I. Samuen XII. 14.

B.C, 1095. 3. Jehovah.
| A. hear. m, mouth_of Jehovah.
THUNDER AND RAIN.
THE | PEOPLE'S REQUEST.
SAMUEL'S REPLY. o. or only.
7. far be it from me.
t. taken. away, or destroyed.
SAUL AND HIS MEN. 1093.
2. Ch. 10. 26.
h. the-hill_ country-of.
j. Jonathan, Gift_of Jehovah.
t. Heb. ish.
‘JONATHAN: SMITES THE GARRISON. 3. Ch, 10. 5.
whom ye shave_chosen, and whom ye ‘have_desired ! and, behold, ’ the Lorp shath_set a king over you.
14 If ye will_fear ’«the Lorp, and ‘serve Him, and h-obey His voice, and not trebel_against -the_m command- ment_of Jthe Lorp, then sshall both pe and also the king that -reigneth over you continue_following ! the Lorp your =God:
15 But if ye will not 4 obey the_voice_ of Jthe Lor», but -rebel against -the_ m commandment_of Jthe Lorp, then ‘shall the_hand_of ‘the Lorp be_ against you, as it was against your fathers.
16 Now therefore «stand and «see xthis xgreat *thing, which / the Lorp +will_ do before your eyes.
17 Is it not. wheat harvest to-day? I will_call unto ‘the Lorp, and He shall_send thunder and rain; that ye *may_perceive and *see that your wick- edness 7s great, which ye -have_done in the_sight_of Jthe Lorp, in asking you a king.”
18 So Samuél called unto J the Lorp ; |
and ‘the Lorp sent thunder and rain xthat xday : and all the people greatly feared ‘the Lorp and «Samuél.
19 And all the people said unto Sa- muél, “+Pray for thy servants unto / the Lorp thy =God, that we ‘die not: for we ‘have_added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.”
20 And Samuél said unto the people, “tFear not: pe shave_done xwickedness : o yet turn not aside from following Jthe Lorp, but -serve J-the Lorp with all your heart ;
21 And tturn ye not aside: for then should ye go after xvain things, which reannot profit nor deliver ; for thep are vain.
2 For ! the Lorp will not forsake His
. -people for His xgreat name’s sake:
because it -hath_pleased Jthe Lorp to make pou His people.
23 Moreover as_for_me, God forbid that I should sin against ‘the Lorp in ceasing to pray for you: but I -will_ teach pou the good and the right way :
24 Only ‘fear !«the Lorp, and -serve Him in truth with all your heart: for -consider how -great things He hath_ done for you.
2% But if ye shall_still do_wickedly. ye shall_be_tconsumed, both pe and your king.”
13 SAUL reigned one year; and when he had_reigned two years over Tsraél,
2 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israél; whereof two_thousand were with Saul in Michniash and in 4 mount Beth-él, and a thousand were with jJonathan in Gibeah_of Benjamin: and the_rest_of the people he sent tevery_man to his tent.
3 And Jonathan smote «the_garrison_ of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, “'Let the Hebrews hear.”
4 And all Israél heard say that Saul had_smitten a -garrison of the Philis-
I, SamueL XIII. tines, and that Israél also was_had_in_| B.C. 1098
abomination with the Philistines. And the people were_called_together after Saul to xGilgal.
5 And the Philistines gathered_them- selves_together to fight with Israél, thirty thousand chariots, and six thou- sand horsemen, and -people as the sand which 7s on the sea shore in multitude: and they came_up, and pitched in Mich- mash, eastward_from Beth-aven.
6 When the_i men_of Israél saw that|6. , eople | *- ish
they were_in_a_strait, (for the were_distressed,) then the people did_ hide _themselves in ~xcayes, and in xthickets, and in xrocks, and in xhigh_ places, and in xpits.
7 And some of the Hebrews went_over xJordan to the_land_of Gad and Gi- lead. As for Saul, he was yet in xGil- gal, and all the people ¢ followed him|t. trembling.
8 And he tarried seven days, accord- ing_to the set_time that Samuel had aprons but Samuél came not to|® xGilgal ; and the people were_scattered from him.
9 And Saul said, “*Bring_hither a|% 4
axburnt_offering to me, and ~« ‘ offerings.” And he offered « the «burnt_ offering.
10 And it came_to_pass, that as soon_ as_he_had_made_an_end of offering « the «burnt_offering, behold, Samuél came; and Saul went_out to meet him, that he might_? salute him. b
11 And Samuél said, “What -hast_ thou_done?” And Saul said, “Because I saw that the people were_scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered_themselves_to- gether at Michmash ;
12 Therefore said I, ‘The Philistines will_come_down now upon me to xGil-
gal, and I -have not ‘made_supplication a
unto Jthe Lorp:’ I forced_myself there- fore, and offered « @ « xburnt_offering.”
13 And Samuél said to Saul, “Thou -hast_done_foolishly: thou hast not kept ~the.commandment_of J the Lorp
thy =God, which He commanded thee:} #
for now would ‘the Lorp have _esta- blished thy -kingdom upon Israél for ever.
14 But now thy kingdom shall not
continue : / the Lorp -hath_sought Him| 2 a éman after His_own heart, and / the]i. i
Lorp hath_commanded him fo be! cap-|z, tain over His people because thou hast not kept that “which J the Lorp com- manded thee.”
15 And Samuél arose, and gat_him_ up from xGilgal unto 7 Gibeah_of Ben- jamin. And Saul numbered -the peo- ple that were present with him, about ff. six hundred ‘men. ;
16 And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were J present with them, +abode in g Gibeah of Benjamin : but the Philistines encamped in Mich- mash.
17 And the spoilers came_out of the_ camp_of the Philistines in three com- atria ae ea Ophea Fees the_way_that e hrah, un the_land_of Shual ;
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THE ISRAELITES WITHOUT WEAPONS.
i. ish,
_p. pass.
_ JONATHAN _ AND HIS _ ARMOUR- BEARER. about 1087.