1 Samuel 18 Cross References - Leeser

¹ And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit on the soul of David; and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. ² And Saul took him on that day, and would not permit him to go home to his father’s house. ³ Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because of his loving him as his own soul. ⁴ And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that he had upon him, and gave it to David, and likewise his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle. ⁵ And David went out; whithersoever Saul used to send him, he was successful; and Saul set him over the men of war; and he was accepted in the eyes of all the people, and also in the eyes of the servants of Saul. ⁶ And it came to pass as they came home, when David returned from smiting the Philistines, that the women came forth out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with triangles. ⁷ And the women that played answered one another, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. ⁸ And Saul was very wroth, and this saying was displeasing in his eyes; and he said, They have given unto David ten thousands, and to me they have given the thousands: and all that he lacketh now yet is only the kingdom. ⁹ And Saul looked jealous on David from that day and forward. ¹⁰ And it came to pass on the morrow, that an evil spirit from God came suddenly over Saul, and he spoke foolish things in the midst of the house: while David was playing with his hand, as on previous days; and the spear was in the hand of Saul. ¹¹ And Saul cast the spear; and he thought, I will strike David through even on the wall. And David turned aside out of his presence twice. ¹² And Saul was afraid of David; because the Lord was with him, and from Saul he was departed. ¹³ Therefore Saul removed him from himself, and made him his captain over a thousand: and he went out and came in before the people. ¹⁴ And David was successful on all his ways; and the Lord was with him. ¹⁵ And when Saul saw that he was very successful, he was in dread of him. ¹⁶ But all Israel and Judah loved David; because he went out and came in before them. ¹⁷ And Saul said to David, Behold, here is my eldest daughter Merab, her will I give to thee for wife: only be thou unto me a man of valor, and fight the Lord’s battles. And Saul thought, Let not my hand be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him. ¹⁸ And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be a son-in-law to the king? ¹⁹ But it happened at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto ‘Adriel the Mecholathite for wife. ²⁰ And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told it to Saul, and the thing was right in his eyes. ²¹ And Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may become unto him a snare, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Through the second shalt thou this day become my son-in-law. ²² And Saul commanded his servants, Speak to David secretly, saying, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee; and now thou must become the king’s son-in-law. ²³ And the servants of Saul spoke in the ears of David these words. And David said, Doth it seem so light in your eyes to become the king’s son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and of light esteem? ²⁴ And the servants of Saul told him, saying, Words such as these David hath spoken. ²⁵ And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged on the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to cause David to fall by the hand of the Philistines. ²⁶ And when his servants told David these words, the thing was pleasing in the eyes of David to become the king’s son-in-law: and the days were not complete, ²⁷ When David arose and went, he and his men, and smote of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they counted them out in full to the king, that he might become the king’s son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter for wife. ²⁸ And Saul saw and understood that the Lord was with David: and Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him. ²⁹ And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul was David’s enemy all the time. ³⁰ And the princes of the Philistines went forth; and it came to pass, whenever they went forth, that David was more successful than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was highly prized.

³⁰ And now, when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life;

^{6 (13:7)} If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, who is dear to thee as thy own soul, should entice thee, in secret, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou dost not know, either thou, or thy fathers;

¹¹ So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, associated together as one man.

¹ Now it happened one day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bore his armor, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines’ outpost, that is on the other side yonder. But unto his father he told nothing. ² And Saul tarried in the lower part of Gib’ah under the pomegranate tree which is by Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men. ³ And Achiyah, the son of Achitub, the brother of I-chabod, the son of Phinehas, the son of ‘Eli, the priest of the Lord in Shiloh, wore the ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone. ⁴ And between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the outpost of the Philistines, there was a sharp point of rock on the one side, and a sharp point of rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. ⁵ The one point rose up abruptly northward opposite Michmash, and the other southward opposite Geba’. ⁶ And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armor, Come, and let us go over unto the outpost of these uncircumcised: it may be that the Lord will work for us; for there is no restraint to the Lord to save by means of many or by means of few. ⁷ And his armor-bearer said unto him, Do all that is in thy heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart. ⁸ Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will show ourselves unto them. ⁹ If they say thus unto us, Stand still until we come to you: then will we remain standing in our places, and will not go up unto them. ¹⁰ But if they say thus, Come up unto us: then will we go up; for the Lord hath delivered them into our hand; and this shall be unto us the sign. ¹¹ And when both of them showed themselves unto the outpost of the Philistines, the Philistines said, Behold, Hebrews are coming forth out of the holes wherein they have hidden themselves. ¹² And the men of the outpost addressed Jonathan and his armor-bearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will let you know something. Then said Jonathan unto his armor-bearer, Come up after me; for the Lord hath given them up into the hand of Israel. ¹³ And Jonathan then ascended upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armor-bearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan, and his armor-bearer was killing after him. ¹⁴ And that first defeat, which Jonathan and his armor-bearer caused, was about twenty men, within about the half of a field, which a yoke of oxen might plough.

⁴⁵ And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? This shall not be: as the Lord liveth, there shall not fall one hair of his head to the ground; for with God hath he wrought this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, and he died not.

³ Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because of his loving him as his own soul.

² And Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee; now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself in the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:

¹⁷ And Jonathan caused David to swear again, by his love for him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

²⁶ I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan; very dear hast thou been unto me: wonderful was thy love for me, passing the love of women.

¹⁷ And David went out to meet them, and commenced and said unto them. If ye be come for peace unto me, to help me, my heart shall be inclined toward you to unite with you; but if it be to betray me to my adversaries while there is no violence in my hands, then may the God of our fathers look on and decide it.

¹¹ Teach me, O Lord, thy way; I will walk firmly in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.

²⁴ A man’s many companions are hurtful to him; but there is many a friend that cleaveth closer than a brother.

²¹ And David came to Saul, and stood before him; and he loved him greatly, and he became his armor-bearer. ²² And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favor in my eyes. ²³ And it came to pass, when the spirit of God was upon Saul, that David took the harp, and played with his hand; so Saul became relieved, and he felt well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

¹⁵ But David kept going and returning from Saul to feed his father’s flocks at Beth-lechem.

⁸ And do thou deal kindly with thy servant; for into a covenant of the Lord hast thou brought thy servant with thee; but if there be in me any iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldst thou bring me to thy father? ⁹ And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee; for if I should know for certain that evil were determined on by my father to come upon thee, would I not tell it thee? ¹⁰ Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell it me? or what, if thy father answer thee roughly? ¹¹ And Jonathan said unto David, Come, let us go out into the field. And they went out, both of them, into the field. ¹² And Jonathan said unto David, May the God of Israel punish me if, when I have sounded my father about this time tomorrow, or of the third day, and, behold, if he be good toward David, I do not then send unto thee, and inform thee of it. ¹³ May the Lord do so to Jonathan and continue so yet farther, that, if it please my father to do thee evil, I will inform thee of it, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace; and may the Lord be with thee, as he hath been with my father. ¹⁴ And wilt thou not, should I be yet alive, show me the kindness of the Lord, that I may not die? ¹⁵ But, surely, thou wilt not withdraw thy kindness from my house for ever, not even when the Lord cutteth off the enemies of David, every one, from off the face of the earth. ¹⁶ So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, May the Lord require it at the hand of David’s enemies. ¹⁷ And Jonathan caused David to swear again, by his love for him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.

⁴² And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace: what we have sworn, both of us, in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord shall be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever, shall be kept. ^(21:1) And he arose and departed; and Jonathan went into the city.

¹⁸ And they made, both of them, a covenant before the Lord: and David remained in the forest; but Jonathan went to his house.

¹ And David said, Is there yet any one that is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for the sake of Jonathan? ² And the house of Saul had a servant whose name was Ziba; and they called him unto David; and the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And be said, Thy servant is it. ³ And the king said, Is there no one left any more of the house of Saul, that I may show him the kindness of God! And Ziba said unto the king, There is yet a son of Jonathan, lame on both feet.

⁷ But the king had pity on Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the Lord’s oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

⁴² And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a golden chain about his neck;

⁸ Let them bring a royal apparel which the king hath worn, and a horse on which the king hath ridden, and let there be placed a royal crown on his head. ⁹ And let the apparel and the horse be given into the hand of one of the king’s princes, of the most noble, that they may array the man whom the king desireth to honor, and let them cause him to ride on the horse through the streets of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall be done to the man whom the king desireth to honor.

¹⁰ I will be greatly glad in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, with the mantle of righteousness hath he enveloped me, as a bridegroom decketh himself with elegant attire, and as a bride adorneth herself with her bridal array.

² And the Lord was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was thus in the house of his master the Egyptian. ³ And when his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord caused all that he did to prosper in his hand:

²³ The superintendent of the prison looked not after the least that was under his hand, because the Lord was with him; and that which he did, the Lord made to prosper.

² Saul chose for himself three thousand men out of Israel; and there were with Saul two thousand in Michmash and on the mountain of Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gib’ah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent away every man to his tents.

⁵² And the war against the Philistines was violent all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto himself.

¹⁴ And David was successful on all his ways; and the Lord was with him. ¹⁵ And when Saul saw that he was very successful, he was in dread of him.

³⁰ And the princes of the Philistines went forth; and it came to pass, whenever they went forth, that David was more successful than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was highly prized.

³ And he shall be like a tree planted by rivulets of water, that yieldeth its fruit in its season, and the leaf of which doth not wither; and all that he may do shall prosper.

²⁰ Then took Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

³⁴ And Yiphthach came to Mizpah unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his sole child; he had beside her neither son nor daughter.

^{25 (68:26)} First come singers, then follow players on instruments, in the midst of maidens playing on timbrels.

^{11 (31:10)} For the Lord hath ransomed Jacob, and redeemed him out of the hand of one stronger than he. ^{12 (31:11)} And they shall come and sing on the height of Zion, and shall come together as a stream to the goodness of the Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flocks and of the herds, and their soul shall be as a well-watered garden; and they shall not farther experience grief any more. ^{13 (31:12)} Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and youth and old men together: and I will change their mourning into gladness, and I will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

²¹ And Miriam began her song to them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.

^{11 (21:12)} And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not of this man sing one to another in the dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

⁵ Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in the dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

⁷ Raise your heads, O ye gates; and be raised wide, ye everlasting doors: and let the King of glory enter! ⁸ Who is this King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle.

¹ And it came to pass that as the people complained in a manner displeasing in the ears of the Lord, the Lord heard it, and his anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burnt among them, and consumed at the uttermost part of the camp.

³⁴ And Bil’am said unto the angel of the Lord, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou wast standing against me in the way; but now, if it be evil in thy eyes, I will return home again.

¹⁴ But now thy government shall not endure: the Lord hath sought out for himself a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath ordained him to be chief over his people; because thou hast not kept what the Lord had commanded thee.

²⁸ And Samuel said unto him, The Lord hath rent the kingdom of Israel from off thee this day, and hath given it to thy associate, who is better than thou.

¹³ Then took Samuel the horn of oil, and anointed him from among his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came suddenly upon David from that day and forward. And Samuel then rose up, and went to Ramah.

³¹ For all the days that the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou wilt not have any permanence with thy kingdom: therefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.

²² And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adoniyah? rather ask for him the kingdom; for he is my elder brother;—even for him, and for Ebyathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruyah.

⁵ And when Haman saw that Mordecai bent not the knee, nor prostrated himself to him, Haman became full of fury.

¹⁰ Only through presumptuous conduct doth man produce contention; but with the well-advised is wisdom.

⁴ Fury hath its cruelty, and anger its overwhelming power; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

⁴ Again, I beheld all the toil, and all the energy in doing, that it is from the envy of one man of his neighbor. Also this is vanity and a torture of the spirit. ⁵ But unto Cain and to his offering he had no respect; and it was very displeasing to Cain, and his countenance fell. ⁶ And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

² And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.

¹⁴ And the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and there troubled him an evil spirit from the Lord. ¹⁵ And Saul’s servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee. ¹⁶ Let our Lord but say the word, and thy servants, now before thee, will seek out a man, who is skilful as a player on the harp; and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, that thou mayest be well.

²³ And it came to pass, when the spirit of God was upon Saul, that David took the harp, and played with his hand; so Saul became relieved, and he felt well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

⁹ And the evil spirit from the Lord came upon Saul, and he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand; and David was playing with his hand.

²³ And he went thither to Nayoth near Ramah: and there came upon him also the Spirit of God, and he went on, and prophesied as he went, until he came to Nayoth near Ramah. ²⁴ And he also stripped off his clothes, and he also prophesied himself before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore people are in the habit of saying, Is Saul too among the prophets?

¹⁹ And now, I pray thee, let my Lord the king hear the words of his servant! If the Lord have stirred thee up against me, then may he accept the savor of an offering; but if they be the children of men, then be they cursed before the Lord; because they have driven me out this day so that I cannot attach myself on the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve other gods.

²⁹ And it came to pass, when midday was past, that they practised their follies until near the time of the offering of the evening-sacrifice; but there was neither voice, nor any answer, nor any perceptible sound.

¹² And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gil’ad, and prosper; and the Lord will deliver it into the king’s hand.

²⁰ And the Lord said, Who will persuade Achab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gil’ad! And one said, In this manner, and another said, In that manner. ²¹ And there came forth a spirit, and placed himself before the Lord, and said, I will persuade him. And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith? ²² And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou wilt persuade him, and also prevail: go forth, and do so. ²³ And now, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets; but the Lord hath spoken evil concerning thee.

² Thus hath said the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon; ³ Within yet two years’ time will I cause to be brought back unto this place all the vessels of the house of the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon hath taken away from this place, and which he hath carried to Babylon: ⁴ And Jechonyah the son of Jehoyakim the king of Judah, and all the exiles of Judah that are gone to Babylon, will I cause to return to this place, saith the Lord; for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.

¹¹ And Chananyah said before the eyes of all the people, as followeth, Thus hath said the Lord, Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon within two years’ time from the neck of all the nations. And Jeremiah the prophet went his way.

² And it shall come to pass on that day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall not be remembered any more: and also the prophets and the unclean spirit will I remove out of the land. ³ And it shall come to pass, if any one should yet prophesy, that his father and his mother who have begotten him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for falsely hast thou spoken in the name of the Lord: and his father and his mother who have begotten him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth. ⁴ And it shall come to pass on that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one because of his vision, when he prophesieth; and they shall not clothe themselves with a hairy cloak in order to deceive. ⁵ But he will say, I am no prophet, a man that tilleth the ground am I; for some one hath taught me to keep cattle from my youth.

⁹ And the evil spirit from the Lord came upon Saul, and he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand; and David was playing with his hand. ¹⁰ And Saul sought to strike David through with the spear even to the wall; but he slipped away from before Saul, who struck the spear into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.

³³ And Saul cast his spear at him to smite him: and Jonathan understood that it was determined on by his father to put David to death.

³² The wicked looketh out for the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. ³³ The Lord will not leave him in his hand, and will not condemn him when he is judged.

¹⁷ No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that will rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their due reward from me, saith the Lord.

⁴ And Samuel did that which the Lord had spoken, and came to Beth-lechem. And the elders of the town came hastily to meet him, and said, Peace to thee at thy coming.

¹³ Then took Samuel the horn of oil, and anointed him from among his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came suddenly upon David from that day and forward. And Samuel then rose up, and went to Ramah. ¹⁴ And the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and there troubled him an evil spirit from the Lord.

¹⁸ Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lechemite, who is skilful as a player, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and intelligent in speech, and a person of a good form, and the Lord is with him.

¹⁵ And when Saul saw that he was very successful, he was in dread of him.

²⁰ And Michal Saul’s daughter loved David: and they told it to Saul, and the thing was right in his eyes.

²⁹ And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul was David’s enemy all the time.

¹³ And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou didst give him bread, and a sword, and hast asked counsel for him of God, that he should rise to lie in wait against me, as it is this day!

¹⁵ And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am greatly distressed, and the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and hath not answered me any more, either by the agency of the prophets, or by means of dreams; wherefore I have called thee, to make known unto me what I shall do.

^{3 (48:4)} God is become known in her palaces as a defence. ^{4 (48:5)} For, lo, the kings were assembled, they are passed away together. ^{5 (48:6)} They indeed saw—and so they were astonished; they were terrified, they were confounded. ^{6 (48:7)} Trembling seized on them there, pain, as on a woman in travail.

^{11 (51:13)} Cast me not away from thy presence; and thy holy spirit do not take from me.

^{5 (53:6)} There were they terrified with terror where there was no terror; for God had scattered the bones of those that encamped against thee: thou didst put them to shame, because God had rejected them.

¹² But though they were to bring up their children, yet would I bereave them, that there should be no man: yea, woe also to themselves, when I depart from them!

¹⁶ Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation, ¹⁷ Who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in; that the congregation of the Lord be not as a flock which have no shepherd.

¹² And to appoint for himself captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and to plough his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.

¹⁶ But all Israel and Judah loved David; because he went out and came in before them. ¹⁷ And Saul said to David, Behold, here is my eldest daughter Merab, her will I give to thee for wife: only be thou unto me a man of valor, and fight the Lord’s battles. And Saul thought, Let not my hand be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.

²⁵ And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged on the king’s enemies. But Saul thought to cause David to fall by the hand of the Philistines.

⁷ Then said Saul unto his servants that stood about him, Hear, I pray you, men of Benjamin! will the son of Jesse give, indeed, to every one of you fields and vineyards? will he appoint you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds?

² Already yesterday, and even before, when Saul was king over us, thou wast the one that led out and brought in Israel: And the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt indeed feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a chief over Israel.

⁸ The Lord will guard thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth and for evermore.

²⁷ And the Lord was with Joshua; and his fame was spread throughout all the country.

⁷ And it shall be, that, when these signs are come unto thee, then do thou what thy hand may be able to effect; for God is with thee.

⁵ Well will it be with the man who is kind, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with justice.

^{4 (6:5)} Then sought the presidents and lieutenants to find a pretext against Daniel on account of the management of the kingdom; but they were not able to find any pretext or fault, forasmuch as he was faithful, and no kind of error or fault was to be found on him. ^{5 (6:6)} Then said these men, We shall not find any pretext against this Daniel, except we find it against him in the law of his God.

¹⁷ Who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in; that the congregation of the Lord be not as a flock which have no shepherd.

⁵ And David went out; whithersoever Saul used to send him, he was successful; and Saul set him over the men of war; and he was accepted in the eyes of all the people, and also in the eyes of the servants of Saul.

⁷ And now, O Lord my God, thou hast made thy servant king in the place of David my father: and I am but a young lad; I know not how to go out or come in.

¹⁴ Therefore mention is made in the book of the wars of the Lord, of Vaheb in Supha, and of the brooks of Arnon,

²⁰ And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will arm yourselves before the Lord for the war;

²⁷ But thy servants will pass over, every one that is armed for the army, before the Lord, to the war, as my Lord speaketh.

²⁹ And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben do pass with you over the Jordan, every one that is armed for the war, before the Lord, and the land shall be subdued before you: then shall ye give to them the land of Gil’ad for a possession;

⁷ The hand of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and the hand of all the people at the last; and thou shalt put the evil away from the midst of thee.

²⁵ And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is coming forth? for to defy Israel is he coming forth; and it shall be, that the man who killeth him,—him will the king enrich with great riches, and his daughter will he give him, and his father’s house will he make free in Israel.

⁴⁷ And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saveth not through sword and spear; for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give you up into our hand.

²¹ And Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may become unto him a snare, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Through the second shalt thou this day become my son-in-law.

²⁸ Pardon, I pray thee, the trespass of thy hand-maid; for the Lord will certainly make for my lord an enduring house; because the battles of the Lord doth my lord fight, and evil will not be found in thee all thy days.

¹⁵ And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set Uriyah in front, opposite to the hottest fight, and then withdraw from behind him, that he may be smitten and die.

⁹ Wherefore hast thou despised the word of the Lord to do what is evil in his eyes? Uriyah the Hittite hast thou smitten with the sword, and his wife hast thou taken unto thee for wife; but him hast thou slain with the sword of the children of ‘Ammon.

^{2 (12:3)} Deceptively do they speak every one with his neighbor, with flattering lips, with a double heart do they speak.

^{21 (55:22)} The creamy words of his mouth are smooth, yet there is war in his heart; his words are softer than oil, yet are they drawn swords.

¹¹ And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?

¹⁰ Thereupon she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thy eyes, that thou shouldst take cognizance of me, seeing I am but a stranger?

²¹ And Saul answered and said, Am not I a son of Benjamin, of one of the smallest tribes of Israel? and is not my family the least of all the families of the tribes of Benjamin? wherefore then hast thou spoken to me such thing?

²³ And the servants of Saul spoke in the ears of David these words. And David said, Doth it seem so light in your eyes to become the king’s son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and of light esteem?

¹⁸ Then went king David in, and sat down before the Lord, and he said, Who am I, O Lord Eternal? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me as far as hitherward?

³³ The fear of the Lord is the correction for wisdom; and before honor there must come humility.

¹² Before downfall the heart of man becometh haughty, and before honor goeth humility.

⁶ And I said, Ah, Lord Eternal! behold, I know not how to speak; for I am but a lad.

²² And as the three hundred cornets sounded, the Lord set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the camp; and those in the camp fled as far as Beth-hashittah to Zererah, up to the border of Abelmecholah, near Tabbath.

²⁰ And Samson’s wife was given to his companion who had been given him as his associate.

⁸ And the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Ayah, whom she had born unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she had brought up for ‘Adriel the son of Barzillai the Mecholathite:

²⁸ And Saul saw and understood that the Lord was with David: and Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him.

⁷ And the servants of Pharaoh said unto him, How long shall this man be unto us for a snare? let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?

¹⁷ And Saul said to David, Behold, here is my eldest daughter Merab, her will I give to thee for wife: only be thou unto me a man of valor, and fight the Lord’s battles. And Saul thought, Let not my hand be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.

²⁶ And when his servants told David these words, the thing was pleasing in the eyes of David to become the king’s son-in-law: and the days were not complete,

¹¹ But Saul sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning; and Michal his wife told it to David, saying, If thou save not thy life this night, tomorrow thou wilt be put to death. ¹² And Michal let David down through the window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

^{14 (7:15)} Behold, he travaileth with wrong doing; but he hath conceived mischief, and bringeth forth falsehood. ^{15 (7:16)} He hath hollowed out a pit, and dug it, and is fallen into the ditch which he hath wrought. ^{16 (7:17)} His mischief will return upon his own head, and upon his own skull will his violence come down.

^{12 (38:13)} They also that seek after my life lay snares; and they that wish for my mishap speak wicked falsehoods; and deceits do they devise all the day long.

²⁴ With his lips dissembleth he that hateth, and within himself layeth he up deceit: ²⁵ Though he make his voice sound ever so graciously, believe him not; for there are seven abominations in his heart. ²⁶ If one’s hatred be covered by deception, then shall be laid bare his wickedness before a whole assembly.

⁵ A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his steps.

²⁶ For there are found among my people wicked men: they lie in wait, as he that layeth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

^{8 (9:7)} A murderous arrow is their tongue; every one speaketh deceit: with his mouth speaketh he peaceably to his neighbor, but in his heart he layeth wait for him.

²⁸ Now Abshalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye, I pray you, when Annon’s heart is merry with wine, and I say unto you, Smite Amnon: then kill him, fear not; behold, it is I who command it you; be firm and show yourselves men of valor. ²⁹ And the servants of Abshalom did unto Amnon as Abshalom had commanded. Then arose all the king’s sons, and they rode off, every man on his mule, and fled.

¹ To the chief musician, by the servant of the Lord, by David. ^(36:2) Saith vice itself to the wicked—so I feel it within my heart—that he should have no dread of God before his eyes. ^{2 (36:3)} For he flattereth himself in his own eyes too much to find out his iniquity to hate it. ^{3 (36:4)} The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, to do good.

¹² If a ruler listen to the word of falsehood, all his servants become wicked.

¹⁴¹ I am little and despised: yet thy precepts have I not forgotten.

²⁰ Even to his own neighbor is the poor man hateful; but the friends of the rich are many.

⁶ Many will entreat the favor of the liberal man; and every one is the friend to him that bestoweth gifts. ⁷ All the brothers of the poor hate him: how much more do his friends go far away from him! he pursueth their promises; but these are all that he hath.

¹⁵ But there was found in it a poor wise man, and he delivered the city by his wisdom; yet no man had thought of that same poor man. ¹⁶ Then said I, Wisdom is better than might: although the poor man’s wisdom is held in contempt, and his words are not heard.

¹¹ And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and this shall serve as the token of the covenant between me and you. ¹² And at eight days old shall every man-child in your generations be circumcised among you, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, who is not of thy seed. ¹³ He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised; and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. ¹⁴ And any uncircumcised male, who circumciseth not the flesh of his foreskin, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.

¹⁸ And Jacob loved Rachel; and he said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

¹² Ask of me ever so much dowry and gift, and I will give, just as ye may say unto me; but give me the maiden for wife.

^{16 (22:15)} And if a man seduce a virgin that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. ^{17 (22:16)} If her father refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

³ And Joshua made himself sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of ‘Araloth.

²⁴ And the men of Israel were hard urged that day; and Saul adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that will eat food until the evening, until I have been avenged on my enemies. And the whole people tasted thus no food.

²⁶ And David said to the men that stood by him, thus, What shall be done to the man that may smite yon Philistine, and take away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the arrays of the living God?

³⁶ Both the lion and the bear did thy servant smite: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall become as one of them; because he hath defied the arrays of the living God.

⁸ And Chushai said, Thou well knowest thy father and his men, that they are mighty men, and are of an embittered spirit, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is also a man of war, and will not lodge with the people. ⁹ Behold, he is now hidden in some one of the pits, or in some one of the other places: and it will come to pass, when some of them should fall at the first onset, that whosoever heareth it would say, There hath been slaughter among the people that follow Abshalom. ¹⁰ And he also that is most valiant, whose heart is as the heart of the lion, would become quite discouraged; for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they who are with him are valiant persons. ¹¹ But I counsel that all Israel be gathered together unto thee, from Dan even to Beer-sheba’, like the sand that is by the sea in multitude: while thou in thy own person goest into the fight.

¹⁹ And the Spirit of the Lord came suddenly over him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew of them thirty men, and he took their apparel, and gave the changes of garments unto the expounders of the riddle; but his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father’s house.

¹³ Therefore Saul removed him from himself, and made him his captain over a thousand: and he went out and came in before the people.

¹⁴ And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul, saying, Give up to me my wife Michal, whom I espoused to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.

²⁷ And Laban said unto him, If I could but find favor in thy eyes; I have learned by experience that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake:

⁸ And his brothers said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. ⁹ And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it to his brothers; and he said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars made obeisance to me. ¹⁰ And he told it to his father, and to his brothers; and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall we indeed come, I and thy mother, and thy brothers, to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth. ¹¹ And his brothers envied him; but his father noted the matter in his mind.

³ And when his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord caused all that he did to prosper in his hand:

²⁰ And now, behold, I know that thou wilt surely become king, and that the kingdom of Israel will stand firmly in thy hand.

²⁵ Then said Saul to David, Blessed be thou my son David: thou wilt both do great things, and wilt also surely prevail. And David went then on his way, and Saul returned to his place.

⁴ And Abel—he also brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fattest thereof; and the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering; ⁵ But unto Cain and to his offering he had no respect; and it was very displeasing to Cain, and his countenance fell. ⁶ And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? ⁷ If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door; and unto thee is its desire, but thou canst rule over it. ⁸ And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

¹² And Saul was afraid of David; because the Lord was with him, and from Saul he was departed.

¹² The wicked purposeth evil against the just, and gnasheth against him with his teeth. ¹³ The Lord will laugh at him; for he seeth that his day is coming. ¹⁴ The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cause the poor and needy to fall, and to slaughter such as are of an upright course of life.

³⁰ Therefore saith the Lord the God of Israel, I had indeed said, Thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever; but now, saith the Lord, Be it far from me; for those that honor me will I honor, and those that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

²¹ Then said Saul, I have sinned; return, my son David; for I will not do thee harm any more, for the cause that my life was precious in thy eyes this day: behold, I have acted foolishly, and have erred exceedingly much.

¹ And it came to pass, at the return of the same season of the year, at the time when kings go forth, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of ‘Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David remained behind at Jerusalem.

¹³ And he sent again a captain of fifty the third time with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and bent down on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and spoke unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life and the life of these fifty thy servants be precious in thy eyes.

¹⁵ Grievous in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his pious ones.

⁹⁹ Above all my teachers have I obtained intelligence; for thy testimonies are my meditation.

²⁰ And in every matter of wise understanding, which the king required of them, he found them ten times superior above all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his kingdom.