Exact Word Count a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name wass=hlblue>as Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. , the priests of the Lord, were there. that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions: he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the Lord, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat. in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore. she continued praying before the Lord, that Eli marked her mouth. not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken. ked of him. no more sad. come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have ass=hlblue>asked him of the Lord. young. thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the Lord. ked of him: long ass=hlgree>as he liveth he shall be lent to the Lord. And he worshipped the Lord there. the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God. , that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh wass=hlblue>as in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand; much ass=hlgree>as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force. very great before the Lord: for men abhorred the offering of the Lord. very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that ass=hlblue>assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. in favour both with the Lord, and also with men. ; in one day they shall die both of them. precious in those days; there wass=hlblue>as no open vision. laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see; , and Samuel wass=hlblue>as laid down to sleep; the word of the Lord yet revealed unto him. at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth. with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground. established to be a prophet of the Lord. smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men. , were there with the ark of the covenant of God. come into the camp. they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight. smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there wass=hlblue>as a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen. taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehass=hlblue>as, were slain. ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see. , are dead, and the ark of God is taken. an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years. ' wife, wass=hlblue>as with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God wass=hlblue>as taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her. taken, and because of her father in law and her husband. hdod. hdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon wass=hlblue>as fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the Lord. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again. fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon wass=hlblue>as left to him. hdod unto this day. heavy upon them of ass=hlblue>Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even ass=hlblue>Ashdod and the coasts thereof. hdod saw that it wass=hlblue>as 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. so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the Lord wass=hlblue>as against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts. the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people. a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God wass=hlblue>as very heavy there. in the country of the Philistines seven months. on you all, and on your lords. the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed? a chance that happened to us. they went, and turned not ass=hlblue>aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh. a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the Lord. with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the Lord. hdod one, for Gaza one, for ass=hlblue>Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one; long; for it wass=hlblue>as twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord. htaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. htaroth, and served the Lord only. Samuel wass=hlblue>as offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the Lord thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel. against the Philistines all the days of Samuel. peace between Israel and the Amorites. to Ramah; for there wass=hlblue>as his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the Lord. old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beer-sheba. ide after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. ked of him a king. ses, and put them to his work. a man of Benjamin, whose name wass=hlblue>as Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power. Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there wass=hlblue>as not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he wass=hlblue>as higher than any of the people. ses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the ass=hlblue>asses. with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the ass=hlblue>asses, and take thought for us. beforetime called a Seer.) . they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here? soon ass=hlgree>as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him. for thine ass=hlblue>asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house? upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left! set it before thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day. they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God. ses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the ass=hlblue>asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son? occasion serve thee; for God is with thee. so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day. ses: and when we saw that they were no where, we came to Samuel. ses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not. taken. taken, and Saul the son of Kish wass=hlblue>as taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found. higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward. kindled greatly. so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together. s have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the Lord, then the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place. htaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee. your king. it wass=hlblue>as against your fathers. king you a king. k us a king. ide from following the Lord, but serve the Lord with all your heart; ide: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain. for me, God forbid that I should sin against the Lord in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way: in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear. had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal. the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Beth-aven. for Saul, he wass=hlblue>as yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling. soon ass=hlgree>as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him. no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears: neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son wass=hlblue>as there found. , the son of Eli, the Lord's priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan wass=hlblue>as gone. a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one wass=hlblue>as Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah. about twenty men, within ass=hlgree>as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow. trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it wass=hlblue>as a very great trembling. at that time with the children of Israel. in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand. sembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's sword wass=hlblue>as against his fellow, and there wass=hlblue>as a very great discomfiture. honey upon the ground. in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened. the first altar that he built unto the Lord. ked 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. the Lord liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there wass=hlblue>as not a man among all the people that answered him. taken. in mine hand, and, lo, I must die. 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. Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host wass=hlblue>as Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle. the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner wass=hlblue>as the son of Abiel. 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. s. good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that wass=hlblue>as vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. 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. great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, ass=hlgree>as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is ass=hlgree>as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king. Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent. 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. man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the Lord said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he. s laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul. upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul wass=hlblue>as refreshed, and wass=hlblue>as well, and the evil spirit departed from him. a valley between them. six cubits and a span. armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat wass=hlblue>as five thousand shekels of brass. like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him. the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name wass=hlblue>as Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul. the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul. Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, ass=hlgree>as the host wass=hlblue>as going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle. he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them. kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God. sayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him. in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine. but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance. sembly shall know that the Lord saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into our hands. no sword in the hand of David. dead, they fled. thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell. David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand. knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him ass=hlgree>as his own soul. his own soul. upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle. accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants. they came, when David wass=hlblue>as returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick. they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ass=hlblue>ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ass=hlblue>ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom? at other times: and there wass=hlblue>as a javelin in Saul's hand. afraid of David, because the Lord wass=hlblue>as with him, and wass=hlblue>as departed from Saul. with him. afraid of him. given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife. with David, and that Michal Saul's daughter loved him. yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually. much set by. the Lord liveth, he shall not be slain. in his presence, ass=hlgree>as in times past. war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him. upon Saul, ass=hlgree>as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand. an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster. told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah. appointed over them, the Spirit of God wass=hlblue>as upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied. told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also. ked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah. upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah. the Lord liveth, and ass=hlgree>as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death. ked leave of me that he might run to Beth-lehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family. he hath been with my father. he loved his own soul. in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel. though I shot at a mark. the Lord liveth. touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the Lord be between thee and me for ever. come, the king sat him down to eat meat. at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place wass=hlblue>as empty. the second day of the month, that David's place wass=hlblue>as empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day? ked leave of me to go to Beth-lehem: kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness? long ass=hlgree>as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die. determined of his father to slay David. grieved for David, because his father had done him shame. the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him. come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee? soon ass=hlgree>as the lad wass=hlblue>as gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded. we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city. afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee? no bread there but the shewbread, that wass=hlblue>as taken from before the Lord, to put hot bread in the day when it wass=hlblue>as taken away. there that day, detained before the Lord; and his name wass=hlblue>as Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul. sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath. in distress, and every one that wass=hlblue>as in debt, and every one that wass=hlblue>as discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men. in the hold. discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;) at this day? set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. at this day? David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honourable in thine house? ses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword. there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father's house. told Saul that David wass=hlblue>as come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars. thy servant hath heard? O Lord God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the Lord said, He will come down. told Saul that David wass=hlblue>as escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth. come out to seek his life: and David wass=hlblue>as in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood. returned from following the Philistines, that it wass=hlblue>as told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi. a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave. it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily. saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. I have rewarded thee evil. when the Lord had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not. a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man wass=hlblue>as very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he wass=hlblue>as shearing his sheep in Carmel. Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she wass=hlblue>as a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man wass=hlblue>as churlish and evil in his doings; and he wass=hlblue>as of the house of Caleb. there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel. k thy young men, and they will shew thee. Wherefore let the young men find favour in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David. long ass=hlgree>as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields: ses. so, ass=hlgree>as she rode on the ass=hlblue>ass, that she came down by the covert of the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them. missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good. s, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send. the Lord liveth, and ass=hlgree>as thy soul liveth, seeing the Lord hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be ass=hlgree>as Nabal. out of the middle of a sling. the Lord God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall. merry within him, for he wass=hlblue>as very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light. gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became ass=hlgree>as a stone. dead, he said, Blessed be the Lord, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the Lord hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife. s, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife. of Gallim. come in very deed. the Lord liveth, the Lord shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish. leep; because a deep sleep from the Lord wass=hlblue>as fallen upon them. the Lord liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the Lord's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that wass=hlblue>as at his bolster. when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains. precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly. thy life wass=hlblue>as much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the Lord, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation. told Saul that David wass=hlblue>as fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him. a full year and four months. thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt. ses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish. suredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men. dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land. afraid, and his heart greatly trembled. the Lord liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing. cending out of the earth. Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself. k of me, seeing the Lord is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy? he spake by me: for the Lord hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David: sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there wass=hlblue>as no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night. sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me. the Lord liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not. I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king? an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle. soon ass=hlgree>as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart. burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives. greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people wass=hlblue>as grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the Lord his God. nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all. his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike. so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day. han, and to them which were in Athach, sore wounded of the archers. sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him. htaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan. |