The Old Testament of the
King James Version of the Bible
The First Book of Samuel
Otherwise Called:
The First Book of the Kings
1:1 Now there was a certain man of
Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim,
and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham,
the son of Elihu, the
son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite:
1:2 And he had two wives;
the name of the one was Hannah, and the name
of the other Peninnah:
and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no
children.
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.
1:4 And when the time was that Elkanah
offered, he gave to Peninnah
his wife, and to all her sons and her
daughters, portions: 1:5 But
unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he
loved Hannah: but the
LORD had shut up her womb.
1:6 And her adversary also provoked her
sore, for to make her fret,
because the LORD had shut up her womb.
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.
1:8 Then said Elkanah her husband to her,
Hannah, why weepest thou?
and why eatest thou not? and why is thy
heart grieved? am not I better
to thee than ten sons? 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.
1:10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and
prayed unto the LORD, and
wept sore.
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.
1:12 And it came to pass, as she continued
praying before the LORD,
that Eli marked her mouth.
1:13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart;
only her lips moved, but her
voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought
she had been drunken.
1:14 And Eli said unto her, How long wilt
thou be drunken? put away
thy wine from thee.
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.
1:16 Count not thine handmaid for a daughter
of Belial: for out of the
abundance of my complaint and grief have I
spoken hitherto.
1:17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in
peace: and the God of Israel
grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked
of him.
1:18 And she said, Let thine handmaid find
grace in thy sight. So the
woman went her way, and did eat, and her
countenance was no more sad.
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.
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.
1:21 And the man Elkanah, and all his house,
went up to offer unto the
LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
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.
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.
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.
1:25 And they slew a bullock, and brought
the child to Eli.
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.
1:27 For this child I prayed; and the LORD
hath given me my petition
which I asked of him: 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.
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.
2:2 There is none holy as the LORD: for
there is none beside thee:
neither is there any rock like our God.
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.
2:4 The bows of the mighty men are broken,
and they that stumbled are
girded with strength.
2:5 They that were full have hired out
themselves for bread; and they
that were hungry ceased: so that the barren
hath born seven; and she
that hath many children is waxed feeble.
2:6 The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he
bringeth down to the grave,
and bringeth up.
2:7 The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich:
he bringeth low, and
lifteth up.
2:8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust,
and lifteth up the beggar
from the dunghill, to set them among
princes, and to make them inherit
the throne of glory: for the pillars of the
earth are the LORD's, and
he hath set the world upon them.
2:9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and
the wicked shall be
silent in darkness; for by strength shall no
man prevail.
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.
2:11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house.
And the child did
minister unto the LORD before Eli the
priest.
2:12 Now the sons of Eli were sons of
Belial; they knew not the LORD.
2:13 And the priest's custom with the people
was, that, when any man
offered sacrifice, the priest's servant
came, while the flesh was in
seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in
his hand; 2:14 And he
struck it into the pan, or kettle, or
caldron, or pot; all that the
fleshhook brought up the priest took for
himself. So they did in
Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came
thither.
2:15 Also before they burnt the fat, the
priest's servant came, and
said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh
to roast for the priest;
for he will not have sodden flesh of thee,
but raw.
2:16 And if any man said unto him, Let them
not fail to burn the fat
presently, and then take as much as thy soul
desireth; then he would
answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me
now: and if not, I will
take it by force.
2:17 Wherefore the sin of the young men was
very great before the
LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the
LORD.
2:18 But Samuel ministered before the LORD,
being a child, girded with
a linen ephod.
2:19 Moreover his mother made him a little
coat, and brought it to him
from year to year, when she came up with her
husband to offer the
yearly sacrifice.
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.
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.
2:22 Now Eli was very old, and heard all
that his sons did unto all
Israel; and how they lay with the women that
assembled at the door of
the tabernacle of the congregation.
2:23 And he said unto them, Why do ye such
things? for I hear of your
evil dealings by all this people.
2:24 Nay, my sons; for it is no good report
that I hear: ye make the
LORD's people to transgress.
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.
2:26 And the child Samuel grew on, and was
in favour both with the
LORD, and also with men.
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?
2:28 And did I choose him
out of all the tribes of Israel to be my
priest, to offer upon mine
altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod
before me? and did I give
unto the house of thy father all the
offerings made by fire of the
children of Israel? 2:29 Wherefore kick ye
at my sacrifice and at
mine offering, which I have commanded in my
habitation; and honourest
thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat
with the chiefest of all the
offerings of Israel my people? 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.
2:31 Behold, the days come, that I will cut
off thine arm, and the arm
of thy father's house, that there shall not
be an old man in thine
house.
2:32 And thou shalt see an enemy in my
habitation, in all the wealth
which God shall give Israel: and there shall
not be an old man in
thine house for ever.
2:33 And the man of thine, whom I shall not
cut off from mine altar,
shall be to consume thine eyes, and to
grieve thine heart: and all the
increase of thine house shall die in the
flower of their age.
2:34 And this shall be a sign unto thee,
that shall come upon thy two
sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day
they shall die both of them.
2:35 And I will raise me up a faithful
priest, that shall do according
to that which is in mine heart and in my
mind: and I will build him a
sure house; and he shall walk before mine
anointed for ever.
2:36 And it shall come to pass, that every
one that is left in thine
house shall come and crouch to him for a
piece of silver and a morsel
of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray
thee, into one of the priests'
offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.
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.
3:2 And it came to pass at that time, when
Eli was laid down in his
place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that
he could not see; 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; 3:4 That the LORD
called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.
3:5 And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am
I; for thou calledst me.
And he said, I called not; lie down again.
And he went and lay down.
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.
3:7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD,
neither was the word of the
LORD yet revealed unto him.
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.
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.
3:10 And the LORD came, and stood, and
called as at other times,
Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak;
for thy servant heareth.
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.
3:12 In that day I will perform against Eli
all things which I have
spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I
will also make an end.
3:13 For I have told him that I will judge
his house for ever for the
iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons
made themselves vile, and
he restrained them not.
3:14 And therefore I have sworn unto the
house of Eli, that the
iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged
with sacrifice nor
offering for ever.
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.
3:16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said,
Samuel, my son. And he
answered, Here am I.
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.
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.
3:19 And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with
him, and did let none of
his words fall to the ground.
3:20 And all Israel from Dan even to
Beersheba knew that Samuel was
established to be a prophet of the LORD.
3:21 And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh:
for the LORD revealed
himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of
the LORD.
4:1 And the word of Samuel came to all
Israel. Now Israel went out
against the Philistines to battle, and
pitched beside Ebenezer: and
the Philistines pitched in Aphek.
4:2 And the Philistines put themselves in
array against Israel: and
when they joined battle, Israel was smitten
before the Philistines:
and they slew of the army in the field about
four thousand men.
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.
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.
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.
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.
4:7 And the Philistines were afraid, for
they said, God is come into
the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for
there hath not been such a
thing heretofore.
4:8 Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of
the hand of these mighty
Gods? these are the Gods that smote the
Egyptians with all the plagues
in the wilderness.
4:9 Be strong and quit yourselves like men,
O ye Philistines, that ye
be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they
have been to you: quit
yourselves like men, and fight.
4:10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel
was smitten, and they fled
every man into his tent: and there was a
very great slaughter; for
there fell of Israel thirty thousand
footmen.
4:11 And the ark of God was taken; and the
two sons of Eli, Hophni and
Phinehas, were slain.
4:12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of
the army, and came to
Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent,
and with earth upon his
head.
4:13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a
seat by the wayside
watching: for his heart trembled for the ark
of God. And when the man
came into the city, and told it, all the
city cried out.
4:14 And when Eli heard the noise of the
crying, he said, What meaneth
the noise of this tumult? And the man came
in hastily, and told Eli.
4:15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old;
and his eyes were dim,
that he could not see.
4:16 And the man said unto Eli, I am he that
came out of the army, and
I fled to day out of the army. And he said,
What is there done, my
son? 4:17 And the messenger answered and
said, Israel is fled before
the Philistines, and there hath been also a
great slaughter among the
people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and
Phinehas, are dead, and the
ark of God is taken.
4:18 And it came to pass, when he made
mention of the ark of God, that
he fell from off the seat backward by the
side of the gate, and his
neck brake, and he died: for he was an old
man, and heavy. And he had
judged Israel forty years.
4:19 And his daughter in law, Phinehas'
wife, was with child, near to
be delivered: and when she heard the tidings
that the ark of God was
taken, and that her father in law and her
husband were dead, she bowed
herself and travailed; for her pains came
upon her.
4:20 And about the time of her death the
women that stood by her said
unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a
son. But she answered not,
neither did she regard it.
4:21 And she named the child Ichabod,
saying, The glory is departed
from Israel: because the ark of God was
taken, and because of her
father in law and her husband.
4:22 And she said, The glory is departed
from Israel: for the ark of
God is taken.
5:1 And the Philistines took the ark of God,
and brought it from
Ebenezer unto Ashdod.
5:2 When the Philistines took the ark of
God, they brought it into the
house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
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.
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.
5:5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon,
nor any that come into
Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of
Dagon in Ashdod unto this
day.
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.
5:7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that it
was so, they said, The ark
of the God of Israel shall not abide with
us: for his hand is sore
upon us, and upon Dagon our god.
5:8 They sent therefore and gathered all the
lords of the Philistines
unto them, and said, What shall we do with
the ark of the God of
Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of
the God of Israel be carried
about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of
the God of Israel about
thither.
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.
5:10 Therefore they sent the ark of God to
Ekron. And it came to pass,
as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the
Ekronites cried out, saying,
They have brought about the ark of the God
of Israel to us, to slay us
and our people.
5:11 So they sent and gathered together all
the lords of the
Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of
the God of Israel, and let
it go again to his own place, that it slay
us not, and our people: for
there was a deadly destruction throughout
all the city; the hand of
God was very heavy there.
5:12 And the men that died not were smitten
with the emerods: and the
cry of the city went up to heaven.
6:1 And the ark of the LORD was in the
country of the Philistines
seven months.
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.
6:3 And they said, If ye send away the ark
of the God of Israel, send
it not empty; but in any wise return him a
trespass offering: then ye
shall be healed, and it shall be known to
you why his hand is not
removed from you.
6:4 Then said they, What shall be the
trespass offering which we shall
return to him? They answered, Five golden
emerods, and five golden
mice, according to the number of the lords
of the Philistines: for one
plague was on you all, and on your lords.
6:5 Wherefore ye shall make images of your
emerods, and images of your
mice that mar the land; and ye shall give
glory unto the God of
Israel: peradventure he will lighten his
hand from off you, and from
off your gods, and from off your land.
6:6 Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts,
as the Egyptians and
Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had
wrought wonderfully among
them, did they not let the people go, and
they departed? 6:7 Now
therefore make a new cart, and take two
milch kine, on which there
hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the
cart, and bring their
calves home from them: 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.
6:9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of
his own coast to
Bethshemesh, then he hath done us this great
evil: but if not, then we
shall know that it is not his hand that
smote us: it was a chance that
happened to us.
6:10 And the men did so; and took two milch
kine, and tied them to the
cart, and shut up their calves at home: 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.
6:12 And the kine took the straight way to
the way of Bethshemesh, and
went along the highway, lowing as they went,
and turned not aside to
the right hand or to the left; and the lords
of the Philistines went
after them unto the border of Bethshemesh.
6:13 And they of Bethshemesh were reaping
their wheat harvest in the
valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and
saw the ark, and rejoiced
to see it.
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.
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.
6:16 And when the five lords of the
Philistines had seen it, they
returned to Ekron the same day.
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; 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.
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.
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? 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.
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.
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.
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.
7:4 Then the children of Israel did put away
Baalim and Ashtaroth, and
served the LORD only.
7:5 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to
Mizpeh, and I will pray for
you unto the LORD.
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.
7:7 And when the Philistines heard that the
children of Israel were
gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of
the Philistines went up
against Israel. And when the children of
Israel heard it, they were
afraid of the Philistines.
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.
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.
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.
7:11 And the men of Israel went out of
Mizpeh, and pursued the
Philistines, and smote them, until they came
under Bethcar.
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.
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.
7:14 And the cities which the Philistines
had taken from Israel were
restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto
Gath; and the coasts thereof
did Israel deliver out of the hands of the
Philistines. And there was
peace between Israel and the Amorites.
7:15 And Samuel judged Israel all the days
of his life.
7:16 And he went from year to year in
circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal,
and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those
places.
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.
8:1 And it came to pass, when Samuel was
old, that he made his sons
judges over Israel.
8:2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel;
and the name of his
second, Abiah: they were judges in
Beersheba.
8:3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but
turned aside after lucre,
and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
8:4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered
themselves together, and
came to Samuel unto Ramah, 8:5 And said unto
him, Behold, thou art
old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now
make us a king to judge us
like all the nations.
8:6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when
they said, Give us a king to
judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD.
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.
8:8 According to all the works which they
have done since the day that
I brought them up out of Egypt even unto
this day, wherewith they have
forsaken me, and served other gods, so do
they also unto thee.
8:9 Now therefore hearken unto their voice:
howbeit yet protest
solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner
of the king that shall
reign over them.
8:10 And Samuel told all the words of the
LORD unto the people that
asked of him a king.
8:11 And he said, This will be the manner of
the king that shall reign
over you: He will take your sons, and
appoint them for himself, for
his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and
some shall run before his
chariots.
8:12 And he will appoint him captains over
thousands, and captains
over fifties; and will set them to ear his
ground, and to reap his
harvest, and to make his instruments of war,
and instruments of his
chariots.
8:13 And he will take your daughters to be
confectionaries, and to be
cooks, and to be bakers.
8:14 And he will take your fields, and your
vineyards, and your
oliveyards, even the best of them, and give
them to his servants.
8:15 And he will take the tenth of your
seed, and of your vineyards,
and give to his officers, and to his
servants.
8:16 And he will take your menservants, and
your maidservants, and
your goodliest young men, and your asses,
and put them to his work.
8:17 He will take the tenth of your sheep:
and ye shall be his
servants.
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.
8:19 Nevertheless the people refused to obey
the voice of Samuel; and
they said, Nay; but we will have a king over
us; 8:20 That we also may
be like all the nations; and that our king
may judge us, and go out
before us, and fight our battles.
8:21 And Samuel heard all the words of the
people, and he rehearsed
them in the ears of the LORD.
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.
9:1 Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose
name was Kish, the son of
Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of
Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a
Benjamite, a mighty man of power.
9:2 And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a
choice young man, and a
goodly: and there was not among the children
of Israel a goodlier
person than he: from his shoulders and
upward he was higher than any
of the people.
9:3 And the asses of Kish Saul's father were
lost. And Kish said to
Saul his son, Take now one of the servants
with thee, and arise, go
seek the asses.
9:4 And he passed through mount Ephraim, and
passed through the land
of Shalisha, but they found them not: then
they passed through the
land of Shalim, and there they were not: and
he passed through the
land of the Benjamites, but they found them
not.
9:5 And when they were come to the land of
Zuph, Saul said to his
servant that was with him, Come, and let us
return; lest my father
leave caring for the asses, and take thought
for us.
9:6 And he said unto him, Behold now, there
is in this city a man of
God, and he is an honourable man; all that
he saith cometh surely to
pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he
can shew us our way that
we should go.
9:7 Then said Saul to his servant, But,
behold, if we go, what shall
we bring the man? for the bread is spent in
our vessels, and there is
not a present to bring to the man of God:
what have we? 9:8 And the
servant answered Saul again, and said,
Behold, I have here at hand the
fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will
I give to the man of God,
to tell us our way.
9:9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went
to enquire of God, thus he
spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for
he that is now called a
Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.) 9:10
Then said Saul to his
servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they
went unto the city where
the man of God was.
9:11 And as they went up the hill to the
city, they found young
maidens going out to draw water, and said
unto them, Is the seer here?
9:12 And they answered them, and said, He
is; behold, he is before
you: make haste now, for he came to day to
the city; for there is a
sacrifice of the people to day in the high
place: 9:13 As soon as ye
be come into the city, ye shall straightway
find him, before he go up
to the high place to eat: for the people
will not eat until he come,
because he doth bless the sacrifice; and
afterwards they eat that be
bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about
this time ye shall find
him.
9:14 And they went up into the city: and
when they were come into the
city, behold, Samuel came out against them,
for to go up to the high
place.
9:15 Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear
a day before Saul came,
saying, 9:16 To morrow about this time I
will send thee a man out of
the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint
him to be captain over my
people Israel, that he may save my people
out of the hand of the
Philistines: for I have looked upon my
people, because their cry is
come unto me.
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.
9:18 Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the
gate, and said, Tell me, I
pray thee, where the seer's house is.
9:19 And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I
am the seer: go up before
me unto the high place; for ye shall eat
with me to day, and to morrow
I will let thee go, and will tell thee all
that is in thine heart.
9:20 And as for thine asses that were lost
three days ago, set not thy
mind on them; for they are found. And on
whom is all the desire of
Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy
father's house? 9:21 And
Saul answered and said, Am not I a
Benjamite, of the smallest of the
tribes of Israel? and my family the least of
all the families of the
tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest
thou so to me? 9:22 And
Samuel took Saul and his servant, and
brought them into the parlour,
and made them sit in the chiefest place
among them that were bidden,
which were about thirty persons.
9:23 And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring
the portion which I gave
thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by
thee.
9:24 And the cook took up the shoulder, and
that which was upon it,
and set it before Saul. And Samuel said,
Behold that which is left!
set it before thee, and eat: for unto this
time hath it been kept for
thee since I said, I have invited the
people. So Saul did eat with
Samuel that day.
9:25 And when they were come down from the
high place into the city,
Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of
the house.
9:26 And they arose early: and it came to
pass about the spring of the
day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of
the house, saying, Up, that
I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and
they went out both of them,
he and Samuel, abroad.
9:27 And as they were going down to the end
of the city, Samuel said
to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us,
(and he passed on), but
stand thou still a while, that I may shew
thee the word of God. |
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