians  and  all  the 
king doms  that  were op press ing  you.’ 19  But 
to day  you  have re ject ed  your  God,  who  saves 
 you  from  all  your trou bles  and afflictions. You 
 said  to  him, ‘ You a  must  set  a  king  over  us.’  Now 
there fore pre sent your selves be fore  the  L ord 
 by  your  tribes  and  clans.”
20 Sam uel  had  all  the  tribes  of Is ra el  come 
for ward,  and  the  tribe  of Ben ja min  was se-
lect ed. 21  Then  he  had  the  tribe  of Ben ja min 
 come for ward  by  its  clans,  and  the Matrite 
 clan  was se lect ed.


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b Fi nal ly ,  Saul  son  of  Kish 
 was se lect ed. But  when  they  searched  for  him, 
 they  could  not  find  him.


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22  They  again in quired 
 of  the  L ord, “ Has  the  man  come  here  yet? ”
 The  L ord re plied, “ There  he  is, hid den  among 
 the sup plies.”
23  They  ran  and  got  him  from  there. When 
 he  stood  among  the peo ple,  he  stood  a  head 
tall er  than any one  else. c 24 Sam uel  said  to  all 
 the peo ple, “ Do  you  see  the  one  the  L ord  has 
cho sen? There  is  no  one  like  him  among  the 
en tire pop u la tion.”
 And  all  the peo ple shout ed, d “ Long  live  the 
 king! ”
25 Sam uel pro claimed  to  the peo ple  the  rights 
 of king ship. He  wrote  them  on  a  scroll,  which 
 he  placed  in  the pres ence  of  the  L ord. Then 
Sam uel  sent  all  the peo ple  home. 26  Saul  also  went  to  his  home  in Gib e ah,  and 
 brave  men  whose  hearts  God  had  touched 
 went  with  him. 27  But  some wick ed  men  said, 
“ How  can  this  guy  save  us? ”  They de spised 
 him  and  did  not  bring  him  a  gift,  but  Saul  said 
noth ing. e,f
SAUL’S DELIVERANCE OF JABESH-GILEAD
11 
Na hash g  the Am mon ite  came  up  and  laid 
 siege  to Jabesh-gilead. All  the  men  of Ja-
besh  said  to  him, “ Make  a trea ty  with  us,  and 
 we  will  serve  you.”
2 Na hash  the Am mon ite re plied, “ I’ll  make 
 one  with  you  on  this con di tion:  that  I  gouge  out 
ev ery one’s  right  eye  and hu mil i ate  all Is ra el.”
3 “ Don’t  do any thing  to  us  for sev en  days,”  the 
el ders  of Ja besh  said  to  him, “ and  let  us  send 
mes sen gers through out  the ter ri to ry  of Is ra el. If  no  one  saves  us,  we  will sur ren der  to  you.”
4  When  the mes sen gers  came  to Gib e ah, 
 Saul’s home town,  and  told  the  terms  to h  the 
peo ple,  all  wept  aloud.


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“ What’s  the mat ter  with  the peo ple? Why  are 
 they weep ing? ”  Saul in quired,  and  they re peat-
ed  to  him  the  words  of  the  men  from Ja besh. 6  When  Saul  heard  these  words,  the Spir it 
 of  God sud den ly  came pow er ful ly  on  him, 
 and  his an ger  burned fu ri ous ly . 7  He  took  a 
 team  of  oxen,  cut  them  in  pieces,  and  sent 
 them through out  the ter ri to ry  of Is ra el  by 
mes sen gers  who  said, “ This  is  what  will  be 
 done  to  the  ox  of any one  who  doesn’t  march 
be hind  Saul  and Sam uel.”  As  a re sult,  the ter-
ror  of  the  L ord  fell  on  the peo ple,  and  they 
 went  out unit ed. 8  Saul count ed  them  at Be zek.


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There  were 
 three hun dred thou sand i Is ra el ites  and thir-
ty thou sand j  men  from Ju dah. 9  He  told  the 
mes sen gers  who  had  come, “ Tell  this  to  the 
 men  of Jabesh-gilead: ‘De liv er ance  will  be 
 yours to mor row  by  the  time  the  sun  is  hot.’ ” 
 So  the mes sen gers  told  the  men  of Ja besh, 
 and  they re joiced. 10  Then  the  men  of Ja besh  said  to Na hash, 
“To mor row  we  will  come  out,  and  you  can  do 
what ev er  you  want k  to  us.”
11  The  next  day  Saul organized  the  troops 
 into  three di vi sions. Dur ing  the morn ing 
 watch,  they in vad ed  the Am mon ite  camp  and 
a 10:19 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr , Vg read You said, ‘No, you   b 10:21 LXX adds And he had the Matrite clan come forward, 
man by man. c 10:23 Lit people, and he was higher than any of the people from his shoulder and up   d 10:24 LXX reads 
acknowledged and said   e 10:27 DSS add Nahash king of the Ammonites had been severely oppressing the Gadites and 
Reubenites. He gouged out the right eye of each of them and brought fear and trembling on Israel.


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Of the Israelites beyond 
the Jordan none remained whose right eye Nahash, king of the Ammonites, had not gouged out. But there were seven 
thousand men who had escaped from the Ammonites and entered Jabesh-gilead. f 10:27 Lit gift, and he was like a mute 
person   g 11:1 DSS, LXX read About a month later, Nahash   h 11:4 Lit in the ears of   i 11:8 LXX reads 600,000   j 11:8 DSS, LXX 
read 70,000   k 11:10 Lit do what is good in your eyes
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There  were sur vi vors,  but  they  were  so scat-
tered  that  no  two  of  them  were  left to geth er. SAUL’S CONFIRMATION AS KING
12 Af ter ward,  the peo ple  said  to Sam uel, “ Who 
 said  that  Saul  should  not a  reign  over  us? Give 
 us  those  men  so  we  can  kill  them! ”
13  But  Saul or dered, “ No  one  will  be ex e cut-
ed  this  day ,  for to day  the  L ord  has pro vid ed 
de liv er ance  in Is ra el.”
14  Then Sam uel  said  to  the peo ple, “ Come, 
 let’s  go  to Gil gal,  so  we  can re new  the king ship 
 there.” 15  So  all  the peo ple  went  to Gil gal,  and 
 there  in  the  L ord’ s pres ence  they  made  Saul 
 king. There  they sac ri ficed fel low ship off  er-
ings  in  the  L ord’ s pres ence,  and  Saul  and  all 
 the  men  of Is ra el re joiced great ly . SAMUEL’S FINAL PUBLIC SPEECH
12 
 Then Sam uel  said  to  all Is ra el, “ I  have 
care ful ly lis tened  to ev ery thing  you  said 
 to  me  and  placed  a  king  over  you. 2  Now  you 
 can  see  that  the  king  is lead ing  you.


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As  for  me, 
 I’m  old  and  gray ,  and  my  sons  are  here  with 
 you. I  have  led  you  from  my  youth un til  now .


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3  Here  I  am. Bring charg es  against  me be fore 
 the  L ord  and  his anoint ed:  Whose  ox  or don-
key  have  I tak en? Whom  have  I  wronged  or 
mis treat ed?


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From  whom  have  I ac cept ed  a 
 bribe  to over look some thing? b,c  I  will re turn 
 it  to  you.”
4 “ You  haven’t  wronged  us,  you  haven’t mis-
treat ed  us,  and  you  haven’t tak en any thing 
 from any one,”  they re spond ed. 5  He  said  to  them, “ The  L ord  is  a wit ness 
 against  you,  and  his anoint ed  is  a wit ness to day 
 that  you  haven’t  found any thing  in  my  hand.”
“ He  is  a wit ness,”  they  said. 6  Then Sam uel  said  to  the peo ple, “ The  L ord, 
 who ap point ed Mo ses  and Aar on  and  who 
 brought  your an ces tors  up  from  the  land  of 
 Egypt,  is  a wit ness. d 7  Now pre sent your selves, 
 so  I  may con front  you be fore  the  L ord  about 
 all  the righ teous  acts  he  has  done  for  you  and 
 your an ces tors. 8 “ When Ja cob  went  to  Egypt, e  your an ces-
tors  cried  out  to  the  L ord,  and  he  sent  them 
Mo ses  and Aar on,  who  led  your an ces tors  out 
 of  Egypt  and set tled  them  in  this  place. 9  But 
 they for got  the  L ord  their  God,  so  he hand ed 
 them  over  to Sis era com mand er  of  the  army 
 of Ha zor,  to  the Phi lis tines,  and  to  the  king  of 
 Moab. These en e mies  fought  against  them. 10  Then  they  cried  out  to  the  L ord  and  said, ‘ We 
 have  sinned,  for  we aban doned  the  L ord  and 
wor shiped  the  Baals  and  the Ash to reths. Now 
res cue  us  from  the pow er  of  our en e mies,  and 
 we  will  serve  you.’ 11  So  the  L ord  sent Jer ub ba-
al, Bar ak, f Jeph thah,  and Sam uel. He res cued 
 you  from  the pow er  of  the en e mies  around 
 you,  and  you  lived se cure ly . 12  But  when  you 
 saw  that Na hash  king  of  the Am mon ites  was 
com ing  against  you,  you  said  to  me, ‘ No,  we 
 must  have  a  king  reign  over  us’  —   even  though 
 the  L ord  your  God  is  your  king. 13 “ Now  here  is  the  king  you’ve cho sen,  the 
 one  you re quest ed. Look,  this  is  the  king  the 
 L ord  has  placed  over  you. 14  If  you  fear  the  L ord, 
wor ship  and  obey  him,  and  if  you  don’t rebel 
 against  the  L ord’ s com mand,  then  both  you 
 and  the  king  who  reigns  over  you  will fol low 
 the  L ord  your  God. 15 How ev er,  if  you dis obey 
 the  L ord  and rebel  against  his com mand,  the 
 L ord’ s  hand  will  be  against  you  as  it  was  against 
 your an ces tors. g
16 “ Now , there fore, pre sent your selves  and 
 see  this  great  thing  that  the  L ord  will  do be fore 
 your  eyes. 17  Isn’t  the  wheat har vest to day? I 
 will  call  on  the  L ord,  and  he  will  send thun der 
 and  rain  so  that  you  will rec og nize h  what  an 
im mense  evil  you com mit ted  in  the  L ord’ s 
 sight  by re quest ing  a  king  for your selves.” 
18 Sam uel  called  on  the  L ord,  and  on  that  day 
 the  L ord  sent thun der  and  rain. As  a re sult,  all 
 the peo ple great ly  feared  the  L ord  and Sam uel. 19  They plead ed  with Sam uel, “ Pray  to  the 
 L ord  your  God  for  your ser vants  so  we  won’t 
 die! For  we  have add ed  to  all  our  sins  the  evil 
 of re quest ing  a  king  for our selves.”
20 Sam uel re plied, “ Don’t  be  afraid. Even 
 though  you  have com mit ted  all  this  evil,  don’t 
 turn  away  from fol low ing  the  L ord.


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In stead, 
wor ship  the  L ord  with  all  your  heart. 21  Don’t 
 turn  away  to fol low worth less i  things  that  can’t 
profi  t  or res cue  you;  they  are worth less. 22  The 
 L ord  will  not aban don  his peo ple, be cause  of 
 his  great  name  and be cause  he  has de ter mined 
 to  make  you  his  own peo ple. 23 “ As  for  me,  I  vow  that  I  will  not  sin  against 
 the  L ord  by ceas ing  to  pray  for  you.


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I  will  teach 
 you  the  good  and  right  way . 24  Above  all,  fear 
a 11:12 Some Hb mss, LXX; other Hb mss omit not   b 12:3 LXX reads bribe or a pair of shoes? Testify against me.


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c 12:3 Lit bribe 
and will hide my eyes with it? d 12:6 LXX; MT omits is a witness   e 12:8 LXX reads “When Jacob and his sons went to Egypt 
and Egypt humbled them   f 12:11 LXX, Syr; MT reads Bedan ; Jdg 4:6; Heb 11:32   g 12:15 LXX against you and against your king   
h 12:17 Lit know and see   i 12:21 LXX reads away after empty
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 the  L ord  and wor ship  him faith ful ly  with  all 
 your  heart; con sid er  the  great  things  he  has 
 done  for  you. 25 How ev er,  if  you con tin ue  to 
 do  what  is  evil,  both  you  and  your  king  will 
 be  swept  away .”
SAU L’S FA I LU RE
13 
 Saul  was thir ty  years a  old  when  he be-
came  king,  and  he  reigned forty-two 
 years b  over Is ra el. c 2  He  chose  three thou sand 
 men  from Is ra el  for him self:  two thou sand 
 were  with  Saul  at Michmash  and  in Beth el’s 
 hill coun try ,  and  one thou sand  were  with Jon-
a than  in Gib e ah  of Ben ja min.


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He  sent  the  rest 
 of  the  troops  away ,  each  to  his  own  tent. 3 Jon a than at tacked  the Phi lis tine gar ri son d 
 that  was  in  Geba,  and  the Phi lis tines  heard 
 about  it. So  Saul  blew  the  ram’s  horn through-
out  the  land say ing, “ Let  the He brews  hear! ” e 
4  And  all Is ra el  heard  the  news, “ Saul  has at-
tacked  the Phi lis tine gar ri son,  and Is ra el  is 
 now re pul sive  to  the Phi lis tines.”  Then  the 
 troops  were sum moned  to  join  Saul  at Gil gal. 5  The Phi lis tines  also gath ered  to  fight 
 against Is ra el:  three thou sand f char i ots,  six 
thou sand horse men,  and  troops  as nu mer ous 
 as  the  sand  on  the sea shore. They  went  up 
 and  camped  at Michmash,  east  of Beth-aven.


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6  The  men  of Is ra el  saw  that  they  were  in 
trou ble be cause  the  troops  were  in  a diff  i-
cult sit u a tion. They  hid  in  caves,  in thick ets, 
 among  rocks,  and  in  holes  and cis terns. 7  Some 
He brews  even  crossed  the Jor dan  to  the  land 
 of  Gad  and Gil e ad. Saul, how ev er,  was  still  at Gil gal,  and  all  his 
 troops  were  gripped  with  fear. 8  He wait ed 
sev en  days  for  the ap point ed  time  that Sam-
uel  had  set,  but Sam uel  didn’t  come  to Gil gal, 
 and  the  troops  were de sert ing  him. 9  So  Saul 
 said, “ Bring  me  the  burnt off  er ing  and  the 
fel low ship off  er ings.”  Then  he off  ered  the 
 burnt off  er ing. 10  Just  as  he fin ished off  er ing  the  burnt of-
fer ing, Sam uel ar rived. So  Saul  went  out  to 
 greet  him, 11  and Sam uel  asked, “ What  have 
 you  done? ”
 Saul an swered, “ When  I  saw  that  the  troops 
 were de sert ing  me  and  you  didn’t  come with in 
 the ap point ed  days  and  the Phi lis tines  were 
gath er ing  at Michmash, 12  I  thought, ‘ The 
Phi lis tines  will  now de scend  on  me  at Gil-
gal,  and  I  haven’t  sought  the  L ord’ s fa vor.’  So 
 I  forced my self  to off  er  the  burnt off  er ing.”
13 Sam uel  said  to  Saul, “ You  have  been fool ish. You  have  not  kept  the com mand  the  L ord  your 
 God  gave  you. It  was  at  this  time  that  the  L ord 
 would  have per ma nent ly es tab lished  your 
 reign  over Is ra el, 14  but  now  your  reign  will 
 not en dure. The  L ord  has  found  a  man af ter 
 his  own  heart, h  and  the  L ord  has ap point ed 
 him  as rul er  over  his peo ple, be cause  you  have 
 not  done  what  the  L ord com mand ed.” 15  Then 
Sam uel  went i  from Gil gal  to Gib e ah  in Ben-
ja min. Saul reg is tered  the  troops  who  were 
 with  him,  about  six hun dred  men. 16  Saul,  his  son Jon a than,  and  the  troops  who 
 were  with  them  were stay ing  in  Geba  of Ben-
ja min,  and  the Phi lis tines  were  camped  at 
Michmash. 17 Raid ing par ties  went  out  from 
 the Phi lis tine  camp  in  three di vi sions.


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One 
di vi sion head ed to ward  the Oph rah  road lead-
ing  to  the  land  of Shu al. 18  The  next di vi sion 
head ed to ward  the Beth-ho ron  road,  and  the 
 last di vi sion head ed  down  the bor der  road 
 that  looks  out  over  the Ze bo im V al ley to ward 
 the wil der ness. 19  No black smith  could  be  found  in  all  the 
 land  of Is ra el be cause  the Phi lis tines  had  said, 
“Oth er wise,  the He brews  will  make  swords 
 or  spears.” 20  So  all  the Is ra el ites  went  to  the 
Phi lis tines  to sharp en  their  plows, mat tocks, 
 axes,  and sick les. j 21  The  price  was two-thirds 
 of  a shek el k  for  plows  and mat tocks,  and one-
third  of  a shek el  for pitchforks  and  axes,  and 
 for put ting  a  point  on  a cat tle  prod. 22  So  on 
 the  day  of bat tle  not  a  sword  or  spear  could 
 be  found  in  the  hand  of  any  of  the  troops  who 
 were  with  Saul  and Jon a than;  only  Saul  and 
 his  son Jon a than  had weap ons. JONATHAN’S VICTORY OVER THE PHILISTINES
23  Now  a Phi lis tine gar ri son  took con trol  of  the
14 
 pass  at Michmash. 1  That  same  day  Saul’s 
 son Jon a than  said  to  the at ten dant  who 
car ried  his weap ons, “ Come  on,  let’s  cross  over 
 to  the Phi lis tine gar ri son  on  the oth er  side.” 
How ev er,  he  did  not  tell  his fa ther. 2  Saul  was stay ing un der  the pome gran ate 
 tree  in Mig ron  on  the out skirts  of Gib e ah.


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a 13:1 Some LXX mss; MT reads was one year   b 13:1 T ext emended; MT reads two years   c 13:1 Some LXX mss omit v . 1    
d 13:3 Or governor, also in v . 4   e 13:3 LXX reads “The slaves have revolted”   f 13:5 One LXX ms, Syr; MT reads 30,000   g 13:5 LXX 
reads Michmash, opposite Beth-horon to the south   h 13:14 Lit man according to his heart   i 13:15 LXX reads Samuel left 
Gilgal and went on his way, and the rest of the people followed Saul to join the people in his army. They went   j 13:20 LXX; 
MT reads plowshares   k 13:21 Lit of a pim ; about one-fourth ounce of silver   l 14:2 LXX reads on top of the hill
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3 Ahi jah,  who  was wear ing  an  ephod,  was  also 
 there. He  was  the  son  of Ahi tub,  the broth er  of 
Ich a bod  son  of Phin e has,  son  of  Eli  the  L ord’ s 
 priest  at Shi loh. But  the  troops  did  not  know 
 that Jon a than  had  left. 4  There  were  sharp col umns a  of  rock  on 
 both  sides  of  the  pass  that Jon a than in tend-
ed  to  cross  to  reach  the Phi lis tine gar ri son. One  was  named Bo zez  and  the oth er Se neh; 
5  one  stood  to  the  north  in  front  of Michmash 
 and  the oth er  to  the  south  in  front  of  Geba. 6 Jon a than  said  to  the at ten dant  who car ried 
 his weap ons, “ Come  on,  let’s  cross  over  to  the 
gar ri son  of  these un cir cum cised  men. Per haps 
 the  L ord  will  help  us. Noth ing  can  keep  the 
 L ord  from sav ing, wheth er  by  many  or  by  few .”
7  His armor-bearer re spond ed, “ Do  what  is 
 in  your  heart. You  choose.


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I’m  right  here  with 
 you what ev er  you de cide.”
8 “ All  right,” Jon a than re plied, “ we’ll  cross 
 over  to  the  men  and  then  let  them  see  us. 9  If 
 they  say , ‘ Wait un til  we  reach  you,’  then  we 
 will  stay  where  we  are  and  not  go  up  to  them. 10  But  if  they  say , ‘ Come  on  up,’  then  we’ll  go 
 up, be cause  the  L ord  has hand ed  them  over 
 to  us  —   that  will  be  our  sign.”
11  They  let them selves  be  seen  by  the Phi lis-
tine gar ri son,  and  the Phi lis tines  said, “ Look, 
 the He brews  are com ing  out  of  the  holes  where 
they’ve  been hid ing! ” 12  The  men  of  the gar ri-
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“ Come  on  up,  and  we’ll  teach  you  a les son! ” 
 they  said. “Fol low  me,” Jon a than  told  his armor-bearer, 
“ for  the  L ord  has hand ed  them  over  to Is ra el.” 
13 Jon a than  climbed  up us ing  his  hands  and 
 feet,  with  his armor-bearer be hind  him. Jon-
a than  cut  them  down,  and  his armor-bearer 
fol lowed  and fin ished  them  off. 14  In  that  first 
assault Jon a than  and  his armor-bearer  struck 
 down  about twen ty  men  in  a half-acre  field. A DEFEAT FOR THE PHILISTINES
15 Ter ror  spread  through  the Phi lis tine  camp 
 and  the  open  fields  to  all  the  troops. Even  the 
gar ri son  and  the raid ing par ties  were ter ri-
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The  earth  shook,  and ter ror  spread  from 
 God. b 16  When  Saul’s watch men  in Gib e ah  of 
Ben ja min  looked,  they  saw  the panicking 
 troops scat ter ing  in ev ery di rec tion. 17  So  Saul 
 said  to  the  troops  with  him, “ Call  the  roll  and 
de ter mine  who  has  left  us.”  They  called  the  roll 
 and  saw  that Jon a than  and  his armor-bearer 
 were  gone. 18  Saul  told Ahi jah, “ Bring  the  ark  of  God,”  for 
 it  was  with  the Is ra el ites c  at  that  time. 19  While 
 Saul  spoke  to  the  priest,  the pan ic  in  the Phi-
lis tine  camp in creased  in intensity . So  Saul 
 said  to  the  priest, “ Stop  what  you’re do ing.” d
20  Saul  and  all  the  troops  with  him as sem-
bled  and  marched  to  the bat tle,  and  there  the 
Phi lis tines  were, fight ing  against  each oth er  in 
 great con fu sion! 21  There  were He brews  from 
 the  area  who  had  gone ear li er  into  the  camp 
 to  join  the Phi lis tines,  but  even  they  joined  the 
Is ra el ites  who  were  with  Saul  and Jon a than. 22  When  all  the Is ra el ite  men  who  had  been 
hid ing  in  the  hill coun try  of Ephra im  heard 
 that  the Phi lis tines  were flee ing,  they  also 
 joined  Saul  and Jon a than  in  the bat tle. 23  So 
 the  L ord  saved Is ra el  that  day . SAUL’S RASH OATH
 The bat tle ex tend ed be yond Beth-aven, 24  and 
 the  men  of Is ra el  were  worn  out  that  day ,  for 
 Saul  had e  placed  the  troops un der  an  oath: 
“ The  man  who  eats  food be fore eve ning, be-
fore  I  have tak en ven geance  on  my en e mies  is 
 cursed.”  So  none  of  the  troops tast ed  any  food. 25 Ev ery one f  went  into  the for est,  and  there 
 was hon ey  on  the  ground.


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26  When  the  troops 
en tered  the for est,  they  saw  the  flow  of hon ey , 
 but  none  of  them  ate  any  of  it g be cause  they 
 feared  the  oath. 27 How ev er, Jon a than  had  not 
 heard  his fa ther  make  the  troops  swear  the 
 oath. He  reached  out  with  the  end  of  the  staff 
 he  was car ry ing  and  dipped  it  into  the hon ey-
comb. When  he  ate  the hon ey , h  he  had re newed 
en er gy . i 28  Then  one  of  the  troops  said, “ Your 
fa ther  made  the  troops sol emn ly  swear, ‘ The 
 man  who  eats  food to day  is  cursed,’  and  the 
 troops  are ex haust ed.”
29 Jon a than re plied, “ My fa ther  has  brought 
trou ble  to  the  land. Just  look  at  how  I  have re-
newed en er gy j be cause  I tast ed  a lit tle  of  this 
hon ey .


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30  How  much bet ter  if  the  troops  had 
eat en free ly to day  from  the plun der  they  took 
 from  their en e mies!


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Then  the slaugh ter  of  the 
Phi lis tines  would  have  been  much great er.”
31  The Is ra el ites  struck  down  the Phi lis tines 
 that  day  from Michmash  all  the  way  to Ai ja lon. Since  the Is ra el ites  were com plete ly ex haust ed, 
a 14:4 Lit There was a tooth   b 14:15 Or and a great terror spread   c 14:18 LXX reads “Bring the ephod.” For he wore the 
ephod before Israel   d 14:19 Lit “Withdraw your hand”   e 14:24 LXX adds committed a great act of ignorance and   f 14:25 Lit 
All the land   g 14:26 Lit but there was none who raised his hand to his mouth   h 14:27 Lit he returned his hand to his mouth   
i 14:27 Lit his eyes became bright   j 14:29 Lit how my eyes became bright
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32  they  rushed  to  the plun der,  took  sheep,  goats, 
cat tle,  and  calves, slaugh tered  them  on  the 
 ground,  and  ate  meat  with  the  blood  still  in 
 it. 33  Some re port ed  to  Saul: “ Look,  the  troops 
 are sin ning  against  the  L ord  by eat ing  meat 
 with  the  blood  still  in  it.”
 Saul  said, “ You  have  been un faith ful. Roll  a 
 large  stone  over  here  at  once.” 34  He  then  said, 
“ Go  among  the  troops  and  say  to  them, ‘ Let 
 each  man  bring  me  his  ox  or  his  sheep. Do 
 the slaugh ter ing  here  and  then  you  can  eat.


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Don’t  sin  against  the  L ord  by eat ing  meat  with 
 the  blood  in  it.’ ”  So ev ery  one  of  the  troops 
 brought  his  ox  that  night  and slaugh tered  it 
 there. 35  Then  Saul  built  an al tar  to  the  L ord; 
 it  was  the  first  time  he  had  built  an al tar  to 
 the  L ord. 36  Saul  said, “ Let’s  go  down af ter  the Phi lis-
tines to night  and plun der  them un til morn ing.


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”
“ Do what ev er  you  want,” a  the  troops re plied. But  the  priest  said, “ Let’s ap proach  God  here.”
37  So  Saul in quired  of  God, “ Should  I  go af ter 
 the Phi lis tines? Will  you  hand  them  over  to 
Is ra el?


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”  But  God  did  not an swer  him  that  day . 38  Saul  said, “ All  you lead ers  of  the  troops, 
 come  here. Let  us in ves ti gate b  how  this  sin 
 has oc curred to day . 39  As sure ly  as  the  L ord 
 lives  who  saves Is ra el,  even  if  it  is be cause  of 
 my  son Jon a than,  he  must  die! ”  Not  one  of 
 the  troops an swered  him. 40  So  he  said  to  all Is ra el, “ You  will  be  on 
 one  side,  and  I  and  my  son Jon a than  will  be 
 on  the oth er  side.”
 And  the  troops re plied, “ Do what ev er  you 
 want.” 
41  So  Saul  said  to  the  L ord, “ God  of Is ra el, 
 why  have  you  not an swered  your ser vant to-
day? If  the un righ teous ness  is  in  me  or  in  my 
 son Jon a than,  L ord  God  of Is ra el,  give  Urim; 
 but  if  the  fault  is  in  your peo ple Is ra el,  give 
Thum mim.” c Jon a than  and  Saul  were se lect ed, 
 and  the  troops  were  cleared  of  the  charge. 42  Then  Saul  said, “ Cast  the  lot be tween  me 
 and  my  son Jon a than,”  and Jon a than  was se-
lect ed. 43  Saul com mand ed  him, “ Tell  me  what 
 you  did.”
Jon a than  told  him, “ I tast ed  a lit tle hon ey 
 with  the  end  of  the  staff  I  was car ry ing. I  am 
 ready  to  die! ”
44  Saul de clared  to  him, “ May  God pun ish  me 
 and  do  so se vere ly  if  you  do  not  die, Jon a than! ”
45  But  the peo ple  said  to  Saul, “ Must Jon-
a than  die,  who ac com plished  such  a  great 
de liv er ance  for Is ra el? No,  as  the  L ord  lives, 
 not  a  hair  of  his  head  will  fall  to  the  ground, 
 for  he  worked  with  God’s  help to day .”  So  the 
peo ple re deemed Jon a than,  and  he  did  not 
 die. 46  Then  Saul  gave  up  the pur suit  of  the 
Phi lis tines,  and  the Phi lis tines re turned  to 
 their  own ter ri to ry . SUMMARY OF SAUL’S KINGSHIP
47  When  Saul as sumed  the king ship  over Is-
ra el,  he  fought  against  all  his en e mies  in ev-
ery di rec tion:  against  Moab,  the Am mon ites, 
 Edom,  the  kings  of Zo bah,  and  the Phi lis tines. Wher ev er  he  turned,  he  caused hav oc. d 48  He 
 fought brave ly , de feat ed  the Am a lek ites,  and 
res cued Is ra el  from  those  who plun dered  them. 49  Saul’s  sons  were Jon a than, Ish vi,  and 
Mal chi shua. The  names  of  his  two daugh-
ters  were Me rab,  his first born,  and Mi chal, 
 the youn ger. 50  The  name  of  Saul’s  wife  was 
Ahin o am daugh ter  of Ahim a az. The  name  of 
 the com mand er  of  his  army  was Ab ner  son 
 of  Saul’s un cle  Ner. 51  Saul’s fa ther  was  Kish. Ab ner’s fa ther  was  Ner  son  of Abi el. 52  The con flict  with  the Phi lis tines  was  fierce 
 all  of  Saul’s  days,  so when ev er  Saul no ticed 
 any  strong  or val iant  man,  he enlisted  him. SAUL REJECTED AS KING
15 
Sam uel  told  Saul, “ The  L ord  sent  me  to 
 anoint  you  as  king  over  his peo ple Is ra el. Now , lis ten  to  the  words  of  the  L ord.


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2  This  is 
 what  the  L ord  of Ar mies  says: ‘ I wit nessed e 
 what  the Am a lek ites  did  to  the Is ra el ites  when 
 they op posed  them  along  the  way  as  they  were 
com ing  out  of  Egypt. 3  Now  go  and at tack  the 
Am a lek ites  and com plete ly de stroy ev ery-
thing  they  have.


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Do  not  spare  them. Kill  men 
 and wom en, in fants  and nurs ing ba bies,  oxen 
 and  sheep, cam els  and don keys.’ ”
4  Then  Saul sum moned  the  troops  and count-
ed  them  at Te la im:  two hun dred thou sand  foot 
sol diers  and  ten thou sand  men  from Ju dah. 5  Saul  came  to  the  city  of Am a lek  and  set  up 
 an am bush  in  the  wadi. 6  He  warned  the Ke-
nites, “ Since  you  showed kind ness  to  all  the 
Is ra el ites  when  they  came  out  of  Egypt,  go  on 
 and  leave! Get  away  from  the Am a lek ites,  or 
 I’ll  sweep  you  away  with  them.”  So  the Ke nites 
with drew  from  the Am a lek ites. a 14:36 Lit Do what is good in your eyes, also in v .


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40   b 14:38 Lit know and see   c 14:41 LXX; MT reads said to the Lord, “God 
of Israel, give us the right decision.”   d 14:47 LXX reads he was victorious   e 15:2 LXX reads I will avenge
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7  Then  Saul  struck  down  the Am a lek ites  from 
Hav i lah  all  the  way  to  Shur,  which  is  next  to 
 Egypt. 8  He cap tured  King  Agag  of Am a lek 
 alive,  but  he com plete ly de stroyed  all  the  rest 
 of  the peo ple  with  the  sword. 9  Saul  and  the 
 troops  spared  Agag,  and  the  best  of  the  sheep, 
 goats, cat tle,  and  choice an i mals, a  as  well  as 
 the  young  rams  and  the  best  of ev ery thing 
 else. They  were  not will ing  to de stroy  them, 
 but  they  did de stroy  all  the worth less  and 
unwanted  things. 10  Then  the  word  of  the  L ord  came  to Sam-
uel, 11 “ I re gret  that  I  made  Saul  king,  for  he  has 
 turned  away  from fol low ing  me  and  has  not 
car ried  out  my in struc tions.”  So Sam uel be-
came an gry  and  cried  out  to  the  L ord  all  night. 12 Ear ly  in  the morn ing Sam uel  got  up  to 
con front  Saul,  but  it  was re port ed  to Sam uel, 
“ Saul  went  to Car mel  where  he  set  up  a mon u-
ment  for him self. Then  he  turned  around  and 
 went  down  to Gil gal.” 13  When Sam uel  came 
 to  him,  Saul  said, “ May  the  L ord  bless  you. I  have car ried  out  the  L ord’ s in struc tions.”
14 Sam uel re plied, “ Then  what  is  this  sound 
 of  sheep,  goats, b  and cat tle  I  hear? ”
15  Saul an swered, “ The  troops  brought 
 them  from  the Am a lek ites  and  spared  the 
 best  sheep,  goats,  and cat tle  in or der  to off  er 
 a sac ri fice  to  the  L ord  your  God,  but  the  rest 
 we de stroyed.”
16 “ Stop! ” ex claimed Sam uel.


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“ Let  me  tell  you 
 what  the  L ord  said  to  me  last  night.”
“ Tell  me,”  he re plied. 17 Sam uel con tin ued, “ Al though  you  once 
con sid ered your self unimportant,  have  you 
 not be come  the lead er  of  the  tribes  of Is ra el? The  L ord anoint ed  you  king  over Is ra el 18  and 
 then  sent  you  on  a mis sion  and  said: ‘ Go  and 
com plete ly de stroy  the sin ful Am a lek ites. Fight 
 against  them un til  you  have an ni hi lat ed  them.’ 
19  So  why  didn’t  you  obey  the  L ord?


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”  Saul an swered. c 
“ I  went  on  the mis sion  the  L ord  gave  me:  I 
 brought  back  King  Agag  of Am a lek,  and  I 
com plete ly de stroyed  the Am a lek ites. 21  The 
 troops  took  sheep,  goats,  and cat tle  from  the 
plun der  —   the  best  of  what  was  set  apart  for 
de struc tion  —   to sac ri fice  to  the  L ord  your 
 God  at Gil gal.”
22  Then Sam uel  said:
  Does the Lord take pleasure 
in burnt offerings and sacrifices
  as much as in obeying the Lord? Look: to obey is better than sacrifice,
  to pay attention is better than the fat 
of rams. 23 For rebellion is like the sin 
of divination,
  and defiance is like wickedness 
and idolatry . Because you have rejected the word 
of the Lord,
  he has rejected you as king. 24  Saul an swered Sam uel, “ I  have  sinned. I 
 have trans gressed  the  L ord’ s com mand  and 
 your  words. Be cause  I  was  afraid  of  the peo-
ple,  I  obeyed  them. 25  Now there fore,  please 
for give  my  sin  and re turn  with  me  so  I  can 
wor ship  the  L ord.”
26 Sam uel re plied  to  Saul, “ I  will  not re turn 
 with  you. Be cause  you re ject ed  the  word  of  the 
 L ord,  the  L ord  has re ject ed  you  from be ing 
 king  over Is ra el.” 27  When Sam uel  turned  to  go, 
 Saul  grabbed  the cor ner  of  his  robe,  and  it  tore. 28 Sam uel  said  to  him, “ The  L ord  has  torn  the 
king ship  of Is ra el  away  from  you to day  and 
 has giv en  it  to  your neigh bor  who  is bet ter 
 than  you. 29 Fur ther more,  the Eter nal  One  of 
Is ra el  does  not  lie  or  change  his  mind,  for  he 
 is  not  man  who chang es  his  mind.”
30  Saul  said, “ I  have  sinned. Please hon or 
 me  now be fore  the el ders  of  my peo ple  and 
be fore Is ra el.


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Come  back  with  me  so  I  can 
 bow  in wor ship  to  the  L ord  your  God.” 31  Then 
Sam uel  went  back, fol low ing  Saul,  and  Saul 
 bowed  down  to  the  L ord. 32 Sam uel  said, “ Bring  me  King  Agag  of Am-
a lek.”
 Agag  came  to  him trem bling, d  for  he  thought, 
“Cer tain ly  the bit ter ness  of  death  has  come.” e,f
33 Sam uel de clared:
  As your sword has made women 
childless,
  so your mother will be childless 
among women. Then  he hacked  Agag  to  pieces be fore  the 
 L ord  at Gil gal. 34 Sam uel  went  to Ra mah,  and  Saul  went 
 up  to  his  home  in Gib e ah  of  Saul. 35  Even  to 
 the  day  of  his  death, Sam uel nev er  saw  Saul 
a 15:9 Lit and the second ones   b 15:14 Lit sheep in my ears   c 15:20 Lit answered Samuel   d 15:32 Hb obscure   e 15:32 LXX 
reads “Is death bitter in this way? ”   f 15:32 Lit turned
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 again. Sam uel  mourned  for  Saul,  and  the  L ord 
regretted  he  had  made  Saul  king  over Is ra el. SAMUEL ANOINTS DAVID
16 
 The  L ord  said  to Sam uel, “ How  long 
 are  you go ing  to  mourn  for  Saul,  since 
 I  have re ject ed  him  as  king  over Is ra el? Fill 
 your  horn  with  oil  and  go. I  am send ing  you 
 to Jes se  of Beth le hem be cause  I  have se lect ed 
 a  king  from  his  sons.”
2 Sam uel  asked, “ How  can  I  go? Saul  will 
 hear  about  it  and  kill  me! ”
 The  L ord an swered, “ Take  a  young  cow  with 
 you  and  say , ‘ I  have  come  to sac ri fice  to  the 
 L ord.’ 3  Then in vite Jes se  to  the sac ri fice,  and  I 
 will  let  you  know  what  you  are  to  do. You  are 
 to  anoint  for  me  the  one  I in di cate  to  you.”
4 Sam uel  did  what  the  L ord di rect ed  and 
 went  to Beth le hem. When  the el ders  of  the 
 town  met  him,  they trem bled a  and  asked, “ Do b 
 you  come  in  peace?


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“ I’ve  come  to sac ri fice 
 to  the  L ord. Con se crate your selves  and  come 
 with  me  to  the sac ri fice.” c  Then  he con se crat-
ed Jes se  and  his  sons  and in vit ed  them  to  the 
sac ri fice. 6  When  they ar rived, Sam uel  saw 
Eli ab  and  said, “Cer tain ly  the  L ord’ s anoint ed 
 one  is  here be fore  him.”
7  But  the  L ord  said  to Sam uel, “ Do  not  look 
 at  his ap pear ance  or  his stat ure be cause  I  have 
re ject ed  him. Humans  do  not  see  what  the 
 L ord  sees, d  for humans  see  what  is vis i ble, e 
 but  the  L ord  sees  the  heart.”
8 Jes se  called Abin a dab  and pre sent ed  him 
 to Sam uel. “ The  L ord  hasn’t cho sen  this  one 
ei ther,” Sam uel  said.


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9  Then Jes se pre sent ed 
Sham mah,  but Sam uel  said, “ The  L ord  hasn’t 
cho sen  this  one ei ther.” 10 Af ter Jes se pre-
sent ed sev en  of  his  sons  to  him, Sam uel  told 
Jes se, “ The  L ord  hasn’t cho sen  any  of  these.” 
11 Sam uel  asked  him, “ Are  these  all  the  sons 
 you  have? ”
“ There  is  still  the youn gest,”  he an swered, 
“ but  right  now  he’s tend ing  the  sheep.” Sam uel 
 told Jes se, “ Send  for  him.


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He  had beau ti ful  eyes  and  a  healthy , f 
hand some ap pear ance. Then  the  L ord  said, “ Anoint  him,  for  he  is 
 the  one.” 13  So Sam uel  took  the  horn  of  oil  and 
anoint ed  him  in  the pres ence  of  his broth ers, 
 and  the Spir it  of  the  L ord  came pow er ful ly  on 
Da vid  from  that  day for ward. Then Sam uel  set 
 out  and  went  to Ra mah. DAVID IN SAUL’S COURT
14  Now  the Spir it  of  the  L ord  had  left  Saul, 
 and  an  evil spir it  sent  from  the  L ord be gan 
 to tor ment  him, 15  so  Saul’s ser vants  said  to 
 him, “ You  see  that  an  evil spir it  from  God  is 
tor ment ing  you. 16  Let  our  lord com mand  your 
ser vants  here  in  your pres ence  to  look  for 
some one  who  knows  how  to  play  the  lyre. When ev er  the  evil spir it  from  God  comes  on 
 you,  that per son  can  play  the  lyre,  and  you 
 will  feel bet ter.”
17  Then  Saul com mand ed  his ser vants, “ Find 
 me some one  who  plays  well  and  bring  him 
 to  me.”
18  One  of  the  young  men an swered, “ I  have 
 seen  a  son  of Jes se  of Beth le hem  who  knows 
 how  to  play  the  lyre. He  is  also  a val iant  man, 
 a war rior, el o quent, hand some,  and  the  L ord 
 is  with  him.”
19  Then  Saul dis patched mes sen gers  to Jes se 
 and  said, “ Send  me  your  son Da vid,  who  is  with 
 the  sheep.” 20  So Jes se  took  a don key load ed 
 with  bread,  a wine skin,  and  one  young  goat 
 and  sent  them  by  his  son Da vid  to  Saul. 21  When 
Da vid  came  to  Saul  and en tered  his ser vice,  Saul 
 loved  him  very  much,  and Da vid be came  his 
armor-bearer. 22  Then  Saul  sent  word  to Jes se: 
“ Let Da vid re main  in  my ser vice,  for  he  has 
 found fa vor  with  me.” 23 When ev er  the spir it 
 from  God  came  on  Saul, Da vid  would  pick 
 up  his  lyre  and  play ,  and  Saul  would  then  be 
re lieved,  feel bet ter,  and  the  evil spir it  would 
 leave  him. DAVID VERSUS GOLIATH
17 
 The Phi lis tines gath ered  their forc es 
 for  war  at So coh  in Ju dah  and  camped 
be tween So coh  and Aze kah  in Ephes-dam-
mim. 2  Saul  and  the  men  of Is ra el gath ered  and 
 camped  in  the V al ley  of  Elah;  then  they  lined 
 up  in bat tle for ma tion  to  face  the Phi lis tines. 3  The Phi lis tines  were stand ing  on  one  hill, 
 and  the Is ra el ites  were stand ing  on an oth-
er  hill  with  a ra vine be tween  them. 4  Then  a 
cham pi on  named Go li ath,  from  Gath,  came 
 out  from  the Phi lis tine  camp. He  was  nine 
 feet,  nine inch es g,h  tall 5  and  wore  a  bronze 
hel met i  and  bronze  scale ar mor  that  weighed 
 one hun dred twenty-five  pounds. j 6  There  was 
a 16:4 LXX reads were astonished   b 16:4 DSS, LXX read “Seer, do   c 16:5 LXX reads and rejoice with me today   d 16:7 LXX 
reads God does not see as a man sees   e 16:7 Lit for the man sees according to the eyes   f 16:12 Or ruddy   g 17:4 DSS, LXX 
read four cubits and a span   h 17:4 Lit was six cubits and a span   i 17:5 Lit helmet on his head   j 17:5 Lit 5,000 shekels
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 bronze ar mor  on  his shins,  and  a  bronze jav e lin 
 was  slung be tween  his shoul ders. 7  His  spear 
 shaft  was  like  a weav er’s  beam,  and  the  iron 
 point  of  his  spear  weighed fif teen  pounds.


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a 
 In ad di tion,  a shield-bearer  was walk ing  in 
 front  of  him. 8  He  stood  and shout ed  to  the Is ra el ite bat-
tle for ma tions: “ Why  do  you  come  out  to  line 
 up  in bat tle for ma tion? ”  He  asked  them, “ Am 
 I  not  a Phi lis tine  and  are  you  not ser vants  of 
 Saul? Choose  one  of  your  men  and  have  him 
 come  down  against  me. 9  If  he  wins  in  a  fight 
 against  me  and  kills  me,  we  will  be  your ser-
vants. But  if  I  win  against  him  and  kill  him, 
 then  you  will  be  our ser vants  and  serve  us.” 
10  Then  the Phi lis tine  said, “ I  defy  the  ranks  of 
Is ra el to day . Send  me  a  man  so  we  can  fight 
 each oth er! ” 11  When  Saul  and  all Is ra el  heard 
 these  words  from  the Phi lis tine,  they  lost  their 
cour age  and  were ter ri fied. 12  Now Da vid  was  the  son  of  the Eph rath ite 
 from Beth le hem  of Ju dah  named Jes se. Jes se 
 had  eight  sons  and dur ing  Saul’s  reign  was 
al ready  an  old  man. 13 Jes se’s  three old est 
 sons  had fol lowed  Saul  to  the  war,  and  their 
 names  were Eli ab,  the first born, Abin a dab, 
 the  next,  and Sham mah,  the  third, 14  and Da-
vid  was  the youn gest. The  three old est  had 
fol lowed  Saul, 15  but Da vid  kept go ing  back 
 and  forth  from  Saul  to  tend  his fa ther’s  flock 
 in Beth le hem. 16 Ev ery morn ing  and eve ning  for for ty  days 
 the Phi lis tine  came for ward  and  took  his  stand. 17  One  day Jes se  had  told  his  son Da vid: “ Take 
 this half-bushel b  of roast ed  grain  along  with 
 these  ten  loaves  of  bread  for  your broth ers 
 and hur ry  to  their  camp. 18  Also  take  these 
 ten por tions  of  cheese  to  the  field com mand-
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c  Check  on  the well-being  of  your broth ers 
 and  bring  a con fir ma tion  from  them. 19  They 
 are  with  Saul  and  all  the  men  of Is ra el  in  the 
V al ley  of  Elah fight ing  with  the Phi lis tines.”
20  So Da vid  got  up ear ly  in  the morn ing,  left 
 the  flock  with some one  to  keep  it, load ed  up, 
 and  set  out  as Jes se  had  charged  him. He ar rived  at  the perimeter  of  the  camp  as 
 the  army  was march ing  out  to  its bat tle for ma-
tion shout ing  their bat tle  cry . 21 Is ra el  and  the 
Phi lis tines  lined  up  in bat tle for ma tion fac ing 
 each oth er. 22 Da vid  left  his sup plies  in  the  care 
 of  the quartermaster  and  ran  to  the bat tle 
 line. When  he ar rived,  he  asked  his broth ers 
 how  they  were. 23  While  he  was speak ing  with 
 them, sud den ly  the cham pi on  named Go li-
ath,  the Phi lis tine  from  Gath,  came for ward 
 from  the Phi lis tine bat tle  line  and shout ed  his 
usu al  words,  which Da vid  heard. 24  When  all 
 the Is ra el ite  men  saw Go li ath,  they re treat ed 
 from  him ter ri fied. 25 Pre vi ous ly ,  an Is ra el ite  man  had de clared: 
“ Do  you  see  this  man  who  keeps com ing  out?


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He  comes  to  defy Is ra el. The  king  will  make 
 the  man  who  kills  him  very  rich  and  will  give 
 him  his daugh ter. The  king  will  also  make 
 the fam i ly  of  that  man’s fa ther ex empt  from 
pay ing tax es  in Is ra el.”
26 Da vid  spoke  to  the  men  who  were stand ing 
 with  him: “ What  will  be  done  for  the  man  who 
 kills  that Phi lis tine  and re moves  this dis grace 
 from Is ra el? Just  who  is  this un cir cum cised 
Phi lis tine  that  he  should  defy  the ar mies  of 
 the liv ing  God? ”
27  The  troops  told  him  about  the off  er, con-
clud ing, “ That  is  what  will  be  done  for  the  man 
 who  kills  him.”
28 Da vid’s old est broth er Eli ab lis tened  as 
 he  spoke  to  the  men,  and  he be came an gry 
 with  him. “ Why  did  you  come  down  here?


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” 
 he  asked. “ Who  did  you  leave  those  few  sheep 
 with  in  the wil der ness? I  know  your ar ro gance 
 and  your  evil  heart  —   you  came  down  to  see 
 the bat tle! ”
29 “ What  have  I  done  now?


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” pro test ed Da vid. “ It  was  just  a ques tion.” 30  Then  he  turned  from 
 those be side  him  to oth ers  in  front  of  him  and 
 asked  about  the off  er. The peo ple  gave  him 
 the  same an swer  as be fore.


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31  What Da vid  said  was over heard  and re-
port ed  to  Saul,  so  he  had Da vid  brought  to 
 him. 32 Da vid  said  to  Saul, “ Don’t  let any one 
 be dis cour aged  by d  him;  your ser vant  will 
 go  and  fight  this Phi lis tine! ”
33  But  Saul re plied, “ You  can’t  go  fight  this 
Phi lis tine. You’re  just  a  youth,  and  he’s  been 
 a war rior  since  he  was  young.”
34 Da vid an swered  Saul: “ Your ser vant  has 
 been tend ing  his fa ther’s  sheep. When ev er  a 
 lion  or  a  bear  came  and car ried  off  a  lamb  from 
 the  flock, 35  I  went af ter  it,  struck  it  down,  and 
res cued  the  lamb  from  its  mouth.


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If  it  reared 
 up  against  me,  I  would  grab  it  by  its  fur, e  strike 
 it  down,  and  kill  it. 36  Your ser vant  has  killed 
li ons  and  bears;  this un cir cum cised Phi lis tine 
 will  be  like  one  of  them,  for  he  has de fied  the 
a 17:7 Lit 600 shekels   b 17:17 Lit this ephah   c 17:18 Lit the leader of 1,000   d 17:32 Lit let a man’s heart fall over   e 17:35 LXX 
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ar mies  of  the liv ing  God.” 37  Then Da vid  said, 
“ The  L ord  who res cued  me  from  the  paw  of 
 the  lion  and  the  paw  of  the  bear  will res cue 
 me  from  the  hand  of  this Phi lis tine.”
 Saul  said  to Da vid, “ Go,  and  may  the  L ord 
 be  with  you.”
38  Then  Saul  had  his  own mil i tary  clothes 
 put  on Da vid. He  put  a  bronze hel met  on Da-
vid’s  head  and  had  him  put  on ar mor.


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39 Da-
vid  strapped  his  sword  on  over  the mil i tary 
 clothes  and  tried  to  walk,  but  he  was  not  used 
 to  them. “ I  can’t  walk  in  these,” Da vid  said  to 
 Saul, “ I’m  not  used  to  them.”  So Da vid  took 
 them  off. 40 In stead,  he  took  his  staff  in  his 
 hand  and  chose  five  smooth  stones  from  the 
 wadi  and  put  them  in  the  pouch,  in  his shep-
herd’s  bag. Then,  with  his  sling  in  his  hand, 
 he ap proached  the Phi lis tine. 41  The Phi lis tine  came clos er  and clos er  to 
Da vid,  with  the shield-bearer  in  front  of  him. 42  When  the Phi lis tine  looked  and  saw Da vid, 
 he de spised  him be cause  he  was  just  a  youth, 
 healthy a  and hand some. 43  He  said  to Da vid, 
“ Am  I  a  dog  that  you  come  against  me  with 
 sticks? ” b  Then  he  cursed Da vid  by  his  gods. 44 “ Come  here,”  the Phi lis tine  called  to Da vid, 
“ and  I’ll  give  your  flesh  to  the  birds  of  the  sky 
 and  the  wild  beasts! ”
45 Da vid  said  to  the Phi lis tine: “ You  come 
 against  me  with  a  sword,  spear,  and jav e lin,  but 
 I  come  against  you  in  the  name  of  the  L ord  of 
Ar mies,  the  God  of  the  ranks  of Is ra el  —   you 
 have de fied  him. 46 To day ,  the  L ord  will  hand 
 you  over  to  me.


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To day ,  I’ll  strike  you  down, 
re move  your  head,  and  give  the  corpses c  of 
 the Phi lis tine  camp  to  the  birds  of  the  sky 
 and  the  wild crea tures  of  the  earth. Then  all 
 the  world  will  know  that Is ra el  has  a  God, 
47  and  this  whole as sem bly  will  know  that  it  is 
 not  by  sword  or  by  spear  that  the  L ord  saves, 
 for  the bat tle  is  the  L ord’ s. He  will  hand  you 
 over  to  us.”
48  When  the Phi lis tine start ed for ward  to 
at tack  him, Da vid  ran quick ly  to  the bat tle 
 line  to  meet  the Phi lis tine. 49 Da vid  put  his 
 hand  in  the  bag,  took  out  a  stone,  slung  it,  and 
 hit  the Phi lis tine  on  his fore head. The  stone 
 sank  into  his fore head,  and  he  fell face down 
 to  the  ground. 50 Da vid de feat ed  the Phi lis tine 
 with  a  sling  and  a  stone. Da vid over pow ered 
 the Phi lis tine  and  killed  him with out hav ing 
 a  sword. 51 Da vid  ran  and  stood  over  him. He 
 grabbed  the Phi lis tine’s  sword,  pulled  it  from 
 its  sheath,  and  used  it  to  kill  him. Then  he  cut 
 off  his  head. When  the Phi lis tines  saw  that  their 
 hero  was  dead,  they  fled. 52  The  men  of Is ra el 
 and Ju dah ral lied, shout ing  their bat tle  cry ,  and 
 chased  the Phi lis tines  to  the en trance  of  the 
val ley  and  to  the  gates  of Ek ron. d Phi lis tine 
bod ies  were  strewn  all  along  the Sha a ra im 
 road  to  Gath  and Ek ron. 53  When  the Is ra el ites re turned  from  the 
pur suit  of  the Phi lis tines,  they plun dered 
 their  camps. 54 Da vid  took Go li ath’s e  head  and 
 brought  it  to Je ru sa lem,  but  he  put Go li ath’s 
weap ons  in  his  own  tent. 55 f  When  Saul  had  seen Da vid go ing  out  to 
con front  the Phi lis tine,  he  asked Ab ner  the 
com mand er  of  the  army , “ Whose  son  is  this 
 youth, Ab ner? ”
“ Your Maj es ty ,  as sure ly  as  you  live,  I  don’t 
 know ,” Ab ner re plied. 56  The  king  said, “ Find  out  whose  son  this 
 young  man  is! ”
57  When Da vid re turned  from kill ing  the 
Phi lis tine, Ab ner  took  him  and  brought  him 
be fore  Saul  with  the Phi lis tine’s  head  still  in 
 his  hand. 58  Saul  said  to  him, “ Whose  son  are 
 you,  young  man?


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”
“ The  son  of  your ser vant Jes se  of Beth le-
hem,” Da vid an swered. DAVID’S SUCCESS
18 
 When Da vid  had fin ished speak ing  with 
 Saul, Jon a than  was  bound  to Da vid  in 
 close friend ship, g  and  loved  him  as  much  as 
 he  loved him self. 2  Saul  kept Da vid  with  him 
 from  that  day  on  and  did  not  let  him re turn 
 to  his fa ther’s  house.


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3 Jon a than  made  a cov enant  with Da vid be-
cause  he  loved  him  as  much  as him self. 4  Then 
Jon a than re moved  the  robe  he  was wear ing 
 and  gave  it  to Da vid,  along  with  his mil i tary 
tu nic,  his  sword,  his  bow ,  and  his  belt. 5 Da vid  marched  out  with  the  army  and  was 
suc cess ful  in ev ery thing  Saul  sent  him  to  do.


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Saul  put  him  in com mand  of  the fight ing  men, 
 which  pleased  all  the peo ple  and  Saul’s ser-
vants  as  well. 6  As  the  troops  were com ing  back,  when 
Da vid  was re turn ing  from kill ing  the Phi lis-
tine,  the wom en  came  out  from  all  the cit ies  of 
Is ra el  to  meet  King  Saul, sing ing  and danc ing 
 with tam bou rines,  with  shouts  of  joy ,  and  with 
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Worse than a dog! ”   c 17:46 LXX reads give 
your limbs and the limbs   d 17:52 LXX reads Ashkelon   e 17:54 Lit the Philistine’s   f 17:55 LXX omits 1Sm 17:55–18:5   g 18:1 Lit 
the life of Jonathan was bound to the life of David
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three-stringed in stru ments. 7  As  they  danced, 
 the wom en  sang:
  Saul has killed his thousands,
  but David his tens of thousands. 8  Saul  was fu ri ous  and resented  this  song. a 
“ They cred it ed  tens  of thou sands  to Da vid,”  he 
com plained, “ but  they  only cred it ed  me  with 
thou sands. What  more  can  he  have  but  the 
king dom?


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” 9  So  Saul  watched Da vid jealously 
 from  that  day for ward. SAUL ATTEMPTS TO KILL DAVID
10  The  next  day  an  evil spir it  sent  from  God 
 came pow er ful ly  on  Saul,  and  he be gan  to 
 rave b in side  the pal ace. Da vid  was play ing 
 the  lyre  as usu al,  but  Saul  was hold ing  a  spear, 
11  and  he  threw  it, think ing, “ I’ll  pin Da vid  to 
 the  wall.”  But Da vid  got  away  from  him  twice.


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12  Saul  was  afraid  of Da vid, be cause  the  L ord 
 was  with Da vid  but  had  left  Saul. 13 There fore, 
 Saul  sent Da vid  away  from  him  and  made  him 
com mand er  over  a thou sand  men. Da vid  led 
 the  troops 14  and con tin ued  to  be suc cess ful 
 in  all  his ac tivi ties be cause  the  L ord  was  with 
 him. 15  When  Saul ob served  that Da vid  was 
 very suc cess ful,  he dread ed  him. 16  But  all Is-
ra el  and Ju dah  loved Da vid be cause  he  was 
lead ing  their  troops. 17  Saul  told Da vid, “ Here  is 
 my old est daugh ter Me rab. I’ll  give  her  to  you 
 as  a  wife,  if  you  will  be  a war rior  for  me  and 
 fight  the  L ord’ s bat tles.”  But  Saul  was think ing, 
“ I  don’t  need  to  raise  a  hand  against  him;  let 
 the  hand  of  the Phi lis tines  be  against  him.”
18  Then Da vid re spond ed, “ Who  am  I,  and 
 what  is  my fam i ly  or  my fa ther’s  clan  in Is ra el 
 that  I  should be come  the  king’s son-in-law? ” 
19  When  it  was  time  to  give  Saul’s daugh ter 
Me rab  to Da vid,  she  was giv en  to Adri el  the 
Me ho la thite  as  a  wife. DAVID’S MARRIAGE TO MICHAL
20  Now  Saul’s daugh ter Mi chal  loved Da vid, 
 and  when  it  was re port ed  to  Saul,  it  pleased 
 him. c 21 “ I’ll  give  her  to  him,”  Saul  thought. “She’ll  be  a  trap  for  him,  and  the  hand  of  the 
Phi lis tines  will  be  against  him.”  So  Saul  said 
 to Da vid  a sec ond  time, “ You  can  now  be  my 
son-in-law .”
22  Saul  then or dered  his ser vants, “ Speak  to 
Da vid  in pri vate  and  tell  him, ‘ Look,  the  king 
 is  pleased  with  you,  and  all  his ser vants  love 
 you. There fore,  you  should be come  the  king’s 
son-in-law .’ ”
23  Saul’s ser vants re port ed  these  words di-
rect ly  to Da vid, d  but  he re plied, “ Is  it triv i al  in 
 your  sight  to be come  the  king’s son-in-law? I 
 am  a  poor commoner.”
24  The ser vants re port ed  back  to  Saul, “ These 
 are  the  words Da vid  spoke.”
25  Then  Saul re plied, “ Say  this  to Da vid: ‘ The 
 king de sires  no oth er bride-price ex cept  a 
hun dred Phi lis tine fore skins,  to  take re venge 
 on  his en e mies.’ ” Ac tu al ly ,  Saul in tend ed  to 
 cause Da vid’s  death  at  the  hands  of  the Phi-
lis tines. 26  When  the ser vants re port ed  these  terms 
 to Da vid,  he  was  pleased e  to be come  the  king’s 
son-in-law .


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Be fore  the wed ding  day ar rived, f 
27 Da vid  and  his  men  went  out  and  killed  two 
hun dred g Phi lis tines. He  brought  their fore-
skins  and pre sent ed  them  as  full pay ment 
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Then 
 Saul  gave  his daugh ter Mi chal  to Da vid  as  his 
 wife. 28  Saul re al ized h  that  the  L ord  was  with 
Da vid  and  that  his daugh ter Mi chal  loved 
 him, 29  and  he be came  even  more  afraid  of 
Da vid. As  a re sult,  Saul  was Da vid’s en e my 
 from  then  on. 30 Ev ery  time  the Phi lis tine com mand ers 
 came  out  to  fight, Da vid  was  more suc cess ful 
 than  all  of  Saul’s off  i cers. So  his  name be came 
 well  known. DAVID DELIVERED FROM SAUL
19 
 Saul or dered  his  son Jon a than  and  all 
 his ser vants  to  kill Da vid. But  Saul’s  son 
Jon a than  liked Da vid  very  much, 2  so  he  told 
 him: “ My fa ther  Saul in tends  to  kill  you. Be  on 
 your  guard  in  the morn ing  and  hide  in  a se cret 
 place  and  stay  there. 3  I’ll  go  out  and  stand 
be side  my fa ther  in  the  field  where  you  are 
 and  talk  to  him  about  you. When  I  see  what 
 he  says,  I’ll  tell  you.”
4 Jon a than  spoke  well  of Da vid  to  his fa ther 
 Saul. He  said  to  him: “ The  king  should  not  sin 
 against  his ser vant Da vid.


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He  hasn’t  sinned 
 against  you;  in  fact,  his ac tions  have  been  a 
 great ad van tage  to  you. 5  He  took  his  life  in  his 
 hands  when  he  struck  down  the Phi lis tine, 
 and  the  L ord  brought  about  a  great vic to ry 
 for  all Is ra el.


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You  saw  it  and re joiced,  so  why 
 would  you  sin  against in no cent  blood  by kill-
ing Da vid  for  no rea son? ”
a 18:8 Lit furious; this saying was evil in his eyes   b 18:10 Or prophesy   c 18:20 Lit Saul, the thing was right in his eyes   
d 18:23 Lit words in David’s ears   e 18:26 Lit David, it was right in David’s eyes   f 18:26 Lit And the days were not full    
g 18:27 LXX reads 100   h 18:28 Lit saw and knew
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6  Saul lis tened  to Jon a than’s ad vice  and  swore 
 an  oath: “ As sure ly  as  the  L ord  lives, Da vid  will 
 not  be  killed.” 7  So Jon a than sum moned Da vid 
 and  told  him  all  these  words. Then Jon a than 
 brought Da vid  to  Saul,  and  he  served  him  as 
 he  did be fore. 8  When  war  broke  out  again, Da vid  went 
 out  and  fought  against  the Phi lis tines. He de-
feat ed  them  with  such  great  force  that  they 
 fled  from  him. 9  Now  an  evil spir it  sent  from  the  L ord  came 
 on  Saul  as  he  was sit ting  in  his pal ace hold ing 
 a  spear. Da vid  was play ing  the  lyre, 10  and  Saul 
 tried  to  pin Da vid  to  the  wall  with  the  spear. As 
 the  spear  struck  the  wall, Da vid elud ed  Saul,  ran 
 away ,  and es caped  that  night. 11  Saul  sent  agents 
 to Da vid’s  house  to  watch  for  him  and  kill  him 
 in  the morn ing. But  his  wife Mi chal  warned 
Da vid, “ If  you  don’t es cape to night,  you  will  be 
 dead to mor row! ” 12  So  she low ered Da vid  from 
 the win dow ,  and  he  fled  and es caped. 13  Then 
Mi chal  took  the house hold  idol  and  put  it  on 
 the  bed,  placed  some  goat  hair  on  its  head,  and 
cov ered  it  with  a gar ment. 14  When  Saul  sent 
 agents  to  seize Da vid, Mi chal  said, “ He’s  sick.”
15  Saul  sent  the  agents  back  to  see Da vid  and 
 said, “ Bring  him  on  his  bed  so  I  can  kill  him.” 
16  When  the  agents ar rived,  to  their sur prise, 
 the house hold  idol  was  on  the  bed  with  some 
 goat  hair  on  its  head. 17  Saul  asked Mi chal, “ Why  did  you de ceive 
 me  like  this?


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You  sent  my en e my  away ,  and  he 
 has es caped! ”
 She an swered  him, “ He  said  to  me, ‘ Let  me 
 go!


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Why  should  I  kill  you? ’ ”
18  So Da vid  fled  and es caped  and  went  to 
Sam uel  at Ra mah  and  told  him ev ery thing 
 Saul  had  done  to  him. Then  he  and Sam uel 
 left  and  stayed  at Nai oth. 19  When  it  was re port ed  to  Saul  that Da vid 
 was  at Nai oth  in Ra mah, 20  he  sent  agents  to 
 seize Da vid. How ev er,  when  they  saw  the  group 
 of proph ets proph e sy ing  with Sam uel lead ing 
 them,  the Spir it  of  God  came  on  Saul’s  agents, 
 and  they  also start ed proph e sy ing. 21  When 
 they re port ed  to  Saul,  he  sent oth er  agents, 
 and  they  also be gan proph e sy ing. So  Saul 
 tried  again  and  sent  a  third  group  of  agents, 
 and  even  they be gan proph e sy ing. 22  Then 
 Saul him self  went  to Ra mah. He  came  to  the 
 large cis tern  at  Secu  and  asked, “ Where  are 
Sam uel  and Da vid? ”
“ At Nai oth  in Ra mah,” some one  said.


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23  So  he  went  to Nai oth  in Ra mah. The Spir it 
 of  God  also  came  on  him,  and  as  he  walked 
 along,  he proph e sied un til  he en tered Nai oth 
 in Ra mah. 24  Saul  then re moved  his  clothes  and 
 also proph e sied be fore Sam uel;  he col lapsed 
 and  lay na ked  all  that  day  and  all  that  night. That  is  why  they  say , “ Is  Saul  also  among  the 
proph ets? ”
JONATHAN PROTECTS DAVID
20 
Da vid  fled  from Nai oth  in Ra mah  and 
 came  to Jon a than  and  asked, “ What 
 have  I  done? What  did  I  do  wrong?


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How  have 
 I  sinned  against  your fa ther  so  that  he  wants 
 to  take  my  life? ”
2 Jon a than  said  to  him, “ No,  you  won’t  die. Lis ten,  my fa ther  doesn’t  do any thing,  great  or 
 small, with out tell ing  me. a  So  why  would  he 
 hide  this mat ter  from  me? This  can’t  be  true.”
3  But Da vid  said, “ Your fa ther cer tain ly  knows 
 that  I  have  found fa vor  with  you. He  has  said, 
‘Jon a than  must  not  know  of  this,  or  else  he  will 
 be  grieved.’ ” Da vid  also  swore, “ As sure ly  as 
 the  L ord  lives  and  as  you your self  live,  there 
 is  but  a  step be tween  me  and  death.”
4 Jon a than  said  to Da vid, “What ev er  you  say , 
 I  will  do  for  you.”
5  So Da vid  told  him, “ Look, to mor row  is  the 
 New  Moon,  and  I’m sup posed  to  sit  down  and 
 eat  with  the  king. In stead,  let  me  go,  and  I’ll  hide 
 in  the coun try side  for  the  next  two  nights. b 
6  If  your fa ther miss es  me  at  all,  say , ‘Da vid ur-
gent ly re quest ed  my per mis sion  to  go quick ly 
 to  his home town Beth le hem  for  an an nu al 
sac ri fice  there in volv ing  the  whole  clan.’ 7  If 
 he  says, ‘ Good,’  then  your ser vant  is  safe,  but 
 if  he be comes an gry ,  you  will  know  he  has  evil 
intentions. 8  Deal kind ly  with c  your ser vant, 
 for  you  have  brought  me  into  a cov enant  with 
 you be fore  the  L ord.


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” Jon a than re spond ed. “ If  I  ever  find 
 out  my fa ther  has  evil intentions  against  you, 
 wouldn’t  I  tell  you  about  it? ”
10  So Da vid  asked Jon a than, “ Who  will  tell 
 me  if  your fa ther an swers  you harsh ly? ”
11  He an swered Da vid, “ Come  on,  let’s  go  out 
 to  the coun try side.”  So  both  of  them  went  out 
 to  the coun try side. 12 “ By  the  L ord,  the  God  of 
Is ra el,  I  will  sound  out  my fa ther  by  this  time 
to mor row  or  the  next  day . If  I  find  out  that  he 
 is fa vor able to ward  you,  will  I  not  send  for  you 
a 20:2 Lit without uncovering my ear   b 20:5 Lit countryside until the third night   c 20:8 Or Show loyalty to
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 and  tell  you? a 13  If  my fa ther in tends  to  bring 
 evil  on  you,  may  God pun ish Jon a than  and  do 
 so se vere ly  if  I  do  not  tell  you b  and  send  you 
 away  so  you  may  leave safe ly . May  the  L ord 
 be  with  you,  just  as  he  was  with  my fa ther. 14  If 
 I con tin ue  to  live,  show  me kind ness c  from 
 the  L ord,  but  if  I  die, 15  don’t  ever with draw 
 your kind ness  from  my house hold  —   not  even 
 when  the  L ord  cuts  off ev ery  one  of Da vid’s 
en e mies  from  the  face  of  the  earth.” 16  Then 
Jon a than  made  a cov enant  with  the  house 
 of Da vid, say ing, “ May  the  L ord  hold Da vid’s 
en e mies ac count able.” d 17 Jon a than  once  again 
 swore  to Da vid e  in  his  love  for  him, be cause 
 he  loved  him  as  he  loved him self. 18  Then Jon a than  said  to  him, “To mor row  is 
 the  New  Moon;  you’ll  be  missed be cause  your 
 seat  will  be emp ty .


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19  The fol low ing  day hur ry 
 down  and  go  to  the  place  where  you  hid  on 
 the  day  this in ci dent be gan  and  stay be side  the 
 rock  Ezel. 20  I  will  shoot  three ar rows be side  it 
 as  if  I’m aiming  at  a tar get. 21  Then  I  will  send  a 
ser vant  and  say , ‘ Go  and  find  the ar rows! ’  Now , 
 if  I expressly  say  to  the ser vant, ‘ Look,  the ar-
rows  are  on  this  side  of  you  —   get  them,’  then 
 come, be cause  as  the  L ord  lives,  it  is  safe  for 
 you  and  there  is  no problem. 22  But  if  I  say  this 
 to  the  youth, ‘ Look,  the ar rows  are be yond  you! ’ 
 then  go,  for  the  L ord  is send ing  you  away . 23  As 
 for  the mat ter  you  and  I  have spo ken  about, 
 the  L ord  will  be  a wit ness f be tween  you  and 
 me for ev er.” 24  So Da vid  hid  in  the coun try side. At  the  New  Moon,  the  king  sat  down  to  eat 
 the  meal. 25  He  sat  at  his usu al  place  on  the 
 seat  by  the  wall. Jon a than  sat fac ing  him g  and 
Ab ner  took  his  place be side  Saul,  but Da vid’s 
 place  was emp ty . 26  Saul  did  not  say any thing 
 that  day be cause  he  thought, “Some thing un-
expected  has hap pened;  he  must  be cer e mo-
ni al ly un clean  —   yes,  that’s  it,  he  is un clean.”
27 How ev er,  the  day af ter  the  New  Moon, 
 the sec ond  day , Da vid’s  place  was  still emp ty , 
 and  Saul  asked  his  son Jon a than, “ Why  didn’t 
Jes se’s  son  come  to  the  meal ei ther yes ter day 
 or to day? ”
28 Jon a than an swered, “Da vid  asked  for  my 
per mis sion  to  go  to Beth le hem.


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29  He  said, 
‘ Please  let  me  go be cause  our  clan  is hold ing 
 a sac ri fice  in  the  town,  and  my broth er  has  told 
 me  to  be  there. So  now ,  if  I  have  found fa vor 
 with  you,  let  me  go  so  I  can  see  my broth ers.’ 
 That’s  why  he  didn’t  come  to  the  king’s ta ble.”
30  Then  Saul be came an gry  with Jon a than 
 and shout ed, “ You  son  of  a per verse  and re bel-
lious wom an! Don’t  I  know  that  you  are sid ing 
 with Jes se’s  son  to  your  own  shame  and  to  the 
dis grace  of  your moth er?


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h 31 Ev ery  day Jes se’s 
 son  lives  on  earth  you  and  your king ship  are 
 not se cure. Now  send  for  him  and  bring  him 
 to  me  —   he  must  die! ”
32 Jon a than an swered  his fa ther  back: “ Why 
 is  he  to  be  killed?


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What  has  he  done? ”
33  Then  Saul  threw  his  spear  at Jon a than 
 to  kill  him,  so  he  knew  that  his fa ther  was 
de ter mined  to  kill Da vid. 34  He  got  up  from 
 the ta ble fierce ly an gry  and  did  not  eat  any 
 food  that sec ond  day  of  the  New  Moon,  for  he 
 was  grieved be cause  of  his fa ther’s shame ful 
be hav ior to ward Da vid. 35  In  the morn ing Jon a than  went  out  to 
 the coun try side  for  the ap point ed meet ing 
 with Da vid.


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A  young ser vant  was  with  him. 36  He  said  to  the ser vant, “ Run  and  find  the 
ar rows  I’m shoot ing.”  As  the ser vant  ran, 
Jon a than  shot  an ar row be yond  him. 37  He 
 came  to  the location  of  the ar row  that Jon-
a than  had  shot,  but Jon a than  called  to  him 
 and  said, “ The ar row  is be yond  you,  isn’t  it? ” 
38  Then Jon a than  called  to  him, “Hur ry  up 
 and  don’t  stop! ” Jon a than’s ser vant  picked 
 up  the ar row  and re turned  to  his mas ter. 39  He  did  not  know any thing;  only Jon a than 
 and Da vid  knew  the ar range ment. 40  Then 
Jon a than  gave  his equip ment  to  the ser vant 
 who  was  with  him  and  said, “ Go,  take  it  back 
 to  the  city .”
41  When  the ser vant  had  gone, Da vid  got 
 up  from  the  south  side  of  the  stone  Ezel,  fell 
face down  to  the  ground,  and paid hom age 
 three  times. Then  he  and Jon a than  kissed  each 
oth er  and  wept  with  each oth er,  though Da vid 
 wept  more. 42 Jon a than  then  said  to Da vid, “ Go  in  the 
as sur ance  the  two  of  us  pledged  in  the  name 
 of  the  L ord  when  we  said:  The  L ord  will  be  a 
wit ness be tween  you  and  me  and be tween  my 
off spring  and  your off spring for ev er.”  Then 
Da vid  left,  and Jon a than  went  into  the  city . DAVID FLEES TO NOB
21 
Da vid  went  to  the  priest Ahim e lech  at 
 Nob.


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Ahim e lech  was  afraid  to  meet Da-
vid,  so  he  said  to  him, “ Why  are  you  alone  and 
 no  one  is  with  you? ”
a 20:12 Lit  and uncover your ear   b 20:13 Lit severely  —  I will uncover your ear   c 20:14 Or loyalty, also in v . 15   d 20:16 Lit 
Lord require it from the hand of David’s enemies   e 20:17 LXX; MT reads Jonathan once again made David swear    
f 20:23 LXX; MT omits a witness   g 20:25 T ext emended; MT reads Jonathan got up   h 20:30 Lit your mother’s nakedness
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2 Da vid an swered  the  priest Ahim e lech, “ The 
 king  gave  me  a mis sion,  but  he  told  me, ‘ Don’t 
 let any one  know any thing  about  the mis sion 
 I’m send ing  you  on  or  what  I  have or dered 
 you  to  do.’  I  have sta tioned  my  young  men  at 
 a cer tain  place. 3  Now  what  do  you  have  on 
 hand? Give  me  five  loaves  of  bread  or what-
ev er  can  be  found.”
4  The  priest  told  him, “ There  is  no or di nary 
 bread  on  hand. How ev er,  there  is con se crat-
ed  bread,  but  the  young  men  may  eat  it a  only 
 if  they  have  kept them selves  from wom en.”
5 Da vid an swered  him, “ I  swear  that wom-
en  are be ing  kept  from  us,  as al ways  when  I 
 go  out  to bat tle. The  young  men’s bod ies b  are 
con se crat ed  even  on  an or di nary mis sion,  so  of 
 course  their bod ies  are con se crat ed to day .” 6  So 
 the  priest  gave  him  the con se crat ed  bread,  for 
 there  was  no  bread  there ex cept  the  Bread  of 
 the Pres ence  that  had  been re moved  from  the 
pres ence  of  the  L ord. When  the  bread  was re-
moved,  it  had  been re placed  with  warm  bread.


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7  One  of  Saul’s ser vants, de tained be fore  the 
 L ord,  was  there  that  day . His  name  was  Doeg 
 the Edom ite,  chief  of  Saul’s shep herds. 8 Da vid  said  to Ahim e lech, “ Do  you  have  a 
 spear  or  sword  on  hand? I  didn’t  even  bring 
 my  sword  or  my weap ons  since  the  king’s 
mis sion  was ur gent.”
9  The  priest re plied, “ The  sword  of Go li ath 
 the Phi lis tine,  whom  you  killed  in  the V al ley 
 of  Elah,  is  here,  wrapped  in  a  cloth be hind 
 the  ephod. If  you  want  to  take  it  for your self, 
 then  take  it,  for  there  isn’t an oth er  one  here.”
“ There’s  none  like  it! ” Da vid  said. “ Give  it 
 to  me.”
DAVID FLEES TO GATH
10 Da vid  fled  that  day  from  Saul’s pres ence  and 
 went  to  King  Achish  of  Gath. 11  But  Achish’s 
ser vants  said  to  him, “ Isn’t  this Da vid,  the  king 
 of  the  land? Don’t  they  sing  about  him dur ing 
 their danc es:
  Saul has killed his thousands,
  but David his tens of thousands? ”
12 Da vid  took  this  to  heart c  and be came  very 
 afraid  of  King  Achish  of  Gath, 13  so  he pre tend ed 
 to  be in sane  in  their pres ence. He act ed  like 
 a mad man  around  them, d scribbling e  on  the 
 doors  of  the  city  gate  and let ting sa li va  run 
 down  his  beard. 14 “ Look! You  can  see  the  man  is crazy ,”  Achish 
 said  to  his ser vants. “ Why  did  you  bring  him  to 
 me? 15  Do  I  have  such  a shortage  of crazy peo ple 
 that  you  brought  this  one  to  act crazy  around 
 me?


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Is  this  one go ing  to  come  into  my  house? ”
SAUL’S INCREASING PARANOIA
22 
 So Da vid  left  Gath  and  took ref uge  in  the 
 cave  of Adul lam. When Da vid’s broth-
ers  and  his fa ther’s  whole fam i ly  heard,  they 
 went  down  and  joined  him  there.


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2  In ad di-
tion, ev ery  man  who  was des per ate,  in  debt, 
 or dis con tent ed ral lied  around  him,  and  he 
be came  their lead er.


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About  four hun dred  men 
 were  with  him. 3  From  there Da vid  went  to Miz peh  of  Moab 
 where  he  said  to  the  king  of  Moab, “ Please 
 let  my fa ther  and moth er  stay  with  you un til 
 I  know  what  God  will  do  for  me.” 4  So  he  left 
 them  in  the  care  of  the  king  of  Moab,  and  they 
 stayed  with  him  the  whole  time Da vid  was  in 
 the strong hold. 5  Then  the proph et  Gad  said  to Da vid, “ Don’t 
 stay  in  the strong hold. Leave  and re turn  to 
 the  land  of Ju dah.”  So Da vid  left  and  went  to 
 the for est  of He reth. 6  Saul  heard  that Da vid  and  his  men  had  been 
dis cov ered. At  that  time  Saul  was  in Gib e ah, 
sit ting un der  the tam a risk  tree  at  the  high 
 place. His  spear  was  in  his  hand,  and  all  his 
ser vants  were stand ing  around  him. 7  Saul  said 
 to  his ser vants, “Lis ten,  men  of Ben ja min:  Is 
Jes se’s  son go ing  to  give  all  of  you  fields  and 
vine yards? Do  you  think he’ll  make  all  of  you 
com mand ers  of thou sands  and com mand ers 
 of hun dreds?


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No body  tells  me f  when  my 
 own  son  makes  a cov enant  with Jes se’s  son. None  of  you  cares  about  me  or  tells  me g  that 
 my  son  has  stirred  up  my  own ser vant  to  wait 
 in am bush  for  me,  as  is  the  case to day .”
9  Then  Doeg  the Edom ite,  who  was  in  charge 
 of  Saul’s ser vants, an swered: “ I  saw Jes se’s 
 son  come  to Ahim e lech  son  of Ahi tub  at  Nob. 10 Ahim e lech in quired  of  the  L ord  for  him 
 and  gave  him pro vi sions. He  also  gave  him 
 the  sword  of Go li ath  the Phi lis tine.”
SLAUGHTER OF THE PRIESTS
11  The  king  sent mes sen gers  to sum mon  the 
 priest Ahim e lech  son  of Ahi tub,  and  his fa-
ther’s  whole fam i ly ,  who  were  priests  in  Nob. a 21:4 DSS; MT omits may eat it   b 21:5 Lit vessels   c 21:12 Lit David placed these words in his heart   d 21:13 Lit madman in 
their hand   e 21:13 LXX reads drumming   f 22:8 Lit No one uncovers my ear   g 22:8 Lit or uncovers my ear
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 All  of  them  came  to  the  king. 12  Then  Saul  said, 
“Lis ten,  son  of Ahi tub! ”
“ I’m  at  your ser vice,  my  lord,”  he  said.


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13  Saul  asked  him, “ Why  did  you  and Jes se’s 
 son con spire  against  me? You  gave  him  bread 
 and  a  sword  and in quired  of  God  for  him,  so 
 he  could  rise  up  against  me  and  wait  in am-
bush,  as  is  the  case to day .”
14 Ahim e lech re plied  to  the  king: “ Who 
 among  all  your ser vants  is  as faith ful  as Da-
vid? He  is  the  king’s son-in-law , cap tain  of 
 your body guard,  and hon ored  in  your  house.


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Of  course  not! Please  don’t  let  the  king 
 make  an ac cu sa tion  against  your ser vant  or 
 any  of  my fa ther’s fam i ly ,  for  your ser vant 
 didn’t  have  any  idea a  about  all  this.”
16  But  the  king  said, “ You  will  die, Ahim e-
lech  —   you  and  your fa ther’s  whole fam i ly! ”
17  Then  the  king or dered  the  guards stand-
ing  by  him, “ Turn  and  kill  the  priests  of  the 
 L ord be cause  they sid ed  with Da vid. For  they 
 knew  he  was flee ing,  but  they  didn’t  tell  me.” b 
 But  the  king’s ser vants  would  not  lift  a  hand 
 to ex e cute  the  priests  of  the  L ord. 18  So  the  king  said  to  Doeg, “ Go  and ex e cute 
 the  priests! ”  So  Doeg  the Edom ite  went  and ex-
e cut ed  the  priests him self. On  that  day ,  he  killed 
eighty-five  men  who  wore lin en ephods. 19  He 
 also  struck  down  Nob,  the  city  of  the  priests, 
 with  the  sword  —   both  men  and wom en, in fants 
 and nurs ing ba bies,  oxen, don keys,  and  sheep. 20 How ev er,  one  of  the  sons  of Ahim e lech 
 son  of Ahi tub es caped.


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His  name  was Abi a thar, 
 and  he  fled  to Da vid. 21 Abi a thar  told Da vid  that 
 Saul  had  killed  the  priests  of  the  L ord. 22  Then 
Da vid  said  to Abi a thar, “ I  knew  that  Doeg  the 
Edom ite  was  there  that  day  and  that  he  was 
 sure  to re port  to  Saul. I my self  am re spon si-
ble  for c  the  lives  of ev ery one  in  your fa ther’s 
fam i ly .


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Don’t  be  afraid,  for  the 
 one  who  wants  to  take  my  life  wants  to  take 
 your  life. You  will  be  safe  with  me.”
DELIVERANCE AT KEILAH
23 
 It  was re port ed  to Da vid: “ Look,  the 
Phi lis tines  are fight ing  against Ke i lah 
 and raid ing  the thresh ing  floors.”
2  So Da vid in quired  of  the  L ord: “ Should  I 
 launch  an at tack  against  these Phi lis tines? ”
 The  L ord an swered Da vid, “ Launch  an at tack 
 against  the Phi lis tines  and res cue Ke i lah.”
3  But Da vid’s  men  said  to  him, “ Look,  we’re 
 afraid  here  in Ju dah;  how  much  more  if  we 
 go  to Ke i lah  against  the Phi lis tine forc es! ”
4  Once  again, Da vid in quired  of  the  L ord, 
 and  the  L ord an swered  him: “ Go  at  once  to 
Ke i lah,  for  I  will  hand  the Phi lis tines  over  to 
 you.” 5  Then Da vid  and  his  men  went  to Ke i-
lah,  fought  against  the Phi lis tines,  drove  their 
live stock  away ,  and in flict ed  heavy loss es  on 
 them. So Da vid res cued  the in hab i tants  of Ke-
i lah. 6 Abi a thar  son  of Ahim e lech  fled  to Da vid 
 at Ke i lah,  and  he  brought  an  ephod  with  him. 7  When  it  was re port ed  to  Saul  that Da vid 
 had  gone  to Ke i lah,  he  said, “ God  has hand ed 
 him  over  to  me,  for  he  has  trapped him self  by 
en ter ing  a  town  with  barred  gates.” 8  Then 
 Saul sum moned  all  the  troops  to  go  to  war  at 
Ke i lah  and be siege Da vid  and  his  men. 9  When Da vid  learned  that  Saul  was plot ting 
 evil  against  him,  he  said  to  the  priest Abi a thar, 
“ Bring  the  ephod.”
10  Then Da vid  said, “ L ord  God  of Is ra el,  your 
ser vant  has re li able in for ma tion  that  Saul in-
tends  to  come  to Ke i lah  and de stroy  the  town 
be cause  of  me. 11  Will  the cit i zens  of Ke i lah 
 hand  me  over  to  him? Will  Saul  come  down 
 as  your ser vant  has  heard? L ord  God  of Is ra el, 
 please  tell  your ser vant.”
 The  L ord an swered, “ He  will  come  down.”
12  Then Da vid  asked, “ Will  the cit i zens  of 
Ke i lah  hand  me  and  my  men  over  to  Saul? ”
“ They  will,”  the  L ord re spond ed. 13  So Da vid  and  his  men, num ber ing  about  six 
hun dred,  left Ke i lah  at  once  and  moved  from 
 place  to  place. When  it  was re port ed  to  Saul 
 that Da vid  had es caped  from Ke i lah,  he  called 
 off  the expedition. 14 Da vid  then  stayed  in  the 
wil der ness strong holds  and  in  the  hill coun try 
 of  the Wil der ness  of  Ziph. Saul  searched  for 
 him ev ery  day ,  but  God  did  not  hand Da vid 
 over  to  him. A RENEWED COVENANT
15 Da vid  was  in  the Wil der ness  of  Ziph  in Ho-
resh  when  he  saw  that  Saul  had  come  out  to 
 take  his  life. 16  Then  Saul’s  son Jon a than  came 
 to Da vid  in Ho resh  and en cour aged  him  in  his 
 faith d  in  God, 17 say ing, “ Don’t  be  afraid,  for 
 my fa ther  Saul  will nev er  lay  a  hand  on  you. You your self  will  be  king  over Is ra el,  and  I’ll 
 be  your second-in-command. Even  my fa ther 
 Saul  knows  it  is  true.” 18  Then  the  two  of  them 
a 22:15 Lit didn’t know a thing, small or large   b 22:17 Lit didn’t uncover my ear   c 22:22 LXX, Syr , Vg; MT reads I myself turn in   
d 23:16 Lit and strengthened his hand
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 made  a cov enant  in  the  L ord’ s pres ence. Af-
ter ward, Da vid re mained  in Ho resh,  while 
Jon a than  went  home. DAVID’S NARROW ESCAPE
19  Some Ziph ites  came  up  to  Saul  at Gib e ah 
 and  said, “Da vid  is a hid ing  among  us  in  the 
strong holds  in Ho resh  on  the  hill  of Ha chi lah 
 south  of Je shi mon. 20  Now , when ev er  the  king 
 wants  to  come  down,  let  him  come  down.


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Our 
 part  will  be  to  hand  him  over  to  the  king.”
21 “ May  you  be  blessed  by  the  L ord,” re plied 
 Saul, “ for  you  have  shown con cern  for  me. 22  Go  and  check  again.


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In ves ti gate b  where  he 
 goes c  and  who  has  seen  him  there;  they  tell 
 me  he  is ex treme ly cun ning. 23 In ves ti gate d  all 
 the plac es  where  he  hides. Then  come  back  to 
 me  with ac cu rate in for ma tion,  and  I’ll  go  with 
 you. If  it  turns  out  he real ly  is  in  the re gion,  I’ll 
 search  for  him  among  all  the  clans e  of Ju dah.” 
24  So  they  went  to  Ziph  ahead  of  Saul. Now Da vid  and  his  men  were  in  the wil-
der ness  near  Maon  in  the Ar a bah  south  of 
Je shi mon, 25  and  Saul  and  his  men  went  to 
 look  for  him. When Da vid  was  told  about  it, 
 he  went  down  to  the  rock  and  stayed  in  the 
Wil der ness  of  Maon. Saul  heard  of  this  and 
pur sued Da vid  there. 26  Saul  went  along  one  side  of  the moun-
tain  and Da vid  and  his  men  went  along  the 
oth er  side. Even  though Da vid  was hur ry ing 
 to  get  away  from  Saul,  Saul  and  his  men  were 
clos ing  in  on Da vid  and  his  men  to cap ture 
 them. 27  Then  a mes sen ger  came  to  Saul say-
ing, “ Come quick ly , be cause  the Phi lis tines 
 have raid ed  the  land! ” 28  So  Saul  broke  off  his 
pur suit  of Da vid  and  went  to en gage  the Phi-
lis tines. There fore,  that  place  was  named  the 
 Rock  of Sep a ra tion. 29  From  there Da vid  went 
 up  and  stayed  in  the strong holds  of  En-gedi. DAVID SPARES SAUL
24 
 When  Saul re turned  from pur su ing  the 
Phi lis tines,  he  was  told, “Da vid  is  in  the 
wil der ness  near  En-gedi.” 2  So  Saul  took  three 
thou sand  of Is ra el’s  fit  young  men  and  went 
 to  look  for Da vid  and  his  men  in  front  of  the 
 Rocks  of  the  Wild  Goats. 3  When  Saul  came 
 to  the  sheep  pens  along  the  road,  a  cave  was 
 there,  and  he  went  in  to re lieve him self. f Da vid 
 and  his  men  were stay ing  in  the re cess es  of 
 the  cave, 4  so  they  said  to  him, “ Look,  this  is 
 the  day  the  L ord  told  you  about: ‘ I  will  hand 
 your en e my  over  to  you  so  you  can  do  to  him 
what ev er  you de sire.’ ”  Then Da vid  got  up  and 
se cret ly  cut  off  the cor ner  of  Saul’s  robe. 5 Af ter ward, Da vid’s con science both ered g 
 him be cause  he  had  cut  off  the cor ner  of  Saul’s 
 robe. h 6  He  said  to  his  men, “ I  swear be fore 
 the  L ord:  I  would nev er  do  such  a  thing  to 
 my  lord,  the  L ord’ s anoint ed. I  will nev er  lift 
 my  hand  against  him,  since  he  is  the  L ord’ s 
anoint ed.” 7  With  these  words Da vid per suad-
ed i  his  men,  and  he  did  not  let  them  rise  up 
 against  Saul. Then  Saul  left  the  cave  and  went  on  his  way . 8 Af ter  that, Da vid  got  up,  went  out  of  the  cave, 
 and  called  to  Saul, “ My  lord  the  king! ”  When 
 Saul  looked be hind  him, Da vid  knelt  low  with 
 his  face  to  the  ground  and  paid hom age. 9 Da vid 
 said  to  Saul, “ Why  do  you lis ten  to  the  words 
 of peo ple  who  say , ‘ Look, Da vid in tends  to 
 harm  you’? 10  You  can  see  with  your  own  eyes 
 that  the  L ord hand ed  you  over  to  me to day  in 
 the  cave. Some one ad vised  me  to  kill  you,  but 
 I j,k  took  pity  on  you  and  said:  I  won’t  lift  my 
 hand  against  my  lord,  since  he  is  the  L ord’ s 
anoint ed. 11  Look,  my fa ther! Look  at  the cor ner 
 of  your  robe  in  my  hand,  for  I  cut  it  off,  but  I 
 didn’t  kill  you. Rec og nize l  that  I’ve com mit ted 
 no  crime  or re bel lion. I  haven’t  sinned  against 
 you  even  though  you  are hunt ing  me  down 
 to  take  my  life. 12 “ May  the  L ord  judge be tween  me  and  you, 
 and  may  the  L ord  take ven geance  on  you  for 
 me,  but  my  hand  will nev er  be  against  you. 13  As 
 the  old prov erb  says, ‘Wick ed ness  comes  from 
wick ed peo ple.’  My  hand  will nev er  be  against 
 you. 14  Who  has  the  king  of Is ra el  come af ter?


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A 
sin gle  flea? 15  May  the  L ord  be  judge  and de-
cide be tween  you  and  me. May  he  take no tice 
 and  plead  my  case  and de liv er m  me  from  you.”
16  When Da vid fin ished say ing  these  things 
 to  him,  Saul re plied, “ Is  that  your  voice, Da vid 
 my  son? ”  Then  Saul  wept  aloud 17  and  said  to 
Da vid, “ You  are  more righ teous  than  I,  for 
 you  have  done  what  is  good  to  me  though  I 
 have  done  what  is  evil  to  you. 18  You your self 
 have  told  me to day  what  good  you  did  for  me: 
 when  the  L ord hand ed  me  over  to  you,  you 
 didn’t  kill  me. 19  When  a  man  finds  his en e my , 
a 23:19 Lit “Is David not . .


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Jeshimon? b 23:22 Lit Know and see   c 23:22 Lit watch his place where his foot will be    
d 23:23 Lit See and know   e 23:23 Or thousands   f 24:3 Lit to cover his feet   g 24:5 Lit David’s heart struck   h 24:5 Some 
Hb mss, LXX, Syr , Vg; other Hb mss omit robe   i 24:7 Or restrained   j 24:10 LXX, Syr , Tg; MT reads she or it   k 24:10 Or my eye   
l 24:11 Lit Know and see   m 24:15 Lit render a verdict for
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 does  he  let  him  go un harmed? a  May  the  L ord 
re pay  you  with  good  for  what  you’ve  done 
 for  me to day . 20 “ Now  I  know  for cer tain  you  will  be  king, 
 and  the king dom  of Is ra el  will  be es tab lished b 
 in  your  hand. 21 There fore  swear  to  me  by  the 
 L ord  that  you  will  not  cut  off  my de scen dants 
 or  wipe  out  my  name  from  my fa ther’s fam i-
ly .” 22  So Da vid  swore  to  Saul. Then  Saul  went 
 back  home,  and Da vid  and  his  men  went  up 
 to  the strong hold. DAVID, NABAL, AND ABIGAIL
25 
Sam uel  died,  and  all Is ra el as sem bled 
 to  mourn  for  him,  and  they bur ied  him 
 by  his  home  in Ra mah. Da vid  then  went  down 
 to  the Wil der ness  of Pa ran. c
2  A  man  in  Maon  had  a busi ness  in Car mel; 
 he  was  a  very  rich  man  with  three thou sand 
 sheep  and  one thou sand  goats  and  was shear-
ing  his  sheep  in Car mel. 3  The  man’s  name  was 
Na bal,  and  his  wife’s  name, Ab i gail. The wom an 
 was in tel li gent  and beau ti ful,  but  the  man,  a 
Ca leb ite,  was  harsh  and  evil  in  his deal ings. 4  While Da vid  was  in  the wil der ness,  he  heard 
 that Na bal  was shear ing  sheep, 5  so Da vid  sent 
 ten  young  men in struct ing  them, “ Go  up  to 
Car mel,  and  when  you  come  to Na bal,  greet 
 him d  in  my  name. 6  Then  say  this: ‘ Long  life  to 
 you, e  and  peace  to  you,  peace  to  your fam i ly , 
 and  peace  to  all  that  is  yours. 7  I  hear  that  you 
 are shear ing. f  When  your shep herds  were 
 with  us,  we  did  not ha rass  them,  and noth ing 
 of  theirs  was miss ing  the  whole  time  they 
 were  in Car mel. 8  Ask  your  young  men,  and 
 they  will  tell  you.


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So  let  my  young  men  find 
fa vor  with  you,  for  we  have  come  on  a  feast g 
 day . Please  give what ev er  you  have  on  hand 
 to  your ser vants  and  to  your  son Da vid.’ ”
9 Da vid’s  young  men  went  and  said  all  these 
 things  to Na bal  on Da vid’s be half, h  and  they 
wait ed. i 10 Na bal  asked  them, “ Who  is Da vid?


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Who  is Jes se’s  son? Many  slaves  these  days 
 are run ning  away  from  their mas ters. 11  Am 
 I sup posed  to  take  my  bread,  my wa ter,  and 
 my  meat  that  I butch ered  for  my shear ers  and 
 give  them  to  these  men? I  don’t  know  where 
 they  are  from.”
12 Da vid’s  young  men retraced  their  steps. When  they re turned  to  him,  they re port ed  all 
 these  words. 13  He  said  to  his  men, “ All  of  you, 
 put  on  your  swords! ”  So  each  man  put  on  his 
 sword,  and Da vid  also  put  on  his  sword. About 
 four hun dred  men fol lowed Da vid  while  two 
hun dred  stayed  with  the sup plies. 14  One  of Na bal’s  young  men in formed Ab i-
gail, Na bal’s  wife: “ Look, Da vid  sent mes sen-
gers  from  the wil der ness  to  greet  our mas ter, 
 but  he  screamed  at  them. 15  The  men treat ed 
 us  very  well.


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When  we  were  in  the  field,  we 
 weren’t ha rassed  and noth ing  of  ours  was 
miss ing  the  whole  time  we  were liv ing  among 
 them. 16  They  were  a  wall  around  us,  both  day 
 and  night,  the en tire  time  we  were  with  them 
herd ing  the  sheep. 17  Now con sid er care ful ly j 
 what  you  should  do, be cause  there  is cer tain 
 to  be trou ble  for  our mas ter  and  his en tire 
fam i ly .


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He  is  such  a worth less  fool no body 
 can  talk  to  him! ”
18 Ab i gail hur ried, tak ing  two hun dred  loaves 
 of  bread,  two  clay  jars  of  wine,  five butch ered 
 sheep,  a bushel k  of roast ed  grain,  one hun dred 
clus ters  of rai sins,  and  two hun dred  cakes  of 
 pressed  figs,  and load ed  them  on don keys. 19  Then  she  said  to  her  male ser vants, “ Go  ahead 
 of  me.


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I  will  be  right be hind  you.”  But  she  did 
 not  tell  her hus band Na bal. 20  As  she  rode  the don key  down  a moun tain 
 pass hid den  from  view ,  she  saw Da vid  and 
 his  men com ing to ward  her  and  met  them. 21 Da vid  had  just  said, “ I guard ed ev ery thing 
 that be longed  to  this  man  in  the wil der ness 
 for noth ing. He  was  not miss ing any thing, 
 yet  he  paid  me  back  evil  for  good. 22  May  God 
pun ish  me l  and  do  so se vere ly  if  I  let  any  of 
 his  males m sur vive un til morn ing.”
23  When Ab i gail  saw Da vid,  she quick ly  got 
 off  the don key  and  knelt  down  with  her  face 
 to  the  ground  and  paid hom age  to Da vid. 24  She 
 knelt  at  his  feet  and  said, “ The  guilt  is  mine, 
 my  lord,  but  please  let  your ser vant  speak 
 to  you di rect ly .


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Lis ten  to  the  words  of  your 
ser vant. 25  My  lord  should  pay  no at ten tion 
 to  this worth less  fool Na bal,  for  he  lives  up 
 to  his  name: n  His  name  means ‘stu pid,’  and 
stu pid i ty  is  all  he  knows. o  I,  your ser vant, 
 didn’t  see  my  lord’s  young  men  whom  you 
 sent. 26  Now  my  lord,  as sure ly  as  the  L ord 
 lives  and  as  you your self  live—  it  is  the  L ord 
 who  kept  you  from participating  in blood-
shed  and aveng ing your self  by  your  own 
 hand— may  your en e mies  and  those  who 
a 24:19 Lit go on a good way   b 24:20 Or will flourish   c 25:1 LXX reads to Maon   d 25:5 Or Nabal, ask him for peace    
e 25:6 Lit ‘To life   f 25:7 Lit you have shearers   g 25:8 Lit good   h 25:9 Lit name   i 25:9 LXX reads and he became arrogant   
j 25:17 Lit Now know and see   k 25:18 Lit sheep, five seahs   l 25:22 LXX; MT reads David’s enemies   m 25:22 Lit of those of 
his who are urinating against the wall   n 25:25 Lit for as is his name is, so he is   o 25:25 Lit and foolishness is with him
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in tend  to  harm  my  lord  be  like Na bal. 27  Let 
 this  gift  your ser vant  has  brought  to  my  lord 
 be giv en  to  the  young  men  who fol low  my 
 lord. 28  Please for give  your ser vant’s of fense, 
 for  the  L ord  is cer tain  to  make  a last ing dy-
nas ty  for  my  lord be cause  he  fights  the  L ord’ s 
bat tles. Through out  your  life,  may  evil a  not 
 be  found  in  you.


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29 “Some one  is pur su ing  you  and in tends  to 
 take  your  life. My  lord’s  life  is  tucked safe ly  in 
 the  place b  where  the  L ord  your  God pro tects 
 the liv ing,  but  he  is fling ing  away  your en e mies’ 
 lives  like  stones  from  a  sling. 30  When  the  L ord 
 does  for  my  lord  all  the  good  he prom ised  you 
 and ap points  you rul er  over Is ra el, 31  there 
 will  not  be re morse  or  a trou bled con science 
 for  my  lord be cause  of need less blood shed  or 
 my  lord’s re venge. And  when  the  L ord  does 
 good  things  for  my  lord,  may  you re mem ber 
 me  your ser vant.”
32  Then Da vid  said  to Ab i gail, “ Blessed  be  the 
 L ord  God  of Is ra el,  who  sent  you  to  meet  me 
to day! 33  May  your dis cern ment  be  blessed, 
 and  may  you  be  blessed.


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To day  you  kept  me 
 from participating  in blood shed  and aveng-
ing my self  by  my  own  hand. 34 Oth er wise,  as 
sure ly  as  the  L ord  God  of Is ra el  lives,  who 
pre vent ed  me  from harm ing  you,  if  you  had 
 not  come quick ly  to  meet  me, Na bal  wouldn’t 
 have  had  any  males c  left  by morn ing  light.” 
35  Then Da vid ac cept ed  what  she  had  brought 
 him  and  said, “ Go  home  in  peace. See,  I  have 
 heard  what  you  said  and  have grant ed  your 
re quest.”
36  Then Ab i gail  went  to Na bal,  and  there  he 
 was  in  his  house, hold ing  a  feast  fit  for  a  king.


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Na bal’s  heart  was cheer ful, d  and  he  was  very 
 drunk,  so  she  didn’t  say any thing e  to  him un til 
morn ing  light.


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37  In  the morn ing  when Na bal sobered  up, f 
 his  wife  told  him  about  these  events. His  heart 
 died g  and  he be came  a  stone. 38  About  ten  days 
lat er,  the  L ord  struck Na bal  dead. 39  When Da vid  heard  that Na bal  was  dead, 
 he  said, “ Blessed  be  the  L ord  who champi -
oned  my  cause  against Na bal’s in sults  and 
re strained  his ser vant  from do ing  evil. The 
 L ord  brought Na bal’s  evil  deeds  back  on  his 
 own  head.”
 Then Da vid  sent mes sen gers  to  speak  to 
Ab i gail  about mar ry ing  him. 40  When Da vid’s 
ser vants  came  to Ab i gail  at Car mel,  they  said 
 to  her, “Da vid  sent  us  to  bring  you  to  him  as 
 a  wife.”
41  She  stood  up,  paid hom age  with  her  face  to 
 the  ground,  and  said, “ Here  I  am,  your ser vant, 
 a  slave  to  wash  the  feet  of  my  lord’s ser vants.” 
42  Then Ab i gail  got  up quick ly ,  and  with  her 
 five fe male ser vants ac com pa ny ing  her,  rode 
 on  the don key fol low ing Da vid’s mes sen gers. And  so  she be came  his  wife.


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43 Da vid  also mar ried Ahin o am  of Jez re el, 
 and  the  two  of  them be came  his  wives. 44  But 
 Saul  gave  his daugh ter Mi chal, Da vid’s  wife, 
 to Pal ti  son  of La ish,  who  was  from Gal lim. DAVID AGAIN SPARES SAUL
26 
 Then  the Ziph ites  came  to  Saul  at Gib e ah 
say ing, “Da vid  is hid ing  on  the  hill  of 
Ha chi lah op po site Je shi mon.” 2  So  Saul, ac com-
pa nied  by  three thou sand  of  the  fit  young  men 
 of Is ra el,  went im me di ate ly  to  the Wil der ness 
 of  Ziph  to  search  for Da vid  there. 3  Saul  camped 
be side  the  road  at  the  hill  of Ha chi lah op po site 
Je shi mon. Da vid  was liv ing  in  the wil der ness 
 and dis cov ered  Saul  had  come  there af ter  him. 4  So Da vid  sent  out  spies  and  knew  for cer tain 
 that  Saul  had  come. 5 Im me di ate ly , Da vid  went 
 to  the  place  where  Saul  had  camped. He  saw 
 the  place  where  Saul  and Ab ner  son  of  Ner, 
 the com mand er  of  his  army ,  were ly ing  down. Saul  was ly ing in side  the in ner cir cle  of  the 
 camp  with  the  troops  camped  around  him. 6  Then Da vid  asked Ahim e lech  the Heth ite 
 and  Joab’s broth er Abish ai  son  of Zer u i ah, 
“ Who  will  go  with  me  into  the  camp  to  Saul? ”
“ I’ll  go  with  you,” an swered Abish ai. 7  That  night, Da vid  and Abish ai  came  to  the 
 troops,  and  Saul  was ly ing  there  asleep  in  the 
in ner cir cle  of  the  camp  with  his  spear  stuck  in 
 the  ground  by  his  head. Ab ner  and  the  troops 
 were ly ing  around  him. 8  Then Abish ai  said 
 to Da vid, “To day  God  has de liv ered  your en-
e my  to  you. Let  me  thrust  the  spear  through 
 him  into  the  ground  just  once. I  won’t  have 
 to  strike  him  twice! ”
9  But Da vid  said  to Abish ai, “ Don’t de stroy 
 him,  for  who  can  lift  a  hand  against  the  L ord’ s 
anoint ed  and  be in no cent? ” 10 Da vid add ed, “ As 
 the  L ord  lives,  the  L ord  will cer tain ly  strike 
 him  down: ei ther  his  day  will  come  and  he 
 will  die,  or  he  will  go  into bat tle  and per ish.


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11 How ev er, be cause  of  the  L ord,  I  will nev-
er  lift  my  hand  against  the  L ord’ s anoint ed. a 25:28 Or trouble   b 25:29 Lit bundle   c 25:34 Lit had anyone urinating against a wall   d 25:36 Lit Nabal’s heart was good 
on him   e 25:36 Lit anything at all    f 25:37 Lit when the wine had gone out of Nabal   g 25:37 Lit Then his heart died within 
him
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In stead,  take  the  spear  and  the wa ter  jug  by 
 his  head,  and  let’s  go.”
12  So Da vid  took  the  spear  and  the wa ter 
 jug  by  Saul’s  head,  and  they  went  their  way . No  one  saw  them,  no  one  knew ,  and  no  one 
 woke  up;  they  all re mained  asleep be cause  a 
 deep  sleep  from  the  L ord  came  over  them.


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13 Da vid  crossed  to  the oth er  side  and  stood  on 
 top  of  the moun tain  at  a dis tance;  there  was 
 a con sid er able  space be tween  them. 14  Then 
Da vid shout ed  to  the  troops  and  to Ab ner  son 
 of  Ner: “ Aren’t  you go ing  to an swer, Ab ner? ”
“ Who  are  you  who  calls  to  the  king?


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” Ab-
ner  asked. 15 Da vid  called  to Ab ner, “ You’re  a  man,  aren’t 
 you? Who  in Is ra el  is  your  equal? So  why  didn’t 
 you pro tect  your  lord  the  king  when  one  of  the 
peo ple  came  to de stroy  him? 16  What  you  have 
 done  is  not  good. As  the  L ord  lives,  all  of  you 
de serve  to  die a  since  you  didn’t pro tect  your 
 lord,  the  L ord’ s anoint ed. Now  look  around; 
 where  are  the  king’s  spear  and wa ter  jug  that 
 were  by  his  head? ”
17  Saul rec og nized Da vid’s  voice  and  asked, 
“ Is  that  your  voice,  my  son Da vid? ”
“ It  is  my  voice,  my  lord  and  king,” Da vid 
 said. 18  Then  he con tin ued, “ Why  is  my  lord 
pur su ing  his ser vant?


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What 
 crime  have  I com mit ted? 19  Now ,  may  my  lord 
 the  king  please  hear  the  words  of  his ser vant: 
 If  it  is  the  L ord  who  has in cit ed  you  against 
 me,  then  may  he ac cept  an off  er ing. But  if  it 
 is peo ple,  may  they  be  cursed  in  the pres ence 
 of  the  L ord,  for to day  they  have ban ished  me 
 from shar ing  in  the in her i tance  of  the  L ord 
say ing, ‘ Go  and wor ship oth er  gods.’ 20  So  don’t 
 let  my  blood  fall  to  the  ground  far  from  the 
 L ord’ s pres ence,  for  the  king  of Is ra el  has 
 come  out  to  search  for  a sin gle  flea,  like  one 
 who pur sues  a par tridge  in  the moun tains.”
21  Saul re spond ed, “ I  have  sinned. Come 
 back,  my  son Da vid,  I  will nev er  harm  you 
 again be cause to day  you con sid ered  my  life 
pre cious.


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I  have  been  a  fool! I’ve com mit ted 
 a  grave er ror.”
22 Da vid an swered, “ Here  is  the  king’s  spear; 
 have  one  of  the  young  men  come  over  and  get 
 it. 23  The  L ord  will re pay ev ery  man  for  his 
righ teous ness  and  his loy al ty .


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I  wasn’t will ing 
 to  lift  my  hand  against  the  L ord’ s anoint ed, 
 even  though  the  L ord hand ed  you  over  to  me 
to day . 24  Just  as  I con sid ered  your  life valu able 
to day ,  so  may  the  L ord con sid er  my  life valu-
able  and res cue  me  from  all trou ble.”
25  Saul  said  to  him, “ You  are  blessed,  my  son 
Da vid. You  will cer tain ly  do  great  things  and 
 will  also pre vail.”  Then Da vid  went  on  his  way , 
 and  Saul re turned  home. DAVID FLEES TO ZIKLAG
27 
Da vid  said  to him self, “ One  of  these  days 
 I’ll  be  swept  away  by  Saul. There  is noth-
ing bet ter  for  me  than  to es cape im me di ate ly 
 to  the  land  of  the Phi lis tines. Then  Saul  will 
 give  up search ing  for  me ev ery where  in Is ra el, 
 and  I’ll es cape  from  him.” 2  So Da vid  set  out 
 with  his  six hun dred  men  and  went  over  to 
 Achish  son  of Ma och,  the  king  of  Gath. 3 Da vid 
 and  his  men  stayed  with  Achish  in  Gath. Each 
 man  had  his fam i ly  with  him,  and Da vid  had 
 his  two  wives: Ahin o am  of Jez re el  and Ab i-
gail  of Car mel, Na bal’s wid ow . 4  When  it  was 
re port ed  to  Saul  that Da vid  had  fled  to  Gath, 
 he  no lon ger  searched  for  him. 5  Now Da vid  said  to  Achish, “ If  I  have  found 
fa vor  with  you,  let  me  be giv en  a  place  in  one 
 of  the out ly ing  towns,  so  I  can  live  there. Why 
 should  your ser vant  live  in  the roy al  city  with 
 you? ” 6  That  day  Achish  gave Zik lag  to  him, 
 and  it  still be longs  to  the  kings  of Ju dah to-
day . 7  The  length  of  time  that Da vid  stayed  in 
Phi lis tine ter ri to ry amount ed  to  a  year  and 
 four  months. 8 Da vid  and  his  men  went  up  and raid ed  the 
Gesh u rites,  the Gir zites, b  and  the Am a lek ites. From an cient  times  they  had  been  the in hab-
i tants  of  the re gion  through  Shur  as  far  as  the 
 land  of  Egypt. 9 When ev er Da vid at tacked  the 
 land,  he  did  not  leave  a sin gle per son  alive, ei-
ther  man  or wom an,  but  he  took  flocks,  herds, 
don keys, cam els,  and cloth ing. Then  he  came 
 back  to  Achish, 10  who in quired, “ Where  did 
 you  raid to day? ” c
Da vid re plied, “ The  south coun try  of Ju dah,” 
“ The  south coun try  of  the Je rah me el ites,”  or 
“ The  south coun try  of  the Ke nites.”
11 Da vid  did  not  let  a  man  or wom an  live  to 
 be  brought  to  Gath,  for  he  said, “ Or  they  will 
in form  on  us  and  say , ‘ This  is  what Da vid  did.’ ” 
 This  was Da vid’s cus tom dur ing  the  whole 
 time  he  stayed  in  the Phi lis tine ter ri to ry . 12  So 
 Achish trust ed Da vid, think ing, “ Since  he  has 
 made him self re pul sive  to  his peo ple Is ra el, 
 he  will  be  my ser vant for ev er.”
a 26:16 Lit you are sons of death   b 27:8 Alt Hb tradition reads Gezerites   c 27:10 Some Hb mss, Syr , Tg; LXX, Vg, DSS read 
“ Against whom did you raid today? ”
1 SAMUEL 26-27 258
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SAUL AND THE MEDIUM
28 
 At  that  time,  the Phi lis tines gath ered 
 their mil i tary  units  into  one  army  to 
 fight  against Is ra el. So  Achish  said  to Da vid, 
“ You  know ,  of  course,  that  you  and  your  men 
 must  march  out  in  the  army a  with  me.”
2 Da vid re plied  to  Achish, “ Good,  you  will 
 find  out  what  your ser vant  can  do.”
 So  Achish  said  to Da vid, “ V ery  well,  I  will 
ap point  you  as  my per ma nent body guard.”
3  By  this  time Sam uel  had  died,  all Is ra el  had 
 mourned  for  him  and bur ied  him  in Ra mah, 
 his  city ,  and  Saul  had re moved  the me di ums 
 and spir it ists  from  the  land. 4  The Phi lis tines 
gath ered  and  camped  at Shu nem.


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So  Saul gath-
ered  all Is ra el,  and  they  camped  at Gil boa. 5  When  Saul  saw  the Phi lis tine  camp,  he  was 
 afraid  and  his  heart pound ed. 6  He in quired  of 
 the  L ord,  but  the  L ord  did  not an swer  him  in 
 dreams  or  by  the  Urim  or  by  the proph ets. 7  Saul 
 then  said  to  his ser vants, “ Find  me  a wom an 
 who  is  a me di um,  so  I  can  go  and con sult  her.”
 His ser vants re plied, “ There  is  a wom an  at 
En-dor  who  is  a me di um.”
8  Saul dis guised him self  by put ting  on dif-
fer ent  clothes  and  set  out  with  two  of  his  men. They  came  to  the wom an  at  night,  and  Saul 
 said, “Con sult  a spir it  for  me. Bring  up  for  me 
 the  one  I  tell  you.”
9  But  the wom an  said  to  him, “ You sure ly 
 know  what  Saul  has  done,  how  he  has  cut  off 
 the me di ums  and spir it ists  from  the  land. Why 
 are  you set ting  a  trap  for  me  to  get  me  killed? ”
10  Then  Saul  swore  to  her  by  the  L ord: “ As 
sure ly  as  the  L ord  lives,  no pun ish ment  will 
 come  to  you b  from  this.”
11 “ Who  is  it  that  you  want  me  to  bring  up 
 for  you? ”  the wom an  asked. “ Bring  up Sam uel  for  me,”  he an swered. 12  When  the wom an  saw Sam uel,  she 
 screamed,  and  then  she  asked  Saul, “ Why 
 did  you de ceive  me? You  are  Saul! ”
13  But  the  king  said  to  her, “ Don’t  be  afraid.


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What  do  you  see? ”
“ I  see  a spir it  form c com ing  up  out  of  the 
 earth,”  the wom an an swered. 14  Then  Saul  asked  her, “ What  does  he  look 
 like? ”
“ An  old  man  is com ing  up,”  she re plied. “ He’s 
wear ing  a  robe.”  Then  Saul  knew  that  it  was 
Sam uel,  and  he  knelt  low  with  his  face  to  the 
 ground  and  paid hom age. 15 “ Why  have  you dis turbed  me  by bring ing 
 me  up? ” Sam uel  asked  Saul.


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“ I’m  in se ri ous trou ble,” re plied  Saul. “ The 
Phi lis tines  are fight ing  against  me  and  God 
 has  turned  away  from  me. He  doesn’t an swer 
 me any more, ei ther  through  the proph ets  or 
 in  dreams. So  I’ve  called  on  you  to  tell  me  what 
 I  should  do.”
16 Sam uel an swered, “ Since  the  L ord  has 
 turned  away  from  you  and  has be come  your 
en e my ,  why  are  you ask ing  me? 17  The  L ord 
 has  done d ex act ly  what  he  said  through  me: 
 The  L ord  has  torn  the king ship  out  of  your 
 hand  and giv en  it  to  your neigh bor Da vid. 18  You  did  not  obey  the  L ord  and  did  not car-
ry  out  his burn ing an ger  against Am a lek; 
there fore  the  L ord  has  done  this  to  you to-
day . 19  The  L ord  will  also  hand Is ra el  over  to 
 the Phi lis tines  along  with  you. To mor row 
 you  and  your  sons  will  be  with  me, e  and 
 the  L ord  will  hand Is ra el’s  army  over  to  the 
Phi lis tines.”
20 Im me di ate ly ,  Saul  fell  flat  on  the  ground. He  was ter ri fied  by Sam uel’s  words  and  was 
 also  weak be cause  he  had  not eat en any thing 
 all  day  and  all  night. 21  The wom an  came  over 
 to  Saul,  and  she  saw  that  he  was ter ri fied  and 
 said  to  him, “ Look,  your ser vant  has  obeyed 
 you. I  took  my  life  in  my  hands  and  did  what 
 you  told  me  to  do.


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Let  me  set  some  food  in  front  of  you. Eat  and  it  will  give  you  strength  so  you  can 
 go  on  your  way .”
23  He re fused, say ing, “ I  won’t  eat,”  but  when 
 his ser vants  and  the wom an  urged  him,  he 
lis tened  to  them. He  got  up  off  the  ground 
 and  sat  on  the  bed.


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24  The wom an  had  a fat tened  calf  at  her 
 house,  and  she quick ly slaugh tered  it. She 
 also  took  flour, knead ed  it,  and  baked un leav-
ened  bread. 25  She  served  it  to  Saul  and  his 
ser vants,  and  they  ate.


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Af ter ward,  they  got 
 up  and  left  that  night. PHILISTINES REJECT DAVID
29 
 The Phi lis tines  brought  all  their mil-
i tary  units to geth er  at  Aphek  while 
Is ra el  was  camped  by  the  spring  in Jez re-
el. 2  As  the Phi lis tine lead ers  were pass ing 
 in re view  with  their  units  of hun dreds  and 
thou sands, Da vid  and  his  men  were pass ing 
 in re view be hind  them  with  Achish. 3  Then 
a 28:1 DSS, LXX read battle   b 28:10 Or lives, you will not incur guilt   c 28:13 Or a god, or a divine being   d 28:17 Some Hb, 
some LXX mss, Vg read done to you   e 28:19 LXX reads sons will fall
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 the Phi lis tine com mand ers  asked, “ What  are 
 these He brews do ing  here? ”
 Achish an swered  the Phi lis tine com mand-
ers, “ That  is Da vid, ser vant  of  King  Saul  of Is ra el. He  has  been  with  me  a con sid er able pe ri od  of 
 time. a  From  the  day  he de fect ed un til to day , 
 I’ve  found  no  fault  with  him.”
4  The Phi lis tine com mand ers, how ev er,  were 
en raged  with  Achish  and  told  him, “ Send  that 
 man  back  and  let  him re turn  to  the  place  you 
as signed  him. He  must  not  go  down  with  us 
 into bat tle  only  to be come  our ad ver sary dur ing 
 the bat tle.


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What bet ter  way  could  he ingratiate 
him self  with  his mas ter  than  with  the  heads 
 of  our  men? 5  Isn’t  this  the Da vid  they  sing 
 about dur ing  their danc es:
  Saul has killed his thousands,
  but David his tens of thousands? ”
6  So  Achish sum moned Da vid  and  told  him, 
“ As  the  L ord  lives,  you  are  an hon or able  man. I  think  it  is  good b  to  have  you fight ing c  in 
 this  unit  with  me, be cause  I  have  found  no 
 fault  in  you  from  the  day  you  came  to  me 
un til to day .


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But  the lead ers  don’t  think  you 
 are re li able. 7  Now  go  back qui et ly  and  you 
 won’t  be do ing any thing  the Phi lis tine lead-
ers  think  is  wrong.”
8 “ But  what  have  I  done? ” Da vid re plied  to 
 Achish. “ From  the  first  day  I en tered  your ser-
vice un til to day ,  what  have  you  found  against 
 your ser vant  to  keep  me  from go ing  to  fight 
 against  the en e mies  of  my  lord  the  king? ”
9  Achish an swered Da vid, “ I’m con vinced 
 that  you  are  as re li able  as  an an gel  of  God. But 
 the Phi lis tine com mand ers  have  said, ‘ He  must 
 not  go  into bat tle  with  us.’ 10  So  get  up ear ly  in 
 the morn ing,  you  and  your mas ters’ ser vants 
 who  came  with  you. d  When  you’ve  all got ten 
 up ear ly ,  go  as  soon  as  it’s  light.” 11  So Da vid 
 and  his  men  got  up ear ly  in  the morn ing  to 
re turn  to  the  land  of  the Phi lis tines. And  the 
Phi lis tines  went  up  to Jez re el. DAVID’S DEFEAT OF THE AMALEKITES
30 
Da vid  and  his  men ar rived  in Zik lag 
 on  the  third  day . The Am a lek ites  had 
raid ed  the Ne gev  and at tacked  and  burned 
Zik lag.


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2  They  also  had kidnapped  the wom en 
 and ev ery one e  in  it  from youn gest  to old est. They  had  killed  no  one  but  had car ried  them 
 off  as  they  went  on  their  way . 3  When Da vid  and  his  men ar rived  at  the 
 town,  they  found  it  burned. Their  wives,  sons, 
 and daugh ters  had  been kidnapped. 4 Da vid 
 and  the  troops  with  him  wept loud ly un til 
 they  had  no  strength  left  to  weep. 5 Da vid’s 
 two  wives, Ahin o am  the Jez re el ite  and Ab i-
gail  the wid ow  of Na bal  the Car mel ite,  had 
 also  been kidnapped. 6 Da vid  was  in  an ex-
treme ly dif fi cult po si tion be cause  the  troops 
 talked  about ston ing  him,  for  they  were  all 
 very bit ter  over  the  loss  of  their  sons  and 
daugh ters. But Da vid  found  strength  in  the 
 L ord  his  God. 7 Da vid  said  to  the  priest Abi a thar  son  of 
Ahim e lech, “ Bring  me  the  ephod.”  So Abi a-
thar  brought  it  to  him, 8  and Da vid  asked  the 
 L ord: “ Should  I pur sue  these raid ers? Will  I 
over take  them? ”
 The  L ord re plied  to  him, “Pur sue  them,  for 
 you  will cer tain ly over take  them  and res cue 
 the peo ple.”
9  So Da vid  and  the  six hun dred  men  with 
 him  went. They  came  to  the  Wadi Be sor,  where 
 some  stayed be hind. 10 Da vid  and  four hun dred 
 of  the  men con tin ued  the pur suit,  while  two 
hun dred  stopped be cause  they  were  too ex-
haust ed  to  cross  the  Wadi Be sor. 11 Da vid’s  men  found  an Egyp tian  in  the  open 
coun try  and  brought  him  to Da vid. They  gave 
 him  some  bread  to  eat  and wa ter  to  drink.


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12  Then  they  gave  him  some  pressed  figs  and 
 two clus ters  of rai sins. Af ter  he  ate  he re vived, 
 for  he hadn’t eat en  food  or  drunk wa ter  for 
 three  days  and  three  nights. 13  Then Da vid  said  to  him, “ Who  do  you be-
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Where  are  you  from? ”
“ I’m  an Egyp tian,  the  slave  of  an Am a lek-
ite  man,”  he  said. “ My mas ter aban doned  me 
 when  I  got  sick  three  days  ago. 14  We raid ed  the 
 south coun try  of  the Cher e thites,  the ter ri to ry 
 of Ju dah,  and  the  south coun try  of Ca leb,  and 
 we  burned Zik lag.”
15 Da vid  then  asked  him, “ Will  you  lead  me 
 to  these raid ers? ”
 He  said, “ Swear  to  me  by  God  that  you  won’t 
 kill  me  or  turn  me  over  to  my mas ter,  and  I 
 will  lead  you  to  them.”
16  So  he  led  him,  and  there  were  the Am a lek-
ites,  spread  out  over  the en tire  area, eat ing, 
drink ing,  and cel e brat ing be cause  of  the  great 
 amount  of plun der  they  had tak en  from  the 
 land  of  the Phi lis tines  and  the  land  of Ju dah. a 29:3 Hb obscure   b 29:6 Lit It was good in my eyes   c 29:6 Lit you going out and coming in   d 29:10 LXX adds and go to 
the place I appointed you to.


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17 Da vid slaugh tered  them  from twi light un til 
 the eve ning  of  the  next  day . None  of  them es-
caped, ex cept  four hun dred  young  men  who 
 got  on cam els  and  fled. 18 Da vid re cov ered ev ery thing  the Am a-
lek ites  had tak en;  he  also res cued  his  two 
 wives. 19 Noth ing  of  theirs  was miss ing  from 
 the youn gest  to  the old est, in clud ing  the  sons 
 and daugh ters,  and  all  the plun der  the Am a-
lek ites  had tak en. Da vid  got ev ery thing  back. 20  He  took  all  the  flocks  and  herds,  which  were 
driv en  ahead  of  the oth er live stock,  and  the 
peo ple shout ed, “ This  is Da vid’s plun der! ”
21  When Da vid  came  to  the  two hun dred 
 men  who  had  been  too ex haust ed  to  go  with 
 him  and  had  been  left  at  the  Wadi Be sor,  they 
 came  out  to  meet  him  and  to  meet  the  troops 
 with  him. When Da vid ap proached  the  men, 
 he greet ed  them, 22  but  all  the cor rupt  and 
worth less  men  among  those  who  had  gone 
 with Da vid ar gued, “Be cause  they  didn’t  go 
 with  us,  we  will  not  give  any  of  the plun der 
 we re cov ered  to  them ex cept  for  each  man’s 
 wife  and chil dren. They  may  take  them  and  go.”
23  But Da vid  said, “ My broth ers,  you  must 
 not  do  this  with  what  the  L ord  has giv en  us. He pro tect ed  us  and hand ed  over  to  us  the 
raid ers  who  came  against  us.


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The  share  of  the  one  who 
 goes  into bat tle  is  to  be  the  same  as  the  share 
 of  the  one  who re mains  with  the sup plies. They  will  share equal ly .” 25  And  it  has  been  so 
 from  that  day for ward. Da vid es tab lished  this 
policy a  as  a  law  and  an or di nance  for Is ra el 
 and  it  still con tin ues to day . 26  When Da vid  came  to Zik lag,  he  sent  some 
 of  the plun der  to  his  friends,  the el ders  of Ju-
dah, say ing, “ Here  is  a  gift  for  you  from  the 
plun der  of  the  L ord’ s en e mies.” 27  He  sent  gifts b 
 to  those  in Beth el,  in Ra moth  of  the Ne gev ,  and 
 in Jat tir; 28  to  those  in Aro er,  in Siph moth,  and 
 in Esh te moa; 29  to  those  in Ra cal,  in  the  towns 
 of  the Je rah me el ites,  and  in  the  towns  of  the 
Ke nites; 30  to  those  in Hor mah,  in  Bor-ashan, 
 and  in  Athach; 31  to  those  in He bron,  and  to 
 those  in  all  the plac es  where Da vid  and  his 
 men  had  roamed. THE DEATH OF SAUL AND HIS SONS
31 
 The Phi lis tines  fought  against Is ra el, 
 and Is ra el’s  men  fled  from  them  and 
 were  killed  on  Mount Gil boa.


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2  The Phi lis tines 
pur sued  Saul  and  his  sons  and  killed  his  sons, 
Jon a than, Abin a dab,  and Mal chi shua. 3  When 
 the bat tle in ten si fied  against  Saul,  the ar chers 
 found  him  and se vere ly wound ed  him. c 4  Then 
 Saul  said  to  his armor-bearer, “ Draw  your 
 sword  and  run  me  through  with  it,  or  these 
un cir cum cised  men  will  come  and  run  me 
 through  and tor ture  me! ”  But  his armor-bearer 
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Then 
 Saul  took  his  sword  and  fell  on  it. 5  When  his 
armor-bearer  saw  that  Saul  was  dead,  he  also 
 fell  on  his  own  sword  and  died  with  him. 6  So 
 on  that  day ,  Saul  died to geth er  with  his  three 
 sons,  his armor-bearer,  and  all  his  men. 7  When  the  men  of Is ra el  on  the oth er  side  of 
 the val ley  and  on  the oth er  side  of  the Jor dan 
 saw  that Is ra el’s  men  had  fled  and  that  Saul 
 and  his  sons  were  dead,  they aban doned  the 
cit ies  and  fled. So  the Phi lis tines  came  and 
set tled  in  them. 8  The  next  day  when  the Phi lis tines  came  to 
 strip  the  slain,  they  found  Saul  and  his  three 
 sons  dead  on  Mount Gil boa. 9  They  cut  off  Saul’s 
 head,  stripped  off  his ar mor,  and  sent mes sen-
gers through out  the  land  of  the Phi lis tines  to 
 spread  the  good  news  in  the tem ples  of  their 
 idols  and  among  the peo ple. 10  Then  they  put 
 his ar mor  in  the tem ple  of  the Ash to reths 
 and  hung  his  body  on  the  wall  of  Beth-shan. 11  When  the res i dents  of Jabesh-gilead  heard 
 what  the Phi lis tines  had  done  to  Saul, 12  all 
 their  brave  men  set  out, jour neyed  all  night, 
 and re trieved  the  body  of  Saul  and  the bod ies 
 of  his  sons  from  the  wall  of  Beth-shan. When 
 they ar rived  at Ja besh,  they  burned  the bod-
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13 Af ter ward,  they  took  their  bones 
 and bur ied  them un der  the tam a risk  tree  in 
Ja besh  and fast ed sev en  days. a 30:25 this policy supplied for clarity   b 30:27 He sent gifts supplied for clarity   c 31:3 LXX reads and he was wounded under 
the ribs
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2 samuel
RESPONSES TO SAUL’S DEATH
1 
Af ter  the  death  of  Saul, Da vid re turned  from 
de feat ing  the Am a lek ites  and  stayed  at Zik-
lag  two  days. 2  On  the  third  day  a  man  with 
 torn  clothes  and  dust  on  his  head  came  from 
 Saul’s  camp.


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When  he  came  to Da vid,  he  fell 
 to  the  ground  and  paid hom age. 3 Da vid  asked 
 him, “ Where  have  you  come  from? ”
 He re plied  to  him, “ I’ve es caped  from  the 
Is ra el ite  camp.”
4 “ What  was  the out come? Tell  me,” Da vid 
 asked  him.


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“ The  troops  fled  from  the bat tle,”  he an-
swered. “ Many  of  the  troops  have fall en  and 
 are  dead. Also,  Saul  and  his  son Jon a than  are 
 dead.”
5 Da vid  asked  the  young  man  who  had 
 brought  him  the re port, “ How  do  you  know 
 Saul  and  his  son Jon a than  are  dead? ”
6 “ I hap pened  to  be  on  Mount Gil boa,”  he 
re plied, “ and  there  was  Saul, lean ing  on  his 
 spear. At  that  very mo ment  the char i ots  and 
 the cav al ry  were clos ing  in  on  him. 7  When 
 he  turned  around  and  saw  me,  he  called  out 
 to  me,  so  I an swered:  I’m  at  your ser vice. 8  He 
 asked  me, ‘ Who  are  you?


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’  I  told  him:  I’m  an 
Am a lek ite. 9  Then  he  begged  me, ‘ Stand  over 
 me  and  kill  me,  for  I’m mor tal ly wound ed, a  but 
 my  life  still lingers.’ 10  So  I  stood  over  him  and 
 killed  him be cause  I  knew  that af ter  he  had 
fall en  he  couldn’t sur vive. I  took  the  crown 
 that  was  on  his  head  and  the armband  that 
 was  on  his  arm,  and  I’ve  brought  them  here 
 to  my  lord.”
11  Then Da vid  took  hold  of  his  clothes  and 
 tore  them,  and  all  the  men  with  him  did  the 
 same. 12  They  mourned,  wept,  and fast ed un til 
 the eve ning  for  those  who  died  by  the  sword  
—   for  Saul,  his  son Jon a than,  the  L ord’ s peo-
ple,  and  the  house  of Is ra el. 13 Da vid in quired  of  the  young  man  who  had 
 brought  him  the re port, “ Where  are  you  from?


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”
“ I’m  the  son  of  a res i dent  alien,”  he  said. “ I’m  an Am a lek ite.”
14 Da vid ques tioned  him, “ How  is  it  that  you 
 were  not  afraid  to  lift  your  hand  to de stroy  the 
 L ord’ s anoint ed? ” 15  Then Da vid sum moned 
 one  of  his ser vants  and  said, “ Come  here  and 
 kill  him! ”  The ser vant  struck  him,  and  he  died. 16  For Da vid  had  said  to  the Am a lek ite, “ Your 
 blood  is  on  your  own  head be cause  your  own 
 mouth tes ti fied  against  you  by say ing, ‘ I  killed 
 the  L ord’ s anoint ed.’ ”
17 Da vid  sang  the fol low ing la ment  for  Saul 
 and  his  son Jon a than, 18  and  he or dered  that 
 the Ju da hites  be  taught  The  Song  of  the  Bow . It  is writ ten  in  the  Book  of Ja shar: b
 19 The splendor of Israel lies slain 
on your heights.


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How the mighty have fallen! 20 Do not tell it in Gath,
  don’t announce it in the marketplaces 
of Ashkelon,
  or the daughters of the Philistines 
will rejoice,
  and the daughters 
of the uncircumcised will celebrate. 21 Mountains of Gilboa,
  let no dew or rain be on you,
  or fields of offerings,  c
  for there the shield of the mighty 
was defiled —
  the shield of Saul, no longer anointed 
with oil. 22 Jonathan’s bow never retreated,
  Saul’s sword never returned 
unstained, d
  from the blood of the slain,
  from the flesh  e of the mighty . 23 Saul and Jonathan,
  loved and delightful,
  they were not parted in life or in death. They were swifter than eagles, 
stronger than lions. 24 Daughters of Israel, weep for Saul,
  who clothed you in scarlet, 
with luxurious things,
  who decked your garments 
with gold ornaments. 25 How the mighty have fallen in the thick 
of battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights. 26 I grieve for you, Jonathan, my brother. You were such a friend to me. a 1:9 LXX reads for terrible darkness has taken hold of me   b 1:18 Or of the Upright   c 1:21 LXX reads firstfruits   d 1:22 Lit 
empty   e 1:22 Lit fat
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  Your love for me was more wondrous
  than the love of women. 27 How the mighty have fallen
  and the weapons of war have perished! DAVID, KING OF JUDAH
2 
 Some  time lat er, Da vid in quired  of  the  L ord: 
“ Should  I  go  to  one  of  the  towns  of Ju dah? ”
 The  L ord an swered  him, “ Go.”
 Then Da vid  asked, “ Where  should  I  go?


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”
“ To He bron,”  the  L ord re plied. 2  So Da vid  went  there  with  his  two  wives, 
Ahin o am  the Jez re el ite  and Ab i gail,  the wid-
ow  of Na bal  the Car mel ite. 3  In ad di tion, Da vid 
 brought  the  men  who  were  with  him,  each  one 
 with  his fam i ly ,  and  they set tled  in  the  towns 
 near He bron. 4  Then  the  men  of Ju dah  came, 
 and  there  they anoint ed Da vid  king  over  the 
 house  of Ju dah. They  told Da vid: “ It  was  the 
 men  of Jabesh-gilead  who bur ied  Saul.”
5 Da vid  sent mes sen gers  to  the  men  of 
Jabesh-gilead  and  said  to  them, “ The  L ord 
 bless  you, be cause  you  have  shown  this kind-
ness  to  Saul  your  lord  when  you bur ied  him. 6  Now ,  may  the  L ord  show kind ness  and faith-
ful ness  to  you,  and  I  will  also  show  the  same 
good ness  to  you be cause  you  have  done  this 
 deed. 7 There fore,  be  strong a  and val iant,  for 
 though  Saul  your  lord  is  dead,  the  house  of 
Ju dah  has anoint ed  me  king  over  them.”
8 Ab ner  son  of  Ner, com mand er  of  Saul’s 
 army ,  took  Saul’s  son Ish-bo sheth b,c  and  moved 
 him  to Ma ha na im. 9  He  made  him  king  over Gil-
e ad, Ash er, Jez re el, Ephra im, Ben ja min  —   over 
 all Is ra el. 10  Saul’s  son Ish-bo sheth  was for ty 
 years  old  when  he be came  king  over Is ra el; 
 he  reigned  for  two  years. The  house  of Ju dah, 
how ev er, fol lowed Da vid. 11  The  length  of  time 
 that Da vid  was  king  in He bron  over  the  house 
 of Ju dah  was sev en  years  and  six  months. 12 Ab ner  son  of  Ner  and sol diers  of Ish-bo-
sheth  son  of  Saul  marched  out  from Ma ha-
na im  to Gib e on.


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13  So  Joab  son  of Zer u i ah  and 
Da vid’s sol diers  marched  out  and  met  them 
 by  the  pool  of Gib e on. The  two  groups  took 
 up po si tions  on op po site  sides  of  the  pool. 14  Then Ab ner  said  to  Joab, “ Let’s  have  the 
 young  men  get  up  and com pete  in  front  of  us.”
“ Let  them  get  up,”  Joab re plied. 15  So  they  got  up  and  were count ed  off  —  
 twelve  for Ben ja min  and Ish-bo sheth  son  of 
 Saul,  and  twelve  from Da vid’s sol diers.


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16  Then 
 each  man  grabbed  his op po nent  by  the  head 
 and  thrust  his  sword  into  his op po nent’s  side 
 so  that  they  all  died to geth er. So  this  place, 
 which  is  in Gib e on,  is  named  Field  of  Blades. d
17  The bat tle  that  day  was ex treme ly  fierce, 
 and Ab ner  and  the  men  of Is ra el  were de feat ed 
 by Da vid’s sol diers. 18  The  three  sons  of Zer u i ah 
 were  there:  Joab, Abish ai,  and As a hel.


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19  He  chased Ab ner  and  did  not  turn  to  the 
 right  or  the  left  in  his pur suit  of  him. 20 Ab ner 
glanced  back  and  said, “ Is  that  you, As a hel? ”
“ Yes  it  is,” As a hel re plied. 21 Ab ner  said  to  him, “ Turn  to  your  right  or 
 left,  seize  one  of  the  young sol diers,  and  take 
what ev er  you  can  get  from  him.”  But As a hel 
 would  not  stop chas ing  him. 22  Once  again, 
Ab ner  warned As a hel, “ Stop chas ing  me.


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Why 
 should  I  strike  you  to  the  ground? How  could 
 I  ever  look  your broth er  Joab  in  the  face? ”
23  But As a hel re fused  to  turn  away ,  so Ab ner 
 hit  him  in  the stom ach  with  the  butt  of  his 
 spear. The  spear  went  through  his  body ,  and 
 he  fell  and  died  right  there. As  they  all  came 
 to  the  place  where As a hel  had fall en  and  died, 
 they  stopped, 24  but  Joab  and Abish ai pur sued 
Ab ner. By sun set,  they  had  gone  as  far  as  the 
 hill  of Am mah,  which  is op po site  Giah  on  the 
 way  to  the wil der ness  of Gib e on. 25  The Ben ja min ites ral lied  to Ab ner;  they 
 formed  a  unit  and  took  their  stand  on  top  of 
 a  hill. 26  Then Ab ner  called  out  to  Joab: “ Must 
 the  sword de vour for ev er? Don’t  you re al ize 
 this  will  only  end  in bit ter ness? How  long be-
fore  you  tell  the  troops  to  stop pur su ing  their 
broth ers? ”
27 “ As  God  lives,”  Joab re plied, “ if  you  had  not 
spo ken  up,  the  troops  wouldn’t  have  stopped 
pur su ing  their broth ers un til morn ing.” 28  Then 
 Joab  blew  the  ram’s  horn,  and  all  the  troops 
 stopped;  they  no lon ger pur sued Is ra el  or 
con tin ued  to  fight. 29  So Ab ner  and  his  men 
 marched  through  the Ar a bah  all  that  night. They  crossed  the Jor dan,  marched  all morn-
ing, e  and ar rived  at Ma ha na im. 30  When  Joab  had  turned  back  from pur su-
ing Ab ner,  he gath ered  all  the  troops. In ad-
di tion  to As a hel, nine teen  of Da vid’s sol diers 
 were miss ing, 31  but  they  had  killed  360  of  the 
Ben ja min ites  and Ab ner’s  men.


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32 Af ter ward, 
 they car ried As a hel  to  his fa ther’s  tomb  in 
Beth le hem  and bur ied  him. Then  Joab  and 
a 2:7 Lit Therefore, strengthen your hands   b 2:8 Some LXX mss read Ishbaal ; 1Ch 8:33; 9:39   c 2:8 = Man of Shame   d 2:16 Or 
Helkath-hazzurim   e 2:29 Or marched through the Bithron
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 his  men  marched  all  night  and  reached He-
bron  at  dawn. CIVIL WAR
3 
Dur ing  the  long  war be tween  the  house 
 of  Saul  and  the  house  of Da vid, Da vid  was 
grow ing stron ger  and  the  house  of  Saul  was 
be com ing weak er. 2  Sons  were  born  to Da vid  in He bron:
  His firstborn was Amnon,
  by Ahinoam the Jezreelite;
 3 his second was Chileab,
  by Abigail, the widow of Nabal 
the Carmelite;
  the third was Absalom,
  son of Maacah the daughter 
of King Talmai of Geshur;
 4 the fourth was Adonijah,
  son of Haggith;
  the fifth was Shephatiah,
  son of Abital;
 5 the sixth was Ithream,
  by David’s wife Eglah. These  were  born  to Da vid  in He bron. 6 Dur ing  the  war be tween  the  house  of  Saul 
 and  the  house  of Da vid, Ab ner  kept ac quir ing 
 more pow er  in  the  house  of  Saul. 7  Now  Saul 
 had  a con cu bine  whose  name  was Riz pah 
daugh ter  of  Aiah,  and Ish-bo sheth ques tioned 
Ab ner, “ Why  did  you  sleep  with  my fa ther’s 
con cu bine? ”
8 Ab ner  was  very an gry  about Ish-bo sheth’s 
ac cu sa tion.


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”  he  asked. “ All  this  time  I’ve  been 
loy al  to  the fam i ly  of  your fa ther  Saul,  to  his 
broth ers,  and  to  his  friends  and  haven’t be-
trayed  you  to Da vid,  but  now  you ac cuse  me 
 of wrong do ing  with  this wom an! 9  May  God 
pun ish Ab ner  and  do  so se vere ly  if  I  don’t  do 
 for Da vid  what  the  L ord  swore  to  him: 10  to 
trans fer  the king dom  from  the  house  of  Saul 
 and es tab lish  the  throne  of Da vid  over Is ra el 
 and Ju dah  from  Dan  to Be er-she ba.” 11 Ish-bo-
sheth  did  not  dare re spond  to Ab ner be cause 
 he  was  afraid  of  him. 12 Ab ner  sent mes sen gers  as  his rep re-
sen ta tives  to  say  to Da vid, “ Whose  land  is 
 it? Make  your cov enant  with  me,  and  you 
 can  be cer tain  I  am  on  your  side  to  turn  all 
Is ra el  over  to  you.”
13 Da vid re plied, “ Good,  I  will  make  a cov-
enant  with  you. How ev er,  there’s  one  thing  I 
re quire  of  you:  You  will  not  see  my  face un less 
 you  first  bring  Saul’s daugh ter Mi chal  when 
 you  come  to  see  me.”
14  Then Da vid  sent mes sen gers  to  say  to Ish-
bo sheth  son  of  Saul, “ Give  me  back  my  wife, 
Mi chal. I  was en gaged  to  her  for  the  price  of 
 a hun dred Phi lis tine fore skins.”
15  So Ish-bo sheth  sent some one  to  take  her 
 away  from  her hus band, Pal ti el  son  of La ish. 16  Her hus band fol lowed  her, weep ing  all  the 
 way  to Ba hu rim.


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Ab ner  said  to  him, “ Go  back.” 
 So  he  went  back. THE ASSASSINATION OF ABNER
17 Ab ner con ferred  with  the el ders  of Is ra el: 
“ In  the  past  you want ed Da vid  to  be  king  over 
 you. 18  Now  take ac tion, be cause  the  L ord  has 
spo ken con cern ing Da vid: ‘ Through  my ser-
vant Da vid  I  will  save  my peo ple Is ra el  from 
 the pow er  of  the Phi lis tines  and  the pow er  of 
 all Is ra el’s en e mies.’ ”
19 Ab ner  also in formed  the Ben ja min ites  and 
 went  to He bron  to in form Da vid  about  all  that 
 was  agreed  on  by Is ra el  and  the  whole  house 
 of Ben ja min. 20  When Ab ner  and twen ty  men 
 came  to Da vid  at He bron, Da vid  held  a ban quet 
 for  him  and  his  men. 21 Ab ner  said  to Da vid, “ Let  me  now  go  and  I 
 will gath er  all Is ra el  to  my  lord  the  king. They 
 will  make  a cov enant  with  you,  and  you  will 
 reign  over  all  you de sire.”  So Da vid dis missed 
Ab ner,  and  he  went  in  peace. 22  Just  then Da vid’s sol diers  and  Joab re-
turned  from  a  raid  and  brought  a  large  amount 
 of plun dered  goods  with  them. Ab ner  was  not 
 with Da vid  in He bron be cause Da vid  had dis-
missed  him,  and  he  had  gone  in  peace. 23  When 
 Joab  and  his  whole  army ar rived,  Joab  was 
in formed, “ Ab ner  son  of  Ner  came  to  see  the 
 king,  the  king dis missed  him,  and  he  went 
 in  peace.”
24  Joab  went  to  the  king  and  said, “ What  have 
 you  done? Look  here, Ab ner  came  to  you.


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Now  he’s get ting  away . 25  You  know  that Ab ner  son  of  Ner  came  to 
de ceive  you  and  to  find  out  about  your mil i-
tary ac tivi ties b  and ev ery thing  you’re do ing.” 
26  Then  Joab  left Da vid  and  sent mes sen gers 
af ter Ab ner. They  brought  him  back  from 
 the  well c  of Si rah,  but Da vid  was un aware  of 
 it. 27  When Ab ner re turned  to He bron,  Joab 
 pulled  him  aside  to  the mid dle  of  the  city  gate, 
 as  if  to  speak  to  him pri vate ly ,  and  there  Joab 
 stabbed  him  in  the stom ach. So Ab ner  died 
a 3:8 = a despised person   b 3:25 Lit your going out and your coming in   c 3:26 Or cistern
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 in re venge  for  the  death  of As a hel, a  Joab’s 
broth er. 28 Da vid  heard  about  it lat er  and  said: “ I  and 
 my king dom  are for ev er in no cent be fore  the 
 L ord con cern ing  the  blood  of Ab ner  son  of 
 Ner. 29  May  it  hang  over  Joab’s  head  and  his 
fa ther’s  whole fam i ly ,  and  may  the  house  of 
 Joab nev er  be with out some one  who  has  a 
dis charge  or  a  skin dis ease,  or  a  man  who 
 can  only  work  a spin dle, b  or some one  who 
 falls  by  the  sword  or  starves.” 30  Joab  and  his 
broth er Abish ai  killed Ab ner be cause  he  had 
 put  their broth er As a hel  to  death  in  the bat tle 
 at Gib e on. 31 Da vid  then or dered  Joab  and  all  the peo ple 
 who  were  with  him, “ Tear  your  clothes,  put  on 
sack cloth,  and  mourn  over Ab ner.”  And  King 
Da vid  walked be hind  the coff  in. c
32  When  they bur ied Ab ner  in He bron,  the 
 king  wept  aloud  at Ab ner’s  tomb. All  the peo ple 
 wept, 33  and  the  king  sang  a la ment  for Ab ner:
  Should Abner die as a fool dies? 34 Your hands were not bound,
  your feet not placed in bronze shackles.


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And  all  the peo ple  wept  over  him  even  more. 35  Then  they  came  to  urge Da vid  to  eat  food 
 while  it  was  still  day ,  but Da vid  took  an  oath: 
“ May  God pun ish  me  and  do  so se vere ly  if  I 
 taste  bread  or any thing  else be fore sun set! ” 
36  All  the peo ple  took  note  of  this,  and  it  pleased 
 them.


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In  fact, ev ery thing  the  king  did  pleased 
 them. 37  On  that  day  all  the  troops  and  all Is ra el 
 were con vinced  that  the  king  had  no  part  in 
 the kill ing  of Ab ner  son  of  Ner. 38  Then  the  king  said  to  his sol diers, “ You 
 must  know  that  a  great lead er  has fall en  in 
Is ra el to day . 39  As  for  me,  even  though  I  am 
 the anoint ed  king,  I  have lit tle pow er to day . These  men,  the  sons  of Zer u i ah,  are  too  fierce 
 for  me.


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May  the  L ord re pay  the evil do er ac-
cord ing  to  his  evil! ”
THE ASSASSINATION OF ISH-BOSHETH
4 
 When  Saul’s  son Ish-bo sheth  heard  that 
Ab ner  had  died  in He bron,  he  gave  up, d  and 
 all Is ra el  was dis mayed. 2  Saul’s  son  had  two 
 men  who  were lead ers  of raid ing par ties:  one 
 named Ba a nah  and  the oth er Re chab,  sons  of 
Rim mon  the Be e roth ite  of  the Ben ja min ites. Be e roth  is  also con sid ered  part  of Ben ja min, 
3  and  the Be e roth ites  fled  to Git ta im  and  still 
re side  there  as  aliens to day . 4  Saul’s  son Jon a than  had  a  son  whose  feet 
 were crip pled. He  was  five  years  old  when  the 
re port  about  Saul  and Jon a than  came  from 
Jez re el. His nanny e  picked  him  up  and  fled, 
 but  as  she  was hur ry ing  to  flee,  he  fell  and 
be came  lame. His  name  was Me phib o sheth. 5 Re chab  and Ba a nah,  the  sons  of Rim mon 
 the Be e roth ite,  set  out  and ar rived  at Ish-bo-
sheth’s  house dur ing  the  heat  of  the  day  while 
 the  king  was tak ing  his mid day  nap. 6  They 
en tered  the in te ri or  of  the  house  as  if  to  get 
 wheat  and  stabbed  him  in  the stom ach. Then 
Re chab  and  his broth er Ba a nah es caped. 7  They 
 had en tered  the  house  while Ish-bo sheth  was 
ly ing  on  his  bed  in  his bed room  and  stabbed 
 and  killed  him. They re moved  his  head,  took 
 it,  and trav eled  by  way  of  the Ar a bah  all  night. 8  They  brought Ish-bo sheth’s  head  to Da vid  at 
He bron  and  said  to  the  king, “ Here’s  the  head 
 of Ish-bo sheth  son  of  Saul,  your en e my  who 
in tend ed  to  take  your  life. To day  the  L ord  has 
grant ed ven geance  to  my  lord  the  king  against 
 Saul  and  his off spring.”
9  But Da vid an swered Re chab  and  his broth er 
Ba a nah,  sons  of Rim mon  the Be e roth ite, “ As 
 the  L ord  lives,  the  one  who  has re deemed  my 
 life  from ev ery dis tress, 10  when  the per son 
 told  me, ‘ Look,  Saul  is  dead,’  he  thought  he 
 was  a bear er  of  good  news,  but  I  seized  him 
 and  put  him  to  death  at Zik lag. That  was  my 
re ward  to  him  for  his  news!


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11  How  much  more 
 when wick ed  men  kill  a righ teous  man  in  his 
 own  house  on  his  own  bed! So  now ,  should  I 
 not re quire  his  blood  from  you  and  purge  you 
 from  the  earth? ”
12  So Da vid  gave or ders  to  the  young  men, 
 and  they  killed Re chab  and Ba a nah. They  cut 
 off  their  hands  and  feet  and  hung  their bod ies 
 by  the  pool  in He bron,  but  they  took Ish-bo-
sheth’s  head  and bur ied  it  in Ab ner’s  tomb 
 in He bron. DAVID, KING OF ISRAEL
5 
 All  the  tribes  of Is ra el  came  to Da vid  at 
He bron  and  said, “ Here  we  are,  your  own 
 flesh  and  blood.


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f 2  Even  while  Saul  was  king 
 over  us,  you  were  the  one  who  led  us  out  to 
bat tle  and  brought  us  back. The  L ord  also  said 
 to  you, ‘ You  will shep herd  my peo ple Is ra el, 
 and  you  will  be rul er  over Is ra el.’ ”
a 3:27 Lit And he died for the blood of Asahel   b 3:29 LXX reads who uses a crutch   c 3:31 Or the bier ; lit the bed   d 4:1 Lit his 
hands dropped   e 4:4 Lit His nurse   f 5:1 Lit your bone and your flesh
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3  So  all  the el ders  of Is ra el  came  to  the  king 
 at He bron. King Da vid  made  a cov enant  with 
 them  at He bron  in  the  L ord’ s pres ence,  and 
 they anoint ed Da vid  king  over Is ra el. 4 Da vid  was thir ty  years  old  when  he be gan 
 his  reign;  he  reigned for ty  years. 5  In He bron  he 
 reigned  over Ju dah sev en  years  and  six  months, 
 and  in Je ru sa lem  he  reigned thirty-three  years 
 over  all Is ra el  and Ju dah. 6  The  king  and  his  men  marched  to Je ru sa-
lem  against  the Jeb u sites  who in hab it ed  the 
 land. The Jeb u sites  had  said  to Da vid: “ You  will 
nev er  get  in  here. Even  the  blind  and  lame  can 
repel  you” think ing, “Da vid  can’t  get  in  here.”
7  Yet Da vid  did cap ture  the strong hold  of 
 Zion,  that  is,  the  city  of Da vid. 8  He  said  that 
 day , “Who ev er at tacks  the Jeb u sites  must  go 
 through  the wa ter  shaft  to  reach  the  lame 
 and  the  blind  who  are de spised  by Da vid.” a 
 For  this rea son  it  is  said, “ The  blind  and  the 
 lame  will nev er en ter  the  house.” b
9 Da vid  took  up res i dence  in  the strong hold, 
 which  he  named  the  city  of Da vid. He  built  it 
 up  all  the  way  around  from  the sup port ing ter-
rac es in ward.


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10 Da vid be came  more  and  more 
pow er ful,  and  the  L ord  God  of Ar mies  was 
 with  him. 11  King Hi ram  of  Tyre  sent en voys  to 
Da vid;  he  also  sent ce dar  logs, car pen ters,  and 
stone ma sons,  and  they  built  a pal ace  for Da vid. 12  Then Da vid  knew  that  the  L ord  had es tab-
lished  him  as  king  over Is ra el  and  had ex alt ed 
 his king dom  for  the  sake  of  his peo ple Is ra el. 13 Af ter  he ar rived  from He bron, Da vid  took 
 more con cu bines  and  wives  from Je ru sa lem, 
 and  more  sons  and daugh ters  were  born  to 
 him. 14  These  are  the  names  of  those  born  to 
 him  in Je ru sa lem: Sham mua, Sho bab, Na than, 
Sol o mon, 15 Ib har, El i shua, Ne pheg, Ja phia, 
16 Elish a ma, Eli a da,  and Eliph e let. 17  When  the Phi lis tines  heard  that Da vid 
 had  been anoint ed  king  over Is ra el,  they  all 
 went  in  search  of Da vid,  but  he  heard  about 
 it  and  went  down  to  the strong hold.


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18  So  the 
Phi lis tines  came  and  spread  out  in  the V al ley 
 of Reph a im. 19  Then Da vid in quired  of  the  L ord: “ Should 
 I at tack  the Phi lis tines?


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Will  you  hand  them 
 over  to  me? ”
 The  L ord re plied  to Da vid, “ At tack,  for  I  will 
cer tain ly  hand  the Phi lis tines  over  to  you.”
20  So Da vid  went  to Ba al-per a zim  and de-
feat ed  them  there  and  said, “ Like  a bursting 
 flood,  the  L ord  has  burst  out  against  my en-
e mies be fore  me.” There fore,  he  named  that 
 place  The  Lord  Bursts  Out. c 21  The Phi lis tines 
aban doned  their  idols  there,  and Da vid  and 
 his  men car ried  them  off.


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22  The Phi lis tines  came  up  again  and  spread 
 out  in  the V al ley  of Reph a im. 23  So Da vid in-
quired  of  the  L ord,  and  he an swered, “ Do  not 
at tack di rect ly ,  but cir cle  around be hind  them 
 and  come  at  them op po site  the bal sam  trees. 24  When  you  hear  the  sound  of march ing  in  the 
 tops  of  the bal sam  trees,  act de ci sive ly ,  for  then 
 the  L ord  will  have  gone  out  ahead  of  you  to 
 strike  down  the  army  of  the Phi lis tines.” 25  So 
Da vid  did ex act ly  as  the  L ord com mand ed 
 him,  and  he  struck  down  the Phi lis tines  all 
 the  way  from  Geba  to Ge zer. DAVID MOVES THE ARK
6 
Da vid  again as sem bled  all  the  fit  young 
 men  in Is ra el: thir ty thou sand.


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2  He  and  all 
 his  troops  set  out  to  bring  the  ark  of  God  from 
Ba a le-judah. d  The  ark  bears  the  Name,  the 
 name  of  the  L ord  of Ar mies  who  is en throned 
be tween  the cher u bim. 3  They  set  the  ark  of 
 God  on  a  new  cart  and transported  it  from 
Abin a dab’s  house,  which  was  on  the  hill. Uz zah 
 and  Ahio, e  sons  of Abin a dab,  were guid ing  the 
 cart 4  and  brought  it  with  the  ark  of  God  from 
Abin a dab’s  house  on  the  hill. Ahio  walked  in 
 front  of  the  ark. 5 Da vid  and  the  whole  house 
 of Is ra el  were danc ing be fore  the  L ord  with  all 
 kinds  of  fir  wood in stru ments, f  lyres,  harps, 
tam bou rines, sis trums, g  and cym bals. 6  When  they  came  to Na con’s thresh ing 
 floor, Uz zah  reached  out  to  the  ark  of  God 
 and  took  hold  of  it be cause  the  oxen  had 
stum bled. 7  Then  the  L ord’ s an ger  burned 
 against Uz zah,  and  God  struck  him  dead  on 
 the  spot  for  his irreverence,  and  he  died  there 
 next  to  the  ark  of  God. 8 Da vid  was an gry be-
cause  of  the  L ord’ s outburst  against Uz zah, 
 so  he  named  that  place Outburst  Against 
Uz zah, h  as  it  is to day . 9 Da vid  feared  the 
 L ord  that  day  and  said, “ How  can  the  ark 
 of  the  L ord  ever  come  to  me? ” 10  So  he  was 
 not will ing  to  bring  the  ark  of  the  L ord  to 
 the  city  of Da vid; in stead,  he diverted  it  to   
the  house  of Obed-edom  of  Gath. 11  The  ark 
 of  the  L ord re mained  in  his  house  three 
 months,  and  the  L ord  blessed Obed-edom 
 and  his  whole fam i ly . a 5:8 Alt Hb tradition, LXX, Tg, Syr read who despise David   b 5:8 Or temple, or palace   c 5:20 Or Baal-perazim ; 2Sm 6:8; 1Ch 
13:11   d 6:2 = Kiriath-jearim in 1Sm 7:1; 1Ch 13:6; 2Ch 1:4   e 6:3 Or And his brothers   f 6:5 DSS, LXX read with tuned instruments 
with strength, with songs ; 1Ch 13:8   g 6:5 = an Egyptian percussion instrument   h 6:8 Or Perez-uzzah ; 2Sm 5:20
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12  It  was re port ed  to  King Da vid: “ The  L ord 
 has  blessed Obed-edom’s fam i ly  and  all  that 
be longs  to  him be cause  of  the  ark  of  God.”  So 
Da vid  went  and  had  the  ark  of  God  brought  up 
 from Obed-edom’s  house  to  the  city  of Da vid 
 with re joic ing. 13  When  those car ry ing  the  ark 
 of  the  L ord ad vanced  six  steps,  he sac ri ficed 
 an  ox  and  a fat tened  calf. 14 Da vid  was danc ing a 
 with  all  his  might be fore  the  L ord wear ing 
 a lin en  ephod. 15  He  and  the  whole  house  of 
Is ra el  were bring ing  up  the  ark  of  the  L ord 
 with  shouts  and  the  sound  of  the  ram’s  horn. 16  As  the  ark  of  the  L ord  was en ter ing  the  city 
 of Da vid,  Saul’s daugh ter Mi chal  looked  down 
 from  the win dow  and  saw  King Da vid leap ing 
 and danc ing be fore  the  L ord,  and  she de spised 
 him  in  her  heart. 17  They  brought  the  ark  of  the  L ord  and 
 set  it  in  its  place in side  the  tent Da vid  had 
 pitched  for  it.


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Then Da vid off  ered  burnt of-
fer ings  and fel low ship off  er ings  in  the  L ord’ s 
pres ence. 18  When Da vid  had fin ished off  er ing 
 the  burnt off  er ing  and  the fel low ship off  er-
ings,  he  blessed  the peo ple  in  the  name  of  the 
 L ord  of Ar mies. 19  Then  he dis trib ut ed  a  loaf 
 of  bread,  a  date  cake,  and  a rai sin  cake  to  each 
 one  in  the en tire Is ra el ite com mu ni ty ,  both  men 
 and wom en. Then  all  the peo ple  went  home. 20  When Da vid re turned  home  to  bless  his 
house hold,  Saul’s daugh ter Mi chal  came  out 
 to  meet  him. “ How  the  king  of Is ra el hon ored 
him self to day!


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”  she  said. “ He ex posed him-
self to day  in  the  sight  of  the  slave  girls  of  his 
sub jects  like  a vul gar per son  would ex pose 
him self.”
21 Da vid re plied  to Mi chal, “ It  was be fore 
 the  L ord  who  chose  me  over  your fa ther  and 
 his  whole fam i ly  to ap point  me rul er  over 
 the  L ord’ s peo ple Is ra el. I  will  dance be fore 
 the  L ord, 22  and  I  will dis hon or my self  and 
hum ble my self  even  more.


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b,c How ev er,  by  the 
 slave  girls  you  spoke  about,  I  will  be hon ored.” 
23  And  Saul’s daugh ter Mi chal  had  no  child  to 
 the  day  of  her  death. THE LORD’S COVENANT WITH DAVID
7 
 When  the  king  had set tled  into  his pal ace 
 and  the  L ord  had giv en  him  rest  on ev ery 
 side  from  all  his en e mies, 2  the  king  said  to 
 the proph et Na than, “ Look,  I  am liv ing  in  a 
ce dar  house  while  the  ark  of  God  sits in side 
 tent cur tains.”
3  So Na than  told  the  king, “ Go  and  do  all  that 
 is  on  your  mind,  for  the  L ord  is  with  you.”
4  But  that  night  the  word  of  the  L ord  came 
 to Na than: 5 “ Go  to  my ser vant Da vid  and  say , 
‘ This  is  what  the  L ord  says:  Are  you  to  build  me 
 a  house  to  dwell  in? 6  From  the  time  I  brought 
 the Is ra el ites  out  of  Egypt un til to day  I  have 
 not  dwelt  in  a  house; in stead,  I  have  been mov-
ing  around  with  a  tent  as  my dwell ing. 7  In 
 all  my jour neys  with  all  the Is ra el ites,  have 
 I  ever spo ken  a  word  to  one  of  the  tribes  of 
Is ra el,  whom  I com mand ed  to shep herd  my 
peo ple Is ra el, ask ing:  Why  haven’t  you  built 
 me  a  house  of ce dar? ’
8 “ So  now  this  is  what  you  are  to  say  to  my 
ser vant Da vid: ‘ This  is  what  the  L ord  of Ar-
mies  says:  I  took  you  from  the pas ture,  from 
tend ing  the  flock,  to  be rul er  over  my peo ple 
Is ra el. 9  I  have  been  with  you wher ev er  you 
 have  gone,  and  I  have de stroyed  all  your en-
e mies be fore  you.


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I  will  make  a  great  name 
 for  you  like  that  of  the great est  on  the  earth. 10  I  will des ig nate  a  place  for  my peo ple Is ra el 
 and  plant  them,  so  that  they  may  live  there 
 and  not  be dis turbed  again. Evil do ers  will 
 not con tin ue  to op press  them  as  they  have 
 done 11  ever  since  the  day  I or dered judg es  to 
 be  over  my peo ple Is ra el. I  will  give  you  rest 
 from  all  your en e mies.


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“ ‘ The  L ord de clares  to  you:  The  L ord him self 
 will  make  a  house  for  you. 12  When  your  time 
 comes  and  you  rest  with  your fa thers,  I  will 
 raise  up af ter  you  your de scen dant,  who  will 
 come  from  your  body ,  and  I  will es tab lish  his 
king dom. 13  He  is  the  one  who  will  build  a  house 
 for  my  name,  and  I  will es tab lish  the  throne  of 
 his king dom for ev er. 14  I  will  be  his fa ther,  and 
 he  will  be  my  son. When  he  does  wrong,  I  will 
dis ci pline  him  with  a  rod  of  men  and  blows 
 from mor tals. 15  But  my faith ful  love  will nev er 
 leave  him  as  it  did  when  I re moved  it  from  Saul, 
 whom  I re moved  from be fore  you. 16  Your  house 
 and king dom  will en dure be fore  me d for ev er, 
 and  your  throne  will  be es tab lished for ev er.’ ”
17 Na than re port ed  all  these  words  and  this 
en tire vi sion  to Da vid. DAVID’S PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
18  Then  King Da vid  went  in,  sat  in  the  L ord’ s 
pres ence,  and  said,
Who am I, Lord God, and what is my 
house that you have brought me this far? a 6:14 Or whirling   b 6:22 LXX reads more and I will be humble in your eyes   c 6:22 Lit more and I will be humble in my own 
eyes   d 7:16 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr; other Hb mss read you
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19 What you have done so far a was a little 
thing to you, Lord God, for you have also 
spoken about your servant’s house in the 
distant future. And this is a revelation  b 
for mankind, Lord God. 20 What more can 
David say to you? You know your servant, 
Lord God. 21 Because of your word and 
according to your will, you have revealed 
all these great things to your servant. 22 This is why you are great, Lord God. There is no one like you, and there is no 
God besides you, as all we have heard 
confirms. 23 And who is like your people 
Israel? God came to one nation on earth 
in order to redeem a people for himself, 
to make a name for himself, and to per -
form for them c great and awesome acts,  d 
driving out nations and their gods before 
your people you redeemed for yourself 
from Egypt. 24 You established your peo -
ple Israel to be your own people forever, 
and you, Lord, have become their God.


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25 Now , Lord God, fulfill the promise for-
ever that you have made to your servant 
and his house. Do as you have promised, 
26 so that your name will be exalted forev -
er, when it is said, “The Lord of Armies is 
God over Israel.” The house of your ser
-
vant David will be established before you 
27 since you, Lord of Armies, God of Israel, 
have revealed this to your servant when 
you said, “I will build a house for you.” 
Therefore, your servant has found the 
courage to pray this prayer to you. 28 Lord 
God, you are God; your words are true, 
and you have promised this good thing 
to your servant. 29 Now , please bless your 
servant’s house so that it will continue 
before you forever.


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For you, Lord God, 
have spoken, and with your blessing your 
servant’s house will be blessed forever. DAVID’S VICTORIES
8 
Af ter  this, Da vid de feat ed  the Phi lis tines, 
sub dued  them,  and  took Metheg-ammah e 
 from Phi lis tine con trol.


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f 2  He  also de feat ed  the 
Mo ab ites,  and af ter mak ing  them  lie  down 
 on  the  ground,  he mea sured  them  off  with  a 
 cord. He mea sured ev ery  two  cord  lengths  of 
 those  to  be  put  to  death  and  one  full  length  of 
 those  to  be  kept  alive. So  the Mo ab ites be came 
Da vid’s sub jects  and  brought trib ute. 3 Da vid  also de feat ed Had ad e zer  son  of Re-
hob,  king  of Zo bah,  when  he  went  to re store 
 his con trol  at  the Eu phra tes Riv er. 4 Da vid 
cap tured sev en teen hun dred horse men g  and 
twen ty thou sand  foot sol diers  from  him,  and 
 he ham strung  all  the hors es  and  kept  a hun-
dred char i ots. h
5  When  the Ar a me ans  of Da mas cus  came  to 
as sist  King Had ad e zer  of Zo bah, Da vid  struck 
 down twenty-two thou sand Ar a me an  men. 6  Then  he  placed gar ri sons  in  Aram  of Da-
mas cus,  and  the Ar a me ans be came Da vid’s 
sub jects  and  brought trib ute. The  L ord  made 
Da vid vic to ri ous wher ev er  he  went. 7 Da vid  took  the  gold  shields  of Had ad e zer’s 
off  i cers  and  brought  them  to Je ru sa lem. 8  King 
Da vid  also  took  huge quan ti ties  of  bronze  from 
Be tah i  and Be ro thai, Had ad e zer’s cit ies. 9  When  King  Toi  of Ha math  heard  that Da vid 
 had de feat ed  the en tire  army  of Had ad e zer, 10  he 
 sent  his  son Jo ram  to  King Da vid  to  greet  him 
 and  to con grat u late  him be cause Da vid  had 
 fought  against Had ad e zer  and de feat ed  him, 
 for  Toi  and Had ad e zer  had  fought  many  wars. Jo ram  had items  of sil ver,  gold,  and  bronze 
 with  him. 11  King Da vid  also ded i cat ed  these 
 to  the  L ord,  along  with  the sil ver  and  gold  he 
 had ded i cat ed  from  all  the na tions  he  had sub-
dued — 12  from  Edom, j  Moab,  the Am mon ites, 
 the Phi lis tines,  the Am a lek ites,  and  the  spoil 
 of Had ad e zer  son  of Re hob,  king  of Zo bah. 13 Da vid  made  a rep u ta tion  for him self  when 
 he re turned  from strik ing  down eigh teen thou-
sand Edom ites k  in  Salt V al ley .


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l 14  He  placed gar-
ri sons through out  Edom,  and  all  the Edom ites 
 were sub ject  to Da vid. The  L ord  made Da vid 
vic to ri ous wher ev er  he  went.


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15  So Da vid  reigned  over  all Is ra el, ad min-
is ter ing jus tice  and righ teous ness  for  all  his 
peo ple. 16 Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army;
  Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was 
court historian;
 17 Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech 
son of Abiathar were priests;
  Seraiah was court secretary;
a 7:19 Lit Yet this   b 7:19 Or custom, or instruction   c 7:23 Some Hb mss, Tg, Vg, Syr; other Hb mss read you   d 7:23 LXX; MT reads 
acts for your land   e 8:1 Or took control of the mother city ; Hb obscure   f 8:1 LXX reads them, and David took tribute out of 
the hand of the Philistines   g 8:4 LXX, DSS read 1,000 chariots and 7,000 horsemen   h 8:4 Or chariot horses   i 8:8 Some LXX 
mss, Syr read Tebah   j 8:12 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr; other Hb mss read Aram ; 1Ch 18:11   k 8:13 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr; other Hb 
mss read Arameans ; 1Ch 18:12   l 8:13 = the Dead Sea region
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 18 Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over the 
Cherethites and the Pelethites;
  and David’s sons were chief officials. a
DAVID’S KINDNESS TO MEPHIBOSHETH
9 
Da vid  asked, “ Is  there any one re main ing 
 from  the fam i ly  of  Saul  I  can  show kind ness 
 to  for Jon a than’s  sake? ” 2  There  was  a ser vant 
 of  Saul’s fam i ly  named  Ziba.


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They sum moned 
 him  to Da vid,  and  the  king  said  to  him, “ Are 
 you  Ziba? ”
“ I  am  your ser vant,”  he re plied. 3  So  the  king  asked, “ Is  there any one  left 
 of  Saul’s fam i ly  that  I  can  show  the kind ness 
 of  God  to? ”
 Ziba  said  to  the  king, “ There  is  still Jon a than’s 
 son  who  was in jured  in  both  feet.”
4  The  king  asked  him, “ Where  is  he? ”
 Ziba an swered  the  king, “ You’ll  find  him  in 
Lo-debar  at  the  house  of Ma chir  son  of Am mi-
el.” 5  So  King Da vid  had  him  brought  from  the 
 house  of Ma chir  son  of Am mi el  in Lo-debar. 6 Me phib o sheth  son  of Jon a than  son  of  Saul 
 came  to Da vid,  fell face down,  and  paid hom-
age. Da vid  said, “Me phib o sheth!


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”
“ I  am  your ser vant, ”  he re plied. 7 “ Don’t  be  afraid,” Da vid  said  to  him, “ since 
 I in tend  to  show  you kind ness  for  the  sake  of 
 your fa ther Jon a than. I  will re store  to  you  all 
 your grand fa ther  Saul’s  fields,  and  you  will 
al ways  eat  meals  at  my ta ble.”
8 Me phib o sheth  paid hom age  and  said, 
“ What  is  your ser vant  that  you  take  an in ter-
est  in  a  dead  dog  like  me? ”
9  Then  the  king sum moned  Saul’s at ten dant 
 Ziba  and  said  to  him, “ I  have giv en  to  your mas-
ter’s grand son  all  that be longed  to  Saul  and 
 his fam i ly . 10  You,  your  sons,  and  your ser vants 
 are  to  work  the  ground  for  him,  and  you  are  to 
 bring  in  the  crops  so  your mas ter’s grand son 
 will  have  food  to  eat. But Me phib o sheth,  your 
mas ter’s grand son,  is al ways  to  eat  at  my ta ble.” 
 Now  Ziba  had fif teen  sons  and twen ty ser vants. 11  Ziba  said  to  the  king, “ Your ser vant  will 
 do  all  my  lord  the  king com mands.”
 So Me phib o sheth  ate  at Da vid’s b ta ble  just 
 like  one  of  the  king’s  sons. 12 Me phib o sheth 
 had  a  young  son  whose  name  was  Mica. All 
 those liv ing  in  Ziba’s  house  were Me phib o-
sheth’s ser vants. 13 How ev er, Me phib o sheth 
 lived  in Je ru sa lem be cause  he al ways  ate  at 
 the  king’s ta ble. His  feet  had  been in jured.


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WAR WITH THE AMMONITES
10 
 Some  time lat er,  the  king  of  the Am mon-
ites  died,  and  his  son Ha nun be came 
 king  in  his  place. 2  Then Da vid  said, “ I’ll  show 
kind ness  to Ha nun  son  of Na hash,  just  as  his 
fa ther  showed kind ness  to  me.”
 So Da vid  sent  his em is sar ies  to con sole Ha-
nun con cern ing  his fa ther. How ev er,  when 
 they ar rived  in  the  land  of  the Am mon ites, 
3  the Am mon ite lead ers  said  to Ha nun  their 
 lord, “ Just be cause Da vid  has  sent  men  with 
condolences  for  you,  do  you real ly be lieve 
 he’s show ing re spect  for  your fa ther? In stead, 
 hasn’t Da vid  sent  his em is sar ies  in or der  to 
scout  out  the  city ,  spy  on  it,  and de mol ish  it?


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” 
4  So Ha nun  took Da vid’s em is sar ies,  shaved 
 off  half  their  beards,  cut  their  clothes  in  half 
 at  the  hips,  and  sent  them  away . 5  When  this  was re port ed  to Da vid,  he  sent 
some one  to  meet  them,  since  they  were deep-
ly hu mil i at ed. The  king  said, “ Stay  in Jer i cho 
un til  your  beards  grow  back;  then re turn.”
6  When  the Am mon ites re al ized  they  had 
be come re pul sive  to Da vid,  they  hired twen ty 
thou sand  foot sol diers  from  the Ar a me ans 
 of Beth-re hob  and Zo bah,  one thou sand  men 
 from  the  king  of Ma a cah,  and  twelve thou sand 
 men  from  Tob. 7 Da vid  heard  about  it  and  sent  Joab  and  all 
 the  elite  troops. 8  The Am mon ites  marched 
 out  and  lined  up  in bat tle for ma tion  at  the 
en trance  to  the  city  gate  while  the Ar a me-
ans  of Zo bah  and Re hob  and  the  men  of  Tob 
 and Ma a cah  were  in  the  field  by them selves. 9  When  Joab  saw  that  there  was  a bat tle  line 
 in  front  of  him  and an oth er be hind  him,  he 
 chose  some  of Is ra el’s fin est  young  men  and 
 lined  up  in for ma tion  to en gage  the Ar a me ans. 10  He  placed  the  rest  of  the forc es un der  the 
com mand  of  his broth er Abish ai. They  lined 
 up  in for ma tion  to en gage  the Am mon ites. 11 “ If  the Ar a me ans  are  too  strong  for  me,” 
 Joab  said, “ then  you  will  be  my  help. How ev-
er,  if  the Am mon ites  are  too  strong  for  you, 
 I’ll  come  to  help  you.


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Let’s  prove 
our selves  strong  for  our peo ple  and  for  the 
cit ies  of  our  God. May  the  L ord’ s  will  be  done.” c
13  Joab  and  his  troops ad vanced  to  fight 
 against  the Ar a me ans,  and  they  fled be fore 
 him. 14  When  the Am mon ites  saw  that  the Ar-
a me ans  had  fled,  they  too  fled be fore Abish ai 
 and en tered  the  city . So  Joab with drew  from 
a 8:18 LXX; MT reads were priests ; 1Ch 18:17   b 9:11 LXX; Syr reads the king’s ; Vg reads your ; MT reads my   c 10:12 Lit the Lord 
do what is good in his eyes
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 the at tack  against  the Am mon ites  and  went 
 to Je ru sa lem. 15  When  the Ar a me ans  saw  that  they  had 
 been de feat ed  by Is ra el,  they re grouped. 16 Had-
ad e zer  sent mes sen gers  to  bring  the Ar a me ans 
 who  were be yond  the Eu phra tes Riv er,  and  they 
 came  to He lam  with Sho bach, com mand er  of 
Had ad e zer’s  army , lead ing  them. 17  When  this  was re port ed  to Da vid,  he gath-
ered  all Is ra el,  crossed  the Jor dan,  and  went 
 to He lam. Then  the Ar a me ans  lined  up  to en-
gage Da vid  in bat tle  and  fought  against  him. 18  But  the Ar a me ans  fled be fore Is ra el,  and 
Da vid  killed sev en hun dred  of  their char i ot-
eers  and for ty thou sand  foot sol diers. a  He  also 
 struck  down Sho bach com mand er  of  their 
 army ,  who  died  there. 19  When  all  the  kings 
 who  were Had ad e zer’s sub jects  saw  that  they 
 had  been de feat ed  by Is ra el,  they  made  peace 
 with Is ra el  and be came  their sub jects. Af ter 
 this,  the Ar a me ans  were  afraid  to  ever  help 
 the Am mon ites  again. DAVID’S ADULTERY WITH BATHSHEBA
11 
 In  the  spring  when  kings  march  out  to 
 war, Da vid  sent  Joab  with  his off  i cers 
 and  all Is ra el. They de stroyed  the Am mon ites 
 and be sieged Rab bah,  but Da vid re mained  in 
Je ru sa lem.


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2  One eve ning Da vid  got  up  from  his  bed 
 and strolled  around  on  the  roof  of  the pal-
ace.


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From  the  roof  he  saw  a wom an bath ing  
—   a  very beau ti ful wom an. 3  So Da vid  sent 
some one  to in quire  about  her,  and  he  said, 
“ Isn’t  this Bath she ba, daugh ter  of Eli am  and 
 wife  of Uri ah  the Hethite? ” b
4 Da vid  sent mes sen gers  to  get  her,  and  when 
 she  came  to  him,  he  slept  with  her. Now  she 
 had  just  been pu ri fy ing her self  from  her un-
clean ness.


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Af ter ward,  she re turned  home. 5  The 
wom an con ceived  and  sent  word  to in form 
Da vid: “ I  am preg nant.”
6 Da vid  sent or ders  to  Joab: “ Send  me Uri-
ah  the Hethite.”  So  Joab  sent Uri ah  to Da vid. 7  When Uri ah  came  to  him, Da vid  asked  how 
 Joab  and  the  troops  were do ing  and  how  the 
 war  was go ing. 8  Then  he  said  to Uri ah, “ Go 
 down  to  your  house  and  wash  your  feet.”  So 
Uri ah  left  the pal ace,  and  a  gift  from  the  king 
fol lowed  him. 9  But Uri ah  slept  at  the  door  of 
 the pal ace  with  all  his mas ter’s ser vants;  he 
 did  not  go  down  to  his  house. 10  When  it  was re port ed  to Da vid, “Uri ah 
 didn’t  go  home,” Da vid ques tioned Uri ah, 
“ Haven’t  you  just  come  from  a jour ney? Why 
 didn’t  you  go  home? ”
11 Uri ah an swered Da vid, “ The  ark, Is ra el, 
 and Ju dah  are dwell ing  in  tents,  and  my mas-
ter  Joab  and  his sol diers c  are camp ing  in  the 
 open  field. How  can  I en ter  my  house  to  eat 
 and  drink  and  sleep  with  my  wife? As sure ly 
 as  you  live  and  by  your  life,  I  will  not  do  this! ”
12 “ Stay  here to day  also,” Da vid  said  to Uri ah, 
“ and to mor row  I  will  send  you  back.”  So Uri-
ah  stayed  in Je ru sa lem  that  day  and  the  next. 13  Then Da vid in vit ed Uri ah  to  eat  and  drink 
 with  him,  and Da vid  got  him  drunk. He  went 
 out  in  the eve ning  to  lie  down  on  his  cot  with 
 his mas ter’s ser vants,  but  he  did  not  go  home. URIAH’S DEATH ARRANGED
14  The  next morn ing Da vid  wrote  a let ter  to  Joab 
 and  sent  it  with Uri ah. 15  In  the let ter  he  wrote:
Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest fight -
ing, then withdraw from him so that he is 
struck down and dies. 16  When  Joab  was be sieg ing  the  city ,  he  put 
Uri ah  in  the  place  where  he  knew  the  best 
en e my sol diers  were. 17  Then  the  men  of  the 
 city  came  out  and at tacked  Joab,  and  some  of 
 the  men  from Da vid’s sol diers  fell  in bat tle; 
Uri ah  the Hethite  also  died. 18  Joab  sent some one  to re port  to Da vid  all 
 the de tails  of  the bat tle. 19  He com mand ed  the 
mes sen ger, “ When  you’ve fin ished tell ing  the 
 king  all  the de tails  of  the bat tle — 20  if  the  king’s 
an ger  gets  stirred  up  and  he  asks  you, ‘ Why 
 did  you  get  so  close  to  the  city  to  fight? Didn’t 
 you re al ize  they  would  shoot  from  the  top  of 
 the  wall?


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21  At The bez,  who  struck Abim e lech 
 son  of Jer ub be sheth? d,e  Didn’t  a wom an  drop 
 an up per mill stone  on  him  from  the  top  of 
 the  wall  so  that  he  died?


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Why  did  you  get  so 
 close  to  the  wall? ’  —   then  say , ‘ Your ser vant 
Uri ah  the Hethite  is  dead  also.’ ” 22  Then  the 
mes sen ger  left. When  he ar rived,  he re port ed  to Da vid  all 
 that  Joab  had  sent  him  to  tell.


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23  The mes sen-
ger re port ed  to Da vid, “ The  men  gained  the 
ad van tage  over  us  and  came  out  against  us 
 in  the  field,  but  we counterattacked  right  up 
 to  the en trance  of  the  city  gate. 24 How ev er, 
 the ar chers  shot  down  on  your ser vants  from 
 the  top  of  the  wall,  and  some  of  the  king’s 
a 10:18 Some LXX mss; MT reads horsemen ; 1Ch 19:18   b 11:3 DSS add Joab’s armor-bearer   c 11:11 Lit servants   d 11:21 LXX reads 
Jerubbaal   e 11:21 = Gideon
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ser vants  died. Your ser vant Uri ah  the Hethite 
 is  also  dead.”
25 Da vid  told  the mes sen ger, “ Say  this  to  Joab: 
‘ Don’t  let  this mat ter up set  you be cause  the 
 sword de vours  all  alike. Intensify  your  fight 
 against  the  city  and de mol ish  it.’ En cour age 
 him.”
26  When Uri ah’s  wife  heard  that  her hus-
band Uri ah  had  died,  she  mourned  for  him. a 
27  When  the  time  of mourn ing end ed, Da vid 
 had  her  brought  to  his  house.


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She be came  his 
 wife  and  bore  him  a  son. How ev er,  the  L ord 
con sid ered  what Da vid  had  done  to  be  evil. NATHAN’S PARABLE AND DAVID’S REPENTANCE
12 
 So  the  L ord  sent Na than  to Da vid. When 
 he ar rived,  he  said  to  him:
There were two men in a certain city , one 
rich and the other poor.


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2 The rich man had 
very large flocks and herds, 3 but the poor 
man had nothing except one small ewe 
lamb that he had bought. He raised her, 
and she grew up with him and with his 
children.


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From his meager food she would 
eat, from his cup she would drink, and in 
his arms she would sleep. She was like a 
daughter to him. 4 Now a traveler came to 
the rich man, but the rich man could not 
bring himself to take one of his own sheep 
or cattle to prepare for the traveler who 
had come to him. Instead, he took the poor 
man’s lamb and prepared it for his guest. b
5 Da vid  was in fu ri at ed  with  the  man  and 
 said  to Na than: “ As  the  L ord  lives,  the  man 
 who  did  this de serves  to  die! 6 Be cause  he  has 
 done  this  thing  and  shown  no  pity ,  he  must 
 pay  four  lambs  for  that  lamb.”
7 Na than re plied  to Da vid, “ You  are  the  man! This  is  what  the  L ord  God  of Is ra el  says: ‘ I 
anoint ed  you  king  over Is ra el,  and  I res cued 
 you  from  Saul. 8  I  gave  your mas ter’s  house  to 
 you  and  your mas ter’s  wives  into  your  arms, c 
 and  I  gave  you  the  house  of Is ra el  and Ju dah, 
 and  if  that  was  not  enough,  I  would  have giv en 
 you  even  more. 9  Why  then  have  you de spised 
 the  L ord’ s com mand  by do ing  what  I con sid er d 
 evil? You  struck  down Uri ah  the Hethite  with 
 the  sword  and  took  his  wife  as  your  own  wife  
—   you mur dered  him  with  the Am mon ite’s 
 sword. 10  Now there fore,  the  sword  will nev er 
 leave  your  house be cause  you de spised  me 
 and  took  the  wife  of Uri ah  the Hethite  to  be 
 your  own  wife.’
11 “ This  is  what  the  L ord  says, ‘ I  am go ing  to 
 bring di sas ter  on  you  from  your  own fam i ly:  I 
 will  take  your  wives  and  give  them  to an oth-
ere be fore  your  very  eyes,  and  he  will  sleep 
 with  them  in  broad day light. f 12  You act ed  in 
se cret,  but  I  will  do  this be fore  all Is ra el  and 
 in  broad day light.’ ” g
13 Da vid re spond ed  to Na than, “ I  have  sinned 
 against  the  L ord.”
 Then Na than re plied  to Da vid, “ And  the 
 L ord  has tak en  away  your  sin;  you  will  not 
 die. 14 How ev er, be cause  you treat ed h  the  L ord 
 with  such con tempt  in  this mat ter,  the  son  born 
 to  you  will  die.” 15  Then Na than  went  home. THE DEATH OF BATHSHEBA’S SON
 The  L ord  struck  the  baby  that Uri ah’s  wife 
 had  borne  to Da vid,  and  he be came death ly 
 ill. 16 Da vid plead ed  with  God  for  the  boy .


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He 
fast ed,  went  home,  and  spent  the  night ly ing 
 on  the  ground. 17  The el ders  of  his  house  stood 
be side  him  to  get  him  up  from  the  ground,  but 
 he  was un will ing  and  would  not  eat any thing 
 with  them. 18  On  the sev enth  day  the  baby  died. But Da-
vid’s ser vants  were  afraid  to  tell  him  the  baby 
 was  dead. They  said, “ Look,  while  the  baby 
 was  alive,  we  spoke  to  him,  and  he  wouldn’t 
lis ten  to  us. So  how  can  we  tell  him  the  baby 
 is  dead? He  may  do some thing des per ate.”
19  When Da vid  saw  that  his ser vants  were 
whis per ing  to  each oth er,  he guessed  that  the 
 baby  was  dead. So  he  asked  his ser vants, “ Is 
 the  baby  dead? ”
“ He  is  dead,”  they re plied. 20  Then Da vid  got  up  from  the  ground. He 
 washed, anoint ed him self,  changed  his  clothes, 
 went  to  the  L ord’ s  house,  and wor shiped. Then 
 he  went  home  and re quest ed some thing  to  eat.


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So  they  served  him  food,  and  he  ate. 21  His ser vants  asked  him, “ Why  have  you 
 done  this? While  the  baby  was  alive,  you fast-
ed  and  wept,  but  when  he  died,  you  got  up 
 and  ate  food.”
22  He an swered, “ While  the  baby  was  alive, 
 I fast ed  and  wept be cause  I  thought, ‘ Who 
 knows? The  L ord  may  be gra cious  to  me  and 
 let  him  live.’ 23  But  now  that  he  is  dead,  why 
 should  I  fast?


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Can  I  bring  him  back  again? I’ll 
 go  to  him,  but  he  will nev er re turn  to  me.”
a 11:26 Lit her husband   b 12:4 Lit for the man who had come to him   c 12:8 Lit bosom   d 12:9 Alt Hb tradition reads what 
he considers   e 12:11 Or to your neighbor   f 12:11 Lit in the eyes of this sun   g 12:12 Lit and before the sun   h 12:14 Alt Hb 
tradition, one LXX ms; MT reads treated the enemies of ; DSS read treated the word of
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THE BIRTH OF SOLOMON
24  Then Da vid com fort ed  his  wife Bath she ba;  he 
 went  to  her  and  slept  with  her. She  gave  birth 
 to  a  son  and  named a  him Sol o mon. b  The  L ord 
 loved  him, 25  and  he  sent  a mes sage  through 
 the proph et Na than,  who  named c  him Jed i-
di ah, d be cause  of  the  L ord. CAPTURE OF THE CITY OF RABBAH
26  Joab  fought  against Rab bah  of  the Am mon-
ites  and cap tured  the roy al for tress. 27  Then 
 Joab  sent mes sen gers  to Da vid  to  say , “ I  have 
 fought  against Rab bah  and  have  also cap tured 
 its wa ter sup ply . 28  Now there fore, as sem ble 
 the  rest  of  the  troops,  lay  siege  to  the  city ,  and 
cap ture  it. Oth er wise  I  will  be  the  one  to cap-
ture  the  city ,  and  it  will  be  named af ter  me.” 
29  So Da vid as sem bled  all  the  troops  and  went 
 to Rab bah;  he  fought  against  it  and cap tured 
 it. 30  He  took  the  crown  from  the  head  of  their 
 king, e  and  it  was  placed  on Da vid’s  head. The 
 crown  weighed seventy-five  pounds f  of  gold, 
 and  it  had  a pre cious  stone  in  it. In ad di tion, 
Da vid  took  away  a  large quan ti ty  of plun der 
 from  the  city .


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31  He re moved  the peo ple  who 
 were  in  the  city  and  put  them  to  work  with 
 saws,  iron  picks,  and  iron  axes,  and  to la bor 
 at brick mak ing. He  did  the  same  to  all  the 
Am mon ite cit ies.


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Then  he  and  all  his  troops 
re turned  to Je ru sa lem. AMNON RAPES TAMAR
13 
 Some  time  passed. Da vid’s  son Ab sa lom 
 had  a beau ti ful sis ter  named Ta mar, 
 and Da vid’s  son Am non  was infatuated  with 
 her. 2 Am non  was frus trat ed  to  the  point  of 
mak ing him self  sick  over  his sis ter Ta mar 
be cause  she  was  a vir gin,  but  it  seemed im-
pos si ble  to  do any thing  to  her. 3 Am non  had 
 a  friend  named Jon a dab,  a  son  of Da vid’s 
broth er Shim e ah. Jon a dab  was  a  very  shrewd 
 man, 4  and  he  asked Am non, “ Why  are  you, 
 the  king’s  son,  so mis er a ble ev ery morn ing? Won’t  you  tell  me? ”
Am non re plied, “ I’m  in  love  with Ta mar,  my 
broth er Ab sa lom’s sis ter.”
5 Jon a dab  said  to  him, “ Lie  down  on  your 
 bed  and pre tend  you’re  sick. When  your fa ther 
 comes  to  see  you,  say  to  him, ‘ Please  let  my 
sis ter Ta mar  come  and  give  me some thing  to 
 eat. Let  her pre pare  a  meal  in  my pres ence  so 
 I  can  watch  and  eat  from  her  hand.’ ”
6  So Am non  lay  down  and pre tend ed  to  be 
 sick. When  the  king  came  to  see  him, Am non 
 said  to  him, “ Please  let  my sis ter Ta mar  come 
 and  make  a couple  of  cakes  in  my pres ence 
 so  I  can  eat  from  her  hand.”
7 Da vid  sent  word  to Ta mar  at  the pal ace: 
“ Please  go  to  your broth er Am non’s  house 
 and pre pare  a  meal  for  him.”
8  Then Ta mar  went  to  his  house  while Am-
non  was ly ing  down. She  took  dough, knead ed 
 it,  made  cakes  in  his pres ence,  and  baked 
 them.


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9  She  brought  the  pan  and  set  it  down 
 in  front  of  him,  but  he re fused  to  eat. Am non 
 said, “Ev ery one  leave  me! ”  And ev ery one 
 left  him. 10 “ Bring  the  meal  to  the bed room,” 
Am non  told Ta mar, “ so  I  can  eat  from  your 
 hand.” Ta mar  took  the  cakes  she  had  made 
 and  went  to  her broth er Am non’s bed room. 11  When  she  brought  them  to  him  to  eat,  he 
 grabbed  her  and  said, g “ Come  sleep  with  me, 
 my sis ter! ”
12 “ Don’t,  my broth er!


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”  she  cried. “ Don’t dis-
grace  me,  for  such  a  thing  should nev er  be  done 
 in Is ra el. Don’t com mit  this outrage! 13  Where 
 could  I  ever  go  with  my hu mil i a tion? And  you  
—   you  would  be  like  one  of  the out ra geous 
 fools  in Is ra el! Please,  speak  to  the  king,  for 
 he  won’t  keep  me  from  you.” 14  But  he re fused 
 to lis ten  to  her,  and be cause  he  was stron ger 
 than  she  was,  he dis graced  her  by raping  her. 15  So Am non hat ed Ta mar  with  such intensity 
 that  the ha tred  he hat ed  her  with  was great er 
 than  the  love  he  had  loved  her  with.


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”  he  said. 16 “ No,”  she  cried, h “send ing  me  away  is  much 
 worse  than  the  great  wrong  you’ve al ready 
 done  to  me! ”
 But  he re fused  to lis ten  to  her. 17 In stead, 
 he  called  to  the ser vant  who wait ed  on  him: 
“ Get  this  away  from  me,  throw  her  out,  and 
 bolt  the  door be hind  her! ” 18 Am non’s ser vant 
 threw  her  out  and bolt ed  the  door be hind  her. Now Ta mar  was wear ing  a long-sleeved i gar-
ment, be cause  this  is  what  the  king’s vir gin 
daugh ters  wore. 19 Ta mar  put ash es  on  her 
 head  and  tore  the long-sleeved gar ment  she 
 was wear ing. She  put  her  hand  on  her  head 
 and  went  away cry ing  out. 20  Her broth er Ab sa lom  said  to  her: “ Has 
 your broth er Am non  been  with  you? Be qui et 
 for  now ,  my sis ter.


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He  is  your broth er. Don’t 
 take  this  thing  to  heart.”  So Ta mar  lived  as  a 
a 12:24 Alt Hb tradition reads he named   b 12:24 In Hb, the name Solomon sounds like “peace.”   c 12:25 Or prophet to name   
d 12:25 = Beloved of the Lord   e 12:30 LXX reads of Milcom ; some emend to Molech ; 1Kg 11:5,33   f 12:30 Lit a talent   g 13:11 Lit 
said to her   h 13:16 Lit she said to him   i 13:18 Or an ornamented ; Gn 37:3
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des o late wom an  in  the  house  of  her broth er 
Ab sa lom. ABSALOM MURDERS AMNON
21  When  King Da vid  heard  about  all  these 
 things,  he  was fu ri ous. a 22 Ab sa lom  didn’t 
 say any thing  to Am non, ei ther  good  or  bad, 
be cause  he hat ed Am non  since  he dis graced 
 his sis ter Ta mar. 23  Two  years lat er, Ab sa lom’s sheep shear ers 
 were  at Baal-ha zor  near Ephra im,  and Ab sa lom 
in vit ed  all  the  king’s  sons. 24  Then  he  went  to 
 the  king  and  said, “ Your ser vant  has  just  hired 
sheep shear ers. Will  the  king  and  his ser vants 
 please  come  with  your ser vant? ”
25  The  king re plied  to Ab sa lom, “ No,  my  son, 
 we  should  not  all  go,  or  we  would  be  a bur-
den  to  you.” Al though Ab sa lom  urged  him,  he 
 wasn’t will ing  to  go,  though  he  did  bless  him. 26 “ If  not,” Ab sa lom  said, “ please  let  my broth-
er Am non  go  with  us.”
 The  king  asked  him, “ Why  should  he  go  with 
 you? ” 27  But Ab sa lom  urged  him,  so  he  sent 
Am non  and  all  the  king’s  sons. b
28  Now Ab sa lom com mand ed  his  young  men, 
“ Watch Am non un til  he  is  in  a  good  mood 
 from  the  wine. When  I or der  you  to  strike 
Am non,  then  kill  him.


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Be  strong 
 and val iant! ” 29  So Ab sa lom’s  young  men  did 
 to Am non  just  as Ab sa lom  had com mand ed. Then  all  the  rest  of  the  king’s  sons  got  up,  and 
 each  fled  on  his  mule. 30  While  they  were  on  the  way ,  a re port 
 reached Da vid: “ Ab sa lom  struck  down  all 
 the  king’s  sons;  not  even  one  of  them sur-
vived! ” 31  In re sponse  the  king  stood  up,  tore 
 his  clothes,  and  lay  down  on  the  ground,  and  all 
 his ser vants  stood  by  with  their  clothes  torn. 32  But Jon a dab,  son  of Da vid’s broth er Shim-
e ah,  spoke  up: “ My  lord  must  not  think  they 
 have  killed  all  the  young  men,  the  king’s  sons, 
be cause  only Am non  is  dead. In  fact, Ab sa lom 
 has  planned  this c  ever  since  the  day Am non 
dis graced  his sis ter Ta mar. 33  So  now ,  my  lord 
 the  king,  don’t  take seriously  the re port  that 
 says  all  the  king’s  sons  are  dead. Only Am non 
 is  dead.”
34 Mean while, Ab sa lom  had  fled. When  the 
 young  man  who  was stand ing  watch  looked 
 up,  there  were  many peo ple com ing  from  the 
 road  west  of  him  from  the  side  of  the moun-
tain. d 35 Jon a dab  said  to  the  king, “ Look,  the 
 king’s  sons  have  come! It’s ex act ly  like  your 
ser vant  said.” 36  Just  as  he fin ished speak ing, 
 the  king’s  sons en tered  and  wept loud ly . Then 
 the  king  and  all  his ser vants  also  wept  very 
bit ter ly . 37  But Ab sa lom  fled  and  went  to Tal mai 
 son  of Am mi hud,  king  of Ge shur. And Da vid 
 mourned  for  his  son e ev ery  day . 38 Af ter Ab sa lom  had  fled  to Ge shur  and  had 
 been  there  three  years, 39  King Da vid f  longed 
 to  go  to Ab sa lom,  for Da vid  had fin ished griev-
ing  over Am non’s  death. ABSALOM RESTORED TO DAVID
14 
 Joab  son  of Zer u i ah re al ized  that  the 
 king’s  mind  was  on Ab sa lom. 2  So  Joab 
 sent some one  to Te koa  to  bring  a  wise wom-
an  from  there. He  told  her, “Pre tend  to  be  in 
mourn ing:  dress  in mourn ing  clothes  and  don’t 
 put  on  any  oil. Act  like  a wom an  who  has  been 
mourn ing  for  the  dead  for  a  long  time. 3  Go  to 
 the  king  and  speak  these  words  to  him.”  Then 
 Joab  told  her ex act ly  what  to  say . g
4  When  the wom an  from Te koa  came h  to  the 
 king,  she  fell face down  to  the  ground,  paid 
hom age,  and  said, “ Help  me,  Your Maj es ty! ”
5 “ What’s  the mat ter?


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”  the  king  asked  her. “Sadly ,  I  am  a wid ow;  my hus band  died,”  she 
 said. 6 “ Your ser vant  had  two  sons.


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They  were 
fight ing  in  the  field  with  no  one  to sep a rate 
 them,  and  one  struck  the oth er  and  killed  him. 7  Now  the  whole  clan  has ris en  up  against  your 
ser vant  and  said, ‘ Hand  over  the  one  who  killed 
 his broth er  so  we  may  put  him  to  death  for 
 the  life  of  the broth er  he mur dered.


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We  will 
elim i nate  the  heir! ’  They  would ex tin guish 
 my  one re main ing ember  by  not preserving 
 my hus band’s  name  or pos ter i ty  on  earth.”
8  The  king  told  the wom an, “ Go  home. I  will 
is sue  a com mand  on  your be half.”
9  Then  the wom an  of Te koa  said  to  the  king, 
“ My  lord  the  king,  may  any  blame  be  on  me 
 and  my fa ther’s fam i ly ,  and  may  the  king  and 
 his  throne  be in no cent.”
10 “Who ev er  speaks  to  you,”  the  king  said, 
“ bring  him  to  me.


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He  will  not trou ble  you  again! ”
11  She re plied, “ Please,  may  the  king in voke 
 the  L ord  your  God,  so  that  the aveng er  of  blood 
a 13:21 LXX, DSS add but he did not grieve the spirit of Amnon his son, for he loved him because he was his firstborn ; 1Kg 1:6    
b 13:27 LXX adds And Absalom prepared a feast like a royal feast. c 13:32 Lit In fact, it was established on the mouth of 
Absalom   d 13:34 LXX adds And the watchman came and reported to the king saying, “I see men on the Horonaim road on 
the side of the mountain.”   e 13:37 Probably Amnon   f 13:39 DSS, LXX, Tg read David’s spirit   g 14:3 Lit Joab put the words into 
her mouth   h 14:4 Some Hb mss, LXX, Syr , Tg, Vg; other Hb mss read spoke
 273 2 SAMUEL 13-14
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 will  not in crease  the  loss,  and  they  will  not 
elim i nate  my  son! ”
“ As  the  L ord  lives,”  he  vowed, “ not  a  hair  of 
 your  son  will  fall  to  the  ground.”
12  Then  the wom an  said, “ Please,  may  your 
ser vant  speak  a  word  to  my  lord  the  king? ”
“ Speak,”  he re plied.


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13  The wom an  asked, “ Why  have  you de-
vised some thing sim i lar  against  the peo ple 
 of  God? When  the  king  spoke  as  he  did  about 
 this mat ter,  he  has pro nounced  his  own  guilt.


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The  king  has  not  brought  back  his  own ban-
ished  one. 14  We  will cer tain ly  die  and  be  like 
wa ter  poured  out  on  the  ground,  which  can’t 
 be re cov ered. But  God  would  not  take  away 
 a  life;  he  would de vise  plans  so  that  the  one 
ban ished  from  him  does  not re main ban ished. 15 “ Now there fore,  I’ve  come  to pre sent  this 
mat ter  to  my  lord  the  king be cause  the peo ple 
 have  made  me  afraid. Your ser vant  thought:  I 
 must  speak  to  the  king.


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Per haps  the  king  will 
 grant  his ser vant’s re quest. 16  The  king  will 
sure ly lis ten  in or der  to  keep  his ser vant  from 
 the  grasp  of  this  man  who  would elim i nate 
 both  me  and  my  son  from  God’s in her i tance. 17  Your ser vant  thought:  May  the  word  of  my 
 lord  the  king  bring re lief,  for  my  lord  the  king 
 is  able  to dis cern  the  good  and  the  bad  like 
 the an gel  of  God. May  the  L ord  your  God  be 
 with  you.”
18  Then  the  king an swered  the wom an, “ I’m 
go ing  to  ask  you some thing;  don’t con ceal  it 
 from  me! ”
“ Let  my  lord  the  king  speak,”  the wom an 
re plied. 19  The  king  asked, “ Did  Joab  put  you  up  to a 
 all  this? ”
 The wom an an swered. “ As  you  live,  my  lord 
 the  king,  no  one  can  turn  to  the  right  or  left 
 from  all  my  lord  the  king  says. Yes,  your ser-
vant  Joab  is  the  one  who  gave or ders  to  me;  he 
 told  your ser vant ex act ly  what  to  say . b 20  Joab 
 your ser vant  has  done  this  to ad dress  the is sue 
indirectly , c  but  my  lord  has wis dom  like  the 
wis dom  of  the an gel  of  God, know ing ev ery-
thing  on  earth.”
21  Then  the  king  said  to  Joab, “ I here by  grant 
 this re quest. Go,  bring  back  the  young  man 
Ab sa lom.”
22  Joab  fell  with  his  face  to  the  ground  in 
hom age  and  blessed  the  king. “To day ,”  Joab 
 said, “ your ser vant  knows  I  have  found fa vor 
 with  you,  my  lord  the  king, be cause  the  king 
 has grant ed  the re quest  of  your ser vant.”
23  So  Joab  got  up,  went  to Ge shur,  and  brought 
Ab sa lom  to Je ru sa lem. 24 How ev er,  the  king 
add ed, “ He  may re turn  to  his  house,  but  he  may 
 not  see  my  face.”  So Ab sa lom re turned  to  his 
 house,  but  he  did  not  see  the  king.


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From  the  sole  of 
 his  foot  to  the  top  of  his  head,  he  did  not  have 
 a sin gle  flaw . 26  When  he  shaved  his  head  —   he 
 shaved  it  at  the  end  of ev ery  year be cause  his 
 hair  got  so  heavy  for  him  that  he  had  to  shave 
 it  off  —   he  would  weigh  the  hair  from  his  head 
 and  it  would  be  five  pounds e ac cord ing  to  the 
roy al stan dard. 27  Three  sons  were  born  to Ab sa lom,  and  a 
daugh ter  named Ta mar,  who  was  a beau ti ful 
wom an.


