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Bible Reading for March 30

1 Samuel 14
[1] Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto
the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the
Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his
father.
[2] And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate
tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six
hundred men;
[3] And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, I-chabod's brother, the son of Phinehas,
the son of Eli, the LORD's priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the
people knew not that Jonathan was gone. [4] And between the passages, by
which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines' garrison, there was
a sharp rock on the one side and a sharp rock on the other side: and the
name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
[5] The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash,
and the other southward over against Gibeah. [6] And Jonathan said to the
young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison
of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there
is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.
[7] And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn
thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart. [8] Then said
Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover
ourselves unto them.
[9] If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will
stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them. [10] But if they
say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the LORD hath delivered
them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us. [11] And both of them
discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the
Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where
they had hid themselves. [12] And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan
and his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will shew you a
thing. And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the
LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.
[13] And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his
armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer
slew after him.
[14] And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made,
was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke
of oxen might plow.
[15] And there was 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 was a very great trembling. [16] And the watchmen of Saul in
Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they
went on beating down one another. [17] Then said Saul unto the people that
were with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had
numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armourbearer were not there.
[18] And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of
God was at that time with the children of Israel. [19] And it came to pass,
while Saul talked unto the priest, that the noise that was in the host of
the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said unto the priest,
Withdraw thine hand. [20] And Saul and all the people that were with him
assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's
sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture. [21]
Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time, which
went up with them into the camp from the country round about, even they
also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan.
[22] Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount
Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed
hard after them in the battle.
[23] So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Beth-aven.
[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.
[25] And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.
[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. [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.
[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.
[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.
[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?
[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.
[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.
[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.
[35] And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first altar
that he built 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.
[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.
[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. [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.
[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.
[41] Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect lot.
And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people 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. [44] And Saul answered, God do
so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.
[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. [46] Then Saul
went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went 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. [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:
[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 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.

1 Samuel 15
[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.
[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.
[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.
[4] And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two
hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah. [5] And Saul came
to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley. [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.
[7] And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur,
that is over against Egypt.
[8] And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and 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.
[10] Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying, [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. [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. [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.
[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. [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?
[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.
[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? [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.
[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. [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. [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.
[25] Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me,
that I may 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.
[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.
[31] So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD. [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.
[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.
[34] Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
[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.

1 Samuel 16
[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 Bethlehemite: for I have
provided me a king among his 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. [4] And Samuel
did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the
town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably? [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. [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.
[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.
[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. [14] But the Spirit of the LORD
departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
[15] And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God
troubleth thee.
[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.
[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 Bethlehemite, 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.
[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. [21] And David came to Saul,
and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his
armourbearer.
[22] And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before
me; for he hath 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.

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