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} my son, he shall_surely die.” But theve| B.C. abou was not_a_man among all the people} 1087. that +answered him.
40 Then said he unto all Israél, “'Be pe on one side, and £ and Jonathan my son will_be on the other side.” And the people said unto Saul, “*Do what seem- eth good unto thee.”
41° Therefore Saul said unto ’ the Lorp =God_of Israél, “*Give a perfect lot.” And Saul and Jonathan were_ taken: but the people w escaped.
#2 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 shast_done.” And Jona- than told him, and said, “I did but_ taste a little honey with the_end_of the rod that-2zas in mine hand, and, lo, I must_die.”
44 And Saul answered, “=God 'do so and more also: for thou shalt_surely die, Jonathan.”
4 And the people said unto Saul, “Shall Jonathan die,who shath_wrought xthis xgreat «salvation in Israel? God forbid : as ) the Lorp liveth, there shall not one hair_of his head fall to_the_ ground; for heshath_wrought with =God xthis xday.” So the people r res- cued -Jonathan, that he died not.
46 Then Saul went_up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their_own place.
47 So Saul took the kingdom over Israél, and fought against all his ene- mies on_every_side, against Moab, and against the_s children_of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the_kings_of Zobah, and against the Philistines : and whithersoever he ‘turned_himself, he vexed them.
48 And he wgathered a_ host, and smote -the Amalekites, and delivered -Israél out_of the_hands_of them_that_ spoiled them.
49 Now the_sons_of Saul were Jona- than, and Ishui, and Melchi-shua: and the_names_of his two daughters were these ; the_name_of the firstborn Me- rab, and the_name_of the younger Michal :
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.
51 And Kish was the_father_of Saul ; and Ner the_father_of Abner was the_ son_of Abiel.
52 And there was sore xwar against the Philistines all the_days_of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong * man, or a svaliant man, he took him unto
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1 SAMUEL also said unto Saul,} Saux 5 “I The Lord sent me to anoint ie thee to be king over His people, over} jot Israél: now therefore shearken thou ane the_voice_of the-words_of ‘the|s. Jeh RD. 2 Thus -saith Jthe Lorp_of hosts, I a
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d. or devote. | *utterly_destroy and tspare them not; but sslay both é. ish. iman and woman, infant and suckling, | I ox and sheep, camel and ass.” TueProrite| +* And Saul gathered -the people to- NUMBERED. | gether, and numbered them in xTelaim, two_hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand ‘-men_of Judah. » And Saul came to a city_of Amalek, and laid_wait in the valley.
THE 6 And Saul said unto the Kenites, | KENITES. |“.Go, depart, *get_you_down from gence 1-16; among the Amalekites, lest I destroy
. you with them: for pe shewed kindness " §. SONS. to all the_s children_of Israél, when they came_up out_of Egypt.” So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites, AMALEK 7 And Saul smote -the Amalekites SMITTEN. |from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that 7s over against Egypt. 8 And he took ~Agag the_king_of the de. devoted. | Amalekites alive, and utterly_de de- stroyed «all the people with the_edge_ of the sword. he ear 2 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the_best_of the sheep, and ee of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was ~ d.deyote. |and would not utterly _¢ destroy them: but every_thing that was xvile and de. devoted. | refuse, that they de destroyed_utterly. SAUL 10 Then came the_word_of ! the Lorp REJECTED. | unto Samuél, saying, 3.Jehovah. | 11 “Jt repenteth Me that I -have_set_
up “Saul to be king: for he sis_turned_ back from following Me, and -hath not performed My -commandments.” And it grieved Samuél; and he cried unto J the Lor» all xnight.
2 And when Samuél rose_early to meet Saul in the morning, it was_told Samuél, saying, “Saul came to xCarmel, -|and, behold, he set him up a ™ place, and is_gone_about, and passed_¢on,and * |gone_down to xGilgal.”
18 And Samuél came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, “Blessed be thou of Jthe Lorp: I -have_performed the_ commandment_of 4 the Lorp.”
14 And Samuél said, “ What meaneth then «this bleating_of the sheep in mine ears, and the_lowing_of the oxen which = shear?”
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 J the Lorp thy =God : and the rest we shave_
, | utterly_de destroyed.”
16 Then Samuél said unto Saul, “Stay, and I will_tell thee -what / the Lorpb *hath_said to me this night.” And he said unto him, “-Say_on.”
7 And Samuel said, “When thou wast little in thine_own sight, wast thou not made the_head_of the_tribes_ of Israél, and ‘the Lorp anointed thee king over Israél?
18 And / the Lorp sent thee on a jour- ney, and said, ‘*Go and -utterly_¢de- stroy «the sinners -the Amalekites, and “fight against them until thep be_con- sumed.’