B. C. 20 He comforteth harvest time. them in God's mercy.

AND Samuel said unto all Is.

rael, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.

1095.

B.C. 1095.

*ch 8.5, fch.10.24.

19, 20.

5 ch. 8. 5.

b ch. 10. & 9. 20. 24. & 11. h Ho. 13.

14, 15. 11.

17. ch. 8. 20.

Nu. 27.

deh. 8. 1,

2 And now, behold, the king "walketh before you: dand I am old and grey-headed; and behold, my sons are with you: 5 and I have walked before you from my childhood unto thisday. 3 Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before this anointed; whose Ox have 1 taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I& 24. 6. defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will

restore it you.

14.Ps. 81.

i Jos. 24.

13, 14. 1 Heb. mouth. † Heb. be after. k Le. 26. 14, 15,

&c. De.

ver. 5.

28, 15,

ch. 10. 1.

&c. Jos. 24. 20

2Sa. 1.14,

I

16.

15.Ac.20. Nu. 16. 13.1Th.2.

ver. 9. m Ex. 14. 13, 31.

5.

Heb. ransom. Or, that I should

hide mine

4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand. 5 And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found aught kin my hand. And they answered, He is witness. 6 TAnd Samuel said unto the people. It is the LORD that ad-38.Ac.23. vanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out Ex. 22. of the land of Egypt.

pr.26.1. Jos. 10. 12.ch.7.9, 16, 17, 18. 10. Ja. 5.

P ch. 8. 7. 9 Ex. 14. 31. See Ezra 10.

Ex.9.28.

Ja. 5. 15. & 10. 17. 1Jn 5. 16.

eyes at him.

9.

De. 16.

19.

John 18.

16.

De. 11.

9. & 24. 16, 20. 4.

Je. 16.

7 Now therefore stand still, M16. 4. that I may "reason with you be-Or, fore the LORD of all the frighte-made. ous acts of the LORD, which he Is.1. 18. 14. did fto you and to your fathers. & 5. 3. 4. Jos.7.9. "When Jacob was come into Ps. 106. 8. Egypt, and your fathers "cried Je.14. 21. unto the LORD, then the LORD Ez. 20. 9, Psent Moses and Aaron, which or, benebrought forth your fathers out fits. of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place.

9 And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of "the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them. 10 And they cried unto the LORD, and said, "We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalimand Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee.

11 And the LORD sent Jerub-Ju.6. 14. baal, and Bedan, and "Jephthah, 32. and Samuel, and delivered you Ju.11. 1. thing. out of the hand of your enemies bch.7. 13. &c. oneveryside,andyedwelled safe. ch.11. 1. De. 10. 12 And when ye saw that "Na- dcl. 8. hash the king of the children of 19. Ammon came against you, dye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the Ju 8. 23. De. 28. LORD your God was your king.

He calleth for thunder

13 Now therefore, behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and

behold, bthe LORD hath set a king over you.

14 If ye will ifear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his tcommandment of the LORD, voice, and not rebel against the then shall both ye, and also the king that reigneth over you, tcontinue following the LORD your God.

15 But if ye will knot obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of of the LORD be against you, las the LORD, then shall the hand it was against your fathers.

16 TNow therefore "stand and LORD will do before your eyes. see this great thing, which the 17 Is it not wheat-harvest today? I will call unto the LORD, rain; that ye may perceive and and he shall send thunder and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.

18 So Samuel called unto the der and rain that day: and all LORD; and the LORD sent thun LORD and Samuel. the people greatly feared the

19 And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unta all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.

20 TAnd Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with 21 And turn ye not aside: all your heart; for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.

22 For "the LORD will not forname's sake: because it hath sake his people for his great pleased the LORD to make you his people.

bid that I should sin against the 23 Moreover as for me, God forLORD tin ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:

24 Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for dconsider how "great things he hath done for you. 25 But if ye shall still do wie kedly, fye shall be consumed, sboth ye and your king.

CHAPTER XIIL Saul's selected band, 1. 3 He calleth the Hebrews to Gilgal against the Philistines, whose garrison Jona than had smitten. 5 The Philistines great host. 6 The distress of the Israelites. 8 Saul weary of staying for Samuel, sacrificeth. 11 Samuel reproveth him. 17 The three spoil

2 Saul chose him three thousand of one year in men of Israel; whereof two thou-his sand were with Saul in Mich-reignmash and in mount Beth-el, ing. and a thousand were with Jona than in "Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.

1093.

9.

B. C. 1093.

Ch. 16.

fch.15.11.

8 ch. 15. 28.

bch. 10.5.

Or, the hill.

3 And Jonathan smote "the gar rison of the Philistines that was in Geba; and the Philistines beard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear. 4 And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel + Heb. also t was had in abomination did with the Philistines: and the stink. people were called together af- Ge.34.30. ter Saul to Gilgal.

5 Andthe Philistinesgathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots,and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea-shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.

6 When the men of Israel saw

Ex. 5. 21.

22.

† Heb. found. i ch.14, 2.

t Heb. Geba, ver. 3.

Samuel reproveth Saul. LORD: 1 forced myselftherefore, and offered a burnt-offering. 13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly; thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for

ever.

now

14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: hthe LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD, commanded thee.

15 And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, i about six hundred men.

16 And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in

Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.

17 And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that Jos. 18. leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:

23.

18 And another company turnLJos.16.3ed the way to Beth-horon: and

the people were distressed), then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.

7 And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of

Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, † Heb. he was yet in Gilgal, and all the trembled people ffollowed him trembling. after 8 And he tarried seven days, him. according to the set time that deh. 10.8. Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.

9 And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt-offering to me, and peace-offerings. And he offered the burnt-offering.

10 And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt-offering, behold, Samuel came; and Sault Heb. went out to meet him, that he bless might fsalute him.

11 And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Filistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;

way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

19 Now "there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: (for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:)

20 But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.

21 Yet they had ta file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and fto sharpen the goads. 22 So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found. 23 P And the || garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.

CHAPTER XIV. Jonathan, unwitting to his father, the priest, or the people, goeth and mi raculously smiteth the Philistines' garrison, 1. 15 A divine terror maketh them beat themselves. 17 Saul, not staying the priest's answer, setteth on them. 21 The captivated Hebrews, and the hidden Israelites, join against them. 24 Saul's unadvised adjura tion hindereth the victory. 32 He re

Jonathan and his armour-bearer

straineth the people from eating blood. 35 He buildeth an altar, 36 Jonathan, taken by lot, is saved by the people. 47 Saul's strength and family.

B. C.

there

was a

Now it came to pass upon a day. 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.

2 And Saul tarried in the utter

15.

cl. 13.

bch.22. 9. 11, 20, called

lech. ch.4. 21. dch.2.28.

most part of Gibeah under a pomegranate-tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men; 3 And bAhiah, the son of Ahi-himetub, I-chabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD's priest in Shiloh, dwearing an ephod. And the people knewnot that Jonathan was gone. 4 TAnd between the passages by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines' garri-23. Bon, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on tooth. the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.

5 The tforefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.

ch. 13. Heb.

6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Ju.7 4,7. Come, and let us go over unto 2 Ch. 14. the garrison of these uncircum-IL cised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD fto save by many or by few.

7 And his armour-bearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thine heart.

8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them.

†Heb.

Be still.

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. 10 But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand; and a this h SeeGe. shall be a sign unto us. 24.14.Ju.

11 And both of them discover-7. 11. ed themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves. 12 And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armour-bearer, and said. Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armour-bearer, Come up af ter me: for the LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.

Or, half a furrow of an acre of land.

12Ki.7. 7. Ju. 7. 21.

Job 18.

11.

17.

ch. 13.

1 Heb. a trem

bling of God. 1Ge.35, 5.

mver 20.

Nu 27.

21.

Or, tumult.

14 And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plough.

15 And there was trembling in all the people: the garrison, and the host, in the field, and among kthe spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was fia very great trembling.

16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and behold, the multitude melt ed away, and they went on beating down one another.

17 Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had num bered, behold Jonathan and his armour-bearer were not there.

18 And Saul said unto Ahia, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark 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.

20 And Saul and all the people that were with him tassembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and behold, "every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.

21 Moreover, the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time, which went up with them into the camp from the country round about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan.

22 Likewise all the men of Is rael which Phad hid themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, Pch.13 6. even they also followed hard after them in the battle.