1 Samuel 1:15-16:17

The Birth of Samuel

15 But Hannah answered, "No, my lord, I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but o I have been pouring out my soul before the Lord. 16 Do not regard your servant as p a worthless woman, for all along I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation." 17 Then Eli answered, q "Go in peace, and the God of Israel r grant your petition that you have made to him." 18 And she said, s "Let your servant find favor in your eyes." Then the woman t went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.

19 They rose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord; then they went back to their house at u Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord v remembered her. 20 And in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for she said, "I have asked for him from the Lord." 1

Samuel Given to the Lord

21 The man Elkanah and all his house w went up to offer to the Lord the yearly sacrifice and to pay his vow. 22 But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, "As soon as the child is weaned, I will bring him, so that he may appear in the presence of the Lord x and dwell there forever." 23 y Elkanah her husband said to her, "Do what seems best to you; wait until you have weaned him; z only, may the Lord establish his word." So the woman remained and nursed her son until she weaned him. 24 And when she had weaned him, a she took him up with her, along with a three-year-old bull, 2 an ephah 3 of flour, and a skin of wine, and she brought him to b the house of the Lord at Shiloh. And the child was young. 25 Then they slaughtered the bull, and they brought the child to Eli. 26 And she said, "Oh, my lord! c As you live, my lord, I am the woman who was standing here in your presence, praying to the Lord. 27 For this child I prayed, d and the Lord has granted me my petition that I made to him.

28 Therefore I have lent him to the Lord. As long as he lives, he is lent to the Lord." e And he worshiped the Lord there.

1 Samuel 2

Hannah's Prayer

1 And Hannah prayed and said,
f "My heart exults in the Lord;
g my strength 4 is exalted in the Lord.
My mouth derides my enemies,
because h I rejoice in your salvation.

2 i "There is none holy like the Lord;
there is none besides you;
there is j no rock like our God.
 3 Talk no more so very proudly,
let not arrogance come from your mouth;
for the Lord is a God of knowledge,
and by him actions are weighed.
 4 k The bows of the mighty are broken,
but the feeble bind on strength.
 5 Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread,
but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger.
l The barren has borne seven,
m but she who has many children is forlorn.
 6 n The Lord kills and brings to life;
he brings down to Sheol and raises up.
 7 o The Lord makes poor and makes rich;
p he brings low and he exalts.
 8 q He raises up the poor from the dust;
he lifts the needy from the ash heap
r to make them sit with princes
and inherit a seat of honor.
s For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's,
and on them he has set the world.

9 t "He will guard the feet of his faithful ones,
but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness,
for not by might shall a man prevail.
 10 u The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces;
v against them he will thunder in heaven.
w The Lord will judge the ends of the earth;
he will give strength to his king
x and exalt the power 5 of his anointed."

11 Then Elkanah went home y to Ramah. z And the boy ministered to the Lord in the presence of Eli the priest.

Eli's Worthless Sons

12 Now the sons of Eli were a worthless men. b They did not know the Lord. 13 The custom of the priests with the people was that when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant 6 would come, while the meat was boiling, with a three-pronged fork in his hand, 14 and he would thrust it into the pan or kettle or cauldron or pot. All that the fork brought up the priest would take for himself. This is what they did at Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there. 15 Moreover, c before the fat was burned, the priest's servant would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, "Give meat for the priest to roast, for he will not accept boiled meat from you but only raw." 16 And if the man said to him, "Let them burn the fat first, and then take as much as you wish," he would say, "No, you must give it now, and if not, I will take it by force." 17 Thus the sin of the young men was very great d in the sight of the Lord, e for the men treated the offering of the Lord with contempt.

18 f Samuel was ministering before the Lord, a boy g clothed with a linen ephod. 19 And his mother used to make for him a little robe and take it to him each year h when she went up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. 20 Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say, "May the Lord give you children by this woman i for the petition she asked of the Lord." So then they would return to their home.

21 j Indeed the Lord visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. k And the young man Samuel grew in the presence of the Lord.

Eli Rebukes His Sons

22 Now Eli was very old, and he kept hearing all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who l were serving at the entrance to the tent of meeting. 23 And he said to them, "Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all the people. 24 No, my sons; it is no good report that I hear the people of the Lord spreading abroad. 25 If someone sins against a man, God will mediate for him, but if someone sins against the Lord, who can intercede for him?" But they would not listen to the voice of their father, m for it was the will of the Lord to put them to death.

26 Now the young man Samuel n continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the Lord and also with man.

The Lord Rejects Eli's Household

27 And there came o a man of God to Eli and said to him, "Thus the Lord has said, p 'Did I indeed reveal myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt subject to the house of Pharaoh? 28 q Did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, r to wear an ephod before me? s I gave to the house of your father all my offerings by fire from the people of Israel. 29 Why then do you t scorn 7 my sacrifices and my offerings that I commanded, and honor your sons above me by fattening yourselves on the choicest parts of every offering of my people Israel?' 30 Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: v 'I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,' w but now the Lord declares: 'Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed. 31 Behold, x the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father's house, so that there will not be an old man in your house. 32 Then y in distress you will look with envious eye on all the prosperity that shall be bestowed on Israel, z and there shall not be an old man in your house forever. 33 The only one of you whom I shall not cut off from my altar shall be spared to weep his 8 eyes out to grieve his heart, and all the descendants 9 of your house shall die by the sword of men. 10 34 a And this that shall come upon your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, shall be the sign to you: both of them shall die b on the same day. 35 c And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind. d And I will build him a sure house, and he shall go in and out before e my anointed forever. 36 And everyone who is left in your house shall come to implore him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread and shall say, "Please put me in one of the priests' places, that I may eat a morsel of bread."'"

1 Samuel 3

The Lord Calls Samuel

1 f Now the young man Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli. g And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision.

2 At that time Eli, h whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see, was lying down in his own place. 3 i The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down j in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was.

4 Then the Lord called Samuel, and he said, "Here I am!" 5 and ran to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But he said, "I did not call; lie down again." So he went and lay down.

6 And the Lord called again, "Samuel!" and Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But he said, "I did not call, my son; lie down again." 7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, and the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him.

8 And the Lord called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." Then Eli perceived that the Lord was calling the young man. 9 Therefore Eli said to Samuel, "Go, lie down, and if he calls you, you shall say, 'Speak, Lord, for your servant hears.'" So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

10 And the Lord came and stood, calling as at other times, "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel said, "Speak, for your servant hears." 11 Then the Lord said to Samuel, "Behold, I am about to do a thing in Israel k at which the two ears of everyone who hears it will tingle. 12 On that day I will fulfill against Eli l all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end. 13 l And I declare to him that I am about to punish his house forever, for the iniquity that he knew, m because his sons were blaspheming God, 11 n and he did not restrain them. 14 Therefore I swear to the house of Eli o that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever."

15 Samuel lay until morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli. 16 But Eli called Samuel and said, "Samuel, my son." And he said, "Here I am." 17 And Eli said, "What was it that he told you? Do not hide it from me. p May God do so to you and more also if you hide anything from me of all that he told you." 18 So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. And he said, q "It is the Lord. Let him do what seems good to him."

19 r And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him s and let none of his words fall to the ground. 20 And all Israel t from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established as a prophet of the Lord. 21 And the Lord appeared again at Shiloh, for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel u at Shiloh v by the word of the Lord.

1 Samuel 4

The Philistines Capture the Ark

1 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines. They encamped at w Ebenezer, and the Philistines encamped at x Aphek. 2 The Philistines drew up in line against Israel, and when the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men on the field of battle. 3 And when the troops came to the camp, the elders of Israel said, "Why has the Lord defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord here y from Shiloh, that it may come among us and save us from the power of our enemies." 4 So the people sent to Shiloh and brought from there the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, z who is enthroned on the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

5 As soon as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all Israel a gave a mighty shout, so that the earth resounded. 6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shouting, they said, "What does this great shouting in the camp of the Hebrews mean?" And when they learned that the ark of the Lord had come to the camp, 7 the Philistines were afraid, for they said, "A god has come into the camp." And they said, "Woe to us! For nothing like this has happened before. 8 Woe to us! Who can deliver us from the power of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with every sort of plague in the wilderness. 9 b Take courage, and be men, O Philistines, lest you become slaves to the Hebrews c as they have been to you; be men and fight."

10 So the Philistines fought, d and Israel was defeated, e and they fled, every man to his home. And there was a very great slaughter, for there fell of Israel thirty thousand foot soldiers. 11 f And the ark of God was captured, g and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.

The Death of Eli

12 A man of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh the same day, h with his clothes torn and with dirt on his head. 13 When he arrived, i Eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching, for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city and told the news, all the city cried out. 14 When Eli heard the sound of the outcry, he said, "What is this uproar?" Then the man hurried and came and told Eli. 15 Now Eli was ninety-eight years old j and his eyes were set so that he could not see. 16 And the man said to Eli, "I am he who has come from the battle; I fled from the battle today." And he said, k "How did it go, my son?" 17 He who brought the news answered and said, "Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has also been a great defeat among the people. Your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been captured." 18 As soon as he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell over backward l from his seat by the side of the gate, and his neck was broken and he died, for the man was old and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.

19 Now his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant, about to give birth. And when she heard the news that the ark of God was captured, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed and gave birth, for her pains came upon her. 20 And about the time of her death the women attending her said to her, m "Do not be afraid, for you have borne a son." But she did not answer or pay attention. 21 And she named the child n Ichabod, saying, o "The glory has departed 12 from Israel!" because p the ark of God had been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband. 22 And she said, "The glory has departed from Israel, p for the ark of God has been captured."

1 Samuel 5

The Philistines and the Ark

1 When the Philistines captured the ark of God, they brought it from q Ebenezer to r Ashdod. 2 Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it up beside s Dagon. 3 And when the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, behold, t Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and put him back in his place. 4 But when they rose early on the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the Lord, u and the head of Dagon and both his hands were lying cut off on the threshold. Only the trunk of Dagon was left to him. 5 This is why the priests of Dagon and all who enter the house of Dagon v do not tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.

6 w The hand of the Lord was heavy against the people of Ashdod, and he terrified and afflicted them with x tumors, both Ashdod and its territory. 7 And when the men of Ashdod saw how things were, they said, "The ark of the God of Israel must not remain with us, for his hand is hard against us and against Dagon our god." 8 So they sent and gathered together all y the lords of the Philistines and said, "What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?" They answered, "Let the ark of the God of Israel be brought around to Gath." So they brought the ark of the God of Israel there. 9 But after they had brought it around, z the hand of the Lord was against the city, causing a very great panic, and he afflicted the men of the city, both young and old, so that x tumors broke out on them. 10 So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. But as soon as the ark of God came to Ekron, the people of Ekron cried out, "They have brought around to us the ark of the God of Israel to kill us and our people." 11 y They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines and said, "Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to its own place, that it may not kill us and our people." For there was a deathly panic throughout the whole city. w The hand of God was very heavy there. 12 The men who did not die were struck with x tumors, and the cry of the city went up to heaven.

1 Samuel 6

The Ark Returned to Israel

1 The ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines seven months. 2 And the Philistines called for the priests and a the diviners and said, "What shall we do with the ark of the Lord? Tell us with what we shall send it to its place." 3 They said, "If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it empty, but by all means return him b a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and it will be known to you why c his hand does not turn away from you." 4 And they said, "What is the guilt offering that we shall return to him?" They answered, "Five golden d tumors and five golden mice, e according to the number of the lords of the Philistines, for the same plague was on all of you and on your lords. 5 So you must make images of your d tumors and images of your mice that ravage the land, f and give glory to the God of Israel. Perhaps g he will lighten his hand from off you h and your gods and your land. 6 Why should you harden your hearts as i the Egyptians and j Pharaoh hardened their hearts? After he had dealt severely with them, k did they not send the people away, and they departed? 7 Now then, take and prepare l a new cart and two milk cows m on which there has never come a yoke, and yoke the cows to the cart, but take their calves home, away from them. 8 And take the ark of the Lord and place it on the cart and put in a box at its side n the figures of gold, which you are returning to him as b a guilt offering. Then send it off and let it go its way 9 and watch. If it goes up on the way to its own land, to o Beth-shemesh, then it is he who has done us this great harm, but if not, then we shall know that it is not p his hand that struck us; it happened to us by coincidence."

10 The men did so, and took two milk cows and yoked them to the cart and shut up their calves at home. 11 And they put the ark of the Lord on the cart and the box with the golden mice and the images of their tumors. 12 And the cows went straight in the direction of q Beth-shemesh along r one highway, lowing as they went. They turned neither to the right nor to the left, and the lords of the Philistines went after them as far as the border of q Beth-shemesh. 13 Now the people of q Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley. And when they lifted up their eyes and saw the ark, they rejoiced to see it. 14 The cart came into the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there. s A great stone was there. And they split up the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the Lord. 15 And the Levites took down the ark of the Lord and the box that was beside it, in which were the golden figures, and set them upon s the great stone. And the men of q Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices on that day to the Lord. 16 And when t the five lords of the Philistines saw it, they returned that day to Ekron.

17 These are the golden tumors that the Philistines returned as a u guilt offering to the Lord: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, one for Ekron, 18 and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, v both fortified cities and unwalled villages. w The great stone beside which they set down the ark of the Lord is a witness to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.

19 x And he struck some of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they looked upon the ark of the Lord. He struck seventy men of them, 13 and the people mourned because the Lord had struck the people with a great blow. 20 Then the men of Beth-shemesh said, y "Who is able to stand before the Lord, this holy God? And to whom shall he go up away from us?" 21 So they sent messengers to the inhabitants of z Kiriath-jearim, saying, "The Philistines have returned the ark of the Lord. Come down and take it up to you."

1 Samuel 7

1 And the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took up the ark of the Lord and brought it to the house of a Abinadab on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to have charge of the ark of the Lord. 2 From the day that the ark was lodged at Kiriath-jearim, a long time passed, some twenty years, and all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord.

Samuel Judges Israel

3 And Samuel said to all the house of Israel, b "If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, then c put away the foreign gods and the d Ashtaroth from among you and e direct your heart to the Lord f and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines." 4 So the people of Israel put away the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and they served the Lord only.

5 Then Samuel said, "Gather all Israel at g Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you." 6 So they gathered at g Mizpah h and drew water and poured it out before the Lord i and fasted on that day and said there, j "We have sinned against the Lord." And Samuel judged the people of Israel at Mizpah. 7 Now when the Philistines heard that the people of Israel had gathered at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the people of Israel heard of it, they were afraid of the Philistines. 8 And the people of Israel said to Samuel, "Do not cease to cry out to the Lord our God for us, that he may save us from the hand of the Philistines." 9 So Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. And k Samuel cried out to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord answered him. 10 As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to attack Israel. l But the Lord thundered with a mighty sound that day against the Philistines and threw them into confusion, and they were routed before Israel. 11 And the men of Israel went out from Mizpah and pursued the Philistines and struck them, as far as below Beth-car.

12 Then Samuel m took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen 14 and called its name Ebenezer; 15 for he said, "Till now the Lord has helped us." 13 n So the Philistines were subdued and did not again enter the territory of Israel. And the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel. 14 The cities that the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron to Gath, and Israel delivered their territory from the hand of the Philistines. There was peace also between Israel and the Amorites.

15 o Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. 16 And he went on a circuit year by year to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah. And he judged Israel in all these places. 17 Then he would return to p Ramah, for his home was there, and there also he judged Israel. q And he built there an altar to the Lord.

1 Samuel 8

Israel Demands a King

1 When Samuel became old, r he made his sons judges over Israel. 2 The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beersheba. 3 Yet his sons did not walk in his ways s but turned aside after gain. t They took bribes and perverted justice.

4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at p Ramah 5 and said to him, "Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. u Now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations." 6 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, "Give us a king to judge us." And Samuel prayed to the Lord. 7 And the Lord said to Samuel, "Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, v for they have not rejected you, w but they have rejected me from being king over them. 8 According to all the deeds that they have done, from the day I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are also doing to you. 9 Now then, obey their voice; only you shall solemnly warn them x and show them the ways of the king who shall reign over them."

Samuel's Warning Against Kings

10 So Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking for a king from him. 11 He said, y "These will be the ways of the king who will reign over you: z he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen and to run before his chariots. 12 And he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and some a to plow his ground and to reap his harvest, and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots. 13 He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers. 14 b He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive orchards and give them to his servants. 15 He will take the tenth of your grain and of your vineyards and give it to his officers and to his servants. 16 He will take your male servants and female servants and the best of your young men 16 and your donkeys, and put them to his work. 17 He will take the tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves. 18 And in that day you will cry out because of your king, whom you have chosen for yourselves, c but the Lord will not answer you in that day."

The Lord Grants Israel's Request

19 But the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel. And they said, "No! But there shall be a king over us, 20 d 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." 21 And when Samuel had heard all the words of the people, he repeated them in the ears of the Lord. 22 And the Lord said to Samuel, e "Obey their voice and make them a king." Samuel then said to the men of Israel, "Go every man to his city."

1 Samuel 9

Saul Chosen to Be King

1 There was a man of Benjamin whose name was f Kish, the son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, a Benjaminite, a man of wealth. 2 And he had a son whose name was Saul, g a handsome young man. There was not a man among the people of Israel more handsome than he. h From his shoulders upward he was taller than any of the people.

3 Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. So Kish said to Saul his son, "Take one of the young men with you, and arise, go and look for the donkeys." 4 And he passed through i the hill country of Ephraim and passed through the land of j Shalishah, but they did not find them. And they passed through the land of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then they passed through the land of Benjamin, but did not find them.

5 When they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant 17 who was with him, "Come, let us go back, k lest my father cease to care about the donkeys and become anxious about us." 6 But he said to him, "Behold, there is l a man of God in this city, and he is a man who is held in honor; m all that he says comes true. So now let us go there. Perhaps he can tell us the way we should go." 7 Then Saul said to his servant, "But if we go, n what can we bring the man? For the bread in our sacks is gone, and there is no present to bring to the man of God. What do we have?" 8 The servant answered Saul again, "Here, I have with me a quarter of a shekel 18 of silver, and I will give it to the man of God to tell us our way." 9 (Formerly in Israel, when a man o went to inquire of God, he said, "Come, let us go to the seer," for today's "prophet" was formerly called a seer.) 10 And Saul said to his servant, "Well said; come, let us go." So they went to the city where the man of God was.

11 As they went up the hill to the city, p they met young women coming out to draw water and said to them, "Is the seer here?" 12 They answered, "He is; behold, he is just ahead of you. Hurry. He has come just now to the city, because the people q have a sacrifice today on r the high place. 13 As soon as you enter the city you will find him, before he goes up to the high place to eat. For the people will not eat till he comes, since he must bless the sacrifice; afterward those who are invited will eat. Now go up, for you will meet him immediately." 14 So they went up to the city. As they were entering the city, they saw Samuel coming out toward them on his way up to the high place.

15 Now the day before Saul came, s the Lord had t revealed to Samuel: 16 "Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, u and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines. v For I have seen 19 my people, because their cry has come to me." 17 When Samuel saw Saul, the Lord told him, w "Here is the man of whom I spoke to you! He it is who shall restrain my people." 18 Then Saul approached Samuel in the gate and said, "Tell me where is the house of the seer?" 19 Samuel answered Saul, "I am the seer. Go up before me to the high place, for today you shall eat with me, and in the morning I will let you go and will tell you all that is on your mind. 20 x As for your donkeys that were lost three days ago, do not set your mind on them, for they have been found. And for whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you and for all your father's house?" 21 Saul answered, "Am I not a Benjaminite, y from the least of the tribes of Israel? z And is not my clan the humblest of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then have you spoken to me in this way?"

22 Then Samuel took Saul and his young man and brought them into the hall and gave them a place at the head of those who had been invited, who were about thirty persons. 23 And Samuel said to the cook, "Bring the portion I gave you, of which I said to you, 'Put it aside.'"

24 So the cook took up a the leg and what was on it and set them before Saul. And Samuel said, "See, what was kept is set before you. Eat, because it was kept for you until the hour appointed, that you might eat with the guests." 20 So Saul ate with Samuel that day. 25 And when they came down from the high place into the city, a bed was spread for Saul 21 b on the roof, and he lay down to sleep. 26 Then at the break of dawn 22 Samuel called to Saul on the roof, "Up, that I may send you on your way." So Saul arose, and both he and Samuel went out into the street.

27 As they were going down to the outskirts of the city, Samuel said to Saul, "Tell the servant to pass on before us, and when he has passed on, stop here yourself for a while, that I may make known to you the word of God."

1 Samuel 10

Saul Anointed King

1 c Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head d and kissed him and said, "Has not the Lord anointed you to be prince over e his people Israel? And you shall reign over the people of the Lord and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies. And this shall be the sign to you that the Lord has anointed you to be prince 23 over his heritage. 2 When you depart from me today, you will meet two men by f Rachel's tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah, and they will say to you, g 'The donkeys that you went to seek are found, and now h your father has ceased to care about the donkeys and is anxious about you, saying, "What shall I do about my son?"' 3 Then you shall go on from there farther and come to the i oak of Tabor. Three men j going up k to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine. 4 And they will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you shall accept from their hand. 5 After that you shall come to l Gibeath-elohim, 24 m where there is a garrison of the Philistines. And there, as soon as you come to the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down n from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and lyre before them, prophesying. 6 o Then the Spirit of the Lord will rush upon you, p and you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man. 7 Now when q these signs meet you, do what your hand finds to do, r for God is with you. 8 Then go down before me s to Gilgal. And behold, I am coming to you to offer burnt offerings and t to sacrifice peace offerings. u Seven days you shall wait, until I come to you and show you what you shall do."

9 When he turned his back to leave Samuel, God gave him another heart. And all these signs came to pass that day. 10 When they came to v Gibeah, 25 behold, a group of prophets met him, o and the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he prophesied among them. 11 And when all who knew him previously saw how he prophesied with the prophets, the people said to one another, "What has come over the son of Kish? w Is Saul also among the prophets?" 12 And a man of the place answered, x "And who is their father?" Therefore it became a proverb, w "Is Saul also among the prophets?" 13 When he had finished prophesying, he came to the high place.

14 y Saul's uncle said to him and to his servant, "Where did you go?" And he said, z "To seek the donkeys. And when we saw they were not to be found, we went to Samuel." 15 And Saul's uncle said, "Please tell me what Samuel said to you." 16 And Saul said to his uncle, a "He told us plainly that the donkeys had been found." But about the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel had spoken, he did not tell him anything.

Saul Proclaimed King

17 Now Samuel called the people together b to the Lord c at Mizpah. 18 And he said to the people of Israel, d "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, 'I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.' 19 e But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your calamities and your distresses, and you have said to him, 'Set a king over us.' Now therefore f present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your thousands."

20 Then Samuel g brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken by lot. 21 He brought the tribe of Benjamin near by its clans, and the clan of the Matrites was taken by lot; 26 and Saul the son of Kish was taken by lot. But when they sought him, he could not be found. 22 h So they inquired again of the Lord, "Is there a man still to come?" and the Lord said, "Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage." 23 Then they ran and took him from there. And when he stood among the people, i he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward. 24 And Samuel said to all the people, "Do you see him j whom the Lord has chosen? There is none like him among all the people." And all the people shouted, k "Long live the king!"

25 Then Samuel told the people l the rights and duties of the kingship, and he wrote them in a book and laid it up before the Lord. Then Samuel sent all the people away, each one to his home. 26 Saul also went to his home m at Gibeah, and with him went men of valor whose hearts God had touched. 27 But some n worthless fellows said, "How can this man save us?" And they despised him and brought him no present. But he held his peace.

1 Samuel 11

Saul Defeats the Ammonites

1 o Then Nahash the Ammonite went up and besieged p Jabesh-gilead, and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, q "Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you." 2 But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, "On this condition I will make a treaty with you, r that I gouge out all your right eyes, and thus s bring disgrace on all Israel." 3 The elders of Jabesh said to him, "Give us seven days' respite that we may send messengers through all the territory of Israel. Then, if there is no one to save us, we will give ourselves up to you." 4 When the messengers came to t Gibeah of Saul, they reported the matter in the ears of the people, u and all the people wept aloud.

5 Now, behold, Saul was coming from the field behind the oxen. And Saul said, "What is wrong with the people, that they are weeping?" So they told him the news of the men of Jabesh. 6 v And the Spirit of God rushed upon Saul when he heard these words, and his anger was greatly kindled. 7 He took a yoke of oxen w and cut them in pieces and sent them throughout all the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, x "Whoever does not come out after Saul and Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen!" Then the dread of the Lord fell upon the people, and they came out y as one man. 8 When he mustered them at z Bezek, a the people of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. 9 And they said to the messengers who had come, "Thus shall you say to the men of Jabesh-gilead: 'Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have b deliverance.'" When the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh, they were glad. 10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, c "Tomorrow we will give ourselves up to you, and you may do to us whatever seems good to you." 11 d And the next day Saul put the people e in three companies. And they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch and struck down the Ammonites until the heat of the day. And those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.

The Kingdom Is Renewed

12 Then the people said to Samuel, f "Who is it that said, 'Shall Saul reign over us?' g Bring the men, that we may put them to death." 13 But Saul said, h "Not a man shall be put to death this day, for today i the Lord has worked j salvation in Israel." 14 Then Samuel said to the people, "Come, let us go to Gilgal and there renew the kingdom." 15 So all the people went to k Gilgal, and there they made Saul king l before the Lord in Gilgal. There m they sacrificed peace offerings before the Lord, and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

1 Samuel 12

Samuel's Farewell Address

1 And Samuel said to all Israel, "Behold, I have obeyed n your voice in all that you have said to me o and have made a king over you. 2 And now, behold, the king p walks before you, q and I am old and gray; and behold, my sons are with you. I have walked before you from my youth until this day. 3 Here I am; testify against me before the Lord and before r his anointed. s Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? Testify against me 27 and I will restore it to you." 4 They said, "You have not defrauded us or oppressed us or taken anything from any man's hand." 5 And he said to them, "The Lord is witness against you, and r his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything t in my hand." And they said, "He is witness."

6 And Samuel said to the people, u "The Lord is witness, 28 who appointed Moses and Aaron and brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt. 7 Now therefore stand still that I may plead with you before the Lord concerning all the righteous deeds of the Lord that he performed for you and for your fathers. 8 v When Jacob went into Egypt, and the Egyptians oppressed them, 29 w then your fathers cried out to the Lord and x the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, y who brought your fathers out of Egypt and made them dwell in this place. 9 But z they forgot the Lord their God. a And he sold them into the hand of Sisera, commander of the army of Hazor, 30 b and into the hand of the Philistines, c and into the hand of the king of Moab. And they fought against them. 10 d And they cried out to the Lord and said, 'We have sinned, because we have forsaken the Lord e and have served the Baals and the Ashtaroth. But now f deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, that we may serve you.' 11 And the Lord sent g Jerubbaal h and Barak 31 i and Jephthah and j Samuel and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and you lived in safety. 12 And when you saw that k Nahash the king of the Ammonites came against you, l you said to me, 'No, but a king shall reign over us,' m when the Lord your God was your king. 13 And now n behold the king whom you have chosen, for whom you have asked; behold, o the Lord has set a king over you. 14 If you will p fear the Lord and serve him and obey his voice and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, and if both you and the king who reigns over you will follow the Lord your God, it will be well. 15 But q if you will not obey the voice of the Lord, but rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then r the hand of the Lord will be against you and s your king. 32 16 Now therefore t stand still and see this great thing that the Lord will do before your eyes. 17 u Is it not wheat harvest today? v I will call upon the Lord, that he may send thunder and rain. And you shall know and see that w your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking for yourselves a king." 18 So Samuel called upon the Lord, and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day, x and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel.

19 And all the people said to Samuel, y "Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for ourselves a king." 20 And Samuel said to the people, "Do not be afraid; you have done all this evil. Yet z do not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart. 21 And z do not turn aside after a empty things that cannot profit or deliver, for they are empty. 22 b For the Lord will not forsake his people, c for his great name's sake, because d it has pleased the Lord to make you a people for himself. 23 Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing e to pray for you, f and I will instruct you in the good and the right way. 24 g Only fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider h what great things he has done for you. 25 But if you still do wickedly, i you shall be swept away, j both you and your king."

1 Samuel 13

Saul Fights the Philistines

1 Saul was... 33 years old when he began to reign, and he reigned... and two 34 years over Israel.

2 Saul chose three thousand men of Israel. Two thousand were with Saul in k Michmash and the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in l Gibeah of Benjamin. The rest of the people he sent home, every man to his tent. 3 Jonathan defeated m the garrison of the Philistines that was n at Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul o blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, "Let the Hebrews hear." 4 And all Israel heard it said that Saul had defeated the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel had become a stench to the Philistines. And the people were called out to join Saul at Gilgal.

5 And the Philistines mustered to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen and troops p like the sand on the seashore in multitude. They came up and encamped in Michmash, to the east of q Beth-aven. 6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble (for the people were hard pressed), the people hid themselves r in caves and in holes and in rocks and in tombs and in cisterns, 7 and some Hebrews crossed the fords of the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul was still at Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.

Saul's Unlawful Sacrifice

8 s He waited seven days, the time appointed by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the people were scattering from him. 9 So Saul said, "Bring the burnt offering here to me, and the peace offerings." And he offered the burnt offering. 10 As soon as he had finished offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came. And Saul went out to meet him and greet him. 11 Samuel said, "What have you done?" And Saul said, "When I saw that the people were scattering from me, and that you did not come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines had mustered at Michmash, 12 I said, 'Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not sought the favor of the Lord.' So I forced myself, and offered the burnt offering." 13 And Samuel said to Saul, t "You have done foolishly. u You have not kept the command of the Lord your God, with which he commanded you. For then the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever. 14 But now v your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought out a man w after his own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you."

15 And Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal. The rest of the people went up after Saul to meet the army; they went up from Gilgal 35 to x Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people who were present with him, y about six hundred men. 16 And Saul and Jonathan his son and the people who were present with them stayed in z Geba of Benjamin, but the Philistines encamped in Michmash. 17 And a raiders came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies. One company turned toward Ophrah, to the land of Shual; 18 another company turned toward b Beth-horon; and another company turned toward the border that looks down on the Valley of c Zeboim toward the wilderness.

19 d Now there was no blacksmith to be found throughout all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, "Lest the Hebrews make themselves swords or spears." 20 But every one of the Israelites went down to the Philistines to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, or his sickle, 36 21 and the charge was two-thirds of a shekel 37 for the plowshares and for the mattocks, and a third of a shekel 38 for sharpening the axes and for setting the goads. 39 22 So on the day of the battle e there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people with Saul and Jonathan, but Saul and Jonathan his son had them. 23 And f the garrison of the Philistines went out to the g pass of h Michmash.

1 Samuel 14

Jonathan Defeats the Philistines

1 One day Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who carried his armor, "Come, let us go over to the Philistine garrison on the other side." But he did not tell his father. 2 Saul was staying in the outskirts of Gibeah in the pomegranate cave 40 at h Migron. The people who were with him were about i six hundred men, 3 including j Ahijah the son of Ahitub, k Ichabod's brother, son of Phinehas, son of Eli, the priest of the Lord l in Shiloh, m wearing an ephod. And the people did not know that Jonathan had gone. 4 Within n the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistine garrison, there was a rocky crag on the one side and a rocky crag on the other side. The name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. 5 The one crag rose on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of o Geba.

6 Jonathan said to the young man who carried his armor, "Come, let us go over to the garrison of these p uncircumcised. It may be that the Lord will work for us, q for nothing can hinder the Lord from saving by many or by few." 7 And his armor-bearer said to him, "Do all that is in your heart. Do as you wish. 41 Behold, I am with you heart and soul." 8 Then Jonathan said, "Behold, we will cross over to the men, and we will show ourselves to them. 9 If they say to us, 'Wait until we come to you,' then we will stand still in our place, and we will not go up to them. 10 But if they say, 'Come up to us,' then we will go up, for the Lord has given them into our hand. And this shall be the sign to us." 11 So both of them showed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines. And the Philistines said, "Look, Hebrews are coming r out of the holes where they have hidden themselves." 12 And the men of the garrison hailed Jonathan and his armor-bearer and said, "Come up to us, and we will show you a thing." And Jonathan said to his armor-bearer, "Come up after me, for the Lord has given them into the hand of Israel." 13 Then Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, and his armor-bearer after him. And they fell before Jonathan, and his armor-bearer killed them after him. 14 And that first strike, which Jonathan and his armor-bearer made, killed about twenty men within as it were half a furrow's length in an acre 42 of land. 15 And there was a panic in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. The garrison and even s the raiders trembled, the earth quaked, and it became a very great panic.

16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, and behold, the multitude t was dispersing here and there. 43 17 Then Saul said to the people who were with him, "Count and see who has gone from us." And when they had counted, behold, Jonathan and his armor-bearer were not there. 18 So Saul said to Ahijah, "Bring the ark of God here." For the ark of God went at that time with the people 44 of Israel. 19 Now u while Saul was talking to the priest, the tumult in the camp of the Philistines increased more and more. So Saul said to the priest, "Withdraw your hand." 20 Then Saul and all the people who were with him rallied and went into the battle. And behold, v every Philistine's sword was against his fellow, and there was very great confusion. 21 Now the Hebrews who had been with the Philistines before that time and who had gone up with them into the camp, w even they also turned to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan. 22 Likewise, when all the men of Israel x who had hidden themselves y in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines were fleeing, they too followed hard after them in the battle. 23 z So the Lord saved Israel that day. And the battle passed beyond a Beth-aven.

Saul's Rash Vow

24 And the men of Israel had been hard pressed that day, b so Saul had laid an oath on the people, saying, "Cursed be the man who eats food until it is evening and I am avenged on my enemies." So none of the people had tasted food. 25 Now when all the people 45 came to the forest, behold, there was honey on the ground. 26 And when the people entered the forest, behold, the honey was dropping, but no one put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath. 27 But Jonathan had not heard his father charge the people with the oath, c so he put out the tip of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes became bright. 28 Then one of the people said, "Your father strictly charged the people with an oath, saying, 'Cursed be the man who eats food this day.'" And the people were d faint. 29 Then Jonathan said, "My father has troubled the land. See how my eyes have become bright because I tasted a little of this honey. 30 How much better if the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies that they found. For now the defeat among the Philistines has not been great."

31 They struck down the Philistines that day from e Michmash to f Aijalon. And the people were very d faint. 32 The people g pounced on the spoil and took sheep and oxen and calves and slaughtered them on the ground. And the people ate them h with the blood. 33 Then they told Saul, "Behold, the people are sinning against the Lord by eating h with the blood." And he said, "You have dealt treacherously; roll a great stone to me here." 46 34 And Saul said, "Disperse yourselves among the people and say to them, 'Let every man bring his ox or his sheep and slaughter them here and eat, and do not sin against the Lord by eating with the blood.'" So every one of the people brought his ox with him that night and they slaughtered them there. 35 And Saul i built an altar to the Lord; it was the first altar that he built to the Lord.

36 Then Saul said, "Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until the morning light; let us not leave a man of them." And they said, "Do whatever seems good to you." But j the priest said, "Let us draw near to God here." 37 And Saul inquired of God, "Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will you give them into the hand of Israel?" k But he did not answer him that day. 38 And Saul said, "Come here, all you leaders of the people, and know and see how this sin has arisen today. 39 For l as the Lord lives who saves Israel, m though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die." But there was not a man among all the people who answered him. 40 Then he said to all Israel, "You shall be on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side." And the people said to Saul, "Do what seems good to you." 41 Therefore Saul said, "O Lord God of Israel, why 47 have you not answered your servant this day? If this guilt is in me or in Jonathan my son, O Lord, God of Israel, give Urim. But if this guilt is in your people Israel, give Thummim." n And Jonathan and Saul were taken, but the people escaped. 42 Then Saul said, n "Cast the lot between me and my son Jonathan." And Jonathan was taken.

43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, o "Tell me what you have done." And Jonathan told him, p "I tasted a little honey with the tip of the staff that was in my hand. Here I am; I will die." 44 And Saul said, q "God do so to me and more also; r you shall surely die, Jonathan." 45 Then the people said to Saul, "Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? Far from it! l As the Lord lives, s there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground, for he has worked with God this day." So the people ransomed Jonathan, so that he did not die. 46 Then Saul went up from pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place.

Saul Fights Israel's Enemies

47 When Saul had taken the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, t against the Ammonites, against Edom, against the kings of u Zobah, and against the Philistines. Wherever he turned he routed them. 48 And he did valiantly v and struck the Amalekites and delivered Israel out of the hands of those who plundered them.

49 w Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchi-shua. And the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the firstborn was x Merab, and the name of the younger Michal. 50 And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. y And the name of the commander of his army was Abner the son of Ner, z Saul's uncle. 51 a Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner was the son of a Abiel.

52 There was hard fighting against the Philistines all the days of Saul. And when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, b he attached him to himself.

1 Samuel 15

The Lord Rejects Saul

1 And Samuel said to Saul, c "The Lord sent me to anoint you king over his people Israel; now therefore listen to the words of the Lord. 2 Thus says the Lord of hosts, 'I have noted what Amalek did to Israel d in opposing them on the way when they came up out of Egypt. 3 Now go and strike Amalek and e devote to destruction 48 all that they have. Do not spare them, f but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.'"

4 So Saul summoned the people and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand men on foot, and ten thousand men of Judah. 5 And Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley. 6 Then Saul said to g the Kenites, "Go, depart; go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them. h For you showed kindness to all the people of Israel when they came up out of Egypt." So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. 7 i And Saul defeated the Amalekites from j Havilah as far as k Shur, which is east of Egypt. 8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive l and devoted to destruction all the people with the edge of the sword. 9 m But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep and of the oxen and of the fattened calves 49 and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them. All that was despised and worthless they devoted to destruction.

10 The word of the Lord came to Samuel: 11 n "I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following me and o has not performed my commandments." And Samuel was angry, and he cried to the Lord all night. 12 And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning. And it was told Samuel, "Saul came to p Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself and turned and passed on and went down to Gilgal." 13 And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, q "Blessed be you to the Lord. I have performed the commandment of the Lord." 14 And Samuel said, "What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears and the lowing of the oxen that I hear?" 15 Saul said, "They have brought them from the Amalekites, r for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen to sacrifice to the Lord your God, and the rest we have devoted to destruction." 16 Then Samuel said to Saul, "Stop! I will tell you what the Lord said to me this night." And he said to him, "Speak."

17 And Samuel said, s "Though you are little in your own eyes, are you not the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel. 18 And the Lord sent you on a mission and said, 'Go, devote to destruction the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.' 19 Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord? t Why did you pounce on the spoil and do what was evil in the sight of the Lord?" 20 And Saul said to Samuel, u "I have obeyed the voice of the Lord. I have gone on the mission on which the Lord sent me. I have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and I have devoted the Amalekites to destruction. 21 v But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the best of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal."

22 And Samuel said,
w "Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
as in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold, x to obey is better than sacrifice,
and to listen than the fat of rams.
 23 For rebellion is as the sin of divination,
and presumption is as iniquity and y idolatry.
Because z you have rejected the word of the Lord,
a he has also rejected you from being king."

24 Saul said to Samuel, b "I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice. 25 Now therefore, please pardon my sin and c return with me that I may worship the Lord." 26 And Samuel said to Saul, "I will not return with you. d For you have rejected the word of the Lord, e and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel." 27 f As Samuel turned to go away, Saul seized the skirt of his robe, and it tore. 28 And Samuel said to him, g "The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you. 29 And also the Glory of Israel h will not lie or have regret, for he is not a man, that he should have regret." 30 Then he said, "I have sinned; yet i honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, j and return with me, that I may bow before the Lord your God." 31 So Samuel turned back after Saul, and Saul bowed before the Lord.

32 Then Samuel said, "Bring here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites." And Agag came to him cheerfully. 50 Agag said, "Surely the bitterness of death is past." 33 And Samuel said, k "As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women." And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the Lord l in Gilgal.

34 Then Samuel went m to Ramah, and Saul went up to his house in n Gibeah of Saul. 35 o And Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death, p but Samuel grieved over Saul. q And the Lord regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.

1 Samuel 16

David Anointed King

1 The Lord said to Samuel, r "How long will you grieve over Saul, since s I have rejected him from being king over Israel? t Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, u for I have provided for myself a king among his sons." 2 And Samuel said, "How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me." And the Lord said, "Take a heifer with you and say, v 'I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.' 3 And invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. w And you shall anoint for me him whom I declare to you." 4 Samuel did what the Lord commanded and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city x came to meet him trembling and said, y "Do you come peaceably?" 5 And he said, "Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. z Consecrate yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice." And he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.

6 When they came, he looked on a Eliab and thought, "Surely the Lord's anointed is before him." 7 But the Lord said to Samuel, b "Do not look on his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, c but the Lord looks on the heart." 8 Then Jesse called d Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, "Neither has the Lord chosen this one." 9 Then Jesse made d Shammah pass by. And he said, "Neither has the Lord chosen this one." 10 And Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, "The Lord has not chosen these." 11 Then Samuel said to Jesse, "Are all your sons here?" And he said, e "There remains yet the youngest, 51 but behold, he is keeping the sheep." And Samuel said to Jesse, f "Send and get him, for we will not sit down till he comes here." 12 And he sent and brought him in. Now he was g ruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome. And the Lord said, h "Arise, anoint him, for this is he." 13 Then Samuel took i the horn of oil j and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. k And the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.

David in Saul's Service

14 l Now the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, m and a harmful spirit from the Lord tormented him. 15 And Saul's servants said to him, "Behold now, a harmful spirit from God is tormenting you. 16 Let our lord now command your servants n who are before you to seek out a man who is skillful in playing the lyre, and when the harmful spirit from God is upon you, he will o play it, and you will be well." 17 So Saul said to his servants, "Provide for me a man who can play well and bring him to me."

  1. Cross References
    Job 30:16
    And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction have taken hold of me.
    Psalms 42:4
    These things I remember, as I pour out my soul: how I would go with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God with glad shouts and songs of praise, a multitude keeping festival.
    Lamentations 2:19
    "Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the night watches! Pour out your heart like water before the presence of the Lord! Lift your hands to him for the lives of your children, who faint for hunger at the head of every street."
    Psalms 62:8
    Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah
  2. Cross References
    1 Samuel 2:12
    Now the sons of Eli were worthless men. They did not know the Lord.
    Judges 19:22
    As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, worthless fellows, surrounded the house, beating on the door. And they said to the old man, the master of the house, "Bring out the man who came into your house, that we may know him.
  3. Cross References
    1 Samuel 20:42
    Then Jonathan said to David, "Go in peace, because we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, 'The Lord shall be between me and you, and between my offspring and your offspring, forever.'" And he rose and departed, and Jonathan went into the city.
    Judges 18:6
    And the priest said to them, "Go in peace. The journey on which you go is under the eye of the Lord.
    2 Kings 5:19
    He said to him, "Go in peace." But when Naaman had gone from him a short distance.
    Mark 5:34
    And he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 20:4 - 5
    May he grant you your heart's desire and fulfill all your plans!
  5. Cross References
    Genesis 33:15
    So Esau said, "Let me leave with you some of the people who are with me." But he said, "What need is there? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.
    Ruth 2:13
    Then she said, "I have found favor in your eyes, my lord, for you have comforted me and spoken kindly to your servant, though I am not one of your servants.
  6. Cross References
    Ecclesiastes 9:7
    Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.
  7. Cross References
    1 Samuel 2:11
    Then Elkanah went home to Ramah. And the boy ministered to the Lord in the presence of Eli the priest.
    1 Samuel 1:1
    There was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephrathite.
  8. Cross References
    1 Samuel 1:11
    And she vowed a vow and said, "O Lord of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your servant and remember me and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall touch his head.
  9. Cross References
    1 Samuel 1:3
    Now this man used to go up year by year from his city to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of hosts at Shiloh, where the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests of the Lord.
  10. Cross References
    1 Samuel 1:11
    And she vowed a vow and said, "O Lord of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your servant and remember me and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall touch his head.
    1 Samuel 1:28
    Therefore I have lent him to the Lord. As long as he lives, he is lent to the Lord." And he worshiped the Lord there.
    1 Samuel 2:11
    Then Elkanah went home to Ramah. And the boy ministered to the Lord in the presence of Eli the priest.
    1 Samuel 2:18
    Samuel was ministering before the Lord, a boy clothed with a linen ephod.
    1 Samuel 3:1
    Now the young man Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli. And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision.
  11. Cross References
    Numbers 30:7
    And her husband hears of it and says nothing to her on the day that he hears, then her vows shall stand, and her pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.
  12. Cross References
    2 Samuel 7:25
    And now, O Lord God, confirm forever the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house, and do as you have spoken.
  13. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 12:5 - 6
    But you shall seek the place that the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes to put his name and make his habitation there. There you shall go.
    Deuteronomy 12:11
    Then to the place that the Lord your God will choose, to make his name dwell there, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the contribution that you present, and all your finest vow offerings that you vow to the Lord.
  14. Cross References
    1 Samuel 1:3
    Now this man used to go up year by year from his city to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of hosts at Shiloh, where the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests of the Lord.
    1 Samuel 1:9
    After they had eaten and drunk in Shiloh, Hannah rose. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat beside the doorpost of the temple of the Lord.
    Joshua 18:1
    Then the whole congregation of the people of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The land lay subdued before them.
  15. Cross References
    1 Samuel 17:55
    As soon as Saul saw David go out against the Ph...
    1 Samuel 20:3
    But David vowed again, saying, "Your father kno...
    2 Samuel 11:11
    Uriah said to David, "The ark and Israel and Ju...
    2 Kings 2:2
    And Elijah said to Elisha, "Please stay here, f...
    2 Kings 2:4
    Elijah said to him, "Elisha, please stay here, ...
    2 Kings 2:6
    Then Elijah said to him, "Please stay here, for...
    2 Kings 4:30
    Then the mother of the child said, "As the Lord...
  16. Cross References
    1 Samuel 1:17
    Then Eli answered, "Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant your petition that you have made to him.
    Psalms 6:9
    The Lord has heard my plea; the Lord accepts my prayer.
  17. Cross References
    Genesis 24:26
    The man bowed his head and worshiped the Lord
    Genesis 24:52
    When Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself to the earth before the Lord.
  18. Cross References
    1 Samuel 2:1 - 10
    And Hannah prayed and said, "My heart exults in the Lord ; my strength is exalted in the Lord. My mouth derides my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation.
    Luke 1:46 - 53
    And Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord.
  19. Cross References
    1 Samuel 2:10
    The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to ...
    Psalms 75:10
    All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but...
    Psalms 89:17
    For you are the glory of their strength; by you...
    Psalms 89:24
    My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be ...
    Psalms 92:10
    But you have exalted my horn like that of the w...
    Psalms 112:9
    He has distributed freely; he has given to the ...
    Psalms 148:14
    He has raised up a horn for his people, praise ...
  20. Cross References
    Psalms 9:14
    That I may recount all your praises, that in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in your salvation.
    Psalms 13:5
    But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.
    Psalms 20:5
    May we shout for joy over your salvation, and in the name of our God set up our banners! May the Lord fulfill all your petitions!
    Psalms 35:9
    Then my soul will rejoice in the Lord, exulting in his salvation.
  21. Cross References
    Exodus 15:11
    Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders?
    Psalms 86:8
    There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like yours.
    Psalms 89:6
    For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord ? Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord.
    Psalms 89:8
    O Lord God of hosts, who is mighty as you are, O Lord, with your faithfulness all around you?
  22. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 32:30 - 31
    How could one have chased a thousand, and two have put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had given them up?
  23. Cross References
    Psalms 37:15
    Their sword shall enter their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
    Psalms 46:9
    He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the chariots with fire.
    Psalms 76:3
    There he broke the flashing arrows, the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah
  24. Cross References
    Psalms 113:9
    He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the Lord!
    Isaiah 54:1
    Sing, O barren one, who did not bear; break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be more than the children of her who is married," says the Lord.
  25. Cross References
    Jeremiah 15:9
    She who bore seven has grown feeble; she has fainted away; her sun went down while it was yet day; she has been shamed and disgraced. And the rest of them I will give to the sword before their enemies, declares the Lord.
  26. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 32:39
    'See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god beside me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
  27. Cross References
    Job 1:21
    And he said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.
  28. Cross References
    Job 5:11
    He sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
    Psalms 75:7
    But it is God who executes judgment, putting down one and lifting up another.
  29. Cross References
    Psalms 113:7 - 8
    He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap.
    Daniel 4:17
    The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, the decision by the word of the holy ones, to the end that the living may know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will and sets over it the lowliest of men.
    Luke 1:52
    He has brought down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble estate.
  30. Cross References
    Job 36:7
    He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
  31. Cross References
    Job 38:4 - 6
    Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.
    Psalms 24:2
    For he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.
    Psalms 102:25
    Of old you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
    Psalms 104:5
    He set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved.
  32. Cross References
    Psalms 121:3
    He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.
    Proverbs 3:26
    For the Lord will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being caught.
    Psalms 91:11
    For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.
  33. Cross References
    Psalms 2:9
    You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
  34. Cross References
    1 Samuel 7:10
    As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to attack Israel. But the Lord thundered with a mighty sound that day against the Philistines and threw them into confusion, and they were routed before Israel.
    Psalms 18:13
    The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice, hailstones and coals of fire.
    2 Samuel 22:14
    The Lord thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice.
  35. Cross References
    Psalms 96:10
    Say among the nations, "The Lord reigns! Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.
    Psalms 96:13
    Before the Lord, for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness, and the peoples in his faithfulness.
    Psalms 98:9
    Before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.
  36. Cross References
    1 Samuel 2:1
    And Hannah prayed and said, "My heart exults in the Lord ; my strength is exalted in the Lord. My mouth derides my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation.
    Psalms 89:24
    My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him, and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
  37. Cross References
    1 Samuel 1:19
    They rose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord ; then they went back to their house at Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her.
  38. Cross References
    1 Samuel 2:18
    Samuel was ministering before the Lord, a boy clothed with a linen ephod.
    1 Samuel 3:1
    Now the young man Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli. And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision.
  39. Cross References
    1 Samuel 1:16
    Do not regard your servant as a worthless woman, for all along I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation.
  40. Cross References
    Judges 2:10
    And all that generation also were gathered to their fathers. And there arose another generation after them who did not know the Lord or the work that he had done for Israel.
  41. Cross References
    Leviticus 3:5
    Then Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar on top of the burnt offering, which is on the wood on the fire; it is a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
    Leviticus 3:16
    And the priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering with a pleasing aroma. All fat is the Lord 's.
    Leviticus 7:23
    Speak to the people of Israel, saying, You shall eat no fat, of ox or sheep or goat.
    Leviticus 7:25
    For every person who eats of the fat of an animal of which a food offering may be made to the Lord shall be cut off from his people.
    Leviticus 7:31
    The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be for Aaron and his sons.
  42. Cross References
    Genesis 6:11
    Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight, and the earth was filled with violence.
  43. Cross References
    Malachi 2:8
    But you have turned aside from the way. You have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the Lord of hosts.
  44. Cross References
    1 Samuel 2:11
    Then Elkanah went home to Ramah. And the boy ministered to the Lord in the presence of Eli the priest.
    1 Samuel 3:1
    Now the young man Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli. And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision.
  45. Cross References
    Exodus 28:4
    These are the garments that they shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a coat of checker work, a turban, and a sash. They shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons to serve me as priests.
    2 Samuel 6:14
    And David danced before the Lord with all his might. And David was wearing a linen ephod.
    1 Chronicles 15:27
    David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, as also were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, and the singers and Chenaniah the leader of the music of the singers. And David wore a linen ephod.
  46. Cross References
    1 Samuel 1:3
    Now this man used to go up year by year from his city to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of hosts at Shiloh, where the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests of the Lord.
  47. Cross References
    1 Samuel 1:28
    Therefore I have lent him to the Lord. As long as he lives, he is lent to the Lord." And he worshiped the Lord there.
  48. Cross References
    Genesis 21:1
    The Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did to Sarah as he had promised.
  49. Cross References
    1 Samuel 2:26
    Now the young man Samuel continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the Lord and also with man.
    1 Samuel 3:19
    And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground.
    Judges 13:24
    And the woman bore a son and called his name Samson. And the young man grew, and the Lord blessed him.
    Luke 1:80
    And the child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.
    Luke 2:40
    And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon him.
  50. Cross References
    Exodus 38:8
    He made the basin of bronze and its stand of bronze, from the mirrors of the ministering women who ministered in the entrance of the tent of meeting.
  51. Cross References
    Joshua 11:20
    For it was the Lord 's doing to harden their hearts that they should come against Israel in battle, in order that they should be devoted to destruction and should receive no mercy but be destroyed, just as the Lord commanded Moses.
  52. Cross References
    Luke 2:52
    And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man.
  53. Cross References
    1 Kings 13:1
    And behold, a man of God came out of Judah by the word of the Lord to Bethel. Jeroboam was standing by the altar to make offerings.
  54. Cross References
    Exodus 3:1 - 12:1
    Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
  55. Cross References
    Exodus 28:1
    Then bring near to you Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the people of Israel, to serve me as priests - Aaron and Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
    Numbers 18:1
    So the Lord said to Aaron, "You and your sons and your father's house with you shall bear iniquity connected with the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you shall bear iniquity connected with your priesthood.
    Numbers 18:7
    And you and your sons with you shall guard your priesthood for all that concerns the altar and that is within the veil; and you shall serve. I give your priesthood as a gift, and any outsider who comes near shall be put to death.
  56. Cross References
    1 Samuel 14:3
    Including Ahijah the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, son of Phinehas, son of Eli, the priest of the Lord in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people did not know that Jonathan had gone.
    1 Samuel 22:18
    Then the king said to Doeg, "You turn and strike the priests." And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five persons who wore the linen ephod.
  57. Cross References
    Leviticus 2:3
    But the rest of the grain offering shall be for...
    Leviticus 2:10
    But the rest of the grain offering shall be for...
    Leviticus 6:16
    And the rest of it Aaron and his sons shall eat...
    Leviticus 7:7 - 8
    The guilt offering is just like the sin offerin...
    Leviticus 7:34
    For the breast that is waved and the thigh that...
    Leviticus 10:14 - 15
    But the breast that is waved and the thigh that...
    Numbers 5:9 - 10
    And every contribution, all the holy donations ...
    Numbers 18:8 - 19
    Then the Lord spoke to Aaron, "Behold, I have g...
  58. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 32:15
    But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked; you grew fat, stout, and sleek; then he forsook God who made him and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.
  59. Cross References
    Exodus 27:21
    In the tent of meeting, outside the veil that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening to morning before the Lord. It shall be a statute forever to be observed throughout their generations by the people of Israel.
    Exodus 29:9
    And you shall gird Aaron and his sons with sashes and bind caps on them. And the priesthood shall be theirs by a statute forever. Thus you shall ordain Aaron and his sons.
  60. Cross References
    Jeremiah 18:9 - 10
    And if at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will build and plant it.
  61. Cross References
    1 Kings 2:27
    So Solomon expelled Abiathar from being priest to the Lord, thus fulfilling the word of the Lord that he had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
    1 Samuel 4:11
    And the ark of God was captured, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
    1 Samuel 4:18
    As soon as he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell over backward from his seat by the side of the gate, and his neck was broken and he died, for the man was old and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.
    1 Samuel 4:20
    And about the time of her death the women attending her said to her, "Do not be afraid, for you have borne a son." But she did not answer or pay attention.
    1 Samuel 22:18 - 19
    Then the king said to Doeg, "You turn and strike the priests." And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five persons who wore the linen ephod.
  62. Cross References
    1 Samuel 4:11
    And the ark of God was captured, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
    Judges 18:30
    And the people of Dan set up the carved image for themselves, and Jonathan the son of Gershom, son of Moses, and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.
    Psalms 78:59 - 64
    When God heard, he was full of wrath, and he utterly rejected Israel.
  63. Cross References
    Zechariah 8:4
    Thus says the Lord of hosts: Old men and old women shall again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each with staff in hand because of great age.
  64. Cross References
    1 Kings 13:3
    And he gave a sign the same day, saying, "This is the sign that the Lord has spoken: 'Behold, the altar shall be torn down, and the ashes that are on it shall be poured out.'
  65. Cross References
    1 Samuel 4:11
    And the ark of God was captured, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
  66. Cross References
    1 Kings 2:35
    The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada over the army in place of Joab, and the king put Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar.
    1 Chronicles 29:22
    And they ate and drank before the Lord on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and they anointed him as prince for the Lord, and Zadok as priest.
  67. Cross References
    1 Samuel 25:28
    Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For the Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the Lord, and evil shall not be found in you so long as you live.
    1 Kings 11:38
    And if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do what is right in my eyes by keeping my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did, I will be with you and will build you a sure house, as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.
    2 Samuel 7:11
    From the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel. And I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the Lord declares to you that the Lord will make you a house.
    2 Samuel 7:27
    For you, O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have made this revelation to your servant, saying, 'I will build you a house.' Therefore your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you.
  68. Cross References
    2 Samuel 22:51
    Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.
    Psalms 18:50
    Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.
    Psalms 89:20
    I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him.
  69. Cross References
    1 Samuel 2:11
    Then Elkanah went home to Ramah. And the boy ministered to the Lord in the presence of Eli the priest.
    1 Samuel 2:18
    Samuel was ministering before the Lord, a boy clothed with a linen ephod.
  70. Cross References
    1 Samuel 3:21
    And the Lord appeared again at Shiloh, for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel at Shiloh by the word of the Lord.
    Psalms 74:9
    We do not see our signs; there is no longer any prophet, and there is none among us who knows how long.
    Amos 8:11
    Behold, the days are coming," declares the Lord God, "when I will send a famine on the land - not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord.
  71. Cross References
    1 Samuel 4:15
    Now Eli was ninety-eight years old and his eyes were set so that he could not see.
    Genesis 27:1
    When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau his older son and said to him, "My son"; and he answered, "Here I am.
    Genesis 48:10
    Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, so that he could not see. So Joseph brought them near him, and he kissed them and embraced them.
    Deuteronomy 34:7
    Moses was 120 years old when he died. His eye was undimmed, and his vigor unabated.
  72. Cross References
    Exodus 27:20 - 21
    You shall command the people of Israel that they bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light, that a lamp may regularly be set up to burn.
    Leviticus 24:2 - 3
    Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil from beaten olives for the lamp, that a light may be kept burning regularly.
    2 Chronicles 13:11
    They offer to the Lord every morning and every evening burnt offerings and incense of sweet spices, set out the showbread on the table of pure gold, and care for the golden lampstand that its lamps may burn every evening. For we keep the charge of the Lord our God, but you have forsaken him.
  73. Cross References
    1 Samuel 1:9
    After they had eaten and drunk in Shiloh, Hannah rose. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat beside the doorpost of the temple of the Lord.
  74. Cross References
    2 Kings 21:12
    Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing upon Jerusalem and Judah such disaster that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle.
    Jeremiah 19:3
    You shall say, 'Hear the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing such disaster upon this place that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle.
  75. Cross References
    1 Samuel 2:30 - 36
    Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: 'I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,' but now the Lord declares: 'Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
  76. Cross References
    1 Samuel 3:12
    On that day I will fulfill against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.
  77. Cross References
    1 Samuel 2:12
    Now the sons of Eli were worthless men. They did not know the Lord.
    1 Samuel 2:17
    Thus the sin of the young men was very great in the sight of the Lord, for the men treated the offering of the Lord with contempt.
    1 Samuel 2:22
    Now Eli was very old, and he kept hearing all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who were serving at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
  78. Cross References
    1 Samuel 2:23 - 25
    And he said to them, "Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all the people.
  79. Cross References
    Isaiah 22:14
    The Lord of hosts has revealed himself in my ears: "Surely this iniquity will not be atoned for you until you die," says the Lord God of hosts.
  80. Cross References
    Ruth 1:17
    Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the Lord do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you.
  81. Cross References
    2 Samuel 10:12
    Be of good courage, and let us be courageous for our people, and for the cities of our God, and may the Lord do what seems good to him.
    Job 1:21
    And he said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.
    Job 2:10
    But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?" In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
    Psalms 39:9
    I am mute; I do not open my mouth, for it is you who have done it.
    Isaiah 39:8
    Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, "The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good." For he thought, "There will be peace and security in my days.
  82. Cross References
    1 Samuel 2:21
    Indeed the Lord visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And the young man Samuel grew in the presence of the Lord.
  83. Cross References
    1 Samuel 9:6
    But he said to him, "Behold, there is a man of God in this city, and he is a man who is held in honor; all that he says comes true. So now let us go there. Perhaps he can tell us the way we should go.
  84. Cross References
    2 Samuel 3:10
    To transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.
  85. Cross References
    Joshua 18:1
    Then the whole congregation of the people of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The land lay subdued before them.
  86. Cross References
    1 Samuel 3:1
    Now the young man Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli. And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision.
    1 Samuel 3:4
    Then the Lord called Samuel, and he said, "Here I am!
  87. Cross References
    1 Samuel 5:1
    When the Philistines captured the ark of God, they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
    1 Samuel 7:12
    Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen and called its name Ebenezer; for he said, "Till now the Lord has helped us.
  88. Cross References
    1 Samuel 29:1
    Now the Philistines had gathered all their forces at Aphek. And the Israelites were encamped by the spring that is in Jezreel.
    Joshua 12:18
    The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one.
  89. Cross References
    Joshua 18:1
    Then the whole congregation of the people of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The land lay subdued before them.
  90. Cross References
    Exodus 25:22
    There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel.
    2 Samuel 6:2
    And David arose and went with all the people who were with him from Baale-judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the Lord of hosts who sits enthroned on the cherubim.
    Psalms 80:1
    Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock! You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.
    Psalms 99:1
    The Lord reigns; let the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake!
    Numbers 7:89
    And when Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with the Lord, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim; and it spoke to him.
  91. Cross References
    Joshua 6:5
    And when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, when you hear the sound of the trumpet, then all the people shall shout with a great shout, and the wall of the city will fall down flat, and the people shall go up, everyone straight before him.
    Joshua 6:20
    So the people shouted, and the trumpets were blown. As soon as the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they captured the city.
  92. Cross References
    2 Samuel 10:12
    Be of good courage, and let us be courageous for our people, and for the cities of our God, and may the Lord do what seems good to him.
    1 Corinthians 16:13
    Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong.
  93. Cross References
    Judges 13:1
    And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, so the Lord gave them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
  94. Cross References
    1 Samuel 4:2
    The Philistines drew up in line against Israel, and when the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men on the field of battle.
    Psalms 78:62
    He gave his people over to the sword and vented his wrath on his heritage.
    Leviticus 26:17
    I will set my face against you, and you shall be struck down before your enemies. Those who hate you shall rule over you, and you shall flee when none pursues you.
    Deuteronomy 28:25
    The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You shall go out one way against them and flee seven ways before them. And you shall be a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
  95. Cross References
    2 Samuel 18:17
    And they took Absalom and threw him into a great pit in the forest and raised over him a very great heap of stones. And all Israel fled every one to his own home.
    2 Samuel 19:8
    Then the king arose and took his seat in the gate. And the people were all told, "Behold, the king is sitting in the gate." And all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled every man to his own home.
    2 Kings 14:12
    And Judah was defeated by Israel, and every man fled to his home.
    2 Chronicles 25:22
    And Judah was defeated by Israel, and every man fled to his home.
  96. Cross References
    1 Samuel 2:32
    Then in distress you will look with envious eye on all the prosperity that shall be bestowed on Israel, and there shall not be an old man in your house forever.
    Psalms 78:60 - 61
    He forsook his dwelling at Shiloh, the tent where he dwelt among mankind.
  97. Cross References
    1 Samuel 2:34
    And this that shall come upon your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, shall be the sign to you: both of them shall die on the same day.
    Psalms 78:64
    Their priests fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation.
  98. Cross References
    Joshua 7:6
    Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until the evening, he and the elders of Israel. And they put dust on their heads.
  99. Cross References
    1 Samuel 4:18
    As soon as he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell over backward from his seat by the side of the gate, and his neck was broken and he died, for the man was old and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.
    1 Samuel 1:9
    After they had eaten and drunk in Shiloh, Hannah rose. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat beside the doorpost of the temple of the Lord.
  100. Cross References
    1 Kings 14:4
    Jeroboam's wife did so. She arose and went to Shiloh and came to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were dim because of his age.
    1 Samuel 3:2
    At that time Eli, whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see, was lying down in his own place.
  101. Cross References
    2 Samuel 1:4
    And David said to him, "How did it go? Tell me." And he answered, "The people fled from the battle, and also many of the people have fallen and are dead, and Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.
  102. Cross References
    1 Samuel 4:13
    When he arrived, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching, for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city and told the news, all the city cried out.
  103. Cross References
    Genesis 35:17
    And when her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, "Do not fear, for you have another son.
  104. Cross References
    1 Samuel 14:3
    Including Ahijah the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, son of Phinehas, son of Eli, the priest of the Lord in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people did not know that Jonathan had gone.
  105. Cross References
    Psalms 78:61
    And delivered his power to captivity, his glory to the hand of the foe.
    Psalms 26:8
    O Lord, I love the habitation of your house and the place where your glory dwells.
  106. Cross References
    1 Samuel 4:11
    And the ark of God was captured, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
  107. Cross References
    1 Samuel 4:21
    And she named the child Ichabod, saying, "The glory has departed from Israel!" because the ark of God had been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband.
  108. Cross References
    1 Samuel 4:1
    And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines. They encamped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines encamped at Aphek.
    1 Samuel 7:12
    Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen and called its name Ebenezer; for he said, "Till now the Lord has helped us.
  109. Cross References
    Joshua 13:3
    (from the Shihor, which is east of Egypt, northward to the boundary of Ekron, it is counted as Canaanite; there are five rulers of the Philistines, those of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron), and those of the Avvim.
  110. Cross References
    Judges 16:23
    Now the lords of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to rejoice, and they said, "Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hand.
  111. Cross References
    Isaiah 46:1 - 2
    Bel bows down; Nebo stoops; their idols are on beasts and livestock; these things you carry are borne as burdens on weary beasts.
  112. Cross References
    Jeremiah 50:2
    "Declare among the nations and proclaim, set up a banner and proclaim, conceal it not, and say: 'Babylon is taken, Bel is put to shame, Merodach is dismayed. Her images are put to shame, her idols are dismayed.'
    Ezekiel 6:4
    Your altars shall become desolate, and your incense altars shall be broken, and I will cast down your slain before your idols.
    Ezekiel 6:6
    Wherever you dwell, the cities shall be waste and the high places ruined, so that your altars will be waste and ruined, your idols broken and destroyed, your incense altars cut down, and your works wiped out.
    Micah 1:7
    All her carved images shall be beaten to pieces, all her wages shall be burned with fire, and all her idols I will lay waste, for from the fee of a prostitute she gathered them, and to the fee of a prostitute they shall return.
  113. Cross References
    Zephaniah 1:9
    On that day I will punish everyone who leaps over the threshold, and those who fill their master's house with violence and fraud.
  114. Cross References
    Exodus 9:3
    Behold, the hand of the Lord will fall with a very severe plague upon your livestock that are in the field, the horses, the donkeys, the camels, the herds, and the flocks.
    Psalms 32:4
    For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah
    Acts 13:11
    And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and unable to see the sun for a time." Immediately mist and darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking people to lead him by the hand.
  115. Cross References
    1 Samuel 6:5
    So you must make images of your tumors and images of your mice that ravage the land, and give glory to the God of Israel. Perhaps he will lighten his hand from off you and your gods and your land.
  116. Cross References
    Joshua 13:3
    (from the Shihor, which is east of Egypt, northward to the boundary of Ekron, it is counted as Canaanite; there are five rulers of the Philistines, those of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron), and those of the Avvim.
  117. Cross References
    1 Samuel 7:13
    So the Philistines were subdued and did not again enter the territory of Israel. And the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
    1 Samuel 12:15
    But if you will not obey the voice of the Lord, but rebel against the commandment of the Lord, then the hand of the Lord will be against you and your king.
    Deuteronomy 2:15
    For indeed the hand of the Lord was against them, to destroy them from the camp, until they had perished.
  118. Cross References
    1 Samuel 5:6
    The hand of the Lord was heavy against the people of Ashdod, and he terrified and afflicted them with tumors, both Ashdod and its territory.
  119. Cross References
    1 Samuel 5:8
    So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines and said, "What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?" They answered, "Let the ark of the God of Israel be brought around to Gath." So they brought the ark of the God of Israel there.
  120. Cross References
    1 Samuel 5:6
    The hand of the Lord was heavy against the people of Ashdod, and he terrified and afflicted them with tumors, both Ashdod and its territory.
  121. Cross References
    1 Samuel 5:6
    The hand of the Lord was heavy against the people of Ashdod, and he terrified and afflicted them with tumors, both Ashdod and its territory.
  122. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 18:10
    There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer
    Genesis 41:8
    So in the morning his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was none who could interpret them to Pharaoh.
    Exodus 7:11
    Then Pharaoh summoned the wise men and the sorcerers, and they, the magicians of Egypt, also did the same by their secret arts.
    Daniel 2:2
    Then the king commanded that the magicians, the enchanters, the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans be summoned to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king.
    Daniel 5:7
    The king called loudly to bring in the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers. The king declared to the wise men of Babylon, "Whoever reads this writing, and shows me its interpretation, shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold around his neck and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom.
  123. Cross References
    Leviticus 5:15 - 16
    If anyone commits a breach of faith and sins unintentionally in any of the holy things of the Lord, he shall bring to the Lord as his compensation, a ram without blemish out of the flock, valued in silver shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offering.
  124. Cross References
    1 Samuel 6:9
    And watch. If it goes up on the way to its own land, to Beth-shemesh, then it is he who has done us this great harm, but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck us; it happened to us by coincidence.
  125. Cross References
    1 Samuel 5:6
    The hand of the Lord was heavy against the people of Ashdod, and he terrified and afflicted them with tumors, both Ashdod and its territory.
    1 Samuel 5:9
    But after they had brought it around, the hand of the Lord was against the city, causing a very great panic, and he afflicted the men of the city, both young and old, so that tumors broke out on them.
    1 Samuel 5:12
    The men who did not die were struck with tumors, and the cry of the city went up to heaven.
  126. Cross References
    1 Samuel 6:17 - 18
    These are the golden tumors that the Philistines returned as a guilt offering to the Lord : one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, one for Ekron.
    Joshua 13:3
    (from the Shihor, which is east of Egypt, northward to the boundary of Ekron, it is counted as Canaanite; there are five rulers of the Philistines, those of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron), and those of the Avvim.
    Judges 3:3
    These are the nations: the five lords of the Philistines and all the Canaanites and the Sidonians and the Hivites who lived on Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal-hermon as far as Lebo-hamath.
  127. Cross References
    1 Samuel 6:4
    And they said, "What is the guilt offering that we shall return to him?" They answered, "Five golden tumors and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines, for the same plague was on all of you and on your lords.
  128. Cross References
    Joshua 7:19
    Then Joshua said to Achan, "My son, give glory to the Lord God of Israel and give praise to him. And tell me now what you have done; do not hide it from me.
  129. Cross References
    1 Samuel 5:6
    The hand of the Lord was heavy against the people of Ashdod, and he terrified and afflicted them with tumors, both Ashdod and its territory.
    1 Samuel 5:9
    But after they had brought it around, the hand of the Lord was against the city, causing a very great panic, and he afflicted the men of the city, both young and old, so that tumors broke out on them.
    1 Samuel 5:11
    They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines and said, "Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to its own place, that it may not kill us and our people." For there was a deathly panic throughout the whole city. The hand of God was very heavy there.
  130. Cross References
    1 Samuel 5:3 - 4
    And when the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and put him back in his place.
    1 Samuel 5:7
    And when the men of Ashdod saw how things were, they said, "The ark of the God of Israel must not remain with us, for his hand is hard against us and against Dagon our god.
  131. Cross References
    Exodus 14:17
    And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they shall go in after them, and I will get glory over Pharaoh and all his host, his chariots, and his horsemen.
  132. Cross References
    Exodus 8:15
    But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, ...
    Exodus 8:32
    But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, ...
    Exodus 7:13
    Still Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he woul...
    Exodus 9:7
    And Pharaoh sent, and behold, not one of the li...
    Exodus 9:35
    So the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he di...
    Exodus 10:1
    Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go in to Pharaoh,...
  133. Cross References
    Exodus 12:31
    Then he summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, "Up, go out from among my people, both you and the people of Israel; and go, serve the Lord, as you have said.
  134. Cross References
    2 Samuel 6:3
    And they carried the ark of God on a new cart and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. And Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were driving the new cart.
  135. Cross References
    Numbers 19:2
    This is the statute of the law that the Lord has commanded: Tell the people of Israel to bring you a red heifer without defect, in which there is no blemish, and on which a yoke has never come.
  136. Cross References
    1 Samuel 6:4 - 5
    And they said, "What is the guilt offering that we shall return to him?" They answered, "Five golden tumors and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines, for the same plague was on all of you and on your lords.
  137. Cross References
    1 Samuel 6:3
    They said, "If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it empty, but by all means return him a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and it will be known to you why his hand does not turn away from you.
  138. Cross References
    Joshua 15:10
    And the boundary circles west of Baalah to Mount Seir, passes along to the northern shoulder of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), and goes down to Beth-shemesh and passes along by Timnah.
  139. Cross References
    1 Samuel 6:3
    They said, "If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it empty, but by all means return him a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and it will be known to you why his hand does not turn away from you.
  140. Cross References
    Joshua 21:16
    Ain with its pasturelands, Juttah with its pasturelands, Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands - nine cities out of these two tribes.
  141. Cross References
    Joshua 21:16
    Ain with its pasturelands, Juttah with its pasturelands, Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands - nine cities out of these two tribes.
  142. Cross References
    Numbers 20:19
    And the people of Israel said to him, "We will go up by the highway, and if we drink of your water, I and my livestock, then I will pay for it. Let me only pass through on foot, nothing more.
  143. Cross References
    1 Samuel 6:12
    And the cows went straight in the direction of Beth-shemesh along one highway, lowing as they went. They turned neither to the right nor to the left, and the lords of the Philistines went after them as far as the border of Beth-shemesh.
  144. Cross References
    1 Samuel 6:18
    And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both fortified cities and unwalled villages. The great stone beside which they set down the ark of the Lord is a witness to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.
  145. Cross References
    1 Samuel 6:14
    The cart came into the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there. A great stone was there. And they split up the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the Lord.
  146. Cross References
    1 Samuel 6:12
    And the cows went straight in the direction of Beth-shemesh along one highway, lowing as they went. They turned neither to the right nor to the left, and the lords of the Philistines went after them as far as the border of Beth-shemesh.
  147. Cross References
    1 Samuel 6:4
    And they said, "What is the guilt offering that we shall return to him?" They answered, "Five golden tumors and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines, for the same plague was on all of you and on your lords.
  148. Cross References
    1 Samuel 6:3
    They said, "If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it empty, but by all means return him a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and it will be known to you why his hand does not turn away from you.
    1 Samuel 6:8
    And take the ark of the Lord and place it on the cart and put in a box at its side the figures of gold, which you are returning to him as a guilt offering. Then send it off and let it go its way
  149. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 3:5
    All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides very many unwalled villages.
  150. Cross References
    1 Samuel 6:14 - 15
    The cart came into the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there. A great stone was there. And they split up the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the Lord.
  151. Cross References
    Exodus 19:21
    And the Lord said to Moses, "Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to the Lord to look and many of them perish.
    Numbers 4:15
    And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, as the camp sets out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry these, but they must not touch the holy things, lest they die. These are the things of the tent of meeting that the sons of Kohath are to carry.
    Numbers 4:20
    But they shall not go in to look on the holy things even for a moment, lest they die.
    2 Samuel 6:7
    And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah, and God struck him down there because of his error, and he died there beside the ark of God.
  152. Cross References
    2 Samuel 6:9
    And David was afraid of the Lord that day, and he said, "How can the ark of the Lord come to me?
  153. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 13:5 - 6
    So David assembled all Israel from the Nile of Egypt to Lebo-hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim.
    Joshua 9:17
    And the people of Israel set out and reached their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.
    Joshua 18:14
    Then the boundary goes in another direction, turning on the western side southward from the mountain that lies to the south, opposite Beth-horon, and it ends at Kiriath-baal ( that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city belonging to the people of Judah. This forms the western side.
  154. Cross References
    2 Samuel 6:3
    And they carried the ark of God on a new cart and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. And Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were driving the new cart.
  155. Cross References
    1 Kings 8:48
    If they repent with all their mind and with all their heart in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray to you toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city that you have chosen, and the house that I have built for your name.
    Isaiah 55:7
    Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
    Hosea 6:1
    Come, let us return to the Lord ; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.
    Joel 2:12
    Yet even now," declares the Lord, "return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.
    Deuteronomy 30:2 - 10
    And return to the Lord your God, you and your children, and obey his voice in all that I command you today, with all your heart and with all your soul.
  156. Cross References
    Genesis 35:2
    So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods that are among you and purify yourselves and change your garments.
    Joshua 24:14
    Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.
    Joshua 24:23
    He said, "Then put away the foreign gods that are among you, and incline your heart to the Lord, the God of Israel.
    Judges 10:16
    So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord, and he became impatient over the misery of Israel.
  157. Cross References
    Judges 2:13
    They abandoned the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth.
  158. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 19:3
    Nevertheless, some good is found in you, for you destroyed the Asherahs out of the land, and have set your heart to seek God.
    2 Chronicles 30:19
    Who sets his heart to seek God, the Lord, the God of his fathers, even though not according to the sanctuary's rules of cleanness.
    Ezra 7:10
    For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel.
  159. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 6:13
    It is the Lord your God you shall fear. Him you shall serve and by his name you shall swear.
    Deuteronomy 10:20
    You shall fear the Lord your God. You shall serve him and hold fast to him, and by his name you shall swear.
    Deuteronomy 13:4
    You shall walk after the Lord your God and fear him and keep his commandments and obey his voice, and you shall serve him and hold fast to him.
    Matthew 4:10
    Then Jesus said to him, "Be gone, Satan! For it is written, "'You shall worship the Lord your God and him only shall you serve.'
    Luke 4:8
    And Jesus answered him, "It is written, "'You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.'
  160. Cross References
    Judges 20:1
    Then all the people of Israel came out, from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, and the congregation assembled as one man to the Lord at Mizpah.
  161. Cross References
    1 Samuel 7:5
    Then Samuel said, "Gather all Israel at Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you.
  162. Cross References
    2 Samuel 14:14
    We must all die; we are like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. But God will not take away life, and he devises means so that the banished one will not remain an outcast.
  163. Cross References
    1 Samuel 31:13
    And they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
    Nehemiah 9:1
    Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the people of Israel were assembled with fasting and in sackcloth, and with earth on their heads.
  164. Cross References
    Judges 10:10
    And the people of Israel cried out to the Lord, saying, "We have sinned against you, because we have forsaken our God and have served the Baals.
  165. Cross References
    Psalms 99:6
    Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel also was among those who called upon his name. They called to the Lord, and he answered them.
    Jeremiah 15:1
    Then the Lord said to me, "Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my heart would not turn toward this people. Send them out of my sight, and let them go!
  166. Cross References
    1 Samuel 2:10
    The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; against them he will thunder in heaven. The Lord will judge the ends of the earth; he will give strength to his king and exalt the power of his anointed.
    2 Samuel 22:14 - 15
    The Lord thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice.
    Psalms 18:13
    The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice, hailstones and coals of fire.
  167. Cross References
    Genesis 28:18
    So early in the morning Jacob took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up for a pillar and poured oil on the top of it.
    Genesis 31:45
    So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar.
    Genesis 35:14
    And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he had spoken with him, a pillar of stone. He poured out a drink offering on it and poured oil on it.
    Joshua 4:9
    And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant had stood; and they are there to this day.
    Joshua 24:26
    And Joshua wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God. And he took a large stone and set it up there under the terebinth that was by the sanctuary of the Lord.
  168. Cross References
    Judges 13:1
    And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, so the Lord gave them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
  169. Cross References
    1 Samuel 7:6
    So they gathered at Mizpah 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 people of Israel at Mizpah.
    1 Samuel 12:11
    And the Lord sent Jerubbaal and Barak and Jephthah and Samuel and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and you lived in safety.
    Judges 2:16
    Then the Lord raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those who plundered them.
  170. Cross References
    1 Samuel 1:19
    They rose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord ; then they went back to their house at Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her.
  171. Cross References
    1 Samuel 14:35
    And Saul built an altar to the Lord ; it was the first altar that he built to the Lord.
    Judges 21:4
    And the next day the people rose early and built there an altar and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.
  172. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 16:18
    You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
  173. Cross References
    Exodus 18:21
    Moreover, look for able men from all the people, men who fear God, who are trustworthy and hate a bribe, and place such men over the people as chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
  174. Cross References
    Exodus 23:8
    And you shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of those who are in the right.
    Deuteronomy 16:19
    You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality, and you shall not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the cause of the righteous.
    Psalms 15:5
    Who does not put out his money at interest and does not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.
  175. Cross References
    1 Samuel 7:17
    Then he would return to Ramah, for his home was there, and there also he judged Israel. And he built there an altar to the Lord.
  176. Cross References
    1 Samuel 8:19 - 20
    But the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel. And they said, "No! But there shall be a king over us.
    Deuteronomy 17:14
    "When you come to the land that the Lord your God is giving you, and you possess it and dwell in it and then say, 'I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me,'
    Hosea 13:10
    Where now is your king, to save you in all your cities? Where are all your rulers - those of whom you said, "Give me a king and princes"?
    Acts 13:21
    Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
  177. Cross References
    Exodus 16:8
    And Moses said, "When the Lord gives you in the evening meat to eat and in the morning bread to the full, because the Lord has heard your grumbling that you grumble against him - what are we? Your grumbling is not against us but against the Lord.
  178. Cross References
    1 Samuel 10:19
    But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your calamities and your distresses, and you have said to him, 'Set a king over us.' Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your thousands.
  179. Cross References
    1 Samuel 8:11 - 18
    He said, "These will be the ways of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen and to run before his chariots.
  180. Cross References
    1 Samuel 10:25
    Then Samuel told the people the rights and duties of the kingship, and he wrote them in a book and laid it up before the Lord. Then Samuel sent all the people away, each one to his home.
    Deuteronomy 17:16 - 20
    Only he must not acquire many horses for himself or cause the people to return to Egypt in order to acquire many horses, since the Lord has said to you, 'You shall never return that way again.
  181. Cross References
    1 Samuel 14:52
    There was hard fighting against the Philistines all the days of Saul. And when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he attached him to himself.
  182. Cross References
    Genesis 45:6
    For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are yet five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest.
  183. Cross References
    1 Kings 21:7
    And Jezebel his wife said to him, "Do you now govern Israel? Arise and eat bread and let your heart be cheerful; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.
    Ezekiel 46:18
    The prince shall not take any of the inheritance of the people, thrusting them out of their property. He shall give his sons their inheritance out of his own property, so that none of my people shall be scattered from his property.
  184. Cross References
    Proverbs 1:28
    Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but will not find me.
    Isaiah 1:15
    When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.
    Micah 3:4
    Then they will cry to the Lord, but he will not answer them; he will hide his face from them at that time, because they have made their deeds evil.
  185. Cross References
    1 Samuel 8:5
    And said to him, "Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.
  186. Cross References
    1 Samuel 8:7
    And the Lord said to Samuel, "Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.
    Hosea 13:11
    I gave you a king in my anger, and I took him away in my wrath.
  187. Cross References
    1 Samuel 14:51
    Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
    1 Chronicles 8:33
    Ner was the father of Kish, Kish of Saul, Saul of Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Abinadab and Eshbaal.
    1 Chronicles 9:39
    Ner fathered Kish, Kish fathered Saul, Saul fathered Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
  188. Cross References
    1 Samuel 8:16
    He will take your male servants and female servants and the best of your young men and your donkeys, and put them to his work.
  189. Cross References
    1 Samuel 10:23
    Then they ran and took him from there. And when he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward.
  190. Cross References
    Joshua 24:33
    And Eleazar the son of Aaron died, and they buried him at Gibeah, the town of Phinehas his son, which had been given him in the hill country of Ephraim.
  191. Cross References
    2 Kings 4:42
    A man came from Baal-shalishah, bringing the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And Elisha said, "Give to the men, that they may eat.
  192. Cross References
    1 Samuel 10:2
    When you depart from me today, you will meet two men by Rachel's tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah, and they will say to you, 'The donkeys that you went to seek are found, and now your father has ceased to care about the donkeys and is anxious about you, saying, "What shall I do about my son?"
  193. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 33:1
    This is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the people of Israel before his death.
    Judges 13:6
    Then the woman came and told her husband, "A man of God came to me, and his appearance was like the appearance of the angel of God, very awesome. I did not ask him where he was from, and he did not tell me his name.
    1 Kings 13:1
    And behold, a man of God came out of Judah by the word of the Lord to Bethel. Jeroboam was standing by the altar to make offerings.
  194. Cross References
    1 Samuel 3:19
    And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground.
  195. Cross References
    1 Kings 14:3
    Take with you ten loaves, some cakes, and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what shall happen to the child.
    2 Kings 4:42
    A man came from Baal-shalishah, bringing the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And Elisha said, "Give to the men, that they may eat.
    2 Kings 8:8
    The king said to Hazael, "Take a present with you and go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the Lord through him, saying, 'Shall I recover from this sickness?'
  196. Cross References
    Genesis 25:22
    The children struggled together within her, and she said, "If it is thus, why is this happening to me?" So she went to inquire of the Lord.
  197. Cross References
    Genesis 24:11
    And he made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at the time of evening, the time when women go out to draw water.
  198. Cross References
    1 Samuel 16:2
    And Samuel said, "How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me." And the Lord said, "Take a heifer with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.
    1 Samuel 20:29
    He said, 'Let me go, for our clan holds a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has commanded me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, let me get away and see my brothers.' For this reason he has not come to the king's table.
    Genesis 31:54
    And Jacob offered a sacrifice in the hill country and called his kinsmen to eat bread. They ate bread and spent the night in the hill country.
  199. Cross References
    1 Samuel 10:5
    After that you shall come to Gibeath-elohim, where there is a garrison of the Philistines. And there, as soon as you come to the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and lyre before them, prophesying.
    1 Kings 3:2 - 4
    The people were sacrificing at the high places, however, because no house had yet been built for the name of the Lord.
  200. Cross References
    1 Samuel 15:1
    And Samuel said to Saul, "The Lord sent me to anoint you king over his people Israel; now therefore listen to the words of the Lord.
    Acts 13:21
    Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
  201. Cross References
    Ruth 4:4
    So I thought I would tell you of it and say, 'Buy it in the presence of those sitting here and in the presence of the elders of my people.' If you will redeem it, redeem it. But if you will not, tell me, that I may know, for there is no one besides you to redeem it, and I come after you." And he said, "I will redeem it.
  202. Cross References
    1 Samuel 10:1
    Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head and kissed him and said, "Has not the Lord anointed you to be prince over his people Israel? And you shall reign over the people of the Lord and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies. And this shall be the sign to you that the Lord has anointed you to be prince over his heritage.
  203. Cross References
    Exodus 2:25
    God saw the people of Israel - and God knew.
    Exodus 3:7
    Then the Lord said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters. I know their sufferings.
    Exodus 3:9
    And now, behold, the cry of the people of Israel has come to me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.
  204. Cross References
    1 Samuel 16:12
    And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome. And the Lord said, "Arise, anoint him, for this is he.
  205. Cross References
    1 Samuel 9:3
    Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. So Kish said to Saul his son, "Take one of the young men with you, and arise, go and look for the donkeys.
  206. Cross References
    Judges 20:46
    So all who fell that day of Benjamin were 25,000 men who drew the sword, all of them men of valor.
    Judges 21:6
    And the people of Israel had compassion for Benjamin their brother and said, "One tribe is cut off from Israel this day.
    Psalms 68:27
    There is Benjamin, the least of them, in the lead, the princes of Judah in their throng, the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
  207. Cross References
    1 Samuel 15:17
    And Samuel said, "Though you are little in your own eyes, are you not the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel.
    Judges 6:15
    And he said to him, "Please, Lord, how can I save Israel? Behold, my clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.
  208. Cross References
    Exodus 29:22
    You shall also take the fat from the ram and the fat tail and the fat that covers the entrails, and the long lobe of the liver and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and the right thigh (for it is a ram of ordination).
    Exodus 29:27
    And you shall consecrate the breast of the wave offering that is waved and the thigh of the priests' portion that is contributed from the ram of ordination, from what was Aaron's and his sons'.
    Leviticus 7:32 - 33
    And the right thigh you shall give to the priest as a contribution from the sacrifice of your peace offerings.
    Ezekiel 24:4
    Put in it the pieces of meat, all the good pieces, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with choice bones.
  209. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 22:8
    When you build a new house, you shall make a pa...
    2 Samuel 11:2
    It happened, late one afternoon, when David aro...
    2 Samuel 16:22
    So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof....
    Nehemiah 8:16
    So the people went out and brought them and mad...
    Matthew 24:17
    Let the one who is on the housetop not go down ...
    Acts 10:9
    The next day, as they were on their journey and...
  210. Cross References
    1 Samuel 9:16
    "Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a ...
    1 Samuel 16:13
    Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed h...
    2 Samuel 2:4
    And the men of Judah came, and there they anoin...
    1 Kings 1:34
    And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet...
    1 Kings 1:39
    There Zadok the priest took the horn of oil fro...
    2 Kings 9:1
    Then Elisha the prophet called one of the sons ...
    2 Kings 9:3
    Then take the flask of oil and pour it on his h...
    2 Kings 9:6
    So he arose and went into the house. And the yo...
  211. Cross References
    Psalms 2:12
    Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish in the way, for his wrath is quickly kindled. Blessed are all who take refuge in him.
  212. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 32:9
    But the Lord 's portion is his people, Jacob his allotted heritage.
    Psalms 78:71
    From following the nursing ewes he brought him to shepherd Jacob his people, Israel his inheritance.
  213. Cross References
    Genesis 35:19 - 20
    So Rachel died, and she was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem).
  214. Cross References
    1 Samuel 9:3 - 4
    Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. So Kish said to Saul his son, "Take one of the young men with you, and arise, go and look for the donkeys.
  215. Cross References
    1 Samuel 9:5
    When they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, "Come, let us go back, lest my father cease to care about the donkeys and become anxious about us.
  216. Cross References
    Genesis 13:18
    So Abram moved his tent and came and settled by the oaks of Mamre, which are at Hebron, and there he built an altar to the Lord.
  217. Cross References
    Judges 20:31
    And the people of Benjamin went out against the people and were drawn away from the city. And as at other times they began to strike and kill some of the people in the highways, one of which goes up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah, and in the open country, about thirty men of Israel.
  218. Cross References
    Genesis 28:22
    And this stone, which I have set up for a pillar, shall be God's house. And of all that you give me I will give a full tenth to you.
    Genesis 35:1
    God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there. Make an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.
    Genesis 35:3
    Then let us arise and go up to Bethel, so that I may make there an altar to the God who answers me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone.
    Genesis 35:7
    And there he built an altar and called the place El-bethel, because there God had revealed himself to him when he fled from his brother.
  219. Cross References
    1 Samuel 10:10
    When they came to Gibeah, behold, a group of prophets met him, and the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he prophesied among them.
  220. Cross References
    1 Samuel 13:3 - 4
    Jonathan defeated the garrison of the Philistines that was at Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, "Let the Hebrews hear.
  221. Cross References
    1 Samuel 9:12
    They answered, "He is; behold, he is just ahead of you. Hurry. He has come just now to the city, because the people have a sacrifice today on the high place.
  222. Cross References
    1 Samuel 10:10
    When they came to Gibeah, behold, a group of pr...
    1 Samuel 11:6
    And the Spirit of God rushed upon Saul when he ...
    1 Samuel 16:13
    Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed h...
    Numbers 11:25
    Then the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke ...
    Judges 3:10
    The Spirit of the Lord was upon him, and he jud...
    Judges 14:6
    Then the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon him, an...
    Judges 14:19
    And the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon him, and...
  223. Cross References
    1 Samuel 10:10
    When they came to Gibeah, behold, a group of prophets met him, and the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he prophesied among them.
    1 Samuel 19:23 - 24
    And he went there to Naioth in Ramah. And the Spirit of God came upon him also, and as he went he prophesied until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
  224. Cross References
    Exodus 4:8
    If they will not believe you," God said, "or listen to the first sign, they may believe the latter sign.
    Judges 6:17
    And he said to him, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, then show me a sign that it is you who speak with me.
    Luke 2:12
    And this will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.
  225. Cross References
    Joshua 1:5
    No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you or forsake you.
    Judges 6:12
    And the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, "The Lord is with you, O mighty man of valor.
  226. Cross References
    1 Samuel 11:14 - 15
    Then Samuel said to the people, "Come, let us go to Gilgal and there renew the kingdom.
    1 Samuel 13:4
    And all Israel heard it said that Saul had defeated the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel had become a stench to the Philistines. And the people were called out to join Saul at Gilgal.
  227. Cross References
    1 Samuel 11:15
    So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before the Lord in Gilgal. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the Lord, and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
  228. Cross References
    1 Samuel 13:8
    He waited seven days, the time appointed by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the people were scattering from him.
  229. Cross References
    1 Samuel 10:5
    After that you shall come to Gibeath-elohim, where there is a garrison of the Philistines. And there, as soon as you come to the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and lyre before them, prophesying.
  230. Cross References
    1 Samuel 10:6
    Then the Spirit of the Lord will rush upon you, and you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man.
  231. Cross References
    1 Samuel 19:24
    And he too stripped off his clothes, and he too prophesied before Samuel and lay naked all that day and all that night. Thus it is said, "Is Saul also among the prophets?
    Matthew 13:54 - 55
    And coming to his hometown he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, "Where did this man get this wisdom and these mighty works?
    John 7:15
    The Jews therefore marveled, saying, "How is it that this man has learning, when he has never studied?
  232. Cross References
    Isaiah 54:13
    All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children.
    John 6:45
    It is written in the Prophets, 'And they will all be taught by God.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me -
  233. Cross References
    1 Samuel 10:11
    And when all who knew him previously saw how he prophesied with the prophets, the people said to one another, "What has come over the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?
  234. Cross References
    1 Samuel 14:50
    And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. And the name of the commander of his army was Abner the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.
  235. Cross References
    1 Samuel 9:4 - 6
    And he passed through the hill country of Ephraim and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they did not find them. And they passed through the land of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then they passed through the land of Benjamin, but did not find them.
  236. Cross References
    1 Samuel 9:20
    As for your donkeys that were lost three days ago, do not set your mind on them, for they have been found. And for whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you and for all your father's house?
  237. Cross References
    1 Samuel 11:15
    So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before the Lord in Gilgal. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the Lord, and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
  238. Cross References
    1 Samuel 7:5 - 6
    Then Samuel said, "Gather all Israel at Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you.
  239. Cross References
    Judges 6:8 - 9
    The Lord sent a prophet to the people of Israel. And he said to them, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: I led you up from Egypt and brought you out of the house of bondage.
    1 Samuel 12:8
    When Jacob went into Egypt, and the Egyptians oppressed them, then your fathers cried out to the Lord and the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt and made them dwell in this place.
  240. Cross References
    1 Samuel 8:7
    And the Lord said to Samuel, "Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.
    1 Samuel 8:19
    But the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel. And they said, "No! But there shall be a king over us.
    1 Samuel 12:12
    And when you saw that Nahash the king of the Ammonites came against you, you said to me, 'No, but a king shall reign over us,' when the Lord your God was your king.
  241. Cross References
    Joshua 24:1
    Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel. And they presented themselves before God.
  242. Cross References
    Joshua 7:14
    In the morning therefore you shall be brought near by your tribes. And the tribe that the Lord takes by lot shall come near by clans. And the clan that the Lord takes shall come near by households. And the household that the Lord takes shall come near man by man.
    Joshua 7:16 - 17
    So Joshua rose early in the morning and brought Israel near tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was taken.
  243. Cross References
    1 Samuel 22:10
    And he inquired of the Lord for him and gave him provisions and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
  244. Cross References
    1 Samuel 9:2
    And he had a son whose name was Saul, a handsome young man. There was not a man among the people of Israel more handsome than he. From his shoulders upward he was taller than any of the people.
  245. Cross References
    2 Samuel 21:6
    Let seven of his sons be given to us, so that we may hang them before the Lord at Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the Lord." And the king said, "I will give them.
  246. Cross References
    2 Samuel 16:16
    And when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, came to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, "Long live the king! Long live the king!
    1 Kings 1:25
    For he has gone down this day and has sacrificed oxen, fattened cattle, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king's sons, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, and saying, 'Long live King Adonijah!
    1 Kings 1:39
    There Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the trumpet, and all the people said, "Long live King Solomon!
    2 Kings 11:12
    Then he brought out the king's son and put the crown on him and gave him the testimony. And they proclaimed him king and anointed him, and they clapped their hands and said, "Long live the king!
    2 Chronicles 23:11
    Then they brought out the king's son and put the crown on him and gave him the testimony. And they proclaimed him king, and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and they said, "Long live the king.
  247. Cross References
    1 Samuel 8:11 - 18
    He said, "These will be the ways of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen and to run before his chariots.
    Deuteronomy 17:14 - 20
    "When you come to the land that the Lord your God is giving you, and you possess it and dwell in it and then say, 'I will set a king over me, like all the nations that are around me,'
  248. Cross References
    1 Samuel 11:4
    When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, they reported the matter in the ears of the people, and all the people wept aloud.
  249. Cross References
    1 Samuel 2:12
    Now the sons of Eli were worthless men. They did not know the Lord.
    Deuteronomy 13:13
    That certain worthless fellows have gone out among you and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, 'Let us go and serve other gods,' which you have not known.
  250. Cross References
    1 Samuel 12:12
    And when you saw that Nahash the king of the Ammonites came against you, you said to me, 'No, but a king shall reign over us,' when the Lord your God was your king.
  251. Cross References
    Judges 21:8
    And they said, "What one is there of the tribes of Israel that did not come up to the Lord to Mizpah?" And behold, no one had come to the camp from Jabesh-gilead, to the assembly.
  252. Cross References
    Genesis 26:28
    They said, "We see plainly that the Lord has be...
    1 Kings 20:34
    And Ben-hadad said to him, "The cities that my ...
    Ezekiel 17:13
    And he took one of the royal offspring and made...
    Exodus 23:32
    You shall make no covenant with them and their ...
    Exodus 34:12
    Take care, lest you make a covenant with the in...
    Exodus 34:15
    Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants o...
    Deuteronomy 7:2
    And when the Lord your God gives them over to y...
  253. Cross References
    Numbers 16:14
    Moreover, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor given us inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up.
  254. Cross References
    1 Samuel 17:26
    And David said to the men who stood by him, "What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
    Genesis 34:14
    They said to them, "We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to us.
  255. Cross References
    1 Samuel 10:26
    Saul also went to his home at Gibeah, and with him went men of valor whose hearts God had touched.
  256. Cross References
    Judges 2:4
    As soon as the angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the people of Israel, the people lifted up their voices and wept.
    Judges 21:2
    And the people came to Bethel and sat there till evening before God, and they lifted up their voices and wept bitterly.
  257. Cross References
    1 Samuel 10:6
    Then the Spirit of the Lord will rush upon you, and you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man.
    1 Samuel 10:10
    When they came to Gibeah, behold, a group of prophets met him, and the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he prophesied among them.
  258. Cross References
    Judges 19:29
    And when he entered his house, he took a knife, and taking hold of his concubine he divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the territory of Israel.
  259. Cross References
    Judges 21:5
    And the people of Israel said, "Which of all the tribes of Israel did not come up in the assembly to the Lord ?" For they had taken a great oath concerning him who did not come up to the Lord to Mizpah, saying, "He shall surely be put to death.
    Judges 21:8
    And they said, "What one is there of the tribes of Israel that did not come up to the Lord to Mizpah?" And behold, no one had come to the camp from Jabesh-gilead, to the assembly.
    Judges 21:10
    So the congregation sent 12,000 of their bravest men there and commanded them, "Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword; also the women and the little ones.
  260. Cross References
    Judges 20:1
    Then all the people of Israel came out, from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, and the congregation assembled as one man to the Lord at Mizpah.
  261. Cross References
    Judges 1:5
    They found Adoni-bezek at Bezek and fought against him and defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites.
  262. Cross References
    Judges 20:15 - 17
    And the people of Benjamin mustered out of their cities on that day 26,000 men who drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who mustered 700 chosen men.
    2 Samuel 24:9
    And Joab gave the sum of the numbering of the people to the king: in Israel there were 800,000 valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were 500,000.
  263. Cross References
    1 Samuel 11:13
    But Saul said, "Not a man shall be put to death this day, for today the Lord has worked salvation in Israel.
  264. Cross References
    1 Samuel 11:3
    The elders of Jabesh said to him, "Give us seven days' respite that we may send messengers through all the territory of Israel. Then, if there is no one to save us, we will give ourselves up to you.
  265. Cross References
    1 Samuel 31:11
    But when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul.
  266. Cross References
    Judges 7:16
    And he divided the 300 men into three companies and put trumpets into the hands of all of them and empty jars, with torches inside the jars.
  267. Cross References
    1 Samuel 10:27
    But some worthless fellows said, "How can this man save us?" And they despised him and brought him no present. But he held his peace.
  268. Cross References
    Luke 19:27
    But as for these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slaughter them before me.'
  269. Cross References
    2 Samuel 19:22
    But David said, "What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should this day be as an adversary to me? Shall anyone be put to death in Israel this day? For do I not know that I am this day king over Israel?
  270. Cross References
    1 Samuel 19:5
    For he took his life in his hand and he struck down the Philistine, and the Lord worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it, and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood by killing David without cause?
    Exodus 14:13
    And Moses said to the people, "Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again.
  271. Cross References
    1 Samuel 11:9
    And they said to the messengers who had come, "Thus shall you say to the men of Jabesh-gilead: 'Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have deliverance.'" When the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh, they were glad.
  272. Cross References
    1 Samuel 10:8
    Then go down before me to Gilgal. And behold, I am coming to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. Seven days you shall wait, until I come to you and show you what you shall do.
  273. Cross References
    1 Samuel 15:33
    And Samuel said, "As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women." And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the Lord in Gilgal.
    1 Samuel 10:17
    Now Samuel called the people together to the Lord at Mizpah.
    Judges 11:11
    So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and leader over them. And Jephthah spoke all his words before the Lord at Mizpah.
  274. Cross References
    1 Samuel 10:8
    Then go down before me to Gilgal. And behold, I am coming to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. Seven days you shall wait, until I come to you and show you what you shall do.
  275. Cross References
    1 Samuel 8:5
    And said to him, "Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.
    1 Samuel 8:19 - 20
    But the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel. And they said, "No! But there shall be a king over us.
  276. Cross References
    1 Samuel 10:24
    And Samuel said to all the people, "Do you see him whom the Lord has chosen? There is none like him among all the people." And all the people shouted, "Long live the king!
    1 Samuel 11:14 - 15
    Then Samuel said to the people, "Come, let us go to Gilgal and there renew the kingdom.
  277. Cross References
    1 Samuel 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.
    Numbers 27:17
    Who shall go out before them and come in before them, who shall lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the Lord may not be as sheep that have no shepherd.
  278. Cross References
    1 Samuel 8:1
    When Samuel became old, he made his sons judges over Israel.
    1 Samuel 8:5
    And said to him, "Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.
  279. Cross References
    1 Samuel 24:6
    He said to his men, "The Lord forbid that I sho...
    1 Samuel 26:9
    But David said to Abishai, "Do not destroy him,...
    1 Samuel 26:11
    The Lord forbid that I should put out my hand a...
    1 Samuel 26:16
    This thing that you have done is not good. As t...
    2 Samuel 1:14
    David said to him, "How is it you were not afra...
    2 Samuel 1:16
    And David said to him, "Your blood be on your h...
    1 Samuel 10:1
    Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it o...
  280. Cross References
    Exodus 20:17
    "You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's."
    Numbers 16:15
    And Moses was very angry and said to the Lord, "Do not respect their offering. I have not taken one donkey from them, and I have not harmed one of them.
  281. Cross References
    1 Samuel 12:3
    Here I am; testify against me before the Lord and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Or whose donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? Testify against me and I will restore it to you.
  282. Cross References
    Exodus 21:16
    Whoever steals a man and sells him, and anyone found in possession of him, shall be put to death.
    Exodus 22:4
    If the stolen beast is found alive in his possession, whether it is an ox or a donkey or a sheep, he shall pay double.
  283. Cross References
    Micah 6:4
    For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, and I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
  284. Cross References
    Genesis 46:5 - 6
    Then Jacob set out from Beersheba. The sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry him.
  285. Cross References
    Exodus 2:23
    During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God.
  286. Cross References
    Exodus 3:10
    Come, I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring my people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.
    Exodus 4:14 - 16
    Then the anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses and he said, "Is there not Aaron, your brother, the Levite? I know that he can speak well. Behold, he is coming out to meet you, and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart.
  287. Cross References
    1 Samuel 10:18
    And he said to the people of Israel, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, 'I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.
  288. Cross References
    Judges 3:7
    And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. They forgot the Lord their God and served the Baals and the Asheroth.
  289. Cross References
    Judges 4:2
    And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.
  290. Cross References
    Judges 10:7
    So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the Ammonites.
    Judges 13:1
    And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, so the Lord gave them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.
    Judges 3:31
    After him was Shamgar the son of Anath, who killed 600 of the Philistines with an oxgoad, and he also saved Israel.
  291. Cross References
    Judges 3:12
    And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done what was evil in the sight of the Lord.
  292. Cross References
    Judges 10:10
    And the people of Israel cried out to the Lord, saying, "We have sinned against you, because we have forsaken our God and have served the Baals.
    Judges 3:9
    But when the people of Israel cried out to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for the people of Israel, who saved them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
  293. Cross References
    Judges 2:13
    They abandoned the Lord and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth.
  294. Cross References
    Judges 10:15
    And the people of Israel said to the Lord, "We have sinned; do to us whatever seems good to you. Only please deliver us this day.
  295. Cross References
    Judges 6:14
    And the Lord turned to him and said, "Go in this might of yours and save Israel from the hand of Midian; do not I send you?
    Judges 6:32
    Therefore on that day Gideon was called Jerubbaal, that is to say, "Let Baal contend against him," because he broke down his altar.
  296. Cross References
    Judges 4:6
    She sent and summoned Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh-naphtali and said to him, "Has not the Lord, the God of Israel, commanded you, 'Go, gather your men at Mount Tabor, taking 10,000 from the people of Naphtali and the people of Zebulun.
    Judges 4:8
    Barak said to her, "If you will go with me, I will go, but if you will not go with me, I will not go.
    Judges 4:10
    And Barak called out Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh. And 10,000 men went up at his heels, and Deborah went up with him.
  297. Cross References
    Judges 11:1
    Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior, but he was the son of a prostitute. Gilead was the father of Jephthah.
  298. Cross References
    1 Samuel 7:10 - 13
    As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to attack Israel. But the Lord thundered with a mighty sound that day against the Philistines and threw them into confusion, and they were routed before Israel.
  299. Cross References
    1 Samuel 11:1
    Then Nahash the Ammonite went up and besieged Jabesh-gilead, and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, "Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.
  300. Cross References
    1 Samuel 8:5
    And said to him, "Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.
    1 Samuel 8:19
    But the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel. And they said, "No! But there shall be a king over us.
  301. Cross References
    1 Samuel 8:7
    And the Lord said to Samuel, "Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.
    1 Samuel 10:19
    But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your calamities and your distresses, and you have said to him, 'Set a king over us.' Now therefore present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your thousands.
    Judges 8:23
    Gideon said to them, "I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the Lord will rule over you.
  302. Cross References
    1 Samuel 10:24
    And Samuel said to all the people, "Do you see him whom the Lord has chosen? There is none like him among all the people." And all the people shouted, "Long live the king!
  303. Cross References
    1 Samuel 9:16 - 17
    "Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have seen my people, because their cry has come to me."
    Hosea 13:11
    I gave you a king in my anger, and I took him away in my wrath.
  304. Cross References
    1 Samuel 12:24
    Only fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you.
    Deuteronomy 6:2
    That you may fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son's son, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be long.
    Joshua 24:14
    Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness. Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.
  305. Cross References
    Leviticus 26:14 - 15
    But if you will not listen to me and will not do all these commandments.
    Deuteronomy 28:15
    But if you will not obey the voice of the Lord your God or be careful to do all his commandments and his statutes that I command you today, then all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you.
    Joshua 24:20
    If you forsake the Lord and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you harm and consume you, after having done you good.
  306. Cross References
    1 Samuel 5:9
    But after they had brought it around, the hand of the Lord was against the city, causing a very great panic, and he afflicted the men of the city, both young and old, so that tumors broke out on them.
  307. Cross References
    1 Samuel 12:9
    But they forgot the Lord their God. And he sold them into the hand of Sisera, commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab. And they fought against them.
  308. Cross References
    Exodus 14:13
    And Moses said to the people, "Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the Lord, which he will work for you today. For the Egyptians whom you see today, you shall never see again.
  309. Cross References
    Proverbs 26:1
    Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool.
  310. Cross References
    1 Samuel 7:9 - 10
    So Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. And Samuel cried out to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord answered him.
    James 5:16 - 18
    Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
  311. Cross References
    1 Samuel 8:7
    And the Lord said to Samuel, "Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.
  312. Cross References
    Exodus 14:31
    Israel saw the great power that the Lord used against the Egyptians, so the people feared the Lord, and they believed in the Lord and in his servant Moses.
    Ezra 10:9
    Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem within the three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month. And all the people sat in the open square before the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the heavy rain.
  313. Cross References
    1 Samuel 12:23
    Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you, and I will instruct you in the good and the right way.
    Exodus 9:28
    Plead with the Lord, for there has been enough of God's thunder and hail. I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer.
    Exodus 10:17
    Now therefore, forgive my sin, please, only this once, and plead with the Lord your God only to remove this death from me.
    Jeremiah 15:1
    Then the Lord said to me, "Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my heart would not turn toward this people. Send them out of my sight, and let them go!
  314. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 11:16
    Take care lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods and worship them.
  315. Cross References
    1 Samuel 12:20
    And Samuel said to the people, "Do not be afraid; you have done all this evil. Yet do not turn aside from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart.
  316. Cross References
    Jeremiah 16:19
    O Lord, my strength and my stronghold, my refuge in the day of trouble, to you shall the nations come from the ends of the earth and say: "Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, worthless things in which there is no profit.
    Habakkuk 2:18
    What profit is an idol when its maker has shaped it, a metal image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation when he makes speechless idols!
    1 Corinthians 8:4
    Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that "an idol has no real existence," and that "there is no God but one.
  317. Cross References
    1 Kings 6:13
    And I will dwell among the children of Israel and will not forsake my people Israel.
    Psalms 94:14
    For the Lord will not forsake his people; he will not abandon his heritage.
    1 Kings 8:57
    The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers. May he not leave us or forsake us.
  318. Cross References
    Joshua 7:9
    For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of t...
    Psalms 106:8
    Yet he saved them for his name's sake, that he ...
    Jeremiah 14:21
    Do not spurn us, for your name's sake; do not d...
    Ezekiel 20:9
    But I acted for the sake of my name, that it sh...
    Ezekiel 20:14
    But I acted for the sake of my name, that it sh...
    Ezekiel 20:22
    But I withheld my hand and acted for the sake o...
  319. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 7:7 - 8
    It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
    Deuteronomy 14:2
    For you are a people holy to the Lord your God, and the Lord has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
    1 Peter 2:9
    But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
  320. Cross References
    1 Samuel 12:19
    And all the people said to Samuel, "Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for ourselves a king.
  321. Cross References
    1 Kings 8:36
    Then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk, and grant rain upon your land, which you have given to your people as an inheritance.
    2 Chronicles 6:27
    Then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk, and grant rain upon your land, which you have given to your people as an inheritance.
    Psalms 27:11
    Teach me your way, O Lord, and lead me on a level path because of my enemies.
    Proverbs 4:11
    I have taught you the way of wisdom; I have led you in the paths of uprightness.
    Jeremiah 6:16
    Thus says the Lord : "Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find rest for your souls. But they said, 'We will not walk in it.
  322. Cross References
    1 Samuel 12:14
    If you will fear the Lord and serve him and obey his voice and not rebel against the commandment of the Lord, and if both you and the king who reigns over you will follow the Lord your God, it will be well.
    Ecclesiastes 12:13
    The end of the matter; all has been heard. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.
  323. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 10:21
    He is your praise. He is your God, who has done for you these great and terrifying things that your eyes have seen.
    Psalms 126:2 - 3
    Then our mouth was filled with laughter, and our tongue with shouts of joy; then they said among the nations, "The Lord has done great things for them.
  324. Cross References
    Joshua 24:20
    If you forsake the Lord and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you harm and consume you, after having done you good.
    Numbers 16:26
    And he spoke to the congregation, saying, "Depart, please, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be swept away with all their sins.
  325. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 28:36
    The Lord will bring you and your king whom you set over you to a nation that neither you nor your fathers have known. And there you shall serve other gods of wood and stone.
  326. Cross References
    1 Samuel 13:5
    And the Philistines mustered to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen and troops like the sand on the seashore in multitude. They came up and encamped in Michmash, to the east of Beth-aven.
    1 Samuel 13:11
    Samuel said, "What have you done?" And Saul said, "When I saw that the people were scattering from me, and that you did not come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines had mustered at Michmash.
    1 Samuel 13:16
    And Saul and Jonathan his son and the people who were present with them stayed in Geba of Benjamin, but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.
    1 Samuel 13:23
    And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.
    1 Samuel 14:31
    They struck down the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. And the people were very faint.
  327. Cross References
    1 Samuel 13:15
    And Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal. The rest of the people went up after Saul to meet the army; they went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people who were present with him, about six hundred men.
    1 Samuel 10:26
    Saul also went to his home at Gibeah, and with him went men of valor whose hearts God had touched.
  328. Cross References
    1 Samuel 10:5
    After that you shall come to Gibeath-elohim, where there is a garrison of the Philistines. And there, as soon as you come to the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and lyre before them, prophesying.
  329. Cross References
    1 Samuel 13:16
    And Saul and Jonathan his son and the people who were present with them stayed in Geba of Benjamin, but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.
    1 Samuel 14:5
    The one crag rose on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba.
  330. Cross References
    Judges 3:27
    When he arrived, he sounded the trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim. Then the people of Israel went down with him from the hill country, and he was their leader.
  331. Cross References
    Joshua 11:4
    And they came out with all their troops, a great horde, in number like the sand that is on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots.
  332. Cross References
    1 Samuel 14:23
    So the Lord saved Israel that day. And the battle passed beyond Beth-aven.
  333. Cross References
    Judges 6:2
    And the hand of Midian overpowered Israel, and because of Midian the people of Israel made for themselves the dens that are in the mountains and the caves and the strongholds.
    Hebrews 11:38
    Of whom the world was not worthy - wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
  334. Cross References
    1 Samuel 10:8
    Then go down before me to Gilgal. And behold, I am coming to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. Seven days you shall wait, until I come to you and show you what you shall do.
  335. Cross References
    2 Samuel 24:10
    But David's heart struck him after he had numbered the people. And David said to the Lord, "I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O Lord, please take away the iniquity of your servant, for I have done very foolishly.
    1 Chronicles 21:8
    And David said to God, "I have sinned greatly in that I have done this thing. But now, please take away the iniquity of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.
    2 Chronicles 16:9
    For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him. You have done foolishly in this, for from now on you will have wars.
  336. Cross References
    1 Samuel 15:11
    I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following me and has not performed my commandments." And Samuel was angry, and he cried to the Lord all night.
  337. Cross References
    1 Samuel 15:28
    And Samuel said to him, "The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you.
  338. Cross References
    Acts 13:22
    And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, 'I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart, who will do all my will.
  339. Cross References
    1 Samuel 13:2
    Saul chose three thousand men of Israel. Two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. The rest of the people he sent home, every man to his tent.
  340. Cross References
    1 Samuel 14:2
    Saul was staying in the outskirts of Gibeah in the pomegranate cave at Migron. The people who were with him were about six hundred men.
  341. Cross References
    1 Samuel 13:3
    Jonathan defeated the garrison of the Philistines that was at Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, "Let the Hebrews hear.
    1 Samuel 14:5
    The one crag rose on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba.
  342. Cross References
    1 Samuel 14:15
    And there was a panic in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. The garrison and even the raiders trembled, the earth quaked, and it became a very great panic.
  343. Cross References
    Joshua 10:10
    And the Lord threw them into a panic before Israel, who struck them with a great blow at Gibeon and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon and struck them as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
  344. Cross References
    Nehemiah 11:34
    Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat.
  345. Cross References
    2 Kings 24:14
    He carried away all Jerusalem and all the officials and all the mighty men of valor, 10,000 captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained, except the poorest people of the land.
  346. Cross References
    Judges 5:8
    When new gods were chosen, then war was in the gates. Was shield or spear to be seen among forty thousand in Israel?
  347. Cross References
    1 Samuel 14:1
    One day Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who carried his armor, "Come, let us go over to the Philistine garrison on the other side." But he did not tell his father.
    1 Samuel 14:4
    Within the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistine garrison, there was a rocky crag on the one side and a rocky crag on the other side. The name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
    1 Samuel 14:6
    Jonathan said to the young man who carried his armor, "Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised. It may be that the Lord will work for us, for nothing can hinder the Lord from saving by many or by few.
    1 Samuel 14:11
    So both of them showed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines. And the Philistines said, "Look, Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have hidden themselves.
    2 Samuel 23:14
    David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then at Bethlehem.
  348. Cross References
    1 Samuel 14:4 - 5
    Within the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistine garrison, there was a rocky crag on the one side and a rocky crag on the other side. The name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
    Isaiah 10:28 - 29
    He has come to Aiath; he has passed through Migron; at Michmash he stores his baggage.
  349. Cross References
    Isaiah 10:28
    He has come to Aiath; he has passed through Migron; at Michmash he stores his baggage.
  350. Cross References
    1 Samuel 13:23
    And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.
  351. Cross References
    1 Samuel 13:15
    And Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal. The rest of the people went up after Saul to meet the army; they went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people who were present with him, about six hundred men.
  352. Cross References
    1 Samuel 22:9
    Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, "I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
    1 Samuel 22:11
    Then the king sent to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests who were at Nob, and all of them came to the king.
    1 Samuel 22:20
    But one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled after David.
  353. Cross References
    1 Samuel 4:21
    And she named the child Ichabod, saying, "The glory has departed from Israel!" because the ark of God had been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband.
  354. Cross References
    Joshua 18:1
    Then the whole congregation of the people of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The land lay subdued before them.
  355. Cross References
    1 Samuel 2:28
    Did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? I gave to the house of your father all my offerings by fire from the people of Israel.
  356. Cross References
    1 Samuel 13:23
    And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.
  357. Cross References
    1 Samuel 13:3
    Jonathan defeated the garrison of the Philistines that was at Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, "Let the Hebrews hear.
    1 Samuel 13:16
    And Saul and Jonathan his son and the people who were present with them stayed in Geba of Benjamin, but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.
  358. Cross References
    1 Samuel 17:26
    And David said to the men who stood by him, "What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
    Judges 14:3
    But his father and mother said to him, "Is there not a woman among the daughters of your relatives, or among all our people, that you must go to take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?" But Samson said to his father, "Get her for me, for she is right in my eyes.
  359. Cross References
    Judges 7:4
    And the Lord said to Gideon, "The people are still too many. Take them down to the water, and I will test them for you there, and anyone of whom I say to you, 'This one shall go with you,' shall go with you, and anyone of whom I say to you, 'This one shall not go with you,' shall not go.
    Judges 7:7
    And the Lord said to Gideon, "With the 300 men who lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hand, and let all the others go every man to his home.
    2 Chronicles 14:11
    And Asa cried to the Lord his God, "O Lord, there is none like you to help, between the mighty and the weak. Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this multitude. O Lord, you are our God; let not man prevail against you.
  360. Cross References
    1 Samuel 13:6
    When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble (for the people were hard pressed), the people hid themselves in caves and in holes and in rocks and in tombs and in cisterns.
  361. Cross References
    1 Samuel 13:17
    And raiders came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies. One company turned toward Ophrah, to the land of Shual.
  362. Cross References
    Joshua 2:9
    And said to the men, "I know that the Lord has given you the land, and that the fear of you has fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land melt away before you.
  363. Cross References
    Numbers 27:21
    And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before the Lord. At his word they shall go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he and all the people of Israel with him, the whole congregation.
  364. Cross References
    Judges 7:22
    When they blew the 300 trumpets, the Lord set every man's sword against his comrade and against all the army. And the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.
    2 Chronicles 20:23
    For the men of Ammon and Moab rose against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction, and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, they all helped to destroy one another.
  365. Cross References
    1 Samuel 29:4
    But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with him. And the commanders of the Philistines said to him, "Send the man back, that he may return to the place to which you have assigned him. He shall not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us. For how could this fellow reconcile himself to his lord? Would it not be with the heads of the men here?
  366. Cross References
    1 Samuel 14:11
    So both of them showed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines. And the Philistines said, "Look, Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have hidden themselves.
    1 Samuel 13:6
    When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble (for the people were hard pressed), the people hid themselves in caves and in holes and in rocks and in tombs and in cisterns.
  367. Cross References
    Joshua 24:33
    And Eleazar the son of Aaron died, and they buried him at Gibeah, the town of Phinehas his son, which had been given him in the hill country of Ephraim.
  368. Cross References
    Exodus 14:30
    Thus the Lord saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
  369. Cross References
    1 Samuel 13:5
    And the Philistines mustered to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots and six thousand horsemen and troops like the sand on the seashore in multitude. They came up and encamped in Michmash, to the east of Beth-aven.
  370. Cross References
    Joshua 6:26
    Joshua laid an oath on them at that time, saying, "Cursed before the Lord be the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho. "At the cost of his firstborn shall he lay its foundation, and at the cost of his youngest son shall he set up its gates.
  371. Cross References
    1 Samuel 14:43
    Then Saul said to Jonathan, "Tell me what you have done." And Jonathan told him, "I tasted a little honey with the tip of the staff that was in my hand. Here I am; I will die.
  372. Cross References
    Judges 8:4 - 5
    And Gideon came to the Jordan and crossed over, he and the 300 men who were with him, exhausted yet pursuing.
  373. Cross References
    1 Samuel 13:2
    Saul chose three thousand men of Israel. Two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. The rest of the people he sent home, every man to his tent.
  374. Cross References
    Joshua 10:12
    At that time Joshua spoke to the Lord in the day when the Lord gave the Amorites over to the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, "Sun, stand still at Gibeon, and moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.
  375. Cross References
    1 Samuel 14:28
    Then one of the people said, "Your father strictly charged the people with an oath, saying, 'Cursed be the man who eats food this day.'" And the people were faint.
  376. Cross References
    1 Samuel 15:19
    Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord ? Why did you pounce on the spoil and do what was evil in the sight of the Lord ?
  377. Cross References
    Leviticus 3:17
    It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, in all your dwelling places, that you eat neither fat nor blood.
  378. Cross References
    1 Samuel 14:32
    The people pounced on the spoil and took sheep and oxen and calves and slaughtered them on the ground. And the people ate them with the blood.
  379. Cross References
    1 Samuel 7:12
    Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen and called its name Ebenezer; for he said, "Till now the Lord has helped us.
    1 Samuel 7:17
    Then he would return to Ramah, for his home was there, and there also he judged Israel. And he built there an altar to the Lord.
  380. Cross References
    1 Samuel 14:3
    Including Ahijah the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, son of Phinehas, son of Eli, the priest of the Lord in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people did not know that Jonathan had gone.
    1 Samuel 14:18 - 19
    So Saul said to Ahijah, "Bring the ark of God here." For the ark of God went at that time with the people of Israel.
  381. Cross References
    1 Samuel 28:6
    And when Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord did not answer him, either by dreams, or by Urim, or by prophets.
  382. Cross References
    Ruth 3:13
    Remain tonight, and in the morning, if he will redeem you, good; let him do it. But if he is not willing to redeem you, then, as the Lord lives, I will redeem you. Lie down until the morning.
  383. Cross References
    1 Samuel 14:44
    And Saul said, "God do so to me and more also; you shall surely die, Jonathan.
  384. Cross References
    1 Samuel 10:20 - 21
    Then Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken by lot.
    Joshua 7:16 - 18
    So Joshua rose early in the morning and brought Israel near tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was taken.
    Acts 1:24 - 26
    And they prayed and said, "You, Lord, who know the hearts of all, show which one of these two you have chosen
  385. Cross References
    1 Samuel 14:41
    Therefore Saul said, "O Lord God of Israel, why have you not answered your servant this day? If this guilt is in me or in Jonathan my son, O Lord, God of Israel, give Urim. But if this guilt is in your people Israel, give Thummim." And Jonathan and Saul were taken, but the people escaped.
  386. Cross References
    Joshua 7:19
    Then Joshua said to Achan, "My son, give glory to the Lord God of Israel and give praise to him. And tell me now what you have done; do not hide it from me.
  387. Cross References
    1 Samuel 14:27
    But Jonathan had not heard his father charge the people with the oath, so he put out the tip of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes became bright.
  388. Cross References
    Ruth 1:17
    Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the Lord do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you.
  389. Cross References
    1 Samuel 14:39
    For as the Lord lives who saves Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die." But there was not a man among all the people who answered him.
  390. Cross References
    1 Samuel 14:39
    For as the Lord lives who saves Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die." But there was not a man among all the people who answered him.
  391. Cross References
    2 Samuel 14:11
    Then she said, "Please let the king invoke the ...
    1 Kings 1:52
    And Solomon said, "If he will show himself a wo...
    Luke 21:18
    But not a hair of your head will perish.
    Acts 27:34
    Therefore I urge you to take some food. For it ...
    Matthew 10:30
    But even the hairs of your head are all numbered.
    Luke 12:7
    Why, even the hairs of your head are all number...
  392. Cross References
    1 Samuel 11:11
    And the next day Saul put the people in three companies. And they came into the midst of the camp in the morning watch and struck down the Ammonites until the heat of the day. And those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.
  393. Cross References
    2 Samuel 8:3
    David also defeated Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to restore his power at the river Euphrates.
    2 Samuel 10:6
    When the Ammonites saw that they had become a stench to David, the Ammonites sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, 20,000 foot soldiers, and the king of Maacah with 1,000 men, and the men of Tob, 12,000 men.
  394. Cross References
    1 Samuel 15:3
    Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.'
    1 Samuel 15:7
    And Saul defeated the Amalekites from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt.
  395. Cross References
    1 Samuel 31:2
    And the Philistines overtook Saul and his sons, and the Philistines struck down Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul.
    2 Samuel 2:8 - 10
    But Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul's army, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.
    1 Chronicles 8:33
    Ner was the father of Kish, Kish of Saul, Saul of Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Abinadab and Eshbaal.
    1 Chronicles 9:39
    Ner fathered Kish, Kish fathered Saul, Saul fathered Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
  396. Cross References
    1 Samuel 18:17
    Then Saul said to David, "Here is my elder daughter Merab. I will give her to you for a wife. Only be valiant for me and fight the Lord 's battles." For Saul thought, "Let not my hand be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him.
    1 Samuel 18:19
    But at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite for a wife.
  397. Cross References
    2 Samuel 2:8
    But Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul's army, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim.
  398. Cross References
    1 Samuel 10:14
    Saul's uncle said to him and to his servant, "Where did you go?" And he said, "To seek the donkeys. And when we saw they were not to be found, we went to Samuel.
  399. Cross References
    1 Samuel 9:1
    There was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, a Benjaminite, a man of wealth.
  400. Cross References
    1 Samuel 9:1
    There was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, a Benjaminite, a man of wealth.
  401. Cross References
    1 Samuel 8:11
    He said, "These will be the ways of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen and to run before his chariots.
  402. Cross References
    1 Samuel 9:16
    "Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have seen my people, because their cry has come to me."
  403. Cross References
    Exodus 17:8 - 16
    Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim.
    Deuteronomy 25:17 - 19
    Remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you came out of Egypt.
  404. Cross References
    Leviticus 27:28 - 29
    But no devoted thing that a man devotes to the Lord, of anything that he has, whether man or beast, or of his inherited field, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy to the Lord.
    Joshua 6:17
    And the city and all that is within it shall be devoted to the Lord for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall live, because she hid the messengers whom we sent.
    Joshua 6:21
    Then they devoted all in the city to destruction, both men and women, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys, with the edge of the sword.
  405. Cross References
    1 Samuel 22:19
    And Nob, the city of the priests, he put to the sword; both man and woman, child and infant, ox, donkey and sheep, he put to the sword.
  406. Cross References
    1 Samuel 27:10
    When Achish asked, "Where have you made a raid today?" David would say, "Against the Negeb of Judah," or, "Against the Negeb of the Jerahmeelites," or, "Against the Negeb of the Kenites.
    Judges 1:16
    And the descendants of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah from the city of palms into the wilderness of Judah, which lies in the Negeb near Arad, and they went and settled with the people.
  407. Cross References
    Exodus 18:10
    Jethro said, "Blessed be the Lord, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharaoh and has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
    Exodus 18:19
    Now obey my voice; I will give you advice, and God be with you! You shall represent the people before God and bring their cases to God.
    Numbers 10:29
    And Moses said to Hobab the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, "We are setting out for the place of which the Lord said, 'I will give it to you.' Come with us, and we will do good to you, for the Lord has promised good to Israel.
    Numbers 10:32
    And if you do go with us, whatever good the Lord will do to us, the same will we do to you.
  408. Cross References
    1 Samuel 14:48
    And he did valiantly and struck the Amalekites and delivered Israel out of the hands of those who plundered them.
  409. Cross References
    Genesis 2:11
    The name of the first is the Pishon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
    Genesis 25:18
    They settled from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled over against all his kinsmen.
  410. Cross References
    1 Samuel 27:8
    Now David and his men went up and made raids against the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites, for these were the inhabitants of the land from of old, as far as Shur, to the land of Egypt.
    Genesis 16:7
    The angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to Shur.
    Exodus 15:22
    Then Moses made Israel set out from the Red Sea, and they went into the wilderness of Shur. They went three days in the wilderness and found no water.
  411. Cross References
    1 Samuel 27:8 - 9
    Now David and his men went up and made raids against the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites, for these were the inhabitants of the land from of old, as far as Shur, to the land of Egypt.
    1 Samuel 30:1
    Now when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid against the Negeb and against Ziklag. They had overcome Ziklag and burned it with fire
  412. Cross References
    1 Samuel 15:15
    Saul said, "They have brought them from the Amalekites, for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen to sacrifice to the Lord your God, and the rest we have devoted to destruction.
    1 Samuel 15:21
    But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the best of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.
    1 Samuel 28:18
    Because you did not obey the voice of the Lord and did not carry out his fierce wrath against Amalek, therefore the Lord has done this thing to you this day.
  413. Cross References
    1 Samuel 15:35
    And Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death, but Samuel grieved over Saul. And the Lord regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.
    1 Samuel 15:29
    And also the Glory of Israel will not lie or have regret, for he is not a man, that he should have regret.
    Genesis 6:6
    And the Lord was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart.
  414. Cross References
    1 Samuel 15:3
    Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.
    1 Samuel 15:9
    But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep and of the oxen and of the fattened calves and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them. All that was despised and worthless they devoted to destruction.
    1 Samuel 13:13
    And Samuel said to Saul, "You have done foolishly. You have not kept the command of the Lord your God, with which he commanded you. For then the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.
  415. Cross References
    Joshua 15:55
    Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah.
  416. Cross References
    Ruth 2:20
    And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, "May he be blessed by the Lord, whose kindness has not forsaken the living or the dead!" Naomi also said to her, "The man is a close relative of ours, one of our redeemers.
  417. Cross References
    1 Samuel 15:9
    But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep and of the oxen and of the fattened calves and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them. All that was despised and worthless they devoted to destruction.
    1 Samuel 15:21
    But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the best of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.
  418. Cross References
    1 Samuel 9:21
    Saul answered, "Am I not a Benjaminite, from the least of the tribes of Israel? And is not my clan the humblest of all the clans of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then have you spoken to me in this way?
  419. Cross References
    1 Samuel 14:32
    The people pounced on the spoil and took sheep and oxen and calves and slaughtered them on the ground. And the people ate them with the blood.
  420. Cross References
    1 Samuel 15:13
    And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, "Blessed be you to the Lord. I have performed the commandment of the Lord.
  421. Cross References
    1 Samuel 15:15
    Saul said, "They have brought them from the Amalekites, for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen to sacrifice to the Lord your God, and the rest we have devoted to destruction.
  422. Cross References
    Psalms 40:6 - 8
    In sacrifice and offering you have not delighte...
    Psalms 50:8 - 9
    Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your b...
    Proverbs 21:3
    To do righteousness and justice is more accepta...
    Isaiah 1:11 - 13
    What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices?...
    Isaiah 1:16 - 17
    Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove ...
    Jeremiah 7:22 - 23
    For in the day that I brought them out of the l...
    Micah 6:6 - 8
    With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow...
    Hebrews 10:6 - 9
    In burnt offerings and sin offerings you have t...
  423. Cross References
    Ecclesiastes 5:1
    Guard your steps when you go to the house of God. To draw near to listen is better than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing evil.
    Hosea 6:6
    For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
    Matthew 9:13
    Go and learn what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice.' For I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.
    Matthew 12:7
    And if you had known what this means, 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.
    Mark 12:33
    And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is much more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
  424. Cross References
    Genesis 31:19
    Laban had gone to shear his sheep, and Rachel stole her father's household gods.
    Genesis 31:34
    Now Rachel had taken the household gods and put them in the camel's saddle and sat on them. Laban felt all about the tent, but did not find them.
  425. Cross References
    1 Samuel 15:26
    And Samuel said to Saul, "I will not return with you. For you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.
  426. Cross References
    1 Samuel 13:14
    But now your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought out a man after his own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.
  427. Cross References
    2 Samuel 12:13
    David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the Lord." And Nathan said to David, "The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die.
  428. Cross References
    1 Samuel 15:30
    Then he said, "I have sinned; yet honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me, that I may bow before the Lord your God.
  429. Cross References
    1 Samuel 15:23
    For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has also rejected you from being king.
  430. Cross References
    1 Samuel 16:1
    The Lord said to Samuel, "How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.
  431. Cross References
    1 Kings 11:30 - 31
    Then Ahijah laid hold of the new garment that was on him, and tore it into twelve pieces.
  432. Cross References
    1 Samuel 28:17 - 18
    The Lord has done to you as he spoke by me, for the Lord has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor, David.
  433. Cross References
    Numbers 23:19
    God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?
    Ezekiel 24:14
    I am the Lord. I have spoken; it shall come to pass; I will do it. I will not go back; I will not spare; I will not relent; according to your ways and your deeds you will be judged, declares the Lord God.
  434. Cross References
    John 5:44
    How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
    John 12:43
    For they loved the glory that comes from man more than the glory that comes from God.
  435. Cross References
    1 Samuel 15:25
    Now therefore, please pardon my sin and return with me that I may worship the Lord.
  436. Cross References
    Judges 1:7
    And Adoni-bezek said, "Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off used to pick up scraps under my table. As I have done, so God has repaid me." And they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
  437. Cross References
    1 Samuel 15:12
    And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning. And it was told Samuel, "Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself and turned and passed on and went down to Gilgal.
    1 Samuel 15:21
    But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the best of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.
  438. Cross References
    1 Samuel 1:19
    They rose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord ; then they went back to their house at Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her.
  439. Cross References
    1 Samuel 11:4
    When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, they reported the matter in the ears of the people, and all the people wept aloud.
  440. Cross References
    1 Samuel 19:24
    And he too stripped off his clothes, and he too prophesied before Samuel and lay naked all that day and all that night. Thus it is said, "Is Saul also among the prophets?
  441. Cross References
    1 Samuel 16:1
    The Lord said to Samuel, "How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.
  442. Cross References
    1 Samuel 15:11
    I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following me and has not performed my commandments." And Samuel was angry, and he cried to the Lord all night.
  443. Cross References
    1 Samuel 15:35
    And Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death, but Samuel grieved over Saul. And the Lord regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.
  444. Cross References
    1 Samuel 15:23
    For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and presumption is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has also rejected you from being king.
    1 Samuel 15:26
    And Samuel said to Saul, "I will not return with you. For you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.
  445. Cross References
    1 Samuel 10:1
    Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head and kissed him and said, "Has not the Lord anointed you to be prince over his people Israel? And you shall reign over the people of the Lord and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies. And this shall be the sign to you that the Lord has anointed you to be prince over his heritage.
  446. Cross References
    Psalms 78:70
    He chose David his servant and took him from the sheepfolds.
    Psalms 89:19 - 20
    Of old you spoke in a vision to your godly one, and said: "I have granted help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people.
    Acts 13:22
    And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, 'I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart, who will do all my will.
  447. Cross References
    1 Samuel 9:12
    They answered, "He is; behold, he is just ahead of you. Hurry. He has come just now to the city, because the people have a sacrifice today on the high place.
    1 Samuel 20:29
    He said, 'Let me go, for our clan holds a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has commanded me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, let me get away and see my brothers.' For this reason he has not come to the king's table.
  448. Cross References
    1 Samuel 9:16
    "Tomorrow about this time I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel. He shall save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have seen my people, because their cry has come to me."
  449. Cross References
    1 Samuel 21:1
    Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech came to meet David trembling and said to him, "Why are you alone, and no one with you?
  450. Cross References
    1 Kings 2:13
    Then Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, "Do you come peacefully?" He said, "Peacefully.
    2 Kings 9:22
    And when Joram saw Jehu, he said, "Is it peace, Jehu?" He answered, "What peace can there be, so long as the whorings and the sorceries of your mother Jezebel are so many?
  451. Cross References
    Joshua 3:5
    Then Joshua said to the people, "Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you.
  452. Cross References
    1 Samuel 17:13
    The three oldest sons of Jesse had followed Saul to the battle. And the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
  453. Cross References
    Psalms 147:10 - 11
    His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the legs of a man.
  454. Cross References
    1 Kings 8:39
    Then hear in heaven your dwelling place and for...
    1 Chronicles 28:9
    And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your f...
    Psalms 7:9
    Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end, ...
    Jeremiah 11:20
    But, O Lord of hosts, who judges righteously, w...
    Jeremiah 17:10
    "I the Lord search the heart and test the mind,...
    Jeremiah 20:12
    O Lord of hosts, who tests the righteous, who s...
    Acts 1:24
    And they prayed and said, "You, Lord, who know ...
  455. Cross References
    1 Samuel 17:13
    The three oldest sons of Jesse had followed Saul to the battle. And the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
  456. Cross References
    1 Samuel 16:8
    Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, "Neither has the Lord chosen this one.
  457. Cross References
    1 Samuel 17:13
    The three oldest sons of Jesse had followed Saul to the battle. And the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
    2 Samuel 13:3
    But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother. And Jonadab was a very crafty man.
    1 Chronicles 2:13
    Jesse fathered Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third.
  458. Cross References
    2 Samuel 7:8
    Now, therefore, thus you shall say to my servant David, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel.
    Psalms 78:70 - 71
    He chose David his servant and took him from the sheepfolds.
  459. Cross References
    1 Samuel 17:42
    And when the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him, for he was but a youth, ruddy and handsome in appearance.
  460. Cross References
    1 Samuel 9:17
    When Samuel saw Saul, the Lord told him, "Here is the man of whom I spoke to you! He it is who shall restrain my people.
  461. Cross References
    1 Samuel 16:1
    The Lord said to Samuel, "How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.
  462. Cross References
    1 Samuel 10:1
    Then Samuel took a flask of oil and poured it on his head and kissed him and said, "Has not the Lord anointed you to be prince over his people Israel? And you shall reign over the people of the Lord and you will save them from the hand of their surrounding enemies. And this shall be the sign to you that the Lord has anointed you to be prince over his heritage.
    Psalms 89:20
    I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him.
  463. Cross References
    1 Samuel 10:6
    Then the Spirit of the Lord will rush upon you, and you will prophesy with them and be turned into another man.
    1 Samuel 10:10
    When they came to Gibeah, behold, a group of prophets met him, and the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he prophesied among them.
    1 Samuel 11:6
    And the Spirit of God rushed upon Saul when he heard these words, and his anger was greatly kindled.
    Judges 3:10
    The Spirit of the Lord was upon him, and he judged Israel. He went out to war, and the Lord gave Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand. And his hand prevailed over Cushan-rishathaim.
  464. Cross References
    1 Samuel 18:12
    Saul was afraid of David because the Lord was with him but had departed from Saul.
    1 Samuel 28:15 - 16
    Then Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" Saul answered, "I am in great distress, for the Philistines are warring against me, and God has turned away from me and answers me no more, either by prophets or by dreams. Therefore I have summoned you to tell me what I shall do.
    Judges 16:20
    And she said, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" And he awoke from his sleep and said, "I will go out as at other times and shake myself free." But he did not know that the Lord had left him.
  465. Cross References
    1 Samuel 18:10
    The next day a harmful spirit from God rushed upon Saul, and he raved within his house while David was playing the lyre, as he did day by day. Saul had his spear in his hand.
    1 Samuel 19:9
    Then a harmful spirit from the Lord came upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand. And David was playing the lyre.
    Judges 9:23
    And God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem, and the leaders of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech.
  466. Cross References
    1 Samuel 16:21 - 22
    And David came to Saul and entered his service. And Saul loved him greatly, and he became his armor-bearer.
    1 Kings 10:8
    Happy are your men! Happy are your servants, who continually stand before you and hear your wisdom!
  467. Cross References
    1 Samuel 18:10
    The next day a harmful spirit from God rushed upon Saul, and he raved within his house while David was playing the lyre, as he did day by day. Saul had his spear in his hand.
    1 Samuel 19:9
    Then a harmful spirit from the Lord came upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand. And David was playing the lyre.
    2 Kings 3:15
    But now bring me a musician." And when the musician played, the hand of the Lord came upon him.
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