CHAPTER V. The Philistines having brought the ark into Ashdod, set it in the house of Dagon, 1. 3 Dagon is smitten down and cut in pieces, and they of Ashdod emitten with emerods. 8 So God dealeth with them of Gath, when it was brought thither: 10 and so with them of Ekron, when it was brought thither. AND the Philistines took the A ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer unto Ashdod. 2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of bDagon, and set it by Dagon. 3 And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and dset him in his place again. cir. 1141. cir. 1141. cret parts. 4 And when they arose early on 5 Therefore neither the priests 6 But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with iemerods, even Ashdod, and the coasts thereof. 7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is gore upon us, and upon Dagon our god. 8 They sent therefore, and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath And they carried theark of the God of Israel about thither. 9 And it was so, that after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city Iwith a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city both small and great, and Zeph.1.9. 16. Le.5.15, 16. d ver. 9. Ever.7,11 See ver. them. P's 78.66. fch. 5. 6. Jos.7.19 1. 42. 12. Mal. 2. 2. 5.6,11.Ps 39. 10. 10 Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass as 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 fus, to slay us and our people. 11 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay fus not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; "the hand of God was very heavy there. 12 And the men that died not, were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven. CHAPTER VI. After seven months the Philistines take counsel how to send back the ark, 1. 10 They bring it on a new cart with an offering unto Beth-shemesh. 19 The people are smitten for looking into the ark. 21 They send to them of Kirjath-jearim to fetch it. AN ND the ark of the LORD was A in the country of the Philis tines seven months. 2 And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place. 3 And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not bempty; but in any wise return him a trespass-offering: then ye shall be healed, why his hand is not removed and it shall be known to you from you. 4 Then said they, What shall be the trespass-offeringwhich we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on tyou all, and on your lords. 5 Wherefore ye shall make imJn. 9. 24. ages of your emerods, and imah See ches of your mice, that 'mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel; perad venture he willblighten his hand ich.5.3,4, from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land. 6 Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, kas the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their Or, rehearts? when he had wrought proach. fully. wonderfully among them, 'did 1Ex.12.21 they not let the people go, and they departed? The Beth-shemites smitten. cart, and bring their calveshome from them: CHAPTER VIL B. C. B. C. cir. 1140 cir. 1140. 8 And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and over. 4,5. put the jewels of gold which ye return him for a trespass-offering, in a coffer by the side thereof: and send it away, that it may go. 9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to PBeth-Jos. 15. shemesh, then he hath done us 10. this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us. 10 T And the men did so; and took two milch-kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home: 11 And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods. 12 And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh. 13 And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it. 14 And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt-offering unto the LORD. 15 And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that was 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 Bacrifices the same day unto the LORD. 16 And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it they returned to Ekron the same day. 17 And these are the golden. emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass-offering, unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one; Or, it. 4 ver 3. Jus. 13.3 ver. 4. 18 And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark great of the LORD: which stone remain- stone. eth unto this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite. Or, 2Sa.6.9. Mal. 3. 2. x.Jos. 18. 14. Ju.18. 12.1 Ch. 13. 5, 6. ach. 6.21. Ps.132.6. The Israelites repent at Mizpeh. score and ten men: and the people fifty thousand and threeple lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter. 20 And the men of Beth-shemesh said, "Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us? 21 And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and fetch it up to you. CHAPTER VII. They of Kirjath-jearim bring the ark into the house of Abinadab, and sanetify Eleazar his sen to keep it, 1. 2 After twenty years 3 the Israelites, by Samuel's means, solemnly repent at Mizpeh. 7 While Samuel prayeth and sacrificeth, the Lord discomfiteth the Philistines by thunder at Ebenezer. 13 The Philistines are subdued. 15 Samuel peaceably and religiously judgeth Israel. A ND the men of "Kirjath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and broughtitinb2Sa.6.4. to the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD. 2 And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the cir. 1120. house of Israel lamented after the LORD. 3 T And Samuel spake unto De.30.2, all the house of Israel, saying, If -10.1Ki. ye do "return unto the LORO 8.48.18.55 with all your hearts, then dput 7.Ho.6.1. Joel 2.12. away the strange gods, and "Ashtaroth, from among you, Jos.24.14 and fprepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliveryou out of the hand of the Philistines. dGe.35.2. 23. Ju.2.13. f2Ch. 30. 19.Jobll. 13, 14. 4 Then the children of Israel did put away bBaalim, and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD De 6.13. only. &10.20& 13. 4. Mt. 5 And Samuel said, iGather all 4.10 Lu.4. Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD. 8. b.Ju.2.11. iJu. 20.1. 23. 6 And they gathered together to Mizpeh,kand drew water,and 2 Ki. 25. Poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there. We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel Ne.9.1.2 in Mizpeh. judged the children of Israel k 2Sa. 14. 14. Da.9.3,4, 12. 5. Joel 2. 7 And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel Ju. 10. were gathered together to Miz10. 1Ki.8. peh, the lords of the Philistines 47.Ps.106 went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines. 6. † Heb. Be not silent from us Is. 37.4. 19 And the smote the men See Ex. of Beth-shemesh, because they 19.21.Nu. from had looked into the ark of the 4.5,15,20. crying. LORD, even he smote of the peo-2 Sa. & 7. 8 And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines. 263 The manner of the king foretold. 6 T But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us: and Samuel prayed unto the LORD. 7 And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but hthey have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. 8 According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaker me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee. their voice: howbeit, yet pro9 Now therefore hearken unto test solemnly unto them, and king that shall reign over them. ishew them the manner of the 10 And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king. 11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots. 12 And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. 13 And he will take your daugh ters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. 14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive-yards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. 15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his fofficers, and to his servants. 16 And he will take your menservants, and your maid-servants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. 17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his Sani sent to seex his father's asses. CHAPTER IX. hearsed them in the ears of the LORD. cir. 1095. B. C. B. C. Ho.13.11. Heb. in 22 And the LORD said to Sa- CHAPTER IX. Saul despairing to find his father's ass es, 1, 6 by the counsel of his servant, 11 and direction of young maidens, 15 according to God's revelation, 18 cometh to Samuel. 19 Samuel entertaineth Saul at the feast. 25 Samuel, after secret communication. bringeth Saul on his way. TOW there was a man of Ben jamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah,a Benjamite, a mighty man of power. 2 And he had a son, whose name Da Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: bfrom hisshoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people. 3 And the asses of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. And Kish said unto Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses. 4 And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of "Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not. ch.14.51 1Ch.8.33. & 9. 39. Or, the C2 Ki. 4. 42. Samuel entertaineth Saul vant, Well said; come, lex us 12 And they answered then, and said, He is; behold, he is he fore you: make haste now, for Ge. 31. he came to-day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the peo ple to-day in the high place: 54. ch. 16. 2. Or, feast. 11 K1. 3.2. † Heb. mch.15.1. Ac.13.21. Heb. re- the ear Ex.2.25. & 3. 7, 9. 13 As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the peo ple will not eat until he cone, 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. 14 And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place. 15 Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying, 16 To-morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, "and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people,because their cry is come unto me. 17 And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, P ch. 16. dDe.33.1.12.Ho.13. PBehold the man whom I spake Ki.13.1. 11. to thee of this same shall ch. 3. 19. Heb.re-treign over my people. See Ju. strain 6.18.& 13. in. 17. 1 Ki. 1 14.3.2 Ki. 4.42. & 8. And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us. 6 And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city da man 8. of God, and he is an honourable † Heb. is man; all that he saith cometh gone out surely to pass: now let us go thi-of, &c. ther; peradventure he can shew t Heb. is over. 3. us our way that we should go. 7 Then said Saul to his servant, But behold, if we go, fwhatshall there is we bring the man? for the bread fis spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what fhave we? 8 And the servant answered 22. Saul again, and said, Behold, h2 Sa. 24. I have here at hand the fourth 11. 2 Ki. part of a shekel of silver: that 17. 13. will I give to the man of God,1 Ch. 26 18 Then Saul drew near to Sa muel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is. 19 And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to-day, and to-morrow 1 will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart. 20 And as for "thine 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? 21 And Saul answered and said, "Am not la Benjamite, of the 'smallest of the tribes of Is rael? and "my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou fso to me? 22 And Samuel took Saul, and his servant, and brought them into the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons. 205 B. C. B. C. kch. 9.12. 23 And Samuel said unto the Cook, Bring the portion which cir. 1095. I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee. 24 And the cook took up the Le.7.32, 20, 21. shoulder, and that which was 33.Ez.24. 2 Ki.3.15. upon it, and set it before Saul.4 1 Co.14.1. And Samuel said, Behold that m Nu. 11. which is left! set it before thee, Or, re- 25.ch. 16. and eat; for unto this time hath served. it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day. 25 1 And when they were come down from the high place into thecity, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house. 26 And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad. 27 And as 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. CHAPTER X. Samuel anointeth Saul, 1. 2 He confirmeth him by prediction of three signs. 9 Saul's heart is changed, and he prophesieth. 14 He concealeth the matter of the kingdom from his uncle. 17 Saul is chosen at Mizpeh by lot. 26 Different affections of his subjects. THEN "Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, band kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD nath anointed thee to be captain over dhis inheritance? 2 When thou art departed from me to-day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjaminfat Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses,and sorroweth for you,saying, What shall I do for my son? 3 Then shalt thou go on forward from thence,and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine: 13. n ver. 10. 24. † Heb. it shall come to puss, that De.22.8. when 2 Sa.11.2. these Ac. 10. 9. † Heb. signs, Ex. 4.8. as thy 9 ch. 11. ch. 13.8. † Heb. + Heb. ver. 5. ch.19.20. ch. 9.16. & 16. 13. 2Ki.9.3,6. bPs. 2. 12. "ver. 6. † Heb 21. Ac. 13. man to his d De. 32. bour. 9. Ps. 78. Ge. 35. 19, 20. Jos. 18. 28. a c. 19. 13. 54, 55. Jn. 7. 15. t Heb. Saul prophesieth. company of prophets coming 8 And thou shalt go down be- 10 And when they came thi ther to the hill, behold, 'a com pany of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them. 11 And it came to pass when all that knew him beforetime, saw, that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said tone to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets? 12 And one fof the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets? 13 And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place. to him and to his servant, Whi14 T And Saul's uncle said unTo seek the asses: and when ther went ye? And he said, we saw that they were no where, we came to Samuel. 15 And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you. 16 And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not. 17 T And Samuel called the people together "unto the LORD to Mizpeh; 18 And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you: jected your God, who himself 19 And ye have this day resaved you out of all your adver. |