I. Samvue. VII. 3.

B.C. about | abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time
1120. all the_house_of Israél lamented after Jthe Lorp.
Ipots pur | 8 And Samuél spake unto all the_ Away. /house_of Israél, saying, “If pe +do_re- J. Jehovah. |turn unto !the Lorp with all your hearts, then sput_away the strange a, Ash- gods and «xAshtaroth from among ene ¢ |you, and -prepare your hearts unto ‘Asturte., | |2the Lorp, and -serve Him only: and | He will_deliver pott out_of the_hand_of
the Philistines.”
4 Then the_s children_of Israél did_ >. Baalim, |put_away »*Baalim and *Ashtaroth, lords. __|and served J the Lorp only.
GATHERING| 5 And Samuél said, “*Gather ~all Is- To MIZPEH.|raé] to m xMizpeh, and I will_-pray for 5, Judg. 20.1.) you unto J the Lorp.”
m Mizpeh, |" 6 And they gathered together to tower. |xMizpeh, and drew =water, and poured_
6. 2Sam.14. |7t_out before !the Lorp, and fasted on id. xthat xday, and said there, “ We shave_
sinned against ‘the Lorp.” And Samuél
§. Sons. judged «the _schildren_of Israél in xMizpeh.
THE 7 And when the Philistines heard that
PHILIS- | the_s children_of Israél were_gathered_
Eecinces P.|together to xMizpeh, the _? lords _of
the Philistines went_up against Israél. And when the _schildren_of Israél heard it, they were_afraid of the Philis- tines.
8 And the_s children_of Israél said to Samuel, “tCease not to cry unto ! the Lorp our =God for us, that He will_ anode. save us out_of the_hand_of the Philis- u. offered it | tines.”
up. ® And Samuel took °a sucking lamb, “conding, |2nd offered it for asa burnt_offering offering wholly unto !the Lorp: and Samuél an. an- cried unto !the Lorp for Israél; and swered. | the Lorp a» heard him. THE 10 And as Samuél was offering_up the EATS: as burnt_offering, the Philistines drew_ smitten, | Dear to xbattle against Israél : but the as. ascend- | LORD thundered with a great thunder ing-offer- |on xthat xday upon the Philistines, ing. and discomfited them; and they were_ einai smitten before Israél. shim. 11 And the_« men_of Israél went_out pee cer of xMizpeh, and pursued the Philis- Hoysect tines, and smote them, until they came ———_ | under ? Beth-car. EBEN-EzER.| 12 Then Samuél took oa stone, and 0. one. set it between xMizpeh and ,? xShen, ab. between. | and called -the_name_of it eEben-xezer, “er, |Saying, “Hitherto shath Jthe Lorp Stone-of | helped us.” the help. 13 So the Philistines were_subdued, Peace, |and they tcame no more into the_ b. border. |? coast_of Israél: and the_hand_of J the Lorp was against the Philistines all the_days_of Samuél.
14 And the cities which the Philistines had_taken from ~Israél were_restored to Israél, from Ekron even unto Gath ;
b. borders. |and +the_b coasts thereof did Israél
deliver out_of the_-hands_of the Philis- tines. And there was peace between Israél and ,» the Amorites.
15 And Samuél judged ~Israél all the_ days_of his life.
16 And he -went from year to year in circuit to Beth-él, and ~xGilgal, and xMizpeh, and «judged -Israél in ~all xthose «places.
ab. between.
was_long ; for it was twenty years: and
I, Samvurn VIII. 1§ 7 And his return was to xRamah ;|B.C.a
for there was his house ; and there he} 11 judged -Israél; and there he built an|17. Ch. 2, altar unto! the Lorp.
AND it came_to_pass, when Samuél} Samvr’ was_old, that he made his -sons| , SONS. judges over Israél.
2 Now the_name-of his firstborn was |’;
j Jo@él: and the_name_of his second, «Abiah: they were judges in Beer- sheba.
3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned_aside after xlucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
4 Then all the_elders_of Israél ga- thered_themselves_together, and came to Samuél unto xRamah,
5 And said unto him, “Behold, thon art_old, and thy sons «walk not in thy ways : now ‘make us a king to judge us like all the nations.”
6 But the thing w displeased Samuél, when they said, “*Give us a king to judge us.” And Samuél prayed unto ‘the Lorp.
7 And /the Lory said unto Samuél, “+Hearken unto the_voice_of the people in all that they tsay unto thee: for they shave not rejected thee, but they have rejected Sle, that I should not reign over them.
§ According_to all the works which they ‘have_done since the day that I brought them up out_of Egypt even unto xthis xday, wherewith they have_ forsaken Me, and served other gods, so +do thep also unto thee.
° Now therefore -hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and «shew them the_man- ner ot the king that shall_reign over them.”
10 And Samuél told ~all the-words_of| WaRnin ‘the Lory unto the people «that asked of him a king.
11 And he said, “This willbe the_ manner_of the king that shall_reign over you: He will_take your «sons, and sappoint them for himself, for his cha- riots, and to be his horsemen ; and some sshall_run before his chariots.
12 And he -will_appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to pear 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 pe confectionaries, and to be cooks, |ipe. or per. and to be bakers. fumers.
14 And he will_take your -fields, and your «vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and «give them to his servants.
15 And he will_take_the_tenth_of your seed, and of your vos and «give to his ¢ officers, and to his servants. e. or
16. And he will_take your -menser-| eunuchs. vants, and your -maidservants, and your xgoodliest -young_men, and your-asses, and «put them to his work.
7 He will_take_the_tenth_of your sheep : and pe shall_be his servants.
18 And ye «shall_cry_out in xthat xday because of your king which ye shall_
JEHOV. ANSWER 7-9. Hosea 13. 10, 1,
11. Deut. 14-20. Ch, 14.
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