08-1:6 Then
she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of
Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the Lord had visited his people in giving them bread.
08-1:8 And
Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother’s
house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have
dealt with the dead, and with me.
08-1:9 The
LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then
she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
08-1:13 Would
ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having
husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the
hand of the LORD is gone out against me.
08-1:17 Where
thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me.
08-1:21 I
went out full, and the LORD hath brought me home
again empty: why then call ye me
Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against
me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?
08-2:4 And,
behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with
you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee.
08-2:12 The
LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be
given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under
whose wings thou art come to trust.
08-2:13 Then
she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord;
for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto
thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.
08-2:20 And
Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left
off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The
man is near of kin unto us, one of
our next kinsmen.
08-3:10 And
he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for
thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning,
inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.
08-3:13 Tarry
this night, and it shall be in the morning, that
if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the
kinsman’s part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will
I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the
LORD liveth: lie down until the morning.
08-4:11 And
all the people that were in the gate,
and the elders, said, We are witnesses.
The LORD make the woman that is come into thine
house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and
do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:
08-4:12 And
let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the
seed which the LORD shall give thee of this
young woman.
08-4:13 So
Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son.
08-4:14 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.
09-1:3 And
this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli,
Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.
09-1:5 But
unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb.
09-1:6 And
her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
09-1:7 And
as he did so year by year, when she
went up to the house of the LORD, so she
provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
09-1:9 So
Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now
Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD.
09-1:10 And
she was in bitterness of soul, and
prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
09-1:11 And
she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if
thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and
not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then
I will give him unto the LORD all the days of
his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
09-1:12 And
it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD,
that Eli marked her mouth.
09-1:15 And
Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have
drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.
09-1:19 And
they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah:
and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD
remembered her.
09-1:20 Wherefore
it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that
she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying,
Because I have asked him of the LORD.
09-1:21 And
the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
09-1:22 But
Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may
appear before the LORD, and there abide for
ever.
09-1:23 And
Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou
have weaned him; only the LORD establish his
word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.
09-1:24 And
when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one
ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young.
09-1:26 And
she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here,
praying unto the LORD.
09-1:27 For
this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me
my petition which I asked of him:
09-1:28 Therefore
also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he
liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he
worshipped the LORD there.
09-2:1 And
Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD,
mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is
enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation.
09-2:2 There is none holy as the LORD: for there
is none beside thee: neither is there
any rock like our God.
09-2:3 Talk
no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy
come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him
actions are weighed.
09-2:6 The
LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down
to the grave, and bringeth up.
09-2:7 The
LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth
low, and lifteth up.
09-2:10 The
adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces;
out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD
shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king,
and exalt the horn of his anointed.
09-2:11 And
Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.
09-2:12 Now
the sons of Eli were sons of Belial;
they knew not the LORD.
09-2:17 Wherefore
the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD:
for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.
09-2:18 But
Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen
ephod.
09-2:20 And
Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD
give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home.
09-2:21 And
the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived,
and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.
09-2:25 If
one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin
against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding
they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them.
09-2:26 And
the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.
09-2:27 And
there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy
father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh’s house?
09-2:30 Wherefore
the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy
father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD
saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that
despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
09-3:1 And
the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before
Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in
those days; there was no open vision.
09-3:3 And
ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD,
where the ark of God was, and Samuel
was laid down to sleep;
09-3:4 That
the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.
09-3:6 And
the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel
arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I;
for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again.
09-3:7 Now
Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was
the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him.
09-3:8 And
the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And
he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am
I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child.
09-3:9 Therefore
Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou
shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth.
So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
09-3:10 And
the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other
times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.
09-3:11 And
the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a
thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall
tingle.
09-3:15 And
Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.
09-3:17 And
he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath
said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not
from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee.
09-3:18 And
Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD:
let him do what seemeth him good.
09-3:19 And
Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did
let none of his words fall to the ground.
09-3:20 And
all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a
prophet of the LORD.
09-3:21 And
the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word
of the LORD.
09-4:3 And
when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore
hath the LORD smitten us to day before the
Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among
us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.
09-4:4 So
the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the
covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons
of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there
with the ark of the covenant of God.
09-4:5 And
when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came
into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang
again.
09-4:6 And
when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in
the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come into the camp.
09-5:3 And
when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth
before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon,
and set him in his place again.
09-5:4 And
when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his
hands were cut off upon the
threshold; only the stump of Dagon
was left to him.
09-5:6 But
the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of
Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.
09-5:9 And
it was so, that, after they had
carried it about, the hand of the LORD was
against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the
city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts.
09-6:1 And
the ark of the LORD was in the country of the
Philistines seven months.
09-6:2 And
the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we
do to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith we
shall send it to his place.
09-6:8 And
take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the
cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send
it away, that it may go.
09-6:11 And
they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and
the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.
09-6:14 And
the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave
the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD.
09-6:15 And
the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and
the coffer that was with it, wherein
the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of
Bethshemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto
the LORD.
09-6:17 And
these are the golden emerods which
the Philistines returned for a
trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one,
for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
09-6:18 And
the golden mice, according to the number
of all the cities of the Philistines belonging
to the five lords, both of fenced
cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: which
stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite.
09-6:19 And
he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and
threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many
of the people with a great slaughter.
09-6:20 And
the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?
09-6:21 And
they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim, saying, The Philistines
have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye
down, and fetch it up to you.
09-7:1 And
the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the
hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.
09-7:2 And
it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long;
for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD.
09-7:3 And
Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and
prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him
only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
09-7:4 Then
the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.
09-7:5 And
Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.
09-7:6 And
they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have
sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the
children of Israel in Mizpeh.
09-7:8 And
the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the
hand of the Philistines.
09-7:9 And
Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it
for a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD:
and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and
the LORD heard him.
09-7:10 And
as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to
battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered
with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them;
and they were smitten before Israel.
09-7:12 Then
Samuel took a stone, and set it between
Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
09-7:13 So
the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel:
and the hand of the LORD was against the
Philistines all the days of Samuel.
09-7:17 And
his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged
Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD.
09-8:6 But
the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And
Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
09-8:7 And
the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the
voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected
thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
09-8:10 And
Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the
people that asked of him a king.
09-8:18 And
ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen
you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day.
09-8:21 And
Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of
the LORD.
09-8:22 And
the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their
voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye
every man unto his city.
09-9:15 Now
the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before
Saul came, saying,
09-9:17 And
when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him,
Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people.
09-10:1 Then
Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon
his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it
not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?
09-10:6 And
the spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and
thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.
09-10:17 And
Samuel called the people together unto the LORD
to Mizpeh;
09-10:18 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:
09-10:19 And
ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your
adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore
present yourselves before the LORD by your
tribes, and by your thousands.
09-10:22 Therefore
they enquired of the LORD further, if the man
should yet come thither. And the LORD answered,
Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff.
09-10:24 And
Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD
hath chosen, that there is none like
him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the
king.
09-10:25 Then
Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
09-11:7 And
he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers,
saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be
done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD
fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.
09-11:13 And
Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel.
09-11:15 And
all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices
of peace offerings before the LORD; and there
Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
09-12:3 Behold,
here I am: witness against me before
the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have
I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I 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.
09-12:5 And
he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And
they answered, He is witness.
09-12:6 And
Samuel said unto the people, It is the
LORD that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that
brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
09-12:7 Now
therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers.
09-12:8 When
Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD
sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made
them dwell in this place.
09-12:9 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.
09-12:10 And
they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have
sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and
have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our
enemies, and we will serve thee.
09-12:11 And
the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah,
and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side,
and ye dwelled safe.
09-12:12 And
when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye
said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God was
your king.
09-12:13 Now
therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD
hath set a king over you.
09-12:14 If
ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey
his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you
continue following the LORD your God:
09-12:15 But
if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but
rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then
shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers.
09-12:16 Now
therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD
will do before your eyes.
09-12:17 Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will
call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder
and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the
sight of the LORD, in asking you a king.
09-12:18 So
Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the
people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
09-12:19 And
all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto
all our sins this evil, to ask us a
king.
09-12:20 And
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 all your heart;
09-12:22 For
the LORD will not forsake his people for his
great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the LORD
to make you his people.
09-12:23 Moreover
as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD
in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way:
09-12:24 Only
fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all
your heart; for consider how great things
he hath done for you.
09-13:12 Therefore
said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not
made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself
therefore, and offered a burnt offering.
09-13:13 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 now would the LORD have
established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.
09-13:14 But
now thy kingdom shall not continue: the 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.
09-14:6 And
Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over
unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to
save by many or by few.
09-14:10 But
if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us.
09-14:12 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 delivered them into the hand of Israel.
09-14:23 So
the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle
passed over unto Bethaven.
09-14:33 Then
they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye
have transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day.
09-14:34 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 blood. And all the people brought every man
his ox with him that night, and slew them
there.
09-14:35 And
Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was
the first altar that he built unto the LORD.
09-14:39 For,
as the LORD
liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely
die. But there was not a man among
all the people that answered him.
09-14:41 Therefore
Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a
perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan
were taken: but the people escaped.
09-14:45 And
the people 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.
09-15:1 Samuel
also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint
thee to be king over his people, over
Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD.
09-15:2 Thus
saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he
laid wait for him in the way, when he
came up from Egypt.
09-15:10 Then
came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying,
09-15:11 It
repenteth me that I have set up Saul to
be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my
commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.
09-15:13 And
Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have
performed the commandment of the LORD.
09-15:15 And
Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared
the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
09-15:16 Then
Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him,
Say on.
09-15:17 And
Samuel said, When thou wast little in
thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel,
and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?
09-15:18 And
the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go
and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until
they be consumed.
09-15:19 Wherefore
then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD,
but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?
09-15:20 And
Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek,
and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
09-15:21 But
the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which
should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.
09-15:22 And
Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying
the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
09-15:23 For
rebellion is as the sin of
witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity
and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
09-15:24 And
Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment
of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the
people, and obeyed their voice.
09-15:25 Now
therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may
worship the LORD.
09-15:26 And
Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the
word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
09-15:28 And
Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the
kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of
thine, that is better than thou.
09-15:30 Then
he said, I have sinned: yet honour me
now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn
again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy
God.
09-15:31 So
Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.
09-15:33 And
Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be
childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.
09-15:35 And
Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel
mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he
had made Saul king over Israel.
09-16:1 And
the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou
mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill
thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I
have provided me a king among his sons.
09-16:2 And
Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it,
he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an
heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.
09-16:4 And
Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came
to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said,
Comest thou peaceably?
09-16:5 And
he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD:
sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse
and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
09-16:7 But
the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his
countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD
seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
09-16:8 Then
Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither
hath the LORD chosen this.
09-16:9 Then
Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
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