Saul consuteth CHAP. XXVII. the witch of Endor. thou shalt go out with me to battle, the woman said unto Saul, I saw goda thou and thy men. 2 And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servants can lo. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of my head for ever. ascending out of the earth. 14 And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his 3 T Now Samuel was dead, and all face to the ground, and bowed himself. Israel had lamented him, and buried 15 ¶ And Samuel said to Saul, Why him in Ramah, even in his own city, hast thou disquieted me, to bring me And Saul had put away those that had up? And Sau answered, I an sore familiar spirits, and the wizards, out distressed; for the Philistines make of the land. war against me, and God is departed 4¶ And the Philistines gathered from me, and answerest me no more, themselves together, and came and neither by prophets, nor by dreams; pitched in Shunem; and Saul gath-therefore I have called thee, that thou ered all Israel together, and they mayest make known unto me what I pitched in Gilboa. 5 And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled. 6 And when Saul enquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets. 7 Then said Saul unto lus servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar| spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that both a familiar spirit at En-dor. shall do. 16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is he come thine enemy ? 17 And the Lord hath done to him as he spake by me: for the Lono bath rent the kingdom out of thy hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David: 18 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the Loud, nor executedst bis fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the Load done this thing unto thee this day. 8 And Saul disguised himself, and put în other raiment, and he went, and 19 Moreover, the Lond will also de two men with him, and them came to liver Israel with thee into the hand of the woman by night; and he said, the Philistines; and to-morrow shall pray thee, divine unto me by the fa-thou and thy sous be with me: the miliar spirit, and bring me him up LORD also shall deliver the hosts of Is whom I shall name unto thee. rael into the hand of the Philistines. 9 And the woman said unto him, Be| 20 Then Saul fell straightway all hold, thou knowest what Saul bath along on the earth, and was sore done, how he hath cut off those that afraid, because of the words of Samhave familiar spirits, and the wizards, uel: and there was no strength in out of the land; wherefore then layest|him; for he had eaten no bread all the thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die ? 10 And Saul sware to her by the Lono, saying, As the Loud liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thice for this thing. day, nor all the night. 21 T And the woman came unto Saul and saw that he was sore troubled,, and said unto him, Behold, thy handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and 11 Then said the woman, Whom have hearkened unto thy words which shall I bring up unto thee? And he thou spakest unto me : said, Bring me up Samuel. 22 Now therefore, I pray thee heark 12 And when the woman saw Sam-en thou also unto the voice of thy del, she cried with a loud voice: and handmaid, and let me set a morsel of the woman spake to Saul, saying, bread before thee; and eat, that thou Why hast thou deceived me? for thou mayest have strength when thou goest. art Saul. on thy way. 13 And the king said unto her, Be not afraid; for what shwest thou? And[eat. 23 But he refused, and said, I will not But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice; so he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed. 24 And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she basted, and killed it, and took flour and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof: 25 And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night. CHAP. XXIX. Ziklag spoiled. been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of iny lord the king? 9 And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in ny sight, as an angel of God; not withstanding, the princes of the Pri istines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle. 10 Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's ser vants that are come with thee; and a . TOW the Philistines gathered to-soon as ye be up early in the morning, gether all their armies to Aphek: and have light, depart. Now the Philistines gathered to-Iso and the Israelites pitched by a fountain 11 So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return in which is in Jezreel. 2 And the lords of the Philistines to the land of the Philistines: and the passed on by hundreds and by thou-Philistines went up to Jezreel. sands; but David and his men passed on in the rere-ward with Achish. CHAP. XXX. 3. Then said the princes of the Phil- AND it came to pass, when David istines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day? and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites bad invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burnt it with fire; 2 And had taken the women captives that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way. 3 So David and his men came to And the princes of the Philistines the city, and, behold, it was burnt were wroth with him; and the prin with fire; and their wives, and their ces of the Philistines said unto him, sous, and their daughters, were taken Make this fellow return, that he may captives. go again to his place which thou hast Then David and the people that appointed him, and let him not go were with him lifted up their voice down with us to battle, lest in the bat-and wept, until they had no more tle he be an adversary to us; for where-power to weep. with should he reconcile himself unto 6 And David's two wives were taken his master? should it not be with the captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, heads of these men ? and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. 5 Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands ? 6 And David was greatly distressed: for the people spake of stoning him because the soul of all the people was ¶ Then Achish called David, and grieved, every man for his sons and for said unto him, Surely, as the LORD liv-his daughters: but David encouraged eth, thou hast been upright, and thy bimself in the Load his God. going out and thy coming in with me In the host is good in my sight; for 1 have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not. 7 Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines. 7 And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, 1 pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abia thar brought thither the ephod to David. 8 And David inquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop shall I overtake them? And he an swered him, Pursue; for thou shalt 8 And David said unto Achish, But surely overtake them, and without fail what have I done? and what hast thou] recover all. found in thy servant, so long as I have] 9 11 Só David went, be and the six CHAP. XXXI. David recovers the spoil. hundred men that were with him, and[dred men, which were so faint that came to the brook Besor, where those they could not follow David, whom that were left behind stayed. they had made also to abide at the 10 But David pursued, he and four{brook Besor; and they went forth to hundred men: for two hundred abode meet David, and to meet the people behind, which were so faint that they that were with him; and when David could not go over the brook Besor. came near to the people, he saluted 11 And they found an Egyptian in them. the field, and brought him to David, 22 Then answered all the wicked and gave him bread, and he did eat;]men, aud men of Belial, of those that and they made him drink water; Įwent with David, and said, Because 12 And they gave him a piece of a they went not with us, we will not cake of figs,and two clusters of raisins: give them aught of the spoil that we and when he had eaten, his spirit have recovered, save to every man his came again to him; for he had eaten wife and his children, that they may no bread, nor drunk any water, three flead them away, and depart. 23 Then said David, Ye shall not do days and three nights. 13 And David said unto him, To so, my brethren, with that which the whom belongest thou? and whence art Lono hath given us, who hath preservthou? And he said, I am a young man fed us, and delivered the company that of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; came against us, into our hand. and my master left me, because three! days agone I fell sick. 14 We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire. 24 For who will bearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike. 25 And it was so from that day for ward, that he made it a statute and an 15 And David said to him, Canst thou ordinance for Israel unto this day. bring me down to this company? And] 26 ¶ And when David came to Zik he said, Swear unto me by God, that flag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders thou wilt neither kill me nor deliver of Judah, even to his friends, saying, me into the hands of my master, and I|Behold a present for you of the spoil will bring thee down to this company. of the enemies of the Lono; 16 ¶ And when he had brought him! 27 To them which were in Beth-el, dowa, behold, they were spread abroad and to them which were in south Ra upon all the earth, eating and drink-moth, and to them which were in ing, and dancing, because of all the Jattir, the land of Judah. great spoil that they had taken out of 28 And to them which were in Aroer, The land of the Philistines, and out of fand to them which were in Siphimoth, and to them which were in Eshitemoa, 29 And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jeralimeelites,and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites, 30. And to them which were in Hormab, and to them which were in Chor ashan, and to them which were in Athach, 17 And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there-escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men which rode upon camels, and fled. 18 And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away; and David rescued his two wires. 19 And there was nothing lacking to then neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them, David recovered all. 20 And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before 31 And to them which were in He bron, and to all the places where Da vid himself and his men were wont to haunt. TOW CHAP. XXXI. those other cattle, and said, This Now the Philistines fought against NOW is Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell 21 And David came to the two hum-¡ down slain in mount Gilboa. David's spoil. Saul and kis II. SAMUEL. sons slain. 2 And the Philistines followed hard, dead, they forsook the cities, and fleds upon Saul and upon his sons; and the and the Philistines came and dwelt in Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abina-] them. oab, and Melchi-shua, Saul's sous. 8 And it came to pass on the morrow, 3 And the battle went sore against when the Philistines came to strip the Saul, and the archers hit him; and be slain, that they found Saul and his was sore wounded of the archers. three sons fallen in mount Gilboa. 4 Then said Saul unto his armour-9 And they cut off his head,and strip bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust ped off his armour, and sent into the me through therewith, lest these uncir-land of the Philistines round about, to cumcised come and thrust me through, publish it in the house of their idols and abuse me. But his armour-bearerfand among the people. would not; for he was sore afraid: 10 And they put his armour in the therefore Saul took a sword, and fell house of Ashtaroth; and they fastened upon it. his body to the wall of Beth-shan. 11 T And when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul, 5 And when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him. 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and 12 All the valiant men arose, and his armour-bearer, and all his men, went all night, and took the body of that same day together. Saul, and the bodies of his sons, from 7 And when the men of Israel that the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Ja were on the other side of the valley, besh, and burut them there. and they that were on the other side] 13 And they took their bones, and Jordan, saw that the men of Israel buried them under a tree at Jabesh, fied, and that Saul and his sons were land fasted seven days. T The Second Book of SAMUEL, otherwise called, The Second Book of the KINGS. ed from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag; 2 It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes rent, and earth upon his bead: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance. 3 And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am 1 escaped. on his spear; and, lo, the chariots and 8 And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalckite. 9 He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me; for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me. 10 So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen; and t took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord. 4 And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And be answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the 11 T Then David took hold on his people also are fallen and dead; and clothes, and rent them; and likewise SaulandJonathan bis son aredead also. fall the men that were with him. 5 And David said unto the young 12 And they mourned, and wept, and nan that told him, How knowest thou | fasted until even,for Saul, and for Jón that Saul & Jonathan his son be dead ?|athan his son, and for the people of G And the young man that told him the Lord, and for the house of Israei; said, As I happened by chance upon because they were fallen by the sword; mount Gilboa behold, Saul leaned up-] 13 ¶ And David said unto the young Danid lamenteth Saul. CHAP II. David made king. way that told him, Whence art thou?ting, Shall I go up into any of the citAnd he answered, I am the son of a iesof Judah? And the LORD said unto stranger, an Amalekite. him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron. 14 And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forththy hand to destroy the Lond's anointed ? 15 And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon bim. And he smote him that he died. 16 And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth bath testified against thee, saying, have slain the LORD's anointed. 17 ¶ And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: 18 (Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.) 19 The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! 20 Tell it not in Gath, publish & not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcis ed triumph. 2 So David went up thither, and his two wives also,Ahinoam, the Jezreelitess, and Abigail, Nabal's wife, the Carmelite. 3 And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: "and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron. 4 And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabesh gilead were they that buried Saul. 5 ¶ And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the Loud, that ye have showed this kindness unto your Loud,even unto Saul, and have buried him. 6 And now the LORD show kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done tris thing. 21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there 7 Therefore now let your hand be be no dew, neither let there be rain strengthened, and be ye valiant for upon you, nor fields of offerings; for your master Saul is dead, and also the there the shield of the mighty is vilely house of Judah have anointed ae cast away, the shield of Saul, as though|king over them. he had not been auointed with oil. 8 T But Abner the son of Ner, cap22 From the blood of the slain, from tain of Saul's host, took Ish-bosheth the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jon-the son of Saul, and brought him over atban turned not back, and the sword to Mahanaim ; of Saul returned not empty. 23 Saul and Jonathan were lovelyand pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions. 24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel. 9. And he made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jez reel, and over Ephraim, and over Ben jamin, and over all Israel. 10 Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David. 11 Aud the time that David was king in Hebrou over the house of Judali was seven years and six months. 12 ¶ And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of 25 How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! Ò Jonathan, thou wast slain in thy high places. 26 I am distressed for thee, my broth-Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gi er Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou|beon. been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women, 27 How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished! CHAP. II. AND it came to pass after this, that 13. And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool. |