24 And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food.

<>Israel, <>were distressed, <>adjured, <>until evening

25 And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.

<>honey

26 And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.

<>the honey dropped, <>no man put his hand to his mouth, <>oath

27 But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.

<>charged, <>that was in his hand, <>in his hand, <>honeycomb, <>his eyes were enlightened

28 Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint.

<>vv. 28-29, <>vv. 28-30, <>answered, <>straitly, <>were faint

29 Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.

<>vv. 28-29, <>vv. 28-30

30 How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?

<>vv. 28-30, <>haply

31 And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint.

32 And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood.

<>did eat them with the blood

33 Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day.

<>the people sin against the LORD, in that they eat with the blood, <>against the LORD, <>Ye have transgressed, <>roll a great stone unto me, <>great stone, <>stone

34 And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the LORD in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there.

<>Disperse

35 And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first altar that he built unto the LORD.

<>built an altar unto the LORD

36 And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.

<>the morning light, <>let us not leave a man of them, <>priest, <>Let us draw near hither unto God.

37 And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day.

<>vv. 37-38, <>asked counsel of God, <>counsel

38 And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.

<>vv. 37-38, <>chief

39 For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him.

<>as the LORD liveth, <>the LORD liveth, <>the LORD … saveth, <>son, <>he shall surely die

40 Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee.

<>Be ye on one side

41 Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.

<>Give a perfect lot., <>escaped

42 And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.

43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die.

<>Tell me what thou hast done.

44 And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.

<>God do so and more also

45 And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.

<>who hath wrought this great salvation, <>salvation, <>God forbid, <>not one hair of his head, <>he hath wrought with God, <>rescued

46 Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place.

<>following the Philistines, <>to their own place

47 So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.

<>children, <>Edom

48 And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.

49 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchi-shua: and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:

<>sons … daughters, <>firstborn, <>the younger

50 And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.

<>wife, <>captain

51 And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.

52 And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.

<>there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul, <>strong man

1 Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD.

<>Samuel, <>The LORD sent me, <>anoint, <>Israel, <>hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD, <>hearken thou unto … the words of the LORD, <>the words

2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.

<>vv. 2-3, <>in the way

3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

<>vv. 2-3, <>woman

4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

<>Judah

5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.

<>city

6 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

<>the Kenites … the Kenites, <>Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them, <>children

7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.

<>over against

8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

<>utterly destroyed all the people, <>with the edge of the sword

9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

<>lambs

10 Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying,

<>Then came the word of the LORD, <>came the word of the LORD

11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.

<>I have set up Saul to be king, <>Saul … hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night., <>is turned back from following me, <>following me, <>cried unto the LORD

12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.

<>rose early, <>set him up a place, <>Gilgal

13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD.

<>I have performed the commandment of the LORD.

14 And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

15 And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.

<>Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said

17 And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?

<>v. 17, <>thou wast little in thine own sight, <>the LORD anointed thee king, <>anointed thee king

18 And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.

<>the LORD sent thee, <>utterly destroy the sinners

19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD?

<>didst evil in the sight of the LORD

20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.

<>should have been utterly destroyed

22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

<>burnt offerings

23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

<>rebellion, <>rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft … thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, <>witchcraft, <>stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry, <>stubbornness, <>idolatry, <>rejected the word of the LORD

24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

<>I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, <>I have sinned, <>I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD … because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice., <>I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD

25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.

<>worship the LORD

26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.

27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.

28 And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.

29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.

<>v. 29, <>the Strength of Israel will not lie, <>the Strength of Israel

30 Then he said, I have sinned: yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.

<>vv. 30-31, <>honour me, <>honour

31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.

<>vv. 30-31

32 Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.

<>ye, <>Surely the bitterness of death is past., <>death

33 And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.

<>As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women., <>Samuel hewed Agag in pieces, <>hewed

34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.

<>v. 34

35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

<>the day of his death, <>death

1 And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

<>Samuel, <>How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel?, <>Israel, <>horn, <>I will send thee, <>I have provided me a king, <>sons

2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.

3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.

<>thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee, <>anoint

4 And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Beth-lehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?

<>did that which the LORD spake, <>the LORD spake, <>trembled

5 And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.

<>sanctify yourselves, <>sanctify … sanctified

6 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed is before him.

7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.

<>Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature, <>stature, <>the LORD seeth not as man seeth, <>man looketh on the outward appearance, <>the LORD looketh on the heart

8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.

9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.

10 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.

11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.

<>children, <>he keepeth the sheep, <>keepeth

12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.

13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

<>in the midst of his brethren, <>the Spirit of the LORD came upon

14 But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.

<>vv. 14-15, <>v. 14, <>the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, <>an evil spirit from the LORD

15 And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.

<>vv. 14-15, <>servants

16 Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.

<>with his hand

17 And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.

18 Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.

<>answered, <>a mighty valiant man, <>mighty, <>man of war, <>prudent

19 Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.

20 And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.

<>bread, <>kid

21 And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.

<>David came to Saul, and stood before him, <>armourbearer

22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight.

<>found favour in my sight

23 And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

<>was refreshed