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Boaz marries Ruth.

CHAP. I.

Elkanah and his two wives. in-law, she said, Who art thou, my daugh- day, that I have bought all that was Elter? And she told her all that the man had melech's, and all that was Chilion's and done to her. Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi.

not empty unto thy mother-in-law.

10 Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, the

17 And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.

18 Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day. CHAP. IV.

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11 And all the people that were in the and the mert wis come gate, and the elders said, We are witnesses.

THEN HEN went Boaz up to the gate, and kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn which two did build the house of Israel: aside, sit down here. And he turned and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be aside, and sat down. famous in Beth-lehem:

2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down.

12 And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman.

3 And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of 13 T So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was wife: and when he went in unto her, the our brother Elimelech's: LORD gave her conception, and she bare

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4 And I thought to advertise thee, say-a son. ing, Buy it before the inhabitants, and be- 14 And the women said unto Naomi, fore the elders of my people. If thou wilt Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not thee this day without a kinsman, that his redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: name may be famous in Israel. for there is none to redeem it besides thee; 15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer and I am after thee. And he said, I will of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: redeem it. for thy daughter-in-law, which loveth thee,

5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buy- which is better to thee than seven sons, est the field of the hand of Naomi, thou hath borne him.

must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the 16 And Naomi took the child, and laid wife of the dead, to raise up the name of it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it the dead upon his inheritance. 17 And the women her neighbours gave

6 ¶ And the kinsman said, I cannot re- it a name,saying, There is a son born to deem it for myself, lest I mar mine own Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he inheritance: redeem thou my right to thy- is the father of Jesse, the father of self; for I cannot redeem it.

David.

7 Now this was the manner in former 18 Now these are the generations of time in Israel concerning redeeming and Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron, concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: and this was a testimony in Israel.

19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,

20 And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,

21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed,

8 Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz,] Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe. 9 ¶ And Boaz said unto the elders, and 22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this begat David.

¶ The First Book of SAMUEL, otherwise called, The First Book of the KINGS.

CHAP. 1.

children, but Hannah had no children.

NOW there was a certain man of Ra- 3 And this man went up out of his city mathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the and his name was Elkanah, the son of Je-LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two roham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, sons of Eli, Iophni and Phinehas, the the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: priests of the LORD, were there.

2 And he had two wives; the name of 4T And when the time was that Elkanah the one was Hannah, and the name of offered, he gave to Peuinnah his wife, and he other Peninnah: and Peninnah had to all her sons and her daughters, portions;

Hannah's prayer.

I. SAMUEL.

Hannah's song.

5 But unto Hannah he gave a worthy house, went up to offer unto the LORD the portion; for he loved Hannah; but the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. LORD had it up her womb. 22 But Hannah went not up; for she

6 And her adversary also provoked her said unto her husband, I will not go up unsore, for to make her fret, because the til the child be weaned, and then I will LORD had shut up her womb. bring him, that he may appear before the 7 And as he did so year by year, when LORD, and there abide for ever. she went up to the house of the LORD, O 23 And Elkanah her husband said unto she provoked her; therefore she wept, and her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry did not eat. until thou have weaned him; only the

8 Then said Elkanah her husband to her, LORD establish his word. So the woHannan, why weepest thou? and why eat- man abode, and gave her son suck until est thou not? and why is thy heart griev-she weaned him.

ed? am not i better to thee than ten sons? 24 ¶ And when she had weaned him, 9 So Hannah rose up after they had she took him up with her, with three buleaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk: locks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a of wine, and brought him unto the house post of the temple of the LORD: of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young.

10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.

25 And they slew a bullock, and brought 11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O the child to Eli. LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on 26 And she said, O my lord, as thy soul the affliction of thine handmaid, and re-liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood member me, and not forget thine hand- by thee here, praying unto the LORD. maid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid. 27 For this child I prayed; and the a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD hath given me my petition which I LORD all the days of his life, and there asked of him: shall no razor come upon his head.

28 Therefore also I have lent him to 12 And it came to pass, as she conti- the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be nued praying before the LORD, that Eli lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the marked her mouth. LORD there.

13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been

drunken.

14 And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken ? put away thy wine from thee.

CHAP. II.

AND Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD; my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; "because I rejoice in thy salvation.

2 There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none besides thee: neither is there any rock like our God.

15 And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor 3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly; strong drink, but have poured out my soul let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: before the LORD. for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and 16 Count not thine handmaid for a daugh- by him actions are weighed. ter of Belial; for out of the abundance of 4 The bows of the mighty men are my complaint and grief have spoken broken, and they that stumbled are girded hitherto. with strength.

17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace and the God of Israel grant thee hy petition that thou hast asked of him. 18 And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.

5 They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hatlı borne seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

6 The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bring

19 And they rose up in the morning eth up. early, and worshipped before the LORD, 7 The LORD maketh poor, and maketh and returned, and came to their house to rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his 8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, wife; and the LORD remembered her. and lifteth up the beggar from the dung20 Wherefore it came to pass, when the hill, to set them among princes, and to time was come about after Hannah had make them inherit the throne of glory: for conceived, that she bare a son, and called the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, his name Samuel, saying, Because I have and he hath set the world upon them. asked him of the LORD. 9 He will keep the feet of his saints,

21 And the man Elkanah, and all his and the wicked shall be silent in darkness;

The sin of Eli's sons:

CHAP. III.

They are reproved. for by strength shall no man prevail. against the LORD, who shall entreat for 10 The adversaries of the LORD shall bim? Notwithstanding they hearkened not he broken to pieces; out of heaven shall unto the voice of their father, because the he thunder upon them: the LORD shall LORD would slay them.

judge the ends of the earth; and he shall 26 And the child Samuel grew on, and give strength unto his king, and exalt the was in favour both with the LORD, and also horn of his anointed. with men.

11 And Elkanah went to Ramah to his 27 And there came a man of God unto house. And the child did minister unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the the LORD before Eli the priest. LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?

12 ¶ Now the sons of Eli, were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.

13 And the priest's custom with the 28 And did I choose him out of all the people was, that, when any man offered tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear the flesh was in seething, with a flesh-hook an ephod before me? and did I give unto of three teeth in his hand; the house of thy father all the offerings

14 And he struck it into the pan, or made by fire of the children of Israel? kettie, or caldron, or pot; all that the 29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice flesh-hook brought up the priest took for and at mine offering, which I have comhimself. So they did in Shiloh unto all manded in my habitation; and honourest the Israelites that came thither. thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the oderings of Israel my people?

15 Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.

30 Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before 16 And if any man said unto him, Let me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be them not fail to burn the fat presently, and it far from me; for them that honour me then take as much as thy soul desireth; I will honour, and they that despise me then he would answer him, Nay; but shall be lightly esteemed. thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.

17 Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.

18 ¶ But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod.

31 Bohol 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.

32 And thou shalt see an enemy in my. habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.

19 Moreover his mother made him a 33 And the man of thine, whom I shall little coat, and brought it to him from year not cut off from mine altar, shall be to conto year, when she came up with her hus-sume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: band, to offer the yearly sacrifice. and all the increase of thine house shall

20 T And Eli blessed Elkanah and his die in the flower of their age. wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed 34 And this shall be a sign unto thee, of this woman for the loan which is lent that shall come upon thy two sons, on to the LORD. And they went unto their Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they own home. shall die both of them.

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.

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 22 ¶ Now Eli was very old, and heard walk before mine anointed for ever. all that his sons did unto all Israel; and 36 And it shall come to pass, that every how they lay with the women that assem- one that is left in thine house, shall come bled at the door of the tabernacle of the and crouch to him for a piece of silver congregation. and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put

23 And he said unto them, Why do ye me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' such things? for I hear of your evil deal-offices, that I may eat a piece of bread. ings by all this people.

24 Nay, my sons; for it is no good report

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CHAP. III.

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Eli was laid down in his place, and his hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the eyes began to wax dim, that he could not LORD: let him do what seemeth him good. 19 And Samuel grew, and the LORD 3 And ere the lamp of God went out in was with him, and did let none of his the temple of the LORD, where the ark of words fall to the ground. God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep;

4 That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.

20 And all Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD. 21 And the LORD appeared again in 5 And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD. I called not; lie down again. And he CHAP. IV. went

ND word of Samuel came to all

ent and lay down called yet again, Sa-Arathe Wow If he wen Caut against

muel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, the Philistines to battle, and pitched beand said, Here am I; for thou didst call side Eben-ezer: and the Philistines pitchne. And he answered, I called not, my ed in Apbik. son; lie down again. 2 And the Philistines put themselves

7 Now Samuel did not yet know the in array against Israel: and when they LORD, neither was the word of the LORD joined battle, Israel was smitten before yet revealed unto him. the Philistines: and they slew of the army

8 And the LORD called Samuel again in the field about four thousand men. the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child.

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9 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

10 And the LORD came, and stood and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth.

3 ¶ And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to-day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.

4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth.between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. 11 T And the LORD said to Samuel, Be- 5 And when the ark of the covenant of hold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which the LORD came into the camp, all Israel both the ears of every one that heareth it shouted with a great shout, so that the shall tingle. earth rang again. 12 In that day I will perform against 6 And when the Philistines heard the Eli all things which I have spoken con- noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth cerning his house: when I begin, I will the noise of this great shout in the camp of also make an end. the Hebrews? And they understood that

13 For I have told him, that I will judge the ark of the LORD was come into the camp. his house for ever, for the iniquity which 7 And the Philistines were afraid, for he knoweth: because his sons made them- they said, God is come into the camp. selves vile, and he restrained them not. And they said, Wo unto us! for there hath 14 And therefore I have sworn unto the not been such a thing heretofore. house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's 8 Wo unto us! Who shall deliver us house shall not be purged with sacrifice out of the hand of these mighty Gods? nor offering for ever.

15 T And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD: and Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision.

these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.

9 Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men,

16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here and fight. am I.

10 And the Philistines fought, and 17 And he said, What is the thing that Israel was smitten, and they fled every the LORD hath said unto thee? I pray man into his tent and there was a very thee hide it not from me: God do so to great slaughter, for there fell of Israel thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing thirty thousand footmen.

from me,

of all the things that he said unto

11 And the ark of God was taken; and thee. the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, 18 And Samuel told him every whit, and were slain.

The ark of God is taken.

CHAP. V, VI. Dagon falls before the ark.

12 And there ran a man of Benja-ark of the LORD and the head of Dagon, min out of the army, and came to Shiloh and both the palms of his hands were cut the same day with his clothes rent, and off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him. with earth upon his head.

13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the way-side watching for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city and told it,all the city cried out.

5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.

6 But the hand of the LORD was heavy 14 And when Eli heard the noise of the upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed crying, he said, What meaneth the noise them, and smote them with emerods, even of this tumult? And the man came in Ashdod, and the coasts thereof. hastily, and told Eli.

15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could

not see.

16 And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son?

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.

8 They sent therefore, and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark 17 And the messenger answered and of the God of Israel? And they answered, said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried and there hath been also a great slaughter about unto Gath. And they carried the among the people, and thy two sons also, ark of the God of Israel about thither. Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.

9 And it was so, that after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was 18 And it came to pass, when he made against the city with a very great destrucmention of the ark of God, that he fell tion: and he smote the men of the city from off the seat backward by the side of both small and great, and they had emethe gate, and his neck brake, and he died: rods in their secret parts. for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

10 Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass as the ark 19 And his daughter-in-law, Phine- of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites has' wife, was with child near to be deli- cried out, saying, They have brought vered: and when she heard the tidings about the ark of the God of Israel to us, that the ark of God was taken, and that to slay us and our people. 11 So they sent and gathered together her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself, and travailed; all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, for her pains came upon her. 20 And about the time of her death, and let it go again to his own place, that it the women that stood by her said unto her, slay us not, and our people: for there was Fear not; for thou hast borne a son. But a deadly destruction throughout all the city; she answered not, neither did she regard it. the hand of God was very heavy there. 12 And the men that died not, were 21 And she named the child I-chabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel. smitten with the emerods: and the cry (Because the ark of God was taken, and of the city went up to heaven. because of her father-in-law and her husband.)

CHAP. VI.

22 And she said, The glory is depart-AND the ark of the LORD was in the

country of the Philistines seven

ed from Israel: forthe ark of God is taken. months.

CHAP. V.

2 And the Philistines called for the

AND the Philistines took the ark of God, priests and the diviners, saying, What shall

Ashdod.

and brought it from Eben-ezer unto we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place. 3 And they said, If ye send away the 2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Da-ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass-ofgon, and set it by Dagon. 3 And when they of Ashdod arose fering: then ye shall be healed, and it early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was shall be known to you why his hand is fallen upon his face to the earth before the not removed from you. 4 Then said they, What shall be the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, trespass-offering which we shall return and set him in his place again. 4 And when they arose early on the to him? They answered, Five golden morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fall-emerods, and five golden mice, according en upon his face to the ground before the to the number of the lords of the Philis

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