Exodus 17 Cross References - Thomson

¹ When all the congregation of the Israelites had removed from the wilderness of Sin according to their encampments by the command of the Lord and encamped at Raphidin and there was no water for the people to drink, ² and the people were reviling Moses and saying, Give us water that we may drink, Moses said to them, Why do you revile me? And why do you tempt the Lord? ³ Now when the people had thirsted there for water and murmured against Moses saying, How is this? Hast thou brought us up out of Egypt to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? ⁴ Moses cried to the Lord and said, What shall I do for this people? They are almost ready to stone me. ⁵ Upon which the Lord said to Moses, Go on at the head of the people, and take thee some of the elders of the people, and take in thy hand the staff with which thou didst smite the river. ⁶ And thou shalt go to the place where I before caused thee to stand on the rock at Choreb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and water will gush out that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the presence of the Israelites, ⁷ and he called the name of that place, Temptation and Upbraiding, because of the upbraiding of the Israelites, and because they tempted the Lord and said, Is the Lord among us or not? ⁸ Now Amalek had come and made war on Israel at Raphidin, ⁹ upon which Moses said to Joshua, Select for thyself able men and go out and draw up in array to-morrow against Amalek; when lo I have stood on the top of that hill with the staff of God in my hand. ¹⁰ So Joshua did as Moses commanded him. And when he had gone out and drawn up in array against Amalek, and Moses and Aaron and Hur had gone up to the top of the hill, ¹¹ it came to pass that when Moses held up his hands Israel prevailed; but when he let down his hands Amalek prevailed. ¹² But Moses hands were heavy, therefore they took a stone and put it under him and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, one on one side, and the other, on the other. So his hands were stayed up till the going down of the sun ¹³ and Joshua discomfited Amalek and his whole people with the slaughter of the sword. ¹⁴ Then the Lord said to Moses, Write this in a book to keep it in remembrance; and rehearse it in the hearing of Joshua, that I will entirely blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. ¹⁵ And Moses built an altar to the Lord and called its name, The Lord my refuge; ¹⁶ because with a secret hand the Lord fighteth against Amalek from generation to generation.

¹ And the whole congregation of the children of Israel removed from Aileim and came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Aileim and Sina.

⁸ Now Amalek had come and made war on Israel at Raphidin,

² when they had removed from Raphidin and came to the wilderness of Sina and Israel were encamping there before the mount,

¹² And they removed from the wilderness of Sin, and encamped at Raphaka. ¹³ And they removed from Raphaka, and encamped at Ailus. ¹⁴ And they removed from Ailus and encamped at Raphadin, where there was no water for the people to drink.

¹ Now when Rachel saw that she bore no children to Jacob, she envied her sister and said to Jacob, Give me children, else I shall die. ² And Jacob was angry with Rachel and said to her, Am I in God's stead, who hath deprived thee of the fruit of the womb?

²¹ they said to them, God look upon you and judge. For you have made the smell of us horrible before Pharao and before his servants to put a sword in his hand to kill us.

¹¹ and said to Moses, Was it because there were no graves in the land of Egypt, that thou hast brought us out to die in the wilderness? Why hast thou dealt thus with us in bringing us out of Egypt? ¹² Is not this what we told thee in Egypt saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it was better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in this wilderness.

²⁴ And the people murmured against Moses and said, What are we to drink?

² And on the fifteenth day of the second month after their coming out of Egypt all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron. ³ The Israelites indeed said to them, Oh that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of flesh meat and ate bread in plenty! For you have brought us to this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

⁷ and he called the name of that place, Temptation and Upbraiding, because of the upbraiding of the Israelites, and because they tempted the Lord and said, Is the Lord among us or not?

⁴ Again the mixed multitude which was among them had a longing desire, and even the children of Israel sat down and wept, saying, Who will give us flesh to eat. ⁵ We recollect the fish which we ate in Egypt for nothing; and the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the cloves of garlick; ⁶ but now our soul is dried up, and our eyes behold nothing but this manna.

² the people wept that whole night. And all the Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron; and the whole congregation said to them, that we had died in the land of Egypt, or even in this wilderness!

²² because all these men, who have seen my glory, and the wonders which I have done in Egypt, and in this wilderness, have actually tempted me now the tenth time, and have not hearkened to my voice,

² And there being no water for the congregation, they assembled tumultuously against Moses and Aaron; ³ and the people reviled Moses, and said,! that we had died in the destruction of our brethren before the Lord! ⁴ Why have you brought the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, to kill us and our cattle? ⁵ Why is this? Have you brought us out of Egypt, that we might come to this vile place; a place where no seed can be sown, where there are no fig trees, nor vines, nor pomegranates, nor even water to drink?

⁵ and spoke against God, and against Moses, saying, Why hast thou brought us out of Egypt to kill us in this wilderness; for we have neither bread, nor water, and our soul loatheth this light food.

¹⁶ Thou shalt not try the Lord thy God, as you tried him at Temptation.

⁶ And the thing was evil in the sight of Samuel, that they should say, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to the Lord.

¹⁸ Still they made trial of God in their hearts, by asking for meats to their appetites.

⁴¹ They actually turned back and tempted God, and provoked to wrath the holy One of Israel.

⁵⁶ Still they tempted and provoked God the Most High, and did not keep his testimonies;

⁹ [J] where your father"s tried me; they proved me, though they had seen my works.

¹⁴ They indulged a longing desire in the desert, and tried God in a place without water.

¹² And Achaz said, "I will not ask, nor will I try the Lord."

¹⁵ yet we now call strangers happy; and all that do unlawful things are built up. Though they opposed God; yet they are saved."

⁷ Jesus said to him, It is also written, "Thou shall not try the Lord thy God."

¹ And the Pharisees and the Sadducees having come thither with a view to try him, desired that he would show them a sign from heaven. ² Whereupon he in reply said to them, When it is evening you say, It will be fair weather, for the sky is red: ³ and in the morning, there will be a storm today, for the sky is red and lowering. Hypocrites! you know how to distinguish the appearance of the sky, and can you not discern the signs of the times?

¹² In reply to which, Jesus said to him, It is said," Thou shalt not try the Lord thy God."

¹² And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me that portion of the estate which falleth to my share. So he divided the moveable estate between them.

⁹ Thereupon Peter said to her, How is it that you have agreed to try the spirit of the Lord? Behold the feet of them, who have buried thy husband are at the door, and they will carry thee out.

¹⁰ Now therefore why do ye try God, to put upon the neck of the disciples, a yoke which neither our fathers nor we are able to bear?

⁹ nor let us try the Christ as some indeed of them did, and were destroyed by serpents:

⁹ Where your fathers tried me; they proved me, though they saw my works. Forty years.

¹⁵ Now the Lord had said to Moses, Why criest thou to me? Speak to the children of Israel and let them prepare for marching.

²⁵ Upon this Moses cried to the Lord; and the Lord shewed him a piece of wood and he threw it into the water, and the water was made sweet. There he instituted for them rules of rectitude and judgments, and there he proved them

¹¹ yet Moses said to the Lord, Why hast thou afflicted thy servant; and why have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou shouldst lay upon me the weight of this people?

¹⁰ And when all the congregation ordered to stone them with stones, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud, over the tabernacle of the testimony, to all the children of Israel.

¹⁹ and Kore had collected against them all his company, at the doors of the tabernacle of the testimony, the glory of the Lord appeared to the whole congregation.

⁶ And David was in great distress, for the people talked of stoning him; for the soul of all the people was exasperated, every one for his sons, and his daughters. David, however, was strengthened by the Lord his God.

⁵⁹ Upon this they took up stones to throw at him. But Jesus concealed himself and went out of the temple, passing through the midst of them, and thus withdrew.

³¹ Hereupon the Jews again took up stones to stone him.

⁵⁰ Did not my hands make all these things?"

¹⁹ But there came thither some Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who, having gained over the populace and stoned Paul, dragged him out of the city, supposing him dead.

¹⁹ Moreover the Lord said to Moses, Say to thy brother Aaron, Take thy staff in thy hand and stretch forth thy hand against the waters of Egypt, against the rivers and against the canals and against their ponds and against all their reservoirs of water; and they shall become blood, and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt both in the cisterns of wood and in those of stone. ²⁰ So Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them. And lifting up his staff he smote the water in the river in the presence of Pharao and before all his attendants and changed all the water of the river into blood.

⁸ Take thy staff, and assemble the congregation, thou, and Aaron thy brother; and speak to that rock before them, and it will give its water. And you shall bring water for them from that rock, and give drink to the congregation, and their cattle. ⁹ So Moses took the staff which was before the Lord, as the Lord commanded. ¹⁰ And Moses and Aaron assembled the congregation, at some distance over against the rock, and he said to them, Hear me, ye rebels! Can we bring water for you out of this rock? ¹¹ Then Moses lifted up his hand, and smote the rock twice with the staff, and there gushed out much water, so that the congregation, and their cattle, drank.

⁶ And thou son of man, be not afraid of them nor daunted at their presence. Because they will sting thee and rise up against thee on all sides and thou dwellest in the midst of scorpions, be not afraid of their words nor terrified at their looks; because they are a provoking house,

²³ save only that the Holy spirit testifieth in every city, saying, That bonds and afflictions await me. ²⁴ But I make no account of any of these, nor is this life of mine so much my concern as to finish with joy my course; even the office which I have received from the Lord Jesus, to testify the glad tidings of the favour of God.

¹ Now when Moses was feeding the flocks of Jothor his father in law the priest of Madiam he led them below the wilderness and came to the mountain Choreb. ² And an Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a fire blazing out of a bush. And when he saw that the bush blazed with fire, but was not consumed, ³ Moses said, I will go near and see this great sight; why the bush is not consumed. ⁴ But when the Lord saw that he drew near to look; the Lord called to him out of the bush saying, Moses! Moses! And he said, What is it? ⁵ And he said, Approach not hither. Loose the sandals from thy feet; for the place where thou standest is holy ground.

¹⁰ And when Aaron had spoken to all the congregation of the Israelites and they had turned about towards the wilderness, the glory of the Lord appeared in a cloud,

¹⁵ who conducted you through that great and frightful wilderness, where there were biting serpents and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought a fountain of water for thee out of a flinty rock;

¹⁵ "Thou gavest them also bread from heaven for their food, and didst bring water for them out of a rock for their thirst, ordering them to go in and take possession of the land which thou hadst stretched forth thy hand to give them.

⁴ The swelling streams of this river gladden the city of God: the Most High hath hallowed his own dwelling:

¹⁵ he had cleft a rock in the wilderness, and given them drink as from a great abyss; ¹⁶ he had brought water out of a rock, and caused streams to flow down like rivers:

²⁰ When he smote a rock, waters gushed out, and streams swelled to an overflowing flood. But can He also give bread, or provide a table for his people?"

⁴¹ He split a rock and waters gushed out, and rivers ran in dry places.

⁸ who turned the rocks into pools of water: and into fountains of water, the flinty rock.

¹⁷ and the poor and the needy shall exult with joy: for when they shall seek water and there shall be none, and their tongue is parched with thirst; I the Lord their God, I the God of Israel will hear and will not forsake them; ¹⁸ but will open rivers on the mountains, and fountains in the midst of plains: I will turn the wilderness into watery fens, and with streams refresh the thirsty ground.

¹⁹ Behold I am in act to do new things, which shall now spring up and you shall know them; I will make a way in the wilderness, and streams of water in the desert. ²⁰ The wild beasts of the field will bless me; the Seirens and the daughters of the ostrich; because I have given water in the wilderness, and flowing streams in the desert, to give drink to this race of mine which I have chosen;

²¹ and if they shall thirst [for he will lead them through a desert] a rock shall be cleft and water shall gush forth, that my people may drink.

¹⁰ Jesus answered and said to her, If thou hadst known the bounty of God, and who it is who saith to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldst have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.

¹⁴ but whosoever shall drink of the water which I will give him, will never thirst. But the water which I will give him, will be in him a fountain of water springing up for an everlasting life.

³⁷ It being now the last the great day of the festival, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink. ³⁸ He who believeth in me; as the scripture hath said, Out of his belly will flow streams of living water.

⁴ and did all drink of the same spiritual drink, for they drank from a spiritual rock accompanying them; now that rock was the Christ.

¹⁷ Now the spirit and the bride say, Come; and let him who heareth say Come. And let every one who thirsteth come; and let every one who is willing take of the water of life at free cost.

² and the people were reviling Moses and saying, Give us water that we may drink, Moses said to them, Why do you revile me? And why do you tempt the Lord?

⁹ and said, If I have found favour in thy sight; let my Lord go with us: for this people is stiff necked, and thou wilt take away our sins and our iniquities and we shall be for thee.

¹³ This is the water of Strife, because the children of Israel uttered reproaches before the Lord, and he was hallowed among them.

²⁴ Let Aaron be gathered to his people. For you shall not enter the land which I have given the children of Israel for a possession, because you provoked me at the water of strife.

²² At Burning also, and at Temptation, and at Monuments of longing desire, you provoked the Lord.

¹⁷ I shall be provoked to wrath against them that day, and I will leave them, and turn away my face from them, and they shall be devoured. And when many evils and afflictions shall befal them, then will one say in that day, Because the Lord my God is not with me, these evils have befallen me.

³¹ And Phineas the priest said to the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half of the tribe of Manasses, This day we perceive that the Lord is with us, because you have not committed a trespass before the Lord, and because you have delivered the Israelites out of the hand of the Lord.

⁷ [J] "In affliction thou didst call upon me, and I delivered thee. I heard thee in the secret of a tempest. I proved thee at the water of strife.

⁸ To-day, since you have heard his voice, let not your hearts be refractory as at the great provocation"as in the day of the temptation in the desert,

⁶ Shout for joy and be glad, inhabitants of Sion, for in the midst of it is exalted the Holy One of Israel.

¹¹ [J] Her rulers have judged for rewards; and her priests have given answers for hire; and her prophets have prophesied for silver, without waiting for the Lord, saying, "Is not the Lord among us? No evils shall come upon us:"

¹⁴ Now the Word became incarnate, and dwelt as in a tent among us, and we beheld his glory; a glory as of an only begotten from the father. He was full of grace and truth.

³⁷ This is the very Moses who said to the children of Israel, The Lord your God will raise up for you, from among your brethren, a prophet like me, to him you are to hearken. ³⁸ This is the person who was in the congregation in the wilderness, with the angel who spake to him at mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received living oracles to give to us; ³⁹ to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but rejected him, when with their hearts they turned towards Egypt,

⁸ Let not your hearts be refractory as at Bitterness as in the day of the temptation in the wilderness; ⁹ Where your fathers tried me; they proved me, though they saw my works. Forty years.

¹² And Thamna was a concubine of Eliphas, the son of Esau, and she bore to Eliphas, Amalek. These were the children of Ada the wife of Esau.

¹⁶ emir Kore, emir Gothom, emir Amelek. These were the emirs of Eliphas in the land of Idumea. These were the children of Ada.

²⁰ Then having taken a view of Amalek he took up his parable and said, Amalek is the head of nations; But their seed shall be destroyed.

¹⁷ Remember what Amalek did to thee by the way, when thou wast coming out of the land of Egypt; ¹⁸ how he rose up against thee, in the way, and smote thy rear, those who were fainty behind thee. Thou indeed wast hungry, and fainty, and he feared not God. ¹⁹ Therefore when the Lord thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies around thee, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for a possession, thou shalt blot out the name of Amalek from under heaven. Thou must not forget.

² Thus saith the Lord of Sabbaoth, Now will I take vengeance on Amelek, for the things which he did to Israel when he opposed them in the way, as they were coming up out of Egypt.

¹ But when David and his men arrived at Sekelak, on the third day, Amelek had invaded the South, and Sekelak, and had smitten Sekelak. Though they had burned it with fire,

⁷ Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, and the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre.

² What shall I say to them? And the Lord said to him, What is that in thy hand? And he said a staff.

²⁰ Moses took his wife and children and mounted them on asses to return to Egypt. And he took in his hand the staff which he had from God.

¹³ and Joshua discomfited Amalek and his whole people with the slaughter of the sword.

¹³ Thereupon Moses arose with Joshua his attendant and they went up to the mount of God;

²⁸ Upon which Joshua the son of Nave, who was the chosen attendant of Moses, addressing him said, My lord Moses, forbid them.

¹⁶ These were the names of the men whom Moses sent to examine the land: [now Moses had surnamed Ause, son of Nave, Joshua.]

³ Whereupon Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm men from among you and array them before the Lord, against Madian, to pour vengeance from the Lord on Madian; ⁴ a thousand from every tribe. You shall send them out of all the tribes to be drawn up in array.

⁴⁴ Now on that day when Moses had written this Ode and taught it to the children of Israel; and he, and Joshua the son of Nave, had come, and spoken all the words of this law in the hearing of the people,

⁴⁵ This tabernacle, which our fathers with Joshua received and brought into the territory of the nations which God drove out from before our fathers, continued till the days of David;

⁸ For if Joshua had given them rest, the scripture would not after that have spoken of another day.

¹² But Moses hands were heavy, therefore they took a stone and put it under him and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, one on one side, and the other, on the other. So his hands were stayed up till the going down of the sun

¹⁴ Having said to the elders, Remain quiet here till we return to you, and behold Aaron and Hur are with you, if any one hath a controversy with another let them go to them.

² Behold I have called by name, Beseleel the son of Ourius, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judas,

¹⁵ As the Lord commanded his servant Moses, and as Moses gave it in charge to Joshua, so Joshua did. He left nothing undone of all that Moses commanded him.

²⁰ teaching them to observe all that I commanded you. And lo! I am with you all the days to the conclusion of this age. Amen.

⁵ His mother saith to the waiters, Do whatever he shall bid you.

¹⁴ You are my friends, if you do what I command you.

⁹ According to thy promise mine enemies shall turn back; on the day when I invoke thee. Behold I know that thou art my God.

¹ Then he addressed them with a parable, to shew them that they ought to persevere in prayer, and not be discouraged;

⁸ I therefore give it in charge that the men pray in every place, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and surmise:

¹⁶ Confess your faults to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man under the divine impulse is very powerful.

³ Unsheath the sword and stop my pursuers: say to my soul, I am thy safety.

³ Be strong ye hands which are feeble, and ye knees which are without strength.

⁴⁰ Then he cometh to the disciples, and finding them asleep, he saith to Peter, So, could you not watch one hour with me? ⁴¹ Watch and pray, that you may not come to a trial. The spirit indeed is willing; but the flesh is weak. ⁴² Again he went away the second time, and prayed, saying, O my father! If this cup cannot be removed from me, without my drinking it; thy will be done. ⁴³ Then coming, he findeth them again sleeping; for their eyes were weighed down. ⁴⁴ So, leaving them he withdrew again, and prayed a third time, to the same purpose. ⁴⁵ Then he cometh to these disciples of his, and saith to them, Are you still sleeping and taking repose? Behold the hour is come, and the son of man is delivered up into the hands of sinners.

³⁷ Then he cometh and findeth them asleep, and saith to Peter, Simon, art thou asleep? Couldst thou not watch one hour? ³⁸ Watch and pray, that you may not come to a trial. The spirit is indeed willing; but the flesh is weak. ³⁹ Then going away again, he prayed, using the same words. ⁴⁰ And on returning, he found them again asleep. For their eyes were weighed down, and they did not know what to answer him.

¹¹ you joining the assistance of your prayers for us, that the favour granted to us for the sake of many may be acknowledged by many with thanksgiving on our behalf.

¹⁸ in every prayer and supplication, always praying with the spirit [being for this purpose in a continual state of watchfulness and prayer] for all the saints

¹⁹ For I know that this will issue in my deliverance, through your supplications and a supply of the spirit of Jesus Christ,

² Continue in the constant exercise of prayer, watching there in with thanksgiving;

²⁵ Brethren, pray for us.

¹² Therefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the knees which are feeble,

⁶ But let him ask with faith, without wavering, for he who wavereth is like a wave of the sea, raised by the wind and tossed about.

²⁸ Now on that day they took Makeda, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed every thing therein which breathed. There was not one left who escaped or fled. And when they had done to the king of Makeda as they did to the king of Jericho,

³² And the Lord delivered Lachis into the hands of Israel; and they took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed it as they had done Lebna.

³⁷ Joshua, and all Israel with him, went to Chebron, and encamped about it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and every living soul therein. Not one escaped. As they had done to Odollam, they utterly destroyed it, and all that were in it.

¹² Then Joshua took all the cities of those kingdoms, and the kings thereof, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded.

¹⁴ And that day shall be to you for a memorial. And you shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord throughout all your generations. As an everlasting ordinance you shall celebrate it.

⁹ And it shall be to thee for a sign on thy hand and for a memorial before thy eyes, that the law of the Lord may be in thy mouth; for with a strong hand the Lord thy God hath brought thee out of Egypt;

⁴ Then Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord. And rising early next morning Moses built an altar at the foot of the mount with twelve stones for the twelve tribes of Israel;

²⁷ Then the Lord said to Moses, Write for thyself these words; for on these terms I have made a covenant with thee and Israel.

² Moses committed to writing their removals and encampments, by the command of the Lord, and these are the encampments of their march.

⁹ Now Moses had written the words of this law in a book; so he gave it to the priests, the children of Levi, who carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to the elders of the children of Israel.

⁷ thou mayst explain them to thy son, and say, Because the river Jordan dried up at the presence of the Ark of the covenant of the Lord of the whole earth, when it crossed it, therefore you shall have these stones for an everlasting memorial for the children of Israel.

² Thus saith the Lord of Sabbaoth, Now will I take vengeance on Amelek, for the things which he did to Israel when he opposed them in the way, as they were coming up out of Egypt. ³ Now therefore go, and smite Amelek, and Jerim, and all that belong to him. Thou shalt not spare one of him but utterly destroy him. Having devoted him and all belonging to him to destruction, thou shalt spare none, but shalt slay man and woman, infant and suckling, herds and flocks, camels and asses.

⁷ Saul smote Amelek from Evilat to Sur in front of Egypt; ⁸ and took Agag the king of Amelek alive. When he had slain all the people and Jerim with the edge of the sword,

¹⁸ and the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said to thee, Go and destroy utterly. Thou shalt slay those who have sinned against me; namely Amelek; and thou shalt fight against them until thou hast totally destroyed them.

⁸ when David went up with his men, and they fell upon all the Geserites, and upon the Amelekites. [Now this country was inhabited by wandering hordes, excepting those who had fixed abodes from Gelampsur to the land of Egypt.] ⁹ And when he smote the land he saved neither man nor woman alive; but he took their flocks, and herds, and asses, and camels, and raiment, and returned, and came to Angchus.

¹⁷ And David came upon them, and smote them, from break of day till late in the evening, and part of the next day, so that not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men, who mounted camels and fled.

¹ Now after the death of Saul when David returned from the slaughter of the Amelekites, and had been at Sekelak two days,

⁸ Then he said to me, Who art thou? and I said, I am an Amelekite. ⁹ Then he said to me, Stand over me, I pray thee, and kill me; for I am seized with a gloomy horror, because all my life is in me. ¹⁰ So I went up to him and killed him, for I am sure he could not live after he fell; and I took the crown which was on his head, and the bracelet which was on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord. ¹¹ Then David took hold of his garments, and rent them, and all the men who were with him rent their garments, ¹² and beat their breasts, and wept, and fasted till evening for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Juda, and for the house of Israel, because they had been smitten with the sword. ¹³ And David said to the young man who told him, Whence art thou? And he said, I am the son of a stranger; an Amelekite. ¹⁴ And David said to him, How couldst thou not be afraid to lift up thy hand to kill the Lord's anointed. ¹⁵ Then David called one of his young men and said, Go near and fall upon him. So he smote him that he died. ¹⁶ And David said to him, Thy blood be upon thy own head, for thy own mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the anointed of the Lord.

¹² Out of Idumea and Moab, and the children of Ammon, and the Philistines, and Amelek, and the spoils of Adraazar, son of Raab king of Suba.

⁴³ and smote the remains of Amelek who had been left even to this time.

¹⁴ yet we have returned to break thy commandments, and to intermarry with the people of these regions. Be not provoked against us to our utter destruction, so that not a remnant may escape.

¹⁷ May the memorial of him be destroyed from the earth.

²³ O that my words were written and recorded in a book forever!

⁶ The enemy's swords have utterly failed, and thou hast completely destroyed cities, the memorial of them with their din is gone.

⁷ The just are remembered with praises; but the name of the wicked is extinguished.

² Speak now to Zorobabel the son of Salathiel of the tribe of Juda, and to Jesus the son of Josedek the high priest, and to all the remnant of the people, saying, ³ Is there any of you who hath seen this house in its former glory? How then must you look upon this now as a mere nothing before you!

¹⁴ And Abraham called the name of that place, The Lord hath seen, that at this day they might say, On this mountain, The Lord was seen.

²⁰ and he erected there an Altar and invoked the God of Israel.

²⁴ Upon which Gideon built there an altar to the Lord, and called it, Peace of the Lord. To this day it is still at Ephratha, which belonged to father Esdri.

⁴ Thou hast given to them who fear thee, a signal to flee from the face of the bow;

⁸ Let thine enemies feel thy hand: and thy right hand find out all that hate thee. ⁹ Thou wilt make them like an oven of fire, at the time of thy presence. The Lord with his wrath will confound them, and a fire shall devour them. ¹⁰ Thou wilt destroy their fruit from the earth, and their seed from among the sons of men. ¹¹ Because on thee they were turning evils. Were devising a counsel which they could not accomplish;

¹ Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth, my footstool: what sort of an house will you build for me? And of what sort shall be the place of my rest?

⁴⁹ "The heaven is my throne, and the earth, my footstool. What sort of a house will you build for me? saith the Lord. And of what sort shall be the place of my rest?