1
And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were
adim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and
said unto him, My son: and he
said unto him, Behold,
here am I.
• • •
13
And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them.
• • •
19
And Jacob said unto his father, I am
Esau thy firstborn; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I
pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
20
And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord thy God brought it to me.
21
And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.
• • •
26
And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
• • •
31
And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that thy soul may bless me.
32
And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau.
• • •
34
And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father.
• • •
37
And Isaac answered and
said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for
aservants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now
unto thee, my son?
38
And Esau
said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me,
even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and
awept.
39
And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above;
• • •
42
And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.
3
And the
Lord said unto Jacob,
aReturn unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and
bI will be with thee.
• • •
5
And said unto them, I see your father’s countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.
• • •
14
And Rachel and Leah answered and
said unto him,
Is there yet any portion or
ainheritance for us in our father’s house?
• • •
16
For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children’s: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.
• • •
24
And God came to Laban the Syrian in a
adream by night, and
said unto him, Take heed that thou
bspeak not to Jacob either good or bad.
• • •
43
¶ And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born?
• • •
46
And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
1
Now when Jacob saw that there was
acorn in Egypt, Jacob
said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
• • •
7
And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
• • •
9
And Joseph remembered the
adreams which he dreamed of them, and
said unto them, Ye
are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
10
And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
• • •
12
And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
• • •
14
And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:
• • •
18
And Joseph
said unto them the third day, This do, and live;
for I
afear God:
• • •
28
And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?
• • •
31
And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
• • •
33
And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:
• • •
36
And Jacob their father
said unto them, Me have ye bereaved
of my children: Joseph
is not, and Simeon
is not, and ye will take
aBenjamin away: all these things are against me.
2
And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
• • •
5
But if thou wilt not send
him, we will not go down: for the man
said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your
abrother be with you.
• • •
8
And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.
• • •
11
And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be
so now, do this; take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels,
and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey,
spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
4
And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
• • •
7
And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:
• • •
15
And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?
16
And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord’s servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.
• • •
20
And we
said unto my lord, We have a father, an old
aman,
and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and
he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.
• • •
22
And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
• • •
27
And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
1
Then the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
• • •
8
¶ And the Lord said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.
• • •
13
¶ And the Lord said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
• • •
22
¶ And the Lord said unto
Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail
in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb
of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.
• • •
27
¶ And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the Lord is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
• • •
29
And Moses
said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will
aspread abroad my hands
unto the
Lord;
and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the
bearth is the
cLord‘s.
11
And Moses said unto the Lord,
Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not
found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this
people upon me?
12
Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
• • •
16
¶ And the
Lord said unto Moses, Gather
unto me
aseventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and
bofficers over them; and bring them
unto the
ctabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.
• • •
18
And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the Lord, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the Lord will give you flesh, and ye shall eat.
• • •
23
And the Lord said unto Moses, Is the Lord’s hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not.
• • •
29
And Moses
said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the
Lord’s people were
aprophets,
and that the
Lord would put his spirit upon them!
4
And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.
• • •
8
And he
said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the
Lord shall speak
unto me: and the
aprinces of Moab abode with Balaam.
• • •
10
And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,
• • •
12
And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.
13
And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the Lord refuseth to give me leave to go with you.
• • •
17
For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.
18
And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more.
19
Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the Lord will say unto me more.
20
And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.
• • •
28
And the Lord opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?
29
And Balaam
said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I
akill thee.
30
And the
aass said unto Balaam,
Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since
I was thine
unto this day? was I ever
bwont to do so
unto thee? And he
said, Nay.
• • •
32
And the angel of the
Lord said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because
thy way is
aperverse before me:
• • •
34
And Balaam said unto the angel of the Lord,
I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me:
now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.
35
And the angel of the Lord said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
• • •
37
And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour?
38
And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.
1
And Balaam
said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here
aseven oxen and seven rams.
• • •
3
And Balaam
said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the
Lord will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to
aan high place.
4
And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.
5
And the Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
• • •
11
And Balak
said unto aBalaam, What hast thou done
unto me? I took thee to
bcurse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed
them altogether.
• • •
13
And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto
another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the
utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from
thence.
• • •
15
And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder.
• • •
17
And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the Lord spoken?
• • •
25
¶ And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
26
But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the Lord speaketh, that I must do?
27
¶ And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.
• • •
29
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
2
And the Lord said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valour.
• • •
6
¶ And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and
said unto them, Take up the
aark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the
Lord.
7
And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the Lord.
• • •
16
And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the Lord hath given you the city.
• • •
22
But Joshua had said unto
the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot’s house,
and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her.
6
And she sent and called
aBarak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and
said unto him, Hath not the
Lord God of Israel commanded,
saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
• • •
8
And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.
• • •
14
And Deborah
said unto Barak, Up; for this
is the day in which the
Lord hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the
Lord gone out
abefore thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him.
• • •
18
¶ And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and
said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in
unto her into the tent, she covered him with a
amantle.
19
And he said unto
her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty.
And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him.
20
Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No.
• • •
22
And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples.
Judg. 6: 8, 10, 12-13, 15-17, 20, 23, 25, 27, 30-31, 36, 39
8
That the Lord sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage;
• • •
10
And I
said unto you, I
am the
Lord your God;
afear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not
bobeyed my voice.
• • •
12
And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him, and said unto him, The Lord is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.
13
And Gideon
said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the
Lord be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where
be all his
amiracles which our fathers told us of,
saying, Did not the
Lord bring us up from Egypt? but now the
Lord hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.
• • •
15
And he
said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family
is poor in Manasseh, and I
am the
aleast in my father’s house.
16
And the
Lord said unto him, Surely I will be
awith thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man.
17
And he
said unto him, If now I have found
agrace in thy sight, then shew me a
bsign that thou talkest with me.
• • •
20
And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so.
• • •
23
And the Lord said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die.
• • •
25
¶ And it came to pass the same night, that the
Lord said unto him, Take thy father’s young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of
aBaal that thy father hath, and cut down the
bgrove that
is by it:
• • •
27
Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the Lord had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father’s household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.
• • •
30
Then the men of the city said unto
Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down
the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it.
31
And Joash
said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death
awhilst it is yet morning: if he
be a god, let him plead for himself, because
one hath cast down his altar.
• • •
36
¶ And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said,
• • •
39
And Gideon
said unto God, Let not thine
aanger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me
bprove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew.
2
And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
• • •
4
And the
Lord said unto Gideon, The people
are yet
too amany; bring them down
unto the water, and I will
btry them for thee there: and it shall be,
that of whom I
say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I
say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go.
5
So he brought down the people unto the water: and the Lord said unto
Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog
lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth
down upon his knees to drink.
• • •
7
And the Lord said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place.
• • •
9
¶ And it came to pass the same night, that the Lord said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.
• • •
17
And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do.
1
And the men of Ephraim said unto
him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou
wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him
sharply.
2
And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abi-ezer?
• • •
5
And he
said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread
unto the people that follow me; for they
be faint, and I am pursuing after
aZebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
• • •
18
¶ Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king.
• • •
20
And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
• • •
22
¶ Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian.
23
And Gideon
said unto them, I will not
arule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the
Lord shall
brule over you.
24
¶ And Gideon said unto
them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man
the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
7
¶ And when they told
it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount
aGerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and
said unto them, Hearken
unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken
unto you.
8
The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us.
9
But the olive tree
said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour
aGod and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
• • •
11
But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees?
• • •
13
And the vine
said unto them, Should I leave my
awine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?
• • •
15
And the bramble
said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you,
then come
and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let
afire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
• • •
36
And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men.
• • •
38
Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with them.
• • •
48
And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done.
• • •
54
Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died.
2
And Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and his wife’s sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father’s house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.
• • •
6
And they
said unto aJephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
7
And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father’s house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?
8
And the elders of Gilead said unto
Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with
us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all
the inhabitants of Gilead.
9
And Jephthah
said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the
Lord deliver them before me,
ashall I be your head?
10
And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The Lord be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.
• • •
15
And
said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of
aMoab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:
• • •
19
And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place.
• • •
36
And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the Lord, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the Lord hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.
37
And she said unto
her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that
I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and
my fellows.
3
And the
aangel of the
Lord appeared
unto the woman, and
said unto her, Behold now, thou
art bbarren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.
• • •
7
But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.
• • •
10
And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the other day.
11
And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I am.
• • •
13
And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware.
• • •
15
¶ And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.
16
And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the Lord. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the Lord.
17
And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour?
18
And the angel of the
Lord said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it
is asecret?
• • •
22
And Manoah
said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have
aseen God.
23
But his wife said unto him, If the Lord
were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering
and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all
these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these.
5
And the lords of the Philistines came up
unto her, and
said unto her,
aEntice him, and see wherein his great strength
lieth, and by what
means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us
beleven hundred
pieces of silver.
• • •
7
And Samson
said unto her, If they bind me with seven
agreen withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
• • •
9
Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be
upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is
broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.
10
And Delilah
said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast
amocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.
11
And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.
12
Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and
said unto him, The Philistines
be upon thee, Samson. And
there were aliers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.
13
And Delilah
said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he
said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the
aweb.
14
And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.
15
¶ And she
said unto him, How canst thou
say, I love thee, when thine heart
is not with me? thou hast
amocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength
lieth.
• • •
17
That he told her all his heart, and
said unto her, There hath not come a
arazor upon mine head; for I
have been a Nazarite
unto God from my mother’s womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any
other man.
• • •
26
And Samson said unto
the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the
pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them.
2
And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts,
men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and
to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.
3
When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here?
4
And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest.
5
And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous.
6
And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the Lord is your way wherein ye go.
• • •
8
And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye?
• • •
14
¶ Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto
their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and
teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore
consider what ye have to do.
• • •
19
And they
said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine
ahand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a
bpriest:
is it better for thee to be a priest
unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest
unto a tribe and a family in Israel?
• • •
23
And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?
24
And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee?
25
And the children of Dan said unto
him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon
thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.
5
¶ And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the
morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel’s father
said unto his son in law,
aComfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.
6
And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel’s father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry.
• • •
9
And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel’s father, said unto
him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all
night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart
may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest
go home.
• • •
11
And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it.
12
And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah.
13
And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah.
• • •
18
And he said unto him, We are passing from Beth-lehem-judah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Beth-lehem-judah, but I am now going to the house of the Lord; and there is no man that receiveth me to house.
• • •
23
And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly.
• • •
28
And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place.
3
And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech’s:
• • •
8
Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe.
9
¶ And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech’s, and all that was Chilion’s and Mahlon’s, of the hand of Naomi.
• • •
14
And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the Lord, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel.
2
When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by
Rachel’s sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto
thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy
father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?
• • •
14
¶ And Saul’s uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they were no where, we came to Samuel.
15
And Saul’s uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you.
16
And Saul said unto
his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the
matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not.
• • •
18
And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the Lord
God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out
of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you:
19
And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your
aadversities and your
btribulations; and ye have
said unto him,
Nay, but set a
cking over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the
Lord by your tribes, and by your thousands.
1
Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines’ garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father.
• • •
7
And his armourbearer
said unto him, Do all that
is in thine heart:
aturn thee; behold, I
am with thee according to thy heart.
• • •
9
If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.
• • •
12
And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armourbearer, and
said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And Jonathan
said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the
Lord hath
adelivered them into the hand of Israel.
• • •
17
Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armourbearer were not there.
18
And Saul
said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the
aark of God was at that time with the children of Israel.
19
¶ And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand.
• • •
34
And Saul
said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and
say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay
them here, and eat; and sin not against the
Lord in eating with the
ablood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew
them there.
• • •
40
Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee.
41
Therefore Saul
said unto the
Lord God of Israel,
aGive a perfect
lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.
• • •
45
And the
apeople said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid:
as the
Lord
liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he
hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that
he died not.
8
And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.
• • •
17
And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;
• • •
34
And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
• • •
37
David
said moreover, The
Lord that
adelivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will
bdeliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul
said unto David, Go, and the
Lord be with thee.
• • •
39
And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.
• • •
43
And the Philistine
said unto David,
Am I a
adog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
• • •
55
¶ And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he
said unto Abner, the captain of the host,
aAbner, whose son
is this youth? And Abner
said,
As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell.
2
And he said unto
him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing
either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my
father hide this thing from me? it is not so.
• • •
4
Then
said Jonathan
unto David, Whatsoever thy soul
adesireth, I will even do
it for thee.
5
And David
said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow
is the new
amoon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field
unto the third
day at even.
• • •
11
¶ And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field.
12
And Jonathan said unto David, O Lord God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and shew it thee;
• • •
21
And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the Lord liveth.
22
But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the Lord hath sent thee away.
• • •
27
And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David’s place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?
• • •
30
Then Saul’s
aanger was kindled against Jonathan, and he
said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious
woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and
unto the confusion of thy mother’s nakedness?
• • •
32
And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done?
• • •
36
And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
• • •
40
And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city.
1
Then came David to
aNob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and
said unto him, Why
art thou alone, and no man with thee?
2
And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place.
• • •
5
And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel.
• • •
8
¶ And David said unto
Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I
have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the
king’s business required haste.
• • •
11
And the servants of Achish
said unto him,
Is not this David the king of the land? did they not
asing one to another of him in dances,
saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?
• • •
14
Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me?
3
¶ And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me.
• • •
5
¶ And the prophet
aGad said unto
David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of
Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.
• • •
7
Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;
• • •
13
And Saul said unto
him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in
that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast enquired of God
for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
• • •
17
¶ And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the Lord; because their hand also is
with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not shew it to
me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall
upon the priests of the Lord.
• • •
22
And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father’s house.
1
And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered
their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men.
• • •
7
¶ Then
said Saul
unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a
afamiliar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants
said to him, Behold,
there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at En-dor.
• • •
9
And the woman said unto
him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off
those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land:
wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?
• • •
13
And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth.
14
And he
said unto her, What form
is he of? And she
said,
aAn old man cometh up; and he
is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it
was Samuel, and he stooped with
his face to the ground, and bowed himself.
• • •
21
¶ And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.
3
Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is
not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been
with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him
since he fell unto me unto this day?
4
And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines
said unto
him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which
thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest
in the battle he be an
aadversary to us: for wherewith should he
breconcile himself
unto his master?
should it not
be with the heads of these men?
• • •
6
¶ Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the Lord liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not.
• • •
8
¶ And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?
3
And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped.
4
And David said unto
him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That
the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are
fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.
5
And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?
• • •
8
And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
9
He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me.
• • •
13
¶ And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.
14
And David
said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to
adestroy the
Lord’s
banointed?
• • •
16
And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the Lord’s anointed.
4
And he
said unto him, Why
art thou,
being the king’s son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon
said unto him, I love
aTamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.
5
And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand.
6
¶ So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.
• • •
10
And Amnon said unto
Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand.
And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother.
11
And when she had brought
them unto him to eat, he
atook hold of her, and
said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister.
• • •
15
¶ Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone.
16
And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her.
• • •
20
And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom’s house.
• • •
26
Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee?
• • •
28
¶ Now Absalom had commanded his servants,
saying, Mark ye now when Amnon’s heart is merry with wine, and when I
say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be
acourageous, and be valiant.
• • •
35
And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king’s sons come: as thy servant said, so it is.
2
And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto
her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now
mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman
that had a long time mourned for the dead:
• • •
5
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead.
• • •
8
And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee.
9
And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father’s house: and the king and his throne be guiltless.
• • •
18
Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.
• • •
21
¶ And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again.
• • •
30
Therefore he said unto
his servants, See, Joab’s field is near mine, and he hath barley there;
go and set it on fire. And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
31
Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire?
3
And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee.
• • •
7
¶ And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the Lord, in Hebron.
• • •
9
And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron.
• • •
14
And David
said unto all his servants that
were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us
aflee; for we shall not
else
escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us
suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of
the sword.
15
And the king’s servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint.
• • •
25
And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation:
• • •
27
The king
said also
unto Zadok the priest,
Art not thou a
aseer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and
bJonathan the son of Abiathar.
• • •
34
But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father’s servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel.
2
And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be
for the king’s household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for
the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the
wilderness may drink.
3
And the king said, And where is thy master’s son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.
• • •
10
And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the Lord hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so?
• • •
16
And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David’s friend, was come
unto Absalom, that Hushai
said unto Absalom,
aGod save the king, God save the king.
• • •
18
And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the Lord, and this people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide.
• • •
21
And Ahithophel
said unto Absalom, Go in
unto thy father’s
aconcubines,
which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that
thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that
are with thee be strong.
1
Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night:
• • •
7
And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time.
• • •
15
¶ Then
said Hushai
unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the
aelders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counselled.
• • •
20
And when Absalom’s servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
21
And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.
2
And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab,
and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s
brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the
king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also.
• • •
4
And the king said unto
them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate
side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.
• • •
11
And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.
12
And the man
said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand
shekels of silver in mine hand,
yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king’s son: for in our hearing the king
acharged thee and Abishai and Ittai,
saying, Beware that none
touch the young man Absalom.
• • •
20
And Joab said unto
him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings
another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king’s
son is dead.
• • •
23
But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi.
• • •
28
And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the Lord thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king.
• • •
30
And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still.
• • •
32
And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.
11
¶ And king David sent to
aZadok and to Abiathar the priests,
saying, Speak
unto the elders of Judah,
saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king,
even to his house.
• • •
19
And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto
me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the
day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should
take it to his heart.
• • •
23
Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him.
• • •
25
And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth?
• • •
29
And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land.
30
And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house.
• • •
33
And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem.
34
And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem?
• • •
41
¶ And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and
said unto
the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and
have brought the king, and his household, and all David’s
amen with him, over Jordan?
3
And Joab said unto the king, Now the Lord thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing?
• • •
10
¶ And David’s heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the Lord, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O Lord, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
• • •
12
Go and say unto David, Thus saith the Lord, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee.
13
So Gad came to David, and told him, and
said unto him, Shall seven years of
afamine come
unto
thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies,
while they pursue thee? or that there be three days’ pestilence in thy
land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent
me.
14
And David
said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the
Lord; for his
amercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.
• • •
18
¶ And Gad came that day to David, and
said unto him, Go up, rear an
aaltar unto the
Lord in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.
• • •
22
And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood.
23
All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The Lord thy God accept thee.
24
And the king
said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy
it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings
unto the
Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for
afifty shekels of silver.
14
He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on.
• • •
16
And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.
• • •
20
Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay.
• • •
22
And king Solomon answered and
said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he
is mine elder
abrother; even for him, and for
bAbiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.
• • •
30
And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the Lord, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.
31
And the king
said unto him, Do as he hath
said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the
ainnocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father.
• • •
36
¶ And the king sent and called for
aShimei, and
said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither.
• • •
38
And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days.
• • •
42
And the king sent and called for Shimei, and
said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the
Lord, and
aprotested unto thee,
saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst
unto me, The word
that I have heard
is good.
6
And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Intreat now the face of the Lord thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the Lord, and the king’s hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.
7
And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward.
8
And the man of God said unto
the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with
thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:
• • •
12
And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.
13
And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon,
14
And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am.
15
Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread.
• • •
18
He
said unto him, I
am a prophet also as thou
art; and an
aangel spake
unto me by the word of the
Lord,
saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and
bdrink water.
But he lied
unto him.
5
And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
• • •
17
¶ And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that
aAhab said unto him,
Art thou he that troubleth Israel?
• • •
22
Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the Lord; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred and fifty men.
• • •
25
And Elijah
said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress
it first; for ye
are many; and call on the name of your
agods, but put no fire
under.
• • •
30
And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that was broken down.
• • •
40
And Elijah said unto
them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they
took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew
them there.
41
¶ And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.
• • •
44
And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man’s hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.
2
And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and
said unto him, Thus saith
aBen-hadad,
• • •
8
And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent.
9
Wherefore he said unto
the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst
send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may
not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again.
• • •
12
And it came to pass, when
Ben-hadad heard this message, as he
was drinking, he and the kings in the
apavilions, that he
said unto his servants, Set
yourselves in array. And they set
themselves in array against the city.
• • •
22
¶ And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and
said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what
athou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.
23
And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are
gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us
fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than
they.
• • •
31
¶ And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are
merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and
ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he
will save thy life.
• • •
34
And
Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make
astreets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then
said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.
35
¶ And a certain man of the
asons of the prophets
said unto his neighbour in the word of the
Lord, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him.
36
Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the Lord,
behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee.
And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him.
• • •
40
And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it.
• • •
42
And he
said unto him, Thus saith the
Lord, Because thou hast let go out of
thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy
alife shall go for his life, and thy people for his people.
3
And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria?
4
And he
said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramoth-gilead? And Jehoshaphat
said to the king of Israel,
aI am as thou
art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses.
5
And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the Lord to day.
6
Then the king of Israel gathered the
aprophets together, about four hundred men, and
said unto them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they
said, Go up; for the Lord shall deliver
it into the hand of the king.
• • •
8
And the king of Israel
said unto Jehoshaphat,
There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the
Lord: but I
ahate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat
said, Let not the king
say so.
• • •
15
¶ So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the Lord shall deliver it into the hand of the king.
16
And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the Lord?
• • •
18
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil?
• • •
22
And the
Lord said unto him, Wherewith? And he
said, I will go forth, and I will be a
alying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he
said, Thou shalt persuade
him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so.
• • •
30
And the king of Israel said unto
Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put
thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went
into the battle.
• • •
34
And a
certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel
abetween the joints of the harness: wherefore he
said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded.
2
And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that
was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and
said unto them, Go, enquire of
aBaal-zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease.
3
But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron?
• • •
5
¶ And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back?
6
And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that
thou sendest to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou
shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt
surely die.
7
And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words?
• • •
11
Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly.
12
And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be
a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy
fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and
his fifty.
13
¶ And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And
the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees
before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight.
• • •
15
And the
aangel of the
Lord said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him
unto the king.
16
And he said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is
no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come
down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.
2
And
aElijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the
Lord hath sent me to
bBeth-el. And Elisha
said unto him, As the
Lord liveth, and
as thy soul liveth, I will not
cleave thee. So they went down to Beth-el.
3
And the
asons of the prophets that
were at Beth-el came forth to Elisha, and
said unto him, Knowest thou that the
Lord will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he
said, Yea, I know
it; hold ye your peace.
4
And Elijah
said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the
Lord hath sent me to
aJericho. And he
said,
As the
Lord liveth, and
as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho.
5
And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Lord will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace.
6
And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the Lord hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on.
• • •
9
¶ And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah
said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha
said, I pray thee, let a
adouble portion of thy spirit be upon me.
• • •
16
¶ And they
said unto
him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them
go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the
aSpirit of the
Lord hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he
said, Ye shall not send.
• • •
18
And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
19
¶ And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.
• • •
23
¶ And he went up from thence
unto Beth-el: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth
alittle children out of the city, and
bmocked him, and
said unto him, Go up, thou
cbald head; go up, thou bald head.
2
And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil.
• • •
6
And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she
said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he
said unto her,
There is not a vessel more. And the oil
astayed.
• • •
9
And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.
• • •
13
And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is
to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to
the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own
people.
• • •
17
And the
awoman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had
said unto her, according to the time of life.
• • •
19
And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother.
• • •
26
Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well.
• • •
38
¶ And Elisha came again to
aGilgal: and
there was a
bdearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets
were sitting before him: and he
said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.
• • •
42
¶ And there came a man from Baal-shalisha, and
abrought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he
said, Give
unto the people, that they may eat.
3
And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy.
• • •
19
And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way.
• • •
25
But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.
26
And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it
a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and
vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?
1
And the sons of the prophets
said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too
astrait for us.
• • •
11
Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not shew me which of us is for the king of Israel?
• • •
15
And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth,
behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And
his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?
• • •
19
¶ And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria.
• • •
21
And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them?
• • •
28
And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.
29
So we boiled my son, and did
aeat him: and I
said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son.
8
And David
said unto God, I have
asinned
greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do
away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly.
• • •
11
So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Choose thee
• • •
13
And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the Lord; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man.
• • •
17
And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O Lord my God, be on me, and on my father’s house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued.
• • •
23
And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all.
3
And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramoth-gilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war.
4
¶ And Jehoshaphat
said unto the king of Israel,
aEnquire, I pray thee, at the word of the
Lord to day.
5
Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the king’s hand.
• • •
7
And the king of Israel
said unto Jehoshaphat,
There is yet one man, by whom we may
aenquire of the
Lord: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good
unto me, but always evil: the same
is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat
said, Let not the king
say so.
• • •
14
And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand.
• • •
20
Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will entice him. And the Lord said unto him, Wherewith?
• • •
29
And the king of Israel said unto
Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and will go to the battle; but put
thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they
went to the battle.
2
Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
3
And
said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be
asad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres,
lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
4
Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
5
And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers’ sepulchres, that I may build it.
6
And the king said unto
me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be?
and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I
set him a time.
7
Moreover I
said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors
abeyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;
• • •
17
¶ Then
said I
unto them, Ye see the distress that we
are in, how Jerusalem
lieth awaste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
• • •
20
Then answered I them, and said unto
them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants
will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial,
in Jerusalem.
4
Therefore the
aprinces said unto
the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he
weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the
hands of all the people, in speaking such words
unto them: for this man seeketh not the
bwelfare of this people, but the hurt.
• • •
12
And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.
• • •
14
¶ Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the Lord: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.
15
Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me?
• • •
17
Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto
the king of Babylon’s princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city
shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house:
• • •
19
And Zedekiah the king
said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that
aare fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they
bmock me.
• • •
24
¶ Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.
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But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee:
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Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan’s house, to die there.
5
¶ Then said he unto
me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I
lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at
the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.
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He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even
the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I
should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations.
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Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door.
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And he
said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked
aabominations that they do here.
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Then said he unto
me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel
do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, The Lord seeth us not; the Lord hath forsaken the earth.
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¶ He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do.
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¶ Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these.
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¶ Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this,
O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they
commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled
the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and,
lo, they put the branch to their nose.
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Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
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Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.
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Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.
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Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.
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