men abhorred the offering of the LORD. 18 But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod. B. C. 1165. a Mal.2.8. Ex.28.4. 19 Moreover, his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her cc.1.3. husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. 20 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the 2 loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home. 21 And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD. 1 men. The call of Samuel. habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever. 33 And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age. 34 And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on 2 or, petition Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they shall died both of them. which he d c.4.11. f Ge.21.1. 22 Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that 3 assembled 3 assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 23 And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear 6 of your evil dealings by all this people. 24 Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD's people to transgress. by troops. E1.38.8 4 join. sor, somewhat about the priesthood. 6 or,evil words of you. g Ps.74.9. 35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart, and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine Anointed for ever. 36 And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into 5 one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread. CHAP. III. ND the child Samuel ministered unto of the LORD was precious in those days; 7 or, cry out. there was no open vision. h Nu.15.30. He.7.25. 25 If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall entreat for Ps.51.4,16. him? Notwithstanding, they hearkened i 1 Ti.2.5. not unto the voice of their father, because; the LORD would slay them. 26 (And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and Pr.3.4. also with men.) 27 And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear m unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house? Ex.27.20,21. k Jos.11.20 Lu.2.52. m Ex.4.14,27. o Le.7.7,8,34. Nu.5.9,10. 18.8-19. 28 And did I choose him" out of all then Ex.28.1,4. tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings Samuel bemade by fire of the children of Israel? 29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people? 30 Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk be-t fore me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. น 31 Behold, the days come that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house. 8 or, Thus did fore he knew the LORD, and before the word of was revealed the LORD unto him. p De.32.15. q Ex.29.9. Je.18.9,10. s Ps.91.14. Pr.3.9,10. 2 And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see; 3 And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep; 4 That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I. 5 And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down. 6 And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose, and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not my son; lie down again. 7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him. 8 And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose, and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child. me. 9 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and 1 Ki.2.27,35. lay down in his place. 2 Ki.21.12. ver.4,5,6,8. u Mal.2.8,9. Je.19.3. 10 And the LORD came, and stood, and or, the afflic-called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered: Speak; for thy servant heareth. tion of the tabernacle, for all the wealth which God would Israel. 11 And the LORD said to Samuel, Behave given hold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. 232 19 And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words k c.9.6. fall to the ground. 20 And all Israel, from Dan even to Beer 1 Jos.7.6. Death of Eli. the LORD came into the camp, all Israel 6 And when the Philistines heard the 5 7 And the Philistines were afraid; for e 9 Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit 6 yourselves like men, and fight. 10 And the Philistines fought; and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen. h 11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain. 10 12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes rent, and with earth' upon his head. 13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon sheba, knew that Samuel was 11 established 11 or, faithful. a seat by the way-side, watching: for his to be a prophet of the LORD. 21 And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD. CHAP. IV. AND the word of Samuel 12 m Ps.26.8. 12 was, or, came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer; and the Philistines 13 stood. pitched in Aphek. 14 the battle 15 the array. 16 the thing. 2 And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and, when 14 they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines; and they slew of 15 the army in the field about four thousand men. 3 And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to-day before the Philistines? Let us 17 fetch the ark 17 take unto of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies. 4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts which dwelleth P between the cherubims: 7 and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. 5 And when the ark of the covenant of heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out. 14 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man hastily, and told Eli. came in 15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes could not see. 13 were dim that he 16 And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled toAnd he said, What day out of the army. is 16 there done, my son? 17 And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines; and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people; and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark" of God is taken. 18 And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell He seems to from off the seat backward, by the side of have been a the gate; and his neck brake, and he died; judge to do justice only, for he was an old man, and heavy: and and that in he had judged Israel forty years. Israel. 19 And his daughter-in-law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to 18 be deliverEx.25.18,22. ed: and when she heard the tidings, that the ark, of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, South-west p 2 Sa.6.2. Ps.80.1. is or, cry cut. 233 Je.2.11. € Hos.9.12. f Ge.41.8. Ex.7.11. Is.47.13. Da.2.2. 5.7. Mat.2.4. g c.7.12. 2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Mi.6.6-9. Dagon, and set it by Dagon. 3 And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again. 4 And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut upon the threshold; only the stump 6 of Dagon was left to him. off 5 Therefore neither the priest of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day. 6 But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod; and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, " event Ashdod, and the coasts thereof. r 7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us; for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god i De.16.16. Le.5.15,16. 34.31,32. in Is.19.1. 46.1,2,7. n Jos.13.3. them. o Je.50.2. Mi.1.7. p Ro.2.11. q Jos.7.19. r c.5.6,11. 2 And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, f saying, What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith h we shall send it to his place. 3 And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespassoffering: kthen ye shall be healed and it shall be known to you why' his hand is not removed from you. i 4 Then said they, What shall be the trespass-offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number" of the lords of the Philistines; for one plague was on 5 you all, and P on your lords. t 5 Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land. 6 Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?" Ps.78.66. or, reproachfully. Ex.12.31. s ver.7,11. 7 Ex.7.14. 8.15. 14.17,23. u De.28.27. 8 them. 10 2 Sa.6.3. x ver.4,5. 8 They sent, therefore, and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither. 9 And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruc-a Am.3.6. tion: and he smote the men of the city, Is.26.11. both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts. 10 Therefore they sent the ark of God! y Jos.15.10. b ver.3 to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark € 2 Ki.1.2. of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about 7 8 W 7 Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them; 8 And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart: and put the * jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass-offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go. 9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth-shemesh, 9 then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us. 10 And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home. 11 And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice the ark of the God of Israel to 10 us, to slay 10 me, to slay of gold and the images of their emerods us and our people. 11 So they sent and gathered together me and my. 234 12 And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left: and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Bethshemesh. B. C. 1140. Jno.4.24. c Is.55.7. Hos.6.1. 13 And they of Beth-shemesh were reap-d Ju.2.11. ing their wheat-harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it. e e Ju.6.26. 2 Sa.24.22, 14 And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the Job 16.20. kine a burnt-offering unto the LORD. 15 And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt-offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD. 25. Je.9.1. g Ju.10.10. Ps.106.6. Je.3.13,14. 16 And when the five lords of the Phi- ver.4. listines had seen it, they returned to Ekron 'the same day. i c.5.10. 1 Be not silent from us from crying 17 And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a tres-j1s.37.4. pass-offering unto the LORD: for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon m one, for Gath" one, for Ekron one: 18 And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the 3 great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD; which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite. 19 And he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men. And the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter. 20 And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?t น k2 Ch.25.6. Je.25.20. Zec.9.5,6. 2 I Ju.16.1,21. Am. 1.7,8. m 2 Sa.1.20. n 2 Sa.21.22. Am.6.2. ed. or, answer P8.99.6. Ja.5.16. 3 or, great stone. Ps. 18.14. Ex.19.21. 1Ch.13.9,10. 4i.e. The Ge.28.18,19. Nu.4.15,20. stone of help. $ 2 Sa.6.7,9. Ps.76.7. Mal.3.2. t Lu.5.8. 8.37. Ju.18.12. 1 Ch.13.5,6. 21 And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim, saying, The Jos.18.14. Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD: come ye down, and fetch it up to you. CHAP. VII. and brought it into the house of " Abina-5 and he cirdab, in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar cuited. his son to keep the ark of the LORD. 2 And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD. 3 And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return" unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put 1 Ki.8.48. Joel 2.12. Ge.35.2. the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. 4 Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only 5 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD. 6 And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh. 7 And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines. 8 And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines. 9 And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt-offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD 2 heard him. 10 And as Samuel was offering up the burnt-offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines and discomfited P them; and they were smitten before Israel. 11 And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Bethcar. 12 Then Samuel took a stone," and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it 4 Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us. 13 So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel. 14 And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites. 15 And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. 16 And he went from year to year 5 in circuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places. 17 And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house: and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD. Jos.24.14,23, The request for a king. 1 SAMUEL, IX. 2 Now the name of the first-born was B. C. 1095. Joel, and the name of the second Abiah: 1 Vashni. they were judges in Beer-sheba. 1 b 1 Ch.6.28. a ver.5. 3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took & Ex.18.21. bribes, and perverted judgment. 4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, 1 Ti.3.3. c Pr.29.4. Hos.13.11. 5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art d ver.7. old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like alle De.17.14. the nations. 2 Hos.13.10. was evil in c.14.51. the eyes of. or, the son of a man of Jemini. or, subEx.16.8. stance. 6 But the thing 2 displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. 7 And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. 8 According to all the works which they have done, since the day that I brought c.10.23 them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods; so do they also unto thee. 9 Now, therefore, 5 hearken unto their voice: 6 howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. 10 And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king. 11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you; He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots. 12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties, and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. 13 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. 14 And he will take " and your fields, your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his vants. ser 15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his 10 officers, and to his servants. Mat.10.40. Saul seeks his father's asses. obey the voice of Samuel: and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; 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. 21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD. 22 And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken dunto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city. CHAP. IX. Now we was Kish, the son of OW there was a man of Benjamin, Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of 4 power. 2 And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people. h De.33.1. c.3.19. 1 Ki.13.1. m Ge.43.11. Ju.6.18. 1 Ki.14.3. 2 Ki.8.8. n 1 Ki.21.7. Eze.46.18. gone out of 8 is with us. 9 there is found in my hand. 10 eunuchs. Ge.37.36. o 2 Sa.24.11. 2 Ki.17.13. 2 Ch.16.7, 16 And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put Is.30.10. them to his work. 17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and shall be his servants. ye 18 And ye shall cry out in that day, because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear P you in that day. 19 Nevertheless, the people refused 1 to Am.7.12. 11 Thy word is good. p Pr.1.25-28. Is.1.15. 12 in the ascent of the city. r Ge.24.11. 236 not. 5 And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us. k 6 And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an honourable man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go thither: peradventure he can shew us our way that we should go. 7 Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is 7 spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what & have we? |