From: "Friends" 

CHAPTER 14
1 Samuel 14:1
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.
1 Samuel 14:2
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;
1 Samuel 14:3
3 And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod'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.
1 Samuel 14:4
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.
1 Samuel 14:5
5 The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and
the other southward over against Gibeah. 1 Samuel 14:6
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.
1 Samuel 14:7
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. 1 Samuel 14:8
8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will
discover ourselves unto them.
1 Samuel 14:9
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. 1 Samuel 14:10
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. 1
Samuel 14:11
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. 1 Samuel 14:12
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.
1 Samuel 14:13
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.
1 Samuel 14:14
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.
1 Samuel 14:15
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. 1 Samuel 14:16
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. 1 Samuel
14:17
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.
1 Samuel 14:18
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. 1 Samuel 14:19
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. 1 Samuel 14:20
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. 1 Samuel 14:21
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. 1 Samuel 14:22
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.
1 Samuel 14:23
23 So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Bethaven.
1 Samuel 14:24
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. 1 Samuel 14:25
25 And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.
1 Samuel 14:26
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. 1
Samuel 14:27
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.
1 Samuel 14:28
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. 1 Samuel 14:29
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.
1 Samuel 14:30
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?
1 Samuel 14:31
31 And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and
the people were very faint.
1 Samuel 14:32
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. 1 Samuel 14:33
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.
1 Samuel 14:34
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.
1 Samuel 14:35
35 And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first altar that
he built unto the LORD.
1 Samuel 14:36
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.
1 Samuel 14:37
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.
1 Samuel 14:38
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. 1 Samuel 14:39
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.
1 Samuel 14:40
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.
1 Samuel 14:41
41 Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And
Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped. 1 Samuel 14:42
42 And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.
1 Samuel 14:43
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. 1 Samuel 14:44
44 And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.
1 Samuel 14:45
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. 1 Samuel
14:46
46 Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines
went to their own place.
1 Samuel 14:47
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. 1 Samuel 14:48
48 And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel
out of the hands of them that spoiled them. 1 Samuel 14:49
49 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua: and the
names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and
the name of the younger  Michal:
1 Samuel 14:50
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. 1 Samuel 14:51
51 And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
1 Samuel 14:52
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.
CHAPTER 15
1 Samuel 15:1
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.
1 Samuel 15:2
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. 1 Samuel
15:3
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.
1 Samuel 15:4
4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two
hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah. 1 Samuel 15:5
5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley. 1 Samuel 15:6
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. 1 Samuel 15:7
7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur,
that is over against Egypt.
1 Samuel 15:8
8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed
all the people with the edge of the sword. 1 Samuel 15:9
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.
1 Samuel 15:10
10 Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying, 1 Samuel 15:11
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. 1 Samuel 15:12
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. 1 Samuel
15:13
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. 1 Samuel 15:14
14 And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine
ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear? 1 Samuel 15:15
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. 1 Samuel 15:16
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. 1 Samuel 15:17
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?
1 Samuel 15:18
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.
1 Samuel 15:19
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? 1 Samuel 15:20
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. 1 Samuel 15:21
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.
1 Samuel 15:22
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. 1 Samuel 15:23
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. 1 Samuel 15:24
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.
1 Samuel 15:25
25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that
I may worship the LORD.
1 Samuel 15:26
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.
1 Samuel 15:27
27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of
his mantle, and it rent.
1 Samuel 15:28
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.
1 Samuel 15:29
29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a
man, that he should repent.
1 Samuel 15:30
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.
1 Samuel 15:31
31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD. 1 Samuel 15:32
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.
1 Samuel 15:33
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.
1 Samuel 15:34
34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
1 Samuel 15:35
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.
CHAPTER 16
1 Samuel 16:1
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.
1 Samuel 16:2
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.
1 Samuel 16:3
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. 1 Samuel 16:4
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?
1 Samuel 16:5
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. 1 Samuel 16:6
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. 1 Samuel 16:7
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.
1 Samuel 16:8
8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said,
Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
1 Samuel 16:9
9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
1 Samuel 16:10
10 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel
said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these. 1 Samuel 16:11
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.
1 Samuel 16:12
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.
1 Samuel 16:13
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. 1 Samuel 16:14
14 But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from
the LORD troubled him.
1 Samuel 16:15
15 And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God
troubleth thee.
1 Samuel 16:16
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.
1 Samuel 16:17
17 And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play
well, and bring him to me.
1 Samuel 16:18
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.
1 Samuel 16:19
19 Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy
son, which is with the sheep.
1 Samuel 16:20
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. 1 Samuel 16:21
21 And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly;
and he became his armourbearer.
1 Samuel 16:22
22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me;
for he hath found favour in my sight. 1 Samuel 16:23
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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