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\v 1 And the angel that was sent to me, whose name was Uriel, gave me an answer,
\v 2 and said to me, your heart has utterly failed you in \add regarding \add* this world, and think you to comprehend the way of the Most High?
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\v 3 Then said I, Yes my Lord.
\p And he answered me, and said, I am sent to show you three ways, and to set forth three similitudes before you:
\v 4 whereof if you can declare me one, I also will show you the way that you desire to see, and I will teach you wherefore the heart is \f + \fr 4:4 \ft Or, \fqa corrupt \f* wicked.
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\v 5 And I said, say on, my Lord.
\p Then said he to me, Go to, weigh me a weight of fire, or measure me a \f + \fr 4:5 \ft After the Oriental versions. \f* measure of wind, or call me again the day that is past.
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\v 6 Then answered I and said, who of the sons \add of men \add* is able to do this, that you should ask me of such things?
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\v 7 And he said to me, If I had asked you, saying, How many dwellings are there in the heart of the sea? or how many springs are there at the fountain head of the deep? or how many \f + \fr 4:7 \ft After the Oriental versions. \f* ways are above the firmament? or which are the exits \f + \fr 4:7 \ft So the Syriac. The Latin omits \fqa of hell? or which are the paths. \f* of hell? or which are the paths of paradise?
\v 8 perhaps you would say to me, I never went down into the deep, nor as yet into hell, neither did I ever climb up into heaven.
\v 9 Nevertheless now have I asked you but only of the fire and wind, and of the day, things wherethrough you have passed, and \f + \fr 4:9 \ft Another reading is, \fqa from which you can not be separated \f* without which you can not be, and yet have you given me no answer of them.
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\v 10 He said moreover to me, Your own things, that are grown up with you, can you not know;
\v 11 how then can your vessel comprehend the way of the Most High? and how can he that is already worn out with the corrupted world understand \f + \fr 4:11 \ft Syriac and Aethiopic, \fqa the way of the incorruptible. \f* incorruption?
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\v 12 \f + \fr 4:12 \ft So the Syriac and Aethiopic. The Latin is corrupt. \f* And when I heard these things I fell upon my face, and said to him, It were better that we were not here at all, than that we should come here and live in the midst of ungodliness, and suffer, and not know wherefore.
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\v 13 He answered me, and said, \f + \fr 4:13 \ft So the Oriental versions. The Latin is corrupt. See Judges 9:8. \f* The woods of the trees of the field went forth, and took counsel together,
\v 14 and said, Come! Let’s go and make war against the sea, that it may depart away before us, and that we may make us more woods.
\v 15 The waves of the sea also in like manner took counsel together, and said, Come! Let’s go up and subdue the wood of the plain, that there also we may make us another country.
\v 16 The counsel of the wood was in vain, for the fire came and consumed it:
\v 17 likewise also the counsel of the waves of the sea, for the sand stood up and stopped them.
\v 18 If you were judge now between these two, whom would you justify, or whom condemn?
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\v 19 I answered and said, it is a foolish counsel that they both have taken, for the ground is given to the wood, and the place of the sea \add is given \add* to bear his waves.
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\v 20 Then answered he me, and said, You have given a right judgement, and why judge you not in your own case?
\v 21 For like as the ground is given to the wood, and the sea to his waves, even so those who dwell upon the earth may understand nothing but that which is upon the earth: and he \add only that dwells \add* above the heavens \add may understand \add* the things that are above the height of the heavens.
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\v 22 Then answered I and said, I beseech you, O Lord, \f + \fr 4:22 \ft After the Oriental versions. \f* wherefore is the power of understanding given to me?
\v 23 For it was not in my mind to be curious of the ways above, but of such things as pass by us daily; because Israel is given up as a reproach to the heathen, \add and \add* the people whom you have loved is given over to ungodly nations, and the law of our forefathers is made of none effect, and the written covenants are nowhere \add regarded, \add*
\v 24 and we pass away out of the world as grasshoppers, and our life is as a \f + \fr 4:24 \ft So the chief Oriental versions. The Latin is corrupt. \f* vapor, neither are we worthy to obtain mercy.
\v 25 What will he then do for his name whereby we are called? Of these things have I asked.
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\v 26 Then he answered me, and said, if you be \add alive \add* you shall see, and if you live \f + \fr 4:26 \ft So the Syriac. \f* long, you shall marvel; for the world hastens fast to pass away.
\v 27 For it is not able to bear the things that are promised to the righteous in the times \add to come: \add* for this world is full of sadness and infirmities.
\v 28 For the evil \f + \fr 4:28 \ft so the Syriac and Aethiopic. \f* whereof you asked me is sown, but the gathering thereof is not yet come.
\v 29 If therefore that which is sown be not reaped, and if the place where the evil is sown pass not away, there can’t come the field where the good is sown.
\v 30 For a grain of evil seed was sown in the heart of Adam from the beginning, and how much wickedness has it brought forth to this time! and how much shall it yet bring forth until the \f + \fr 4:30 \ft Or, \fqa threshing floor \f* time of threshing come!
\v 31 Ponder now by yourself, how great fruit of wickedness a grain of evil seed has brought forth.
\v 32 When the ears which are without number shall be sown, how great a floor shall they fill!
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\v 33 Then I answered and said, \f + \fr 4:33 \ft So the chief oriental versions. \f* How long? and when shall these things come to pass? wherefore are our years few and evil?
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\v 34 And he answered me, and said, You do not hasten more than the Most High: for your haste is \f + \fr 4:34 \ft So the Syriac. The Latin is corrupt. \f* for your own self, but he that is above \add hastens \add* on behalf of many.
\v 35 Did not the souls of the righteous ask question of these things in their chambers, saying, How long \f + \fr 4:35 \ft So the Syriac. The Latin has \fqa shall I hope on this fashion? \f* are we here? when comes the fruit of the \f + \fr 4:35 \ft Or, \fqa threshing floor \f* threshing time of our reward?
\v 36 And to them Jeremiel the archangel gave answer, and said, Even when the number is fulfilled of those who are like to you. For he has weighed the world in the balance;
\v 37 and by measure has he measured the times, and by number has he counted the seasons; and he shall not \f + \fr 4:37 \ft Syr. \fqa rest. \f* move nor stir them, until the said measure be fulfilled.
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\v 38 Then answered I and said, O Lord that bear rule, yet even we all are full of impiety:
\v 39 and for our sakes perhaps it is that the \f + \fr 4:39 \ft Or, \fqa threshing floor \f* threshing time of the righteous is kept back, because of the sins of those who dwell upon the earth.
\v 40 So he answered me, and said, Go your way to a woman with child, and ask of her when she has fulfilled her nine months, if her womb may keep the birth any longer within her.
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\v 41 Then said I, no, Lord, that can it not.
\p And he said to me, in the grave the chambers of souls are like the womb:
\v 42 for like as a woman that travails makes haste to escape the anguish of the travail: even so do these places haste to deliver those things that are committed to them from the beginning.
\v 43 Then shall it be showed you concerning those things which you desire to see.
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\v 44 Then answered I and said, if I have found favor in your sight, and if it be possible, and if I be meet therefore,
\v 45 show me this also, whether there be more to come than is past, or whether the more part is gone over us.
\v 46 For what is gone I know, but what is for to come I know not.
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\v 47 And he said to me, Stand up upon the right side, and I shall expound the similitude to you.
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\v 48 so I stood, and saw, and, behold, a hot burning oven passed by before me: and it happened, that when the flame was gone by I looked, and, behold, the smoke remained still.
\v 49 After this there passed by before me a watery cloud, and sent down much rain with a storm; and when the stormy rain was past, the drops remained therein still.
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\v 50 Then said he to me, Consider with yourself; as the rain is more than the drops, and the fire is greater than the smoke, so the quantity which is past did more exceed; but the drops and the smoke remained still.
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\v 51 Then I prayed, and said, May I live, think you, until that time? or who shall be in those days?
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\v 52 He answered me, and said, As for the tokens whereof you asked me, I may tell you of them in part: but as touching your life, I am not sent to show you; for I do not know it.


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\v 1 Nevertheless as concerning the tokens, behold, the days shall come, that they which dwell upon earth shall be taken \f + \fr 5:1 \ft So the syriac. \f* with great amazement, and the way of truth shall be hidden, and the land shall be barren of faith.
\v 2 But iniquity shall be increased above that which now you see, or that you have heard long ago.
\v 3 And the land, that you see now to have rule, shall be waste and \f + \fr 5:3 \ft So the Syriac. \f* untrodden, and men shall see it desolate.
\v 4 But if the Most High grant you to live, you shall see that which is after the third \add kingdom \add* to be troubled; and the sun shall suddenly shine forth in the night, and the moon in the day:
\v 5 and blood shall drop out of wood, and the stone shall give his voice, and the peoples shall be troubled; and \f + \fr 5:5 \ft According to some Oriental versions, \fqa the air. \f* \add their\add* goings shall be changed:
\v 6 and he shall rule, whom those who dwell upon the earth look not for, and the fowls shall take their flight away together:
\v 7 and the Sodomite sea shall cast out fish, and make a noise in the night, which many have not known: but all shall hear the voice thereof.
\v 8 There shall be chaos also in many places, and the fire shall be often sent out, and the wild beasts shall change their places, and women shall bring forth monsters:
\v 9 and salt waters shall be found in the sweet, and all friends shall destroy one another; then shall wit hide itself, and understanding withdraw itself into its chamber;
\v 10 and it shall be sought of many, and shall not be found: and unrighteousness and incontinency shall be multiplied upon earth.
\v 11 One land also shall ask another, and say, Is righteousness, is a man that does righteousness, gone through you? And it shall say, No.
\v 12 And it shall come to pass at that time that men shall hope, but shall not obtain: they shall labor, but their ways shall not prosper.
\v 13 To show you such tokens I have leave; and if you will pray again, and weep as now, and fast seven days, you shall hear yet greater things than these.
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\v 14 Then I awaked, and an extreme trembling went through my body, and my mind was troubled, so that it fainted.
\v 15 So the angel that was come to talk with me held me, comforted me, and set me up upon my feet.
\v 16 And in the second night it came to pass, that \f + \fr 5:16 \ft The Syriac has \fqa Psaltiel. \f* Phaltiel the captain of the people came to me, saying, Where have you been? and why is your countenance sad?
\v 17 or know you not that Israel is committed to you in the land of their captivity?
\v 18 Up then, and eat some bread, and forsake us not, as the shepherd \add that leaves \add* in the hands of cruel wolves.
\v 19 Then said I to him, Go your ways from me, and come not near me for seven days, and then shall you come to me. And he heard what I said, and went from me.
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\v 20 And so I fasted seven days, mourning and weeping, like as Uriel the angel commanded me.
\v 21 And after seven days, so it was, that the thoughts of my heart were very grievous to me again,
\v 22 and my soul recovered the spirit of understanding, and I began to speak words before the Most High again,
\v 23 and said, O Lord that bear rule, of all the woods of the earth, and of all the trees thereof, you have chosen you one vine:
\v 24 and of all the lands of the world you have chosen you one \f + \fr 5:24 \ft After the Oriental versions. The Latin has \fqa pit. \f* country: and of all the flowers of the world you have chosen you one lily:
\v 25 and of all the depths of the sea you have filled you one river: and of all built cities you have hallowed Sion to yourself:
\v 26 and of all the fowls that are created you have named you one dove: and of all the cattle that are made you have provided you one sheep:
\v 27 and among all the multitudes of peoples you have gotten you one people: and to this people, whom you loved, you gave a law that is approved of all.
\v 28 And now, O Lord, why have you given this one people over to many, and \f + \fr 5:28 \ft After the Oriental versions. The Latin reads \fqa have prepared.\f* have dishonored the one root above others, and have scattered your only one among many?
\v 29 And they which did gainsay your promises have trodden them down that believed your covenants.
\v 30 If you do so much hate your people, they should be punished with your own hands.
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\v 31 Now when I had spoken these words, the angel that came to me the night before was sent to me,
\v 32 and said to me, Hear me, and I will instruct you; listen to me, and I shall tell you more.
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\v 33 And I said, Speak on, my Lord. Then said he to me, You are sore troubled in mind for Israel’s sake: love you that people better than he that made them?
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\v 34 And I said, No, Lord: but of very grief have I spoken: for my reins torment me every hour, while I labor to comprehend the way of the Most High, and to seek out part of his judgement.
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\v 35 And he said to me, You can not. And I said, Wherefore, Lord, or whereunto was I born? or why was not my mother’s womb then my grave, that I might not have seen the travail of Jacob, and the wearisome toil of the stock of Israel?
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\v 36 And he said to me, Number me those who are not yet come, gather me together the drops that are scattered abroad, make me the flowers green again that are withered,
\v 37 open me the chambers that are closed, and bring me forth the winds that in them are shut up, or show me the image of a voice: and then I will declare to you the travail that you asked to see.
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\v 38 And I said, O Lord that bear rule, who may know these things, but he that has not his dwelling with men?
\v 39 As for me, I am unwise: how may I then speak of these things whereof you asked me?
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\v 40 Then said he to me, Just as you can do none of these things that I have spoken of, even so can you not find out my judgement, or the end of the love that I have promised to my people.
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\v 41 And I said, But, behold, O Lord, you have made the promise to those who be in the end: and what shall they do that have been before us, or we \add that be now, \add* or those who shall come after us?
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\v 42 And he said to me, I will liken my judgement to a ring: like as there is no slackness of those who are last, even so there is no swiftness of those who be first.
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\v 43 So I answered and said, Couldest you not make them \add to be \add* at once that have been made, and that be now, and that are for to come; that you might show your judgment the sooner?
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\v 44 Then answered he me, and said, The creature may not haste above the creator; neither may the world hold them at once that shall be created therein.
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\v 45 And I said, How have you said to your servant, that \f + \fr 5:45 \ft So the Syriac. \f* you will surely make alive at once the creature that you have created? \f + \fr 5:45 \ft The Latin omits \fqa If...alive at once. \f* If therefore they shall be alive at once, and the creature shall sustain them: even so it might now also support them to be present at once.
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\v 46 And he said to me, Ask the womb of a woman, and say to her, If you bring forth ten children, why \add do you it \add* at several times? pray her therefore to bring forth ten children at once.
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\v 47 And I said, she can’t: but must do it by distance of time.
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\v 48 Then said he to me, Even so have I given the womb of the earth to those that be sown therein in their several times.
\v 49 For like as a young child may not bring forth, neither she that is grown old \add bring forth \add* any more, even so have I disposed the world which I created.
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\v 50 And I asked, and said, Seeing you have now showed me the way, I will speak before you: Is our mother, of whom you have told me, still young? or does she now draw near to age?
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\v 51 He answered me, and said, Ask a woman that bears children, and she shall tell you.
\v 52 Say to her, wherefore are not they whom you have now brought forth like those that were before, but less of stature?
\v 53 And she also shall answer you, They that be born in the strength of youth are of one fashion, and those who are born in the time of age, when the womb fails, are otherwise.
\v 54 Consider therefore you also, how that you° are less of stature than those that were before you.
\v 55 And so are those who come after you less than you°, as \add born \add* of the creature which now begins to be old, and is past the strength of youth.
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\v 56 Then said I, Lord, I beseech you, if I have found favor in your sight, show your servant by whom you visit your creature.


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\v 1 And he said to me, In the beginning, when the earth was made, before the portals of the world were fixed, or ever the gatherings of the winds blew,
\v 2 before the voices of the thunder sounded and before the flashes of the lightning shone, or ever the foundations of paradise were laid,
\v 3 before the fair flowers were seen, or ever the powers of the earthquake were established, before the innumerable army of angels were gathered together,
\v 4 or ever the heights of the air were lifted up, before the measures of the firmament were named, or ever the footstool of Sion \f + \fr 6:4 \ft So the Syriac. \f* was established,
\v 5 and before the present years were sought out, and or ever the imaginations of those who now sin were estranged, before they were sealed that have gathered faith for a treasure:
\v 6 then did I consider these things, and they all were made through me alone, and through none other: as by me also they shall be ended, and by none other.
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\v 7 Then answered I and said, what shall be the parting asunder of the times? or when shall be the end of the first, and the beginning of it that follows?
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\v 8 And he said to me, From \f + \fr 6:8 \ft Perhaps for \fqa Abram. \f* Abraham to \f + \fr 6:8 \ft Another reading is, \fqa Isaac. \f* Abraham, inasmuch as Jacob and Esau were born of him, for Jacob’s hand held the heel of Esau from the beginning.
\v 9 For Esau is the end of this world, and Jacob is the beginning of it that follows.
\v 10 \f + \fr 6:10 \ft So the Syriac, etc. The Latin is defective. \f* The beginning of a man is his hand, and the end of a man is his heel; between the heel and the hand seek you nothing else, Esdras.
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\v 11 I answered then and said, O Lord that bear rule, If I have found favor in your sight,
\v 12 I beseech you, show your servant the end of your tokens, whereof you showed me part the last night.
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\v 13 So he answered and said to me, Stand up upon your feet, and you shall hear a mighty sounding voice;
\v 14 and if the place you stand on is greatly moved,
\v 15 when it speaks be you not afraid: for the word is of the end, and the foundations of the earth shall understand,
\v 16 that the speech is of them: they shall tremble and be moved: for they know that their end must be changed.
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\v 17 And it happened, that when I had heard it I stood up upon my feet, and listened, and, behold, there was a voice that spoke, and the sound of it was like the sound of many waters.
\v 18 And it said, Behold, the days come, and it shall be that when I draw near to visit those who dwell upon the earth,
\v 19 and when I shall make inquisition of those who have done hurt unjustly with their unrighteousness, and when the affliction of Sion shall be fulfilled,
\v 20 and when the seal shall be set upon the world that is to pass away, then I will show these tokens: the books shall be opened before the firmament, and all shall see together:
\v 21 and the children of a year old shall speak with their voices, the women with child shall bring forth untimely children at three or four months, and they shall live, and dance.
\v 22 And suddenly shall the sown places appear unsown, the full storehouses shall suddenly be found empty:
\v 23 and the trumpet shall give a sound, which when every man hears, they shall be suddenly afraid.
\v 24 At that time shall friends make war one against another like enemies, and the earth shall stand in fear with those that dwell therein, the springs of the springs shall stand still, so that for three hours they shall not run.
\v 25 And it shall be that whoever remains after all these things that I have told you of, he shall be saved, and shall see my salvation, and the end of my world.
\v 26 And they shall see the men that have been taken up, who have not tasted death from their birth: and the heart of the inhabitants shall be changed, and turned into another meaning.
\v 27 For evil shall be blotted out, and deceit shall be quenched;
\v 28 and faith shall flourish, and corruption shall be overcome, and the truth, which has been so long without fruit, shall be declared.
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\v 29 And when he talked with me, behold, by little and little the place I stood on\f + \fr 6:29 \ft After the Oriental versions. The Latin is corrupt. \f* rocked to and fro.
\v 30 And he said to me, These things came I to show you \f + \fr 6:30 \ft So the Syriac. The Latin is corrupt. \f* this night.
\v 31 If therefore you will pray yet again, and fast seven days more, I shall yet \f + \fr 6:31 \ft The Latin has \fqa tell you by day. \f* tell you greater things than these.
\v 32 For your voice has surely been heard before the Most High: for the Mighty has seen your righteous dealing, he has seen aforetime also your chastity, which you have had ever since your youth.
\v 33 And therefore has he sent me to show you all these things, and to say to you, Be of good comfort, and fear not.
\v 34 And be not hasty in \add regard of \add* the former times, to think vain things, that you may not hasten in the latter times.
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\v 35 And it came to pass after this, that I wept again, and fasted seven days in like manner, that I might fulfill the three weeks which he told me.
\v 36 And in the eighth night was my heart vexed within me again, and I began to speak before the Most High.
\v 37 For my spirit was greatly set on fire, and my soul was in distress.
\v 38 And I said, O Lord, of a truth you spoke at the beginning of the creation, upon the first day, and said thus; Let heaven and earth be made; and your word perfected the work.
\v 39 And then was the spirit hovering, and darkness and silence were on every side; the sound of man’s voice was not yet.\f + \fr 6:39 \ft The Latin adds \fqa from you.\f*
\v 40 Then command you a ray of light to be brought forth of your treasures, that then your works might appear.
\v 41 Upon the second day again you made the spirit of the firmament and commanded it to part asunder, and to make a division between the waters, that the one part might go up, and the other remain beneath.
\v 42 Upon the third day you did command that the waters should be gathered together in the seventh part of the earth: six parts did you dry up, and keep them, to the intent that of these some being both planted and tilled might serve before you.
\v 43 For as soom as your word went forth the work was done.
\v 44 For immediately there came forth great and innumerable fruit, and manifold pleasures for the taste, and flowers of inimitable color, and odors of most exquisite smell: and this was done the third day.
\v 45 Upon the fourth day you commanded that the sun should shine, and the moon give her light, and the stars should be in their order:
\v 46 and gave them a charge to do service to man, that was to be made.
\v 47 Upon the fifth day you said to the seventh part, where the water was gathered together, that it should bring forth living creatures, fowls and fishes: and so it came to pass,
\v 48 that the mute water and without life brought forth living things as it was told, that the peoples might therefore praise your wondrous works.
\v 49 Then did you preserve two living creatures, the one you calledst Behemoth, and the other you calledst Leviathan:
\v 50 and you did separate the one from the other: for the seventh part, namely, where the water was gathered together, might not hold them both.
\v 51 To Behemoth you gave one part, which was dried up on the third day, that he should dwell in it, wherein are a thousand hills:
\v 52 but to Leviathan you gave the seventh part, namely, the moist; and you have kept them to be devoured of whom you will, and when.
\v 53 But upon the sixth day you gave commandment to the earth, that it should bring forth before you cattle, beasts, and creeping things:
\v 54 and over these Adam, whom you ordain lord over all the works that you have made: of him come we all, the people whom you have chosen.
\v 55 All this have I spoken before you, O Lord, because you have said that for our sakes you made \f + \fr 6:55 \ft So the Syriac. The Latin has \fqa the firstborn world. \f* this world.
\v 56 As for the other nations, which also come of Adam, you have said that they are nothing, and are like to spittle: and you have likened the abundance of them to a drop that falls from a vessel.
\v 57 And now, O Lord, behold these nations, which are reputed as nothing, be lords over us, and devour us.
\v 58 But we your people, whom you have called your firstborn, your only begotten, and your fervent lover, are given into their hands.
\v 59 If the world now be made for our sakes, why do we not possess for an inheritance our world? How long shall this endure?


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\v 1 And when I had made an end of speaking these words, there was sent to me the angel which had been sent to me the nights before:
\v 2 and he said to me, Up, Esdras, and hear the words that I am come to tell you.
\v 3 And I said, Speak on, my Lord. Then he said to me, There is a sea set in a wide place, that it might be \f + \fr 7:3 \ft So the chief Oriental versions. The Latin MSS. have \fqa deep. \f* broad and vast.
\v 4 But the entrance thereof shall be set in a narrow place so as to be like a river;
\v 5 whoso then should desire to go into the sea to look upon it, or to rule it, if he went not through the narrow, how could he come into the broad?
\v 6 Another thing also: There is a city built and set in a plain country, and full of all good things;
\v 7 but the entrance thereof is narrow, and is set in a dangerous place to fall, having a fire on the right hand, and on the left a deep water:
\v 8 and there is one only path between them both, even between the fire and the water, \add so small \add* that there could but one man go there at once.
\v 9 If this city now be given to a man for an inheritance, if the heir pass not the danger before him, how shall he receive his inheritance?
\v 10 And I said, It is so, Lord. Then said he to me, Even so also is Israel’s portion.
\v 11 Because for their sakes I made the world: and when Adam transgressed my statutes, then was decreed that now is done.
\v 12 Then were the entrances of this world made narrow, and sorrowful and toilsome: they are but few and evil, full of perils, and charged with great toils.
\v 13 For the entrances of the greater world are wide and sure, and bring forth fruit of immortality.
\v 14 If then those who live enter not these strait and vain things, they can never receive those that are laid up for them.
\v 15 Now therefore why you disquiet yourself, seeing you are but a corruptible man? and why are you moved, whereas you are but mortal?
\v 16 and why have you not considered in your mind that which is to come, rather than that which is present?
\v 17 Then answered I and said, O Lord that bear rule, behold, you have ordained in your law, that the righteous should inherit these things, but that the ungodly should perish.
\v 18 The righteous therefore shall suffer strait things, and hope for wide: but those who have done wickedly \f + \fr 7:18 \ft According to some authorities, \fqa have not suffered...and shall not see. \f* have suffered the strait things, and yet shall not see the wide.
\v 19 And he said to me, \f + \fr 7:19 \ft Another reading is, \fqa There is no judge...and none that has understanding. \f* You are not a judge above God, neither have you understanding above the Most High.
\v 20 Yes, rather let many that now be perish, than that the law of God which is set before them be despised.
\v 21 For God straitly commanded such as came, even as they came, what they should do to live, and what they should observe to avoid punishment.
\v 22 Nevertheless they were not obedient to him; but spoke against him, and imagined for themselves vain things;
\v 23 and framed cunning plans of wickedness; and said moreover of the Most High, that he is not; and knew not his ways:
\v 24 but they despised his law, and denied his covenants; they have not been faithful to his statutes, and have not performed his works.
\v 25 Therefore, Esdras, for the empty are empty things, and for the full are the full things.
\v 26 For behold, the time shall come, and it shall be, when these tokens, of which I told you before, shall come to pass, that the bride shall appear, even the city coming forth, and she shall be seen, that now is withdrawn from the earth.
\v 27 And whoever is delivered from the aforesaid evils shall see my wonders.
\v 28 For my son Jesus shall be revealed with those that be with him, and shall rejoice those who remain four hundred years.
\v 29 After these years shall my son Christ die of those who, and all that have the breath of \f + \fr 7:29 \ft Lat. \fqa man \f* life.
\v 30 And the world shall be turned into the old silence seven days, like as in the first beginning: so that no man shall remain.
\v 31 And after seven days the world, that yet awakens not, shall be raised up, and that shall die that is corruptible.
\v 32 And the earth shall restore those that are asleep in her, and so shall the dust those that dwell therein in silence, and the \f + \fr 7:32 \ft Or, \fqa chambers \ft See 2 Esdras 4:35. \f* secret places shall deliver those souls that were committed to them.
\v 33 And the Most High shall be revealed upon the seat of judgement, \f + \fr 7:33 \ft The Syriac adds \fqa and the end shall come. \f* and compassion shall pass away, and patience shall be withdrawn:
\v 34 but judgement only shall remain, truth shall stand, and faith shall wax strong:
\v 35 and the work shall follow, and the reward shall be showed, and good deeds shall awake, and wicked deeds shall not sleep. \f + \fr 7:35 \ft The passage from verse [36] to verse [105], formerly missing, has been restored to the text. See Preface, page ix. \f*
\v 36 And the \f + \fr 7:36 \ft So the chief Oriental versions. The Latin MSS. have \fqa place. \f* pit of torment shall appear, and near it shall be the place of rest: and the furnace of \f + \fr 7:36 \ft Lat. \fqa Gehenna. \f* shall be showed, and near it the paradise of delight.
\v 37 And then shall the Most High say to the nations that are raised from the dead, See you° and understand whom you° have denied, or whom you° have not served, or whose commandments you° have despised.
\v 38 Look on this side and on that: here is delight and rest, and there fire and torments. Thus \f + \fr 7:38 \ft So the chief Oriental versions. The Latin has \fqa shall you speak. \f* shall he speak to them in the day of judgement:
\v 39 This is a day that has neither sun, nor moon, nor stars,
\v 40 neither cloud, nor thunder, nor lightning, neither wind, nor water, nor air, neither darkness, nor evening, nor morning,
\v 41 neither summer, nor spring, nor heat, nor \f + \fr 7:41 \ft Or, \fqa storm \f* winter, neither frost, nor cold, nor hail, nor rain, nor dew,
\v 42 neither noon, nor night, nor dawn, neither shining, nor brightness, nor light, save only the splendor of the glory of the Most High, whereby all shall see the things that are set before them:
\v 43 for it shall endure as it were a week of years.
\v 44 This is my judgement and the ordinance thereof; but to you only have I showed these things.
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\v 45 And I answered, I said even then, O Lord, and I say now: blessed are those who are now alive and keep the \add statutes \add* ordained of you.
\v 46 But as touching them for whom my prayer was made, \add what shall I say? \add* for who is there of those who are alive that has not sinned, and who of the sons \add of men \add* that has not transgressed your covenant?
\v 47 And now I see, that the world to come shall bring delight to few, but torments to many.
\v 48 For an evil heart has grown up in us, which has led us astray from these \add statutes, \add* and has brought us into corruption and into the ways of death, has showed us the paths of perdition and removed us far from life; and that, not a few only, but well near all that have been created.
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\v 49 And he answered me, and said, Listen to me, and I will instruct you; and I will admonish you yet again:
\v 50 for this cause the Most High has not made one world, but two.
\v 51 For whereas you have said that the just are not many, but few, and the ungodly abound, hear \add the answer \add* thereto.
\v 52 If you have exceedingly few choice stones, \f + \fr 7:52 \ft The Latin is here corrupt. \f* will you set for you near them according to their number \add things of \add* lead and clay?
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\v 53 And I said, Lord, how shall this be?
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\v 54 And he said to me, Not only this, but ask the earth, and she shall tell you; entreat her, and she shall declare to you.
\v 55 For you shall say to her, You bring forth gold and silver and brass, and iron also and lead and clay:
\v 56 but silver is more abundant than gold, and brass than silver, and iron than brass, lead than iron, and clay than lead.
\v 57 Judge you therefore which things are precious and to be desired, what is abundant or what is rare.
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\v 58 And I said, O Lord that bear rule, that which is plentiful is of less worth, for that which is more rare is more precious.
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\v 59 And he answered me, and said, \f + \fr 7:59 \ft The Latin here is corrupt. \f* Weigh within yourself the things that you have thought, for he that has what is hard to get rejoices over him that has what is plentiful.
\v 60 So also is the \f + \fr 7:60 \ft The Latin is here corrupt. \f* judgement which I have promised: for I will rejoice over the few that shall be saved, inasmuch as these are those who have made my glory now to prevail, and of whom my name is now named.
\v 61 And I will not grieve over the multitude of those who perish; for these are those who are now like to vapor, and are become as flame and smoke; they are set on fire and burn hotly, and are quenched.
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\v 62 And I answered and said, O you earth, wherefore have you brought forth, if the mind is made out of dust, like as all other created things?
\v 63 For it were better that the dust itself had been unborn, so that the mind might not have been made therefrom.
\v 64 But now the mind grows with us, and by reason of this we are tormented, because we perish and know it.
\v 65 Let the race of men lament and the beasts of the field be glad; let all that are born lament, but let the four-footed beasts and the cattle rejoice.
\v 66 For it is far better with them than with us; for they look not for judgement, neither do they know of torments or of salvation promised to them after death.
\v 67 For what does it profit us, that we shall be preserved alive, but yet be afflicted with torment?
\v 68 For all that are born are \f + \fr 7:68 \ft The Latin is here corrupt. \f* defiled with iniquities, and are full of sins and laden with offences:
\v 69 and if after death we were not to come into judgement, perhaps it had been better for us.
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\v 70 And he answered me, and said, When the Most High made the world, and Adam and all those who came of him, he first prepared the Judgement and the things that pertain to the judgement.
\v 71 And now understand from your own words, for you have said that the mind grows with us.
\v 72 They therefore that dwell upon the earth shall be tormented for this reason, that having understanding they have done iniquity, and receiving commandments have not kept them, and having obtained a law they dealt unfaithfully with that which they received.
\v 73 What then will they have to say in the judgement, or how will they answer in the last times?
\v 74 For how great a time has the Most High been patient with those who inhabit the world, and not for their sakes, but because of the times which he has foreordained!
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\v 75 And I answered and said, if I have found grace in your sight, O Lord, show this also to your servant, whether after death, even now when every one of us gives up his soul, we shall be kept in rest until those times come, in which you shall renew the creation, or whether we shall be tormented forthwith.
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\v 76 And he answered me, and said, I will show you this also; but join not yourself with those who are scorners, nor count yourself with those who are tormented.
\v 77 For you have a treasure of \add good \add* works laid up with the Most High, but it shall not be showed you until the last times.
\v 78 For concerning death the teaching is: When the determinate sentence has gone forth from the Most High that a man should die, as the spirit leaves the body to return again to him who gave it, it adores the glory of the Most High first of all.
\v 79 And if it be one of those that have been scorners and have not kept the way of the Most High, and that have despised his law, and that hate those who fear \f + \fr 7:79 \ft Another reading is, \fqa him. \f* God,
\v 80 these spirits shall not enter into habitations, but shall wander and be in torments forthwith, ever grieving and sad, in seven ways.
\v 81 The first way, because they have despised the law of the Most High.
\v 82 The second way, because they can’t now make a good returning that they may live.
\v 83 The third way, they shall see the reward laid up for those who have believed the covenants of the Most High.
\v 84 The fourth way, they shall consider the torment laid up for themselves in the last days.
\v 85 The fifth way, they shall see the dwelling places of the others guarded by angels, with great quietness.
\v 86 The sixth way, they shall see \f + \fr 7:86 \ft The passage is corrupt. \f* how forthwith some of them shall pass into torment.
\v 87 The seventh way, which is \f + \fr 7:87 \ft Lat. \fqa greater \f* more grievous than all the aforesaid ways, because they shall pine away in confusion and be consumed with \f + \fr 7:87 \ft The Latin is here corrupt. \f* shame, and shall be withered up by fears, seeing the glory of the Most High before whom they have sinned while living, and before whom they shall be judged in the last times.
\v 88 Now this is the order of those who have kept the ways of the Most High, when they shall be separated from the corruptible vessel.
\v 89 In the time \f + \fr 7:89 \ft The Latin is here corrupt. \f* that they lived therein they painfully served the Most High, and were in jeopardy every hour, that they might keep the law of the lawgiver perfectly.
\v 90 Wherefore this is the teaching concerning them:
\v 91 First of all they shall see with great joy the glory of him who takes them up, for they shall have rest in seven orders.
\v 92 The first order, because they have labored with great effort to overcome the evil thought which was fashioned together with them, that it might not lead them astray from life into death.
\v 93 The second order, because they see the perplexity in which the souls of the ungodly wander, and the punishment that awaits them.
\v 94 The third order, they see the witness which he that fashioned them bears concerning them, that while they lived they kept the law which was given them in trust.
\v 95 The fourth order, they understand the rest which, being gathered in their chambers, they now enjoy with great quietness, guarded by angels, and the glory that awaits them in the last days.
\v 96 The fifth order, they rejoice, \add seeing \add* how they have now escaped from that which is corruptible, and how they shall inherit that which is to come, while they see moreover the straitness and the \f + \fr 7:96 \ft The Latin is here corrupt. \f* painfulness from which they have been delivered, and the large room which they shall receive with joy and immortality.
\v 97 The sixth order, when it is showed to them how their face shall shine as the sun, and how they shall be made like to the light of the stars, being henceforth incorruptible.
\v 98 The seventh order, which is greater than all the aforesaid orders, because they shall rejoice with confidence, and because they shall be bold without confusion, and shall be glad without fear, for they hasten to behold the face of him whom in their lifetime they served, and from whom they shall receive \add their \add* reward in glory.
\v 99 This is the order of the souls of the just, as from henceforth \f + \fr 7:99 \ft The latin is here corrupt. \f* is announcer to them, \add and \add* aforesaid are the ways of torture which those who would not give heed shall suffer from henceforth.
\v 100 And I answered and said, shall time therefore be given to the souls after they are separated from the bodies, that they may see that whereof you have spoken to me?
\v 101 And he said, Their freedom shall be for seven days, that for seven days they may see the things whereof you have been told, and afterwards they shall be gathered together in their habitations.
\v 102 And I answered and said, if I have found favor in your sight, show further to me your servant whether in the day of judgment the just will be able to intercede for the ungodly or to entreat the Most High for them,
\v 103 whether fathers for children, or children for parents, or kindred for kindred, or kinsfolk for their next of kin, or \f + \fr 7:103 \ft So the Oriental versions. \f* friends for those who are most dear.
\v 104 And he answered me, and said, Since you have found favor in my sight, I will show you this also: The day of judgement is \f + \fr 7:104 \ft The Latin has \fqa a bold day \f* a day of decision, and displays to all the seal of truth; even as now a father sends not his son, or a son his father, or a master his slave, or a \f + \fr 7:104 \ft So the Oriental versions. \f* friend him that is most dear, that in his stead he may \f + \fr 7:104 \ft the Latin has \fqa understand. \f* be sick, or sleep, or eat, or be healed:
\v 105 so never shall anyone pray for another \f + \fr 7:105 \ft So the Syriac. The Latin omits \fqa in that day...another. \f* in that day, neither shall one lay a burden on another, for then shall everyone will each bear his own righteousness or unrighteousness.
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\v 106 And I answered and said, How do we now find that first Abraham prayed for the people of Sodom, and Moses for the fathers that sinned in the wilderness:
\v 107 and Joshua after him for Israel in the days of \f + \fr 7:107 \ft That is, \fqa Achan. \ft See Joshua 7:1. \f* Achar:
\v 108 and Samuel \f + \fr 7:108 \ft So the Syriac and other versions. The Latin omits \fqa in the days of Saul. \f* in the days of Saul; and David for the plague: and Solomon for those who \add should worship \add* in the sanctuary:
\v 109 and Elijah for those that received rain; and for the dead, that he might live:
\v 110 and Hezekiah for the people in the days of Sennacherib: and many for many?
\v 111 If therefore now, when corruption is grown up, and unrighteousness increased, the righteous have prayed for the ungodly, wherefore shall it not be so then also?
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\v 112 He answered me, and said, This present world is not the end; the full glory remains \f + \fr 7:112 \ft Omitted in the Latin. \f* not therein: therefore have they who were able prayed for the weak.
\v 113 But the day of judgement shall be the end of this time, \f + \fr 7:113 \ft Omitted in the Latin. \f* and the beginning of the immortality for to come, wherein corruption is passed away,
\v 114 intemperance is at an end, infidelity is cut off, but righteousness is grown, and truth is sprung up.
\v 115 Then shall no man be able to have mercy on him that is cast in judgement, nor to thrust down him that has gotten the victory.
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\v 116 I answered then and said, this is my first and last saying, that it had been better that the earth had not given \add you \add* Adam: or else, when it had given \add him, \add* to have restrained him from sinning.
\v 117 For what profit is it for all that are in this present time to live in heaviness, and after death to look for punishment?
\v 118 O you Adam, what have you done? For though it was you that sinned, the evil is not fallen on you alone, but upon all of us that come of you.
\v 119 For what profit is it to us, if there be promised us an immortal time, whereas we have done the works that bring death?
\v 120 And that there is promised us an everlasting hope, whereas ourselves most miserably are become vain?
\v 121 And that there are reserved habitations of health and safety, whereas we have lived wickedly?
\v 122 And that the glory of the Most High shall defend them which have led a pure life, whereas we have walked in the most wicked ways of all?
\v 123 And that there shall be showed a paradise, whose fruit endures without decay, wherein is abundance and healing, but we shall not enter into it,
\v 124 for we have walked in unpleasant places?
\v 125 And that the faces of them which have used abstinence shall shine above the stars, whereas our faces shall be blacker than darkness?
\v 126 For while we lived and committed iniquity, we considered not what we should have to suffer after death.
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\v 127 Then he answered and said, This is the \f + \fr 7:127 \ft Or, \fqa intent \f* condition of the battle, which man that is born upon the earth shall fight;
\v 128 that, if he be overcome, he shall suffer as you have said: but if he get the victory, he shall receive the thing that I say.
\v 129 For this is the way whereof Moses spoke to the people while he lived, saying, Choose you life, that you may live.
\v 130 Nevertheless they believed not him, nor yet the prophets after him, no, nor me which have spoken to them;
\v 131 so that there shall not be such heaviness in their destruction, as there shall be joy over those who are persuaded to salvation.
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\v 132 I answered then and said, I know, Lord, that the Most High is now called merciful, in that he has mercy upon them which are not yet come into the world;
\v 133 and compassionate, in that he has compassion upon those that turn to his law;
\v 134 and patient, for that he long suffers those that have sinned, as his creatures;
\v 135 and bountiful, for that he is ready to give rather than to exact;
\v 136 and of great mercy, for that he multiplies more and more mercies to those who are present, and that are past, and also to them which are to come;
\v 137 (for if he multiplied not \add his mercies, \add* the world would not continue with those who dwell therein;)
\v 138 and one that forgives, for if he didn’t forgive of his goodness, that they which have committed iniquities might be eased of them, the ten thousandth part of men would not remain living;
\v 139 and a judge, \add for \add* if he didn’t pardon those who were created by his word, and blot out the multitude of \f + \fr 7:139 \ft Lat. \fqa contempts. \f* offences,
\v 140 there would perhaps be very few left in an innumerable multitude.


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\v 1 And he answered me, and said, The Most High has made this world for many, but the world to come for few.
\v 2 I will tell you now a similitude, Esdras; As when you asks the earth, it shall say to you, that it gives very much mold whereof earthen vessels are made, and little dust that gold comes of: even so is the course of the present world.
\v 3 There be many created, but few shall be saved.
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\v 4 And I answered and said, Swallow down understanding then, O my soul, and let \add my heart \add* devour wisdom.
\v 5 For you \f + \fr 8:5 \ft So the Syriac. The Latin is incorrect. \f* are come here without your will, and depart when you would not: for there is given you no longer space than only to live a short time.
\v 6 O Lord, that are over us, suffer your servant, that we may pray before you, and give us seed to our heart, and culture to our understanding, that there may come fruit of it, whereby every one shall live that is corrupt, who bears the \f + \fr 8:6 \ft So the Syriac. The Latin has \fqa place. \f* likeness of a man.
\v 7 For you are alone, and we all one workmanship of your hands, like as you have said.
\v 8 Forasmuch as you quicken the body that is fashioned now in the womb, and give it members, your creature is preserved in fire and water, and nine months does your workmanship endure your creature which is created in her.
\v 9 But that which keeps and that which is kept shall both be kept \f + \fr 8:9 \ft So the Syriac. The Latin is imperfect. \f* by your keeping: and when the womb gives up again that which has grown in it,
\v 10 you have commanded that out of the parts of the body, that is to say, out of the breasts, be given milk, which is the fruit of the breasts,
\v 11 that the thing which is fashioned may be nourished for a time, and afterwards you shall order it in your mercy.
\v 12 Yes, you have brought it up in your righteousness, and nurtured it in your law, and corrected it with your judgement.
\v 13 And you shall mortify it as your creature, and quicken it as your work.
\v 14 If therefore you shall \f + \fr 8:14 \ft So the Syriac. The Latin is incorrect. \f* lightly and suddenly destroy him which with so great labor was fashioned by your commandment, to what purpose was he made?
\v 15 Now therefore I will speak; touching man in general, you know best; but touching your people \add I will speak, \add* for whose sake I am sorry;
\v 16 and for your inheritance, for whose cause I mourn; and for Israel, for whom I am heavy; and for the seed of Jacob, for whose sake I am troubled;
\v 17 therefore I will begin to pray before you for myself and for them: for I see the falls of us that dwell in the land;
\v 18 but I have heard the swiftness of the judgment which is to come.
\v 19 Therefore hear my voice, and understand my saying, and I will speak before you.
\p The beginning of the words of Esdras, before he was taken up. And he said,
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\v 20 O Lord, you who \f + \fr 8:20 \ft Or, \fqa inhabitest eternity \f* remain forever, whose eyes are exalted, and whose chambers are in the air;
\v 21 whose throne is inestimable; whose glory may not be comprehended; before whom the army of angels stand with trembling,
\v 22 \f + \fr 8:22 \ft According to the chief Oriental versions. The Latin has, even they \fqa whose service takes the form of wind etc. \f* at whose bidding they are changed to wind and fire; whose word is sure, and sayings constant; whose ordinance is strong, and commandment fearful;
\v 23 whose look dries up the depths, and whose indignation makes the mountains to melt away, and whose truth bears witness:
\v 24 hear, O Lord, the prayer of your servant, and give ear to the petition of your handiwork;
\v 25 attend to my words, for so long as I live I will speak, and so long as I have understanding I will answer.
\v 26 O look not upon the sins of your people; but on those who have served you in truth,
\v 27 Regard not the doings of those who deal wickedly, but of those who have kept your covenants in affliction.
\v 28 Think not upon those that have walked feignedly before you; but remember them which have willingly known your fear.
\v 29 Let it not be your will to destroy them which have lived like cattle; but look upon those who have \f + \fr 8:29 \ft The Syriac has \fqa received the brightness of your law. \f* clearly taught your law.
\v 30 Take you no indignation at them which are deemed worse than beasts; but love those who have always put their trust in your glory.
\v 31 For we and our fathers have \f + \fr 8:31 \ft So the Syriac and Aethiopic versions.\f* passed our lives in \f + \fr 8:31 \ft Lat. \fqa manners. \f* ways that bring death: but you because of us sinners \f + \fr 8:31 \ft Another reading is, \fqa shall be. \f* are called merciful.
\v 32 For if you have a desire to have mercy upon us, then shall you be called merciful, to us, namely, that have no works of righteousness.
\v 33 For the just, which have many \add good \add* works laid up with you, shall for their own deeds receive reward.
\v 34 For what is man, that you should take displeasure at him? or what is a corruptible race, that you should be so bitter toward it?
\v 35 For in truth there is no man among those who are born, but he has dealt wickedly; and among them \f + \fr 8:35 \ft So the Syriac. There appears to be an error in the Latin text. \f* that have lived there is none which have not done amiss.
\v 36 For in this, O Lord, your righteousness and your goodness shall be declared, if you be merciful to them which have no store of good works.
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\v 37 Then answered he me, and said, Some things have you spoken aright, and according to your words so shall it come to pass.
\v 38 For indeed I will not think on the fashioning of them which have sinned, or their death, their judgement, or their destruction;
\v 39 but I will rejoice over the framing of the righteous, their pilgrimage also, and the salvation, and the reward, that they shall have.
\v 40 Like therefore as I have spoken, so shall it be.
\v 41 For as the husbandman sows much seed upon the ground, and plants many trees, and yet not all that is sown shall \f + \fr 8:41 \ft Lat. \fqa be saved. \f* come up in due season, neither shall all that is planted take root: even so those who are sown in the world shall not all be saved.
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\v 42 I answered then and said, if I have found favor, let me speak before you.
\v 43 Forasmuch as the husbandman’s seed, if it come not up, seeing that it has not received your rain in due season, or if it be corrupted through too much rain, \f + \fr 8:43 \ft So the printed Latin text. The earlier MSS. are corrupt.\f* so perishes;
\v 44 likewise man, which is formed with your hands, and is called your own image, because he is made like \add to you, \add* for whose sake you have formed all things, even him have you made like to the husbandman’s seed.
\v 45 Be not angry with us, but spare your people, and have mercy upon your inheritance; for you have mercy upon your own creation.
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\v 46 Then answered he me, and said, Things present are for those who now be, and things to come for such as shall be hereafter.
\v 47 For you come far short that you should be able to love my creature more than I. But you have brought yourself full near to the unrighteous. \add Let this \add* never \add be. \add*
\v 48 Yet in this shall you be admirable to the Most High;
\v 49 in that you have humbled yourself, as it becomes you, and have not judged yourself \add worthy to be \add* among the righteous, so as to be much glorified.
\v 50 For many grievous miseries shall fall on those who in the last times dwell in the world, because they have walked in great pride.
\v 51 But understand you for yourself, and of such as be like you seek out the glory.
\v 52 For to you is paradise opened, the tree of life planted, the time to come is prepared, plenteousness is made ready, a city is built, and rest is \f + \fr 8:52 \ft The Syriac has \fqa established. \f* allowed, goodness is perfected, wisdom being perfect beforehand.
\v 53 The root \add of evil \add* is sealed up from you, weakness is done away from you, and \f + \fr 8:53 \ft After the chief Oriental versions. \f* [death] is hidden; hell and corruption are fled into forgetfulness:
\v 54 sorrows are passed away, and in the end is showed the treasure of immortality.
\v 55 Therefore ask you no more questions concerning the multitude of them that perish.
\v 56 For when they had received liberty, they despised the Most High, thought scorn of his law, and forsook his ways.
\v 57 Moreover they have trodden down his righteous,
\v 58 and said in their heart, that there is no God; yes, and that knowing they must die.
\v 59 For as the things aforesaid shall receive you, so thirst and pain which are prepared \add shall receive \add* them: for the Most High willed not that men should come to nothing:
\v 60 but they which be created have themselves defiled the name of him that made them, and were unthankful to him which prepared life for them.
\v 61 And therefore is my judgement now at hand,
\v 62 which I have not showed to all men, but to you, and a few like you.
\p Then answered I and said,
\v 63 Behold, O Lord, now have you showed me the multitude of the wonders, which you will do in the last times: but at what time, you have not showed me.


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\v 1 And he answered me, and said, Measure you diligently within yourself: and when you see that a certain part of the signs are past, which have been told you beforehand,
\v 2 then shall you understand, that it is the very time, wherein the Most High will visit the world which was made by him.
\v 3 And when there shall be seen in the world earthquakes, disquietude of peoples, plans of nations, wavering of leaders, disquietude of princes,
\v 4 then shall you understand, that the Most High spoke of these things from the days that were aforetime from the beginning.
\v 5 For like as of all that is made in the world, the beginning \f + \fr 9:5 \ft So the Syriac. The Latin is corrupt. \f* is evident, and the end manifest;
\v 6 so also are the times of the Most High: the beginnings are manifest in wonders and mighty works, and the end in effects and signs.
\v 7 And everyone that shall be saved, and shall be able to escape by his works, or by faith, whereby he has believed,
\v 8 shall be preserved from the said perils, and shall see my salvation in my land, and within my borders, which I have sanctified for me from the beginning.
\v 9 Then shall they be amazed, which now have abused my ways: and those who have cast them away despitefully shall dwell in torments.
\v 10 For as many as in their life have received benefits, and yet have not known me;
\v 11 and as many as have scorned my law, while they had yet liberty, and, when as yet place of repentance was open to them, understood not, but despised \f + \fr 9:11 \ft Or, me \f* \add it, \add*
\v 12 must know \f + \fr 9:12 \ft Or, me \f* \add it \add* after death by torment.
\v 13 And therefore be you no longer curious how the ungodly shall be punished; but inquire how the righteous shall be saved, \f + \fr 9:13 \ft So the Syriac and other versions. The Latin has \fqa and whose... \ft created, \fqa and when. \f* they whose the world \add is, \add* and for whom the world \add was created. \add*
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\v 14 And I answered and said,
\v 15 I have said before, and now do speak, and will speak it also hereafter, that there be more of them which perish, than of the which will be saved:
\v 16 like as a wave is greater than a drop.
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\v 17 And he answered me, saying, Just as the field is, so also the seed; and as the flowers be, such are the colors also; and such as the work is, such also is the \f + \fr 9:17 \ft So the Aethiopic and Arabic. The Latin has \fqa creation. \f* judgement \add on it; \add* and as is the husbandman, so is his threshing floor also. For there was a time in the world,
\v 18 even then when I was preparing for those who now live, before the world was made for them to dwell in; and then no man spoke against me,
\v 19 for \f + \fr 9:19 \ft So the Syriac. \f* there was not any: but now they which are created in this world that is prepared, both \f + \fr 9:19 \ft So the Syriac. \f* with a table that fails not, and a law which is unsearchable, are corrupted in their manners.
\v 20 So I considered my world, and, behold, it was destroyed, and my earth, and, behold, it was in peril, because of the plans that had come into it.
\v 21 And I saw, and spared them, but not greatly, and saved me a grape out of a cluster, and a plant out of \f + \fr 9:21 \ft So the Syriac and other versions. The Latin has \fqa great tribes. \f* a great forest.
\v 22 Let the multitude perish then, which was born in vain; and let my grape be saved, and my plant; for with great labor have I made them perfect.
\v 23 Nevertheless if you will cease yet seven days more, (however you shall not fast in them,
\v 24 but shall go into a field of flowers, where no house is built, and eat only of the flowers of the field; and you shall taste no flesh, and shall drink no wine, but \add shall eat \add* flowers only;)
\v 25 and pray to the Most High continually, then I will come and talk with you.
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\v 26 So I went my way, like as he commanded me, into the field which is called \f + \fr 9:26 \ft The Syriac and Aethiopic have \fqa Arphad. \f* Ardat; and there I sat among the flowers, and did eat of the herbs of the field, and its meat satisfied me.
\v 27 And it came to pass after seven days that I lay upon the grass, and my heart was vexed again, like as before:
\v 28 and my mouth was opened, and I began to speak before the Lord Most High, and said,
\v 29 O Lord, you did show yourself among us, to our fathers in the wilderness, when they went forth out of Egypt, and when they came into the wilderness, where no man treads and that bears no fruit;
\v 30 and you did say, Hear me, you Israel; and mark my words, O seed of Jacob.
\v 31 For, behold, I sow my law in you, and it shall bring forth fruit in you, and you° shall be glorified in it forever.
\v 32 But our fathers, which received the law, kept it not, and observed not the statutes: and the fruit of the law didn’t perish, neither could it, for it was your;
\v 33 yet those who received it perished, because they kept not the thing that was sown in them.
\v 34 And, behold, it is a custom, that when the ground has received seed, or the sea a ship, or any vessel meat or drink, and when it comes to pass that that which is sown, or that which is launched,
\v 35 or the things which have been received, should come to an end, these come to an end, but the receptacles remain: yet with us it has not happened so.
\v 36 For we that have received the law shall perish by sin, and our heart also which received it.
\v 37 Notwithstanding the law perishes not, but remains in its honor.
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\v 38 And when I spoke these things in my heart, I looked about me with my eyes, and upon the right side I saw a woman, and, behold, she mourned and wept with a loud voice, and was much grieved in mind, and her clothes were tore, and she had ashes upon her head.
\v 39 Then let I my thoughts go wherein I was occupied, and turned me to her,
\v 40 and said to her, Why do you weep? and why are you grieved in your mind?
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\v 41 And she said to me, Let me alone, my Lord, that I may bewail myself, and add to my sorrow, for I am sore vexed in my mind, and brought very low.
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\v 42 And I said to her, What ails you? Tell me.
\v 43 She said to me, I your servant was barren, and had no child, though I had a husband thirty years.
\v 44 And every hour and every day these thirty years did I make my prayer to the Most High day and night.
\v 45 And it came to pass after thirty years that God heard me your handmaid, and looked upon my low estate, and considered my trouble, and gave me a son: and I rejoiced in him greatly, I and my husband, and all my \f + \fr 9:45 \ft Lat. \fqa townsmen. \f* neighbors: and we gave great honor to the Mighty.
\v 46 And I nourished him with great travail.
\v 47 So when he grew up, and I came to take him a wife, I made him a feast day.


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\mt1 THE FOURTH BOOK OF THE MACCABEES
\ip \bk The Fourth Book of the Maccabees\bk* appears in an appendix to the Greek Septuagint. It is considered to be apocrypha by most church traditions. It is preserved here for its supplementary historical value.


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\v 1 As I am going to demonstrate a most philosophical proposition, namely, that religious reasoning is absolute master of the passions, I would willingly advise you to give the utmost heed to philosophy.
\v 2 For reason is necessary to every one as a step to science: and more especially does it embrace the praise of prudence, the highest virtue.
\v 3 If, then, reasoning appears to hold the mastery over the passions which stand in the way of temperance, such as gluttony and lust,
\v 4 it surely also and manifestly has the rule over the affections which are contrary to justice, such as malice; and of those which are hindrances to manliness, as wrath, and pain, and fear.
\v 5 How, then, is it, perhaps some may say, that reasoning, if it rule the affections, is not also master of forgetfulness and ignorance? They attempt a ridiculous argument.
\v 6 For reasoning does not rule over its own affections, but over such as are contrary to justice, and manliness and temperance, and prudence; and yet over these, so as to withstand, without destroying them.
\v 7 I might prove to you, from many other considerations, that religious reasoning is sole master of the passions;
\v 8 but I shall prove it with the greatest force from the fortitude of Eleazar, and seven kindred, and their mother, who suffered death in defense of virtue.
\v 9 For all these, treating pains with contempt even to death, by this contempt, demonstrated that reasoning has command over the passions.
\v 10 For their virtues, then, it is right that I should commend those men who died with their mother at this time in behalf of rectitude; and for their honors, I may count them happy.
\v 11 For they, winning admiration not only from men in general, but even from the persecutors, for their manliness and endurance, became the means of the destruction of the tyranny against their nation, having conquered the tyrant by their endurance, so that by them their country was purified.
\v 12 But we may now at once enter upon the question, having commenced, as is our wont, with laying down the doctrine, and so proceed to the account of these persons, giving glory to the all wise God.
\v 13 The question, therefore, is, whether reasoning be absolute master of the passions.
\v 14 Let’s determine, then, What is reasoning? and what passion? and how many forms of the passions? and whether reasoning bears sway over all of these?
\v 15 Reasoning is, then, intellect accompanied by a life of rectitude, putting foremost the consideration of wisdom.
\v 16 And wisdom is a knowledge of divine and human things, and of their causes.
\v 17 And this is contained in the education of the law; by means of which we learn divine things reverently, and human things profitably.
\v 18 And the forms of wisdom are prudence, and justice, and manliness, and temperance.
\v 19 The leading one of these is prudence; by whose means, indeed, it is that reasoning bears rule over the passions.
\v 20 Of the passions, pleasure and pain are the two most comprehensive; and they also by nature refer to the soul.
\v 21 And there are many attendant affections surrounding pleasure and pain.
\v 22 Before pleasure is lust; and after pleasure, joy.
\v 23 And before pain is fear; and after pain is sorrow.
\v 24 Wrath is an affection, common to pleasure and to pain, if any one will pay attention when it comes upon him.
\v 25 And there exists in pleasure a malicious disposition, which is the most multiform of all the affections.
\v 26 In the soul it is arrogance, and love of money, and vaingloriousness, and contention, and faithlessness, and the evil eye.
\v 27 In the body it is greediness and gormandizing, and solitary gluttony.
\v 28 As pleasure and pain are, therefore, two growth of the body and the soul, so there are many offshoots of these passions.
\v 29 And reasoning, the universal husbandman, purging, and pruning these severally, and binding round, and watering, and transplanting, in every way improves the materials of the morals and affections.
\v 30 For reasoning is the leader of the virtues, but it is the sole ruler of the passions. Observe then first, through the very things which stand in the way of temperance, that reasoning is absolute ruler of the passions.
\v 31 Now temperance consists of a command over the lusts.
\v 32 But of the lusts, some belong to the soul, others to the body: and over each of these classes the reasoning appears to bear sway.
\v 33 For whence is it, otherwise, that when urged on to forbidden meats, we reject the gratification which would ensue from them? Is it not because reasoning is able to command the appetites? I believe so.
\v 34 Hence it is, then, that when lusting after water-animals and birds, and four-footed beasts, and all kinds of food which are forbidden us by the law, we withhold ourselves through the mastery of reasoning.
\v 35 For the affections of our appetites are resisted by the temperate understanding, and bent back again, and all the impulses of the body are reined in by reasoning.


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\v 1 Now this one, having endured this praiseworthy death, the third was brought along, and exhorted by many to taste and save his life.
\v 2 But he cried out and said, Know you° not, that the father of those who are dead, became the father of me also; and that the same mother bare me; and that I was brought up in the same tenets?
\v 3 I renounce not the noble relationship of my kindred.
\v 4 Now then, whatever instrument of vengeance you° have, apply it to my body, for you° are not able to touch, even if you° wish it, my soul.
\v 5 But they, highly incensed at his boldness of speech, dislocated his hands and feet with racking engines, and wrenching them from their sockets, dismembered him.
\v 6 And they dragged round his fingers, and his arms, and his legs, and his ankles.
\v 7 And not being able by any means to strangle him, they tore off his skin, together with the extreme tips of his fingers and then dragged him to the wheel;
\v 8 around which his vertebral joints were loosened, and he saw his own flesh torn to shreds, and streams of blood flowing from his entrails.
\v 9 And when about to die, he said,
\v 10 We, O accursed tyrant, suffer this for the sake of Divine education and virtue.
\v 11 But you, for your impiety and blood shedding, shall endure indissoluble torments.
\v 12 And thus having died worthily of his kindred, they dragged forward the fourth, saying,
\v 13 Do not you share the madness of your kindred: but give regard to the king, and save yourself.
\v 14 But he said to them, You have not a fire so scorching as to make me play the coward.
\v 15 By the blessed death of my kindred, and the eternal punishment of the tyrant, and the glorious life of the pious, I will not repudiate the noble brotherhood.
\v 16 Invent, O tyrant, tortures; that you may learn, even through them, that I am the brother of those tormented before.
\v 17 When he had said this, the blood-thirsty, and murderous, and unhallowed Antiochus ordered his tongue to be cut out.
\v 18 But he said, Even if you take away the organ of speech, yet God hears the silent.
\v 19 Behold, my tongue is extended, cut it off; for not for that halt you extirpate our reasoning.
\v 20 Gladly do we lose our limbs in behalf of God.
\v 21 But God shall speedily find you, since you cut off the tongue, the instrument of divine melody.


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\v 1 And when he had died, disfigured in his torments, the fifth leaped forward, and said,
\v 2 I intend not, O tyrant, to get excused from the torment which is in behalf of virtue.
\v 3 But I have come of my own accord, that by the death of me, you may owe heavenly vengeance a punishment for more crimes.
\v 4 O you hater of virtue and of men, what have we done that you thus revel in our blood?
\v 5 Does it seem evil to you that we worship the Founder of all things, and live according to his surpassing law?
\v 6 But this is worthy of honors, not torments;
\v 7 had you been capable of the higher feelings of men, and possessed the hope of salvation from God.
\v 8 Behold now, being alien from God, you make war against those who are religious toward God.
\v 9 As he said this, the spearbearers bound him, and drew him to the catapelt:
\v 10 to which binding him at his knees, and fastening them with iron fetters, they bent down his loins upon the wedge of the wheel; and his body was then dismembered, scorpion-fashion.
\v 11 With his breath thus confined, and his body strangled, he said,
\v 12 A great favor you bestow upon us, O tyrant, by enabling us to manifest our adherence to the law by means of nobler sufferings.
\v 13 He also being dead, the sixth, quite a youth, was brought out; and on the tyrant asking him whether he would eat and be delivered, he said,
\v 14 I am indeed younger than my brothers, but in understanding I am as old;
\v 15 for having been born and reared to the same end, we are bound to die also in behalf of the same cause.
\v 16 So that if you° think proper to torment us for not eating the unclean, then torment!
\v 17 As he said this, they brought him to the wheel.
\v 18 Extended upon which, with limbs racked and dislocated, he was gradually roasted from beneath.
\v 19 And having heated sharp spits, they approached them to his back; and having transfixed his sides, they burned away his entrails.
\v 20 And he, while tormented, said, O period good and holy, in which, for the sake of religion, we kindred have been called to the contest of pain, and have not been conquered.
\v 21 For religious understanding, O tyrant, is unconquered.
\v 22 Armed with upright virtue, I also shall depart with my kindred.
\v 23 I, too, bearing with me a great avenger, O inventor of tortures, and enemy of the truly pious.
\v 24 We six youths have destroyed your tyranny.
\v 25 For is not your inability to overrule our reasoning, and to compel us to eat the unclean, your destruction?
\v 26 Your fire is cold to us, your catapelts are painless, and your violence harmless.
\v 27 For the guards not of a tyrant but of a divine law are our defenders: through this we keep our reasoning unconquered.


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\v 1 When he, too, had undergone blessed martyrdom, and died in the cauldron into which he had been thrown, the seventh, the youngest of all, came forward:
\v 2 whom the tyrant pitying, though he had been dreadfully reproached by his kindred,
\v 3 seeing him already encompassed with chains, had him brought nearer, and endeavored to counsel him, saying,
\v 4 You see the end of the madness of your kindred: for they have died in torture through disobedience; and you, if disobedient, having been miserably tormented, will yourself perish prematurely.
\v 5 But if you obey, you shall be my friend, and have a charge over the affairs of the kingdom.
\v 6 And having thus exhorted him, he sent for the mother of the boy; that, by condoling with her for the loss of so many sons, he might incline her, through the hope of safety, to render the survivor obedient.
\v 7 And he, after his mother had urged him on in the Hebrew tongue, (as we shall soon relate) says,
\v 8 Release me that I may speak to the king and all his friends.
\v 9 And they, rejoicing exceedingly at the promise of the youth, quickly let him go.
\v 10 And he, running up to the pans, said,
\v 11 Impious tyrant, and most blasphemous man, were you not ashamed, having received prosperity and a kingdom from God, to kill His servants, and to rack the doers of godliness?
\v 12 Wherefore the divine vengeance is reserving you for eternal fire and torments, which shall cling to you for all time.
\v 13 Were you not ashamed, man as you are, yet most savage, to cut out the tongues of men of like feeling and origin, and having thus abused to torture them?
\v 14 But they, bravely dying, fulfilled their religion toward God.
\v 15 But you shall groan according to your deserts for having slain without cause the champions of virtue.
\v 16 Wherefore, he continued, I myself, being about to die,
\v 17 will not forsake my kindred.
\v 18 And I call upon the God of my fathers to be merciful to my race.
\v 19 But you, both living and dead, he will punish.
\v 20 Thus having prayed, he hurled himself into the pans; and so expired.


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\v 1 If then, the seven kindred despised troubles even to death, it is confessed on all sides that righteous reasoning is absolute master over the passions.
\v 2 For just as if, had they as slaves to the passions, eaten of the unholy, we should have said that they had been conquered by the;
\v 3 now it is not so: but by means of the reasoning which is praised by God, they mastered their passions.
\v 4 And it is impossible to overlook the leadership of reflection: for it gained the victory over both passions and troubles.
\v 5 How, then, can we avoid according to these men mastery of passion through right reasoning, since they drew not back from the pains of fire?
\v 6 For just as by means of towers projecting in front of harbors men break the threatening waves, and thus assure a still course to vessels entering port,
\v 7 so that seven-towered right-reasoning of the young men, securing the harbour of religion, conquered the intermperance of passions.
\v 8 For having arranged a holy choir of piety, they encouraged one another, saying,
\v 9 Brothers, may we die brotherly for the law. Let us imitate the three young men in Assyria who despised the equally afflicting furnace.
\v 10 Let’s not be cowards in the manifestation of piety.
\v 11 And one said, Courage, brother; and another, Nobly endure.
\v 12 And another, Remember of what stock you° are; and by the hand of our father Isaac endured to be slain for the sake of piety.
\v 13 And one and all, looking on each other serene and confident, said, Let us sacrifice with all our heart our souls to God who gave them, and employ our bodies for the keeping of the law.
\v 14 Let’s not fear him who thinks he kills;
\v 15 for great is the trial of soul and danger of eternal torment laid up for those who transgress the commandment of God.
\v 16 Let’s arm ourselves, therefore, in the self-control, which is divine reasoning.
\v 17 If we suffer thus, Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob will receive us, and all the fathers will commend us.
\v 18 And as each one of the kindred was haled away, the rest exclaimed, Disgrace us not, O brother, nor falsify those who died before you.
\v 19 Now you are not ignorant of the charm of brotherhood, which the Divine and all wise Providence has imparted through fathers to children, and has engendered through the mother’s womb.
\v 20 In which these brothers having remained an equal time, and having been formed for the same period, and been increased by the same blood, and having been perfected through the same principle of life,
\v 21 and having been brought forth at equal intervals, and having sucked milk from the same springs, hence their brotherly souls are reared up lovingly together;
\v 22 and increase the more powerfully by reason of this simultaneous rearing, and by daily intercourse, and by other education, and exercise in the law of God.
\v 23 Brotherly love being thus sympathetically constituted, the seven kindred had a more sympathetic mutual harmony.
\v 24 For being educated in the same law, and practising the same virtues, and reared up in a just course of life, they increased this harmony with each other.
\v 25 For a like ardor for what is right and honorable increased their fellow-feeling toward each other.
\v 26 For it acting along with religion, made their brotherly feeling more desirable to them.
\v 27 And yet, although nature and intercourse and virtuous morals increased their brotherly love those who were left endured to behold their kindred, who were ill-used for their religion, tortured even to death.


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\v 1 And more that this, they even urged them on to this ill-treatment; so that they not only despised pains themselves, but they even got the better of their affections of brotherly love.
\v 2 O reasoning more royal than a king, and freer than freemen!
\v 3 Sacred and harmonious concert of the seven kindred as concerning piety!
\v 4 None of the seven youths turned cowardly, or shrank back from death.
\v 5 But all of them, as though running the road to immortality, hastened on to death through tortures.
\v 6 For just as hands and feet are moved sympathetically with the directions of the soul, so those holy youths agreed to death for religion’s sake, as through the immortal soul of religion.
\v 7 O holy seven of harmonious kindred! for as the seven days of creation, about religion,
\v 8 so the youths, circling around the number seven, annulled the fear of torments.
\v 9 We now shudder at the recital of the affliction of those young men; but they not only saw, and not only heard the immediate execution of the threat, but undergoing it, persevered; and that through the pains of fire.
\v 10 And what could be more painful? for the power of fire, being sharp and quick, speedily dissolved their bodies.
\v 11 And think it not wonderful that reasoning bore rule over those men in their torments, when even a woman’s mind despised more manifold pains.
\v 12 For the mother of those seven youths endured the rackings of each of her children.
\v 13 And consider how comprehensive is the love of offspring, which draws every one to sympathy of affection,
\v 14 where irrational animals possess a similar sympathy and love for their offspring with men.
\v 15 The tame birds frequenting the roofs of our houses, defend their fledglings.
\v 16 Others build their nests, and hatch their young, in the tops of mountains and in the precipices of valleys, and the holes and tops of trees, and keep off the intruder.
\v 17 And if not able to do this, they fly circling round them in agony of affection, calling out in their own note, and save their offspring in whatever manner they are able.
\v 18 But why should we point attention to the sympathy toward children shown by irrational animals?
\v 19 The very bees, at the season of honey-making, attack all who approach; and pierce with their sting, as with a sword, those who draw near their hive, and repel them even to death.
\v 20 But sympathy with her children didn’t turn away the mother of the young men, who had a spirit kindred with that of Abraham.


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\v 1 O reasoning of the sons, lord over the passions, and religion more desirable to a mother than progeny!
\v 2 The mother, when two things were set before here, religion and the safety of her seven sons for a time, on the conditional promise of a tyrant,
\v 3 rather elected the religion which according to God preserves to eternal life.
\v 4 O in what way can I describe ethically the affections of parents toward their children, the resemblance of soul and of form engrafted into the small type of a child in a wonderful manner, especially through the greater sympathy of mothers with the feelings of those born of them!
\v 5 for by how much mothers are by nature weak in disposition and prolific in offspring, by so much the fonder they are of children.
\v 6 And of all mothers the mother of the seven was the fondest of children, who in seven childbirths had deeply engendered love toward them;
\v 7 and through her many pains undergone in connection with each one, was compelled to feel sympathy with them;
\v 8 yet, through fear of God, she neglected the temporary salvation of her children.
\v 9 Not but that, on account of the excellent disposition to the law, her maternal affection toward them was increased.
\v 10 For they were both just and temperate, and manly, and high-minded, and fond of their kindred, and so fond of their mother that even to death they obeyed her by observing the law.
\v 11 And yet, though there were so many circumstances connected with love of children to draw on a mother to sympathy, in the case of none of them were the various tortures able to pervert her principle.
\v 12 But she inclined each one separately and all together to death for religion.
\v 13 O holy nature and parental feeling, and reward of bringing up children, and unconquerable maternal affection!
\v 14 At the racking and roasting of each one of them, the observant mother was prevented by religion from changing.
\v 15 She saw her children’s flesh dissolving around the fire; and their extremities quivering on the ground, and the flesh of their heads dropped forward down to their beards, like masks.
\v 16 O you mother, who was tried at this time with bitterer pangs than those of parturition!
\v 17 O you only woman who have brought forth perfect holiness!
\v 18 Your firstborn, expiring, turned you not; nor the second, looking miserable in his torments; nor the third, breathing out his soul.
\v 19 Nor when you did behold the eyes of each of them looking sternly upon their tortures, and their nostrils foreboding death, did you weep!
\v 20 When you did see children’s flesh heaped upon children’s flesh that had been torn off, heads decapitated upon heads, dead falling upon the dead, and a choir of children turned through torture into a burying ground, you lamented not.
\v 21 Not so do siren melodies, or songs of swans, attract the hearers to listening, O voices of children calling upon your mother in the midst of torments!
\v 22 With what and what manner of torments was the mother herself tortured, as her sons were undergoing the wheel and the fires!
\v 23 But religious reasoning, having strengthened her courage in the midst of sufferings, enabled her to forego, for the time, parental love.
\v 24 Although beholding the destruction of seven children, the noble mother, after one embrace, stripped off \add her feelings\add* through faith in God.
\v 25 For just as in a council-room, beholding in her own soul vehement counselors, nature and parentage and love of her children, and the racking of her children,
\v 26 she holding two votes, one for the death, the other for the preservation of her children,
\v 27 didn’t lean to that which would have saved her children for the safety of a brief space.
\v 28 But this daughter of Abraham remembered his holy fortitude.
\v 29 O holy mother of a nation avenger of the law, and defender of religion, and prime bearer in the battle of the affections!
\v 30 O you nobler in endurance than males, and more manly than men in perseverance!
\v 31 For as the ark of Noah, bearing the world in the world-filling flood, bore up against the waves,
\v 32 so you, the guardian of the law, when surrounded on every side by the flood of passions, and straitened by violent storms which were the torments of they children, did bear up nobly against the storms against religion.


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\v 1 If, then, even a woman, and that an aged one, and the mother of seven children, endured to see her children’s torments even to death, confessedly religious reasoning is master even of the passions.
\v 2 I have proved, then, that not only men have obtained the mastery of their passions, but also that a woman despised the greatest torments.
\v 3 And not so fierce were the lions round Daniel, nor the furnace of Misael burning with most vehement fires as that natural love of children burned within her, when she saw her seven sons tortured.
\v 4 But with the reasoning of religion the mother quenched passions so great and powerful.
\v 5 For we must consider also this: that, had the woman been faint hearted, as being their other, she would have lamented over them; and perhaps might have spoken thus:
\v 6 Ah! wretched I, and many times miserable; who having born seven sons, have become the mother of none.
\v 7 O seven useless childbirths, and seven profitless periods of labor, and fruitless givings of suck, and miserable nursings at the breast.
\v 8 Vainly, for your sakes, O sons, have I endured many pangs, and the more difficult anxieties of rearing.
\v 9 Alas, of my children, some of you unmarried, and some who have married to no profit, I shall not see your children, nor be felicitated as a grandmother.
\v 10 Ah, that I who had many and fair children, should be a lone widow full of sorrows!
\v 11 Nor, should I die, shall I have a son to bury me. But with such a lament as this the holy and God-fearing mother bewailed none of them.
\v 12 Nor did she divert any of them from death, nor grieve for them as for the dead.
\v 13 But as one possessed with an adamantine mind, and as one bringing forth again her full number of sons to immortality, she rather with supplication exhorted them to death in behalf of religion.
\v 14 O woman, soldier of God for religion, you, aged and a female, have conquered through endurance even a tyrant; and though but weak, have been found more powerful in deeds and words.
\v 15 For when you were seized along with your children, you stood looking upon Eleazar in torments, and said to your sons in the Hebrew tongue,
\v 16 O sons, noble is the contest; to which you being called as a witness for the nation, strive zealously for the laws of your country.
\v 17 For it were disgraceful that this old man should endure pains for the sake of righteousness, and that you who are younger should be afraid of the tortures.
\v 18 Remember that through God you° obtained existence, and have enjoyed it.
\v 19 And on this second account you° ought to bear every affliction because of God.
\v 20 For whom also our father Abraham was forward to sacrifice Isaac our progenitor, and shuddered not at the sight of his own paternal hand descending down with the sword upon him.
\v 21 And the righteous Daniel was cast to the lions; and Ananias, and Azarias, and Misael, were slung out into a furnace of fire; yet they endured through God.
\v 22 You, then, having the same faith toward God, be not troubled.
\v 23 For it is unreasonable that they who know religion should not stand up against troubles.
\v 24 With these arguments, the mother of seven, exhorting each of her sons, over-persuaded them from transgressing the commandment of God.
\v 25 And they saw this, too, that they who die for God, live to God; as Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the patriarchs.


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\v 1 And some of the spearbearers said, that when she herself was about to be seized for the purpose of being put to death, she threw herself upon the pile, rather than they should touch her person.
\v 2 O you mother, who together with seven children did destroy the violence of the tyrant, and render void his wicked intentions, and exhibit the nobleness of faith!
\v 3 For you, as a house bravely built upon the pillar of your children, did bear without swaying, the shock of tortures.
\v 4 Be of good cheer, therefore, O holy-minded mother! holding the firm \add substance of the\add* hope of your steadfastness with God.
\v 5 Not so gracious does the moon appear with the stars in heaven, as you are established honorable before God, and fixed in the firmament with your sons who you did illuminate with religion to the stars.
\v 6 For your bearing of children was after the fashion of a child of Abraham.
\v 7 And, were it lawful for us to paint as on a tablet the religion of your story, the spectators would not shudder at beholding the mother of seven children enduring for the sake of religion various tortures even to death.
\v 8 And it had been a worth thing to have inscribed upon the tomb itself these words as a memorial to those of the nation,
\v 9 Here an aged priest, and an aged woman, and seven sons, are buried through the violence of a tyrant, who wished to destroy the society of the Hebrews.
\v 10 These also avenged their nation, looking to God, and enduring torments to death.
\v 11 For it was truly a divine contest which was carried through by them.
\v 12 For at that time virtue presided over the contest, approving the victory through endurance, namely, immortality, eternal life.
\v 13 Eleazar was the first to contend: and the mother of the seven children entered the contest; and the kindred contended.
\v 14 The tyrant was the opposite; and the world and living men were the spectators.
\v 15 And reverence for God conquered, and crowned her own athletes.
\v 16 Who didn’t admire those champions of true legislation? who were not astonied?
\v 17 The tyrant himself, and all their council, admired their endurance;
\v 18 through which, also, they now stand beside the divine throne, and live a blessed life.
\v 19 For Moses says, And all the saints are under your hands.
\v 20 These, therefore, having been sanctified through God, have been honored not only with this honor, but that also by their means the enemy didn’t overcome our nation;
\v 21 and that the tyrant was punished, and their country purified.
\v 22 For they became the ransom to the sin of the nation; and the Divine Providence saved Israel, aforetime afflicted, by the blood of those pious ones, and the propitiatory death.
\v 23 For the tyrant Antiochus, looking to their manly virtue, and to their endurance in torture, proclaimed that endurance as an example to his soldiers.
\v 24 And they proved to be to him noble and brave for land battles and for sieges; and he conquered and stormed the towns of all his enemies.


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\v 1 O Israelitish children, descendants of the seed of Abraham, obey this law, and in every way be religious.
\v 2 Knowing that religious reasoning is lord of the passions, and those not only inward but outward.
\v 3 When those persons giving up their bodies to pains for the sake of religion, were not only admired by men, but were deemed worthy of a divine portion.
\v 4 And the nation through them obtained peace, and having renewed the observance of the law in their country, drove the enemy out of the land.
\v 5 And the tyrant Antiochus was both punished upon earth, and is punished now he is dead; for when he was quite unable to compel the Israelites to adopt foreign customs, and to desert the manner of life of their fathers,
\v 6 then, departing from Jerusalem, he made war against the Persians.
\v 7 And the righteous mother of the seven children spoke also as follows to her offspring: I was a pure virgin, and went not beyond my father’s house; but I took care of the built-up rib.
\v 8 No destroyer of the desert, \add or\add* ravisher of the plain, injured me; nor did the destructive, deceitful snake, make plunder of my chaste virginity; and I remained with my husband during the period of my prime.
\v 9 And these my children, having arrived at maturity, their father died: blessed was he! for having sought out a life of fertility in children, he was not grieved with a period of loss of children.
\v 10 And he used to teach you, when yet with you, the law and the prophets.
\v 11 He used to read to you the slaying of Abel by Cain, and the offering up of Isaac, and the imprisonment of Joseph.
\v 12 And he used to tell you of the zealous Phinehas; and informed you of Ananias and Azarias, and Misael in the fire.
\v 13 And he used to glorify Daniel, who was in the den of lions, and pronounce him blessed.
\v 14 And he used to put you in mind of the scripture of Esaias, which says, Even if you pass through the fire, it shall not burn you.
\v 15 He chanted to you David, the hymn-writer, who says, Many are the afflictions of the just.
\v 16 He declared the proverbs of Solomon, who says, He is a tree of life to all those who do His will.
\v 17 He used to verify Ezekiel, who said, Shall these dry bones live?
\v 18 For he didn’t forget the song which Moses taught, proclaiming, I will kill, and I will make to live.
\v 19 This is our life, and the length of our days.
\v 20 O that bitter, and yet not bitter, day when the bitter tyrant of the Greeks, quenching fire with fire in his cruel caldrons, brought with boiling rage the seven sons of the daughter of Abraham to the catapelt, and to all his torments!
\v 21 He pierced the balls of their eyes, and cut out their tongues, and put them to death with varied tortures.
\v 22 Wherefore divine retribution pursued and will pursue the pestilent wretch.
\v 23 But the children of Abraham, with their victorious mother, are assembled together to the choir of their father; having received pure and immortal souls from God.
\v 24 To whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.


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\v 1 And what wonder? if the lusts of the soul, after participation with what is beautiful, are frustrated,
\v 2 on this ground, therefore, the temperate Joseph is praised in that by reasoning, he subdued, on reflection, the indulgence of sense.
\v 3 For, although young, and ripe for sexual intercourse, he abrogated by reasoning the stimulus of his passions.
\v 4 And it is not merely the stimulus of sensual indulgence, but that of every desire, that reasoning is able to master.
\v 5 For instance, the law says, You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor anything that belongs to your neighbor.
\v 6 Now, then, since it is the law which has forbidden us to desire, I shall much the more easily persuade you, that reasoning is able to govern our lusts, just as it does the affections which are impediments to justice.
\v 7 Since in what way is a solitary eater, and a glutton, and a drunkard reclaimed, unless it be clear that reasoning is lord of the passions?
\v 8 A man, therefore, who regulates his course by the law, even if he be a lover of money, immediately puts force upon his own disposition; lending to the needy without interest, and cancelling the debt of the incoming Sabbath.
\v 9 And should a man be parsimonious, he is ruled by the law acting through reasoning; so that he does not glean his harvest crops, nor vintage: and in reference to other points we may perceive that it is reasoning that conquers his passions.
\v 10 For the law conquers even affection toward parents, not surrendering virtue on their account.
\v 11 And it prevails over marriage love, condemning it when transgressing law.
\v 12 And it lords it over the love of parents toward their children, for they punish them for vice; and it domineers over the intimacy of friends, reproving them when wicked.
\v 13 And think it not a strange assertion that reasoning can in behalf of the law conquer even enmity.
\v 14 It allows not to cut down the cultivated herbage of an enemy, but preserves it from the destroyers, and collects their fallen ruins.
\v 15 And reason appears to be master of the more violent passions, as love of empire and empty boasting, and slander.
\v 16 For the temperate understanding repels all these malignant passions, as it does wrath: for it masters even this.
\v 17 Thus Moses, when angered against Dathan and Abiram, did nothing to them in wrath, but regulated his anger by reasoning.
\v 18 For the temperate mind is able, as I said, to be superior to the passions, and to transfer some, and destroy others.
\v 19 For why, else, does our most wise father Jacob blame Simeon and Levi for having irrationally slain the whole race of the Shechemites, saying, Cursed be their anger.
\v 20 For if reasoning didn’t possess the power of subduing angry affections, he would not have spoken thus.
\v 21 For at the time when God created man, He implanted within him his passions and moral nature.
\v 22 And at that time He enthroned above all the holy leader mind, through the medium of the senses.
\v 23 And He gave a law to this mind, by living according to which it will maintain a temperate, and just, and good, and manly reign.
\v 24 How, then, a man may say, if reasoning be master of the passions, has it no control over forgetfulness and ignorance?


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\v 1 The argument is exceedingly ridiculous: for reasoning does not appear to bear sway over its own affections, but over those of the body,
\v 2 in such a way as that any one of you may not be able to root out desire, but reasoning will enable you to avoid being enslaved to it.
\v 3 One may not be able to root out anger from the soul, but it is possible to withstand anger.
\v 4 Any one of you may not be able to eradicate malice, but reasoning has force to work with you to prevent you yielding to malice.
\v 5 For reasoning is not an eradicator, but an antagonist of the passions.
\v 6 And this may be more clearly comprehended from the thirst of king David.
\v 7 For after David had been attacking the Philistines the whole day, he with the soldiers of his nation killed many of them;
\v 8 then when evening came, sweating and very weary, he came to the royal tent, about which the entire army of our ancestors was encamped.
\v 9 Now all the rest of them were at supper;
\v 10 but the king, being very much thirsty, although he had numerous springs, could not by their means quench his thirst;
\v 11 but a certain irrational longing for the water in the enemy’s camp grew stronger and fiercer upon him, and consumed him with languish.
\v 12 Wherefore his bodyguards being troubled at this longing of the king, two valiant young soldiers, reverencing the desire of the king, put on their panoplies, and taking a pitcher, got over the ramparts of the enemies:
\v 13 and unperceived by the guardians of the gate, they went throughout the whole camp of the enemy in quest.
\v 14 And having boldly discovered the fountain, they filled out of it the draught for the king.
\v 15 But he, though parched with thirst, reasoned that a draught reputed of equal value to blood, would be terribly dangerous to his soul.
\v 16 Wherefore, setting up reasoning in opposition to his desire, he poured out the draught to God.
\v 17 For the temperate mind has power to conquer the pressure of the passions, and to quench the fires of excitement,
\v 18 and to wrestle down the pains of the body, however excessive; and, through the excellency of reasoning, to abominate all the assaults of the passions.
\v 19 But the occasion now invites us to give an illustration of temperate reasoning from history.
\v 20 For at a time when our fathers were in possession of undisturbed peace through obedience to the law, and were prosperous, so that Seleucus Nicanor, the king of Asia, both assigned them money for divine service, and accepted their form of government,
\v 21 then certain persons, bringing in new things contrary to the general unanimity, in various ways fell into calamities.


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\v 1 For a certain man named Simon, who was in opposition to Onias, who once held the high priesthood for life, and was an honorable and good man, after slandering him in every way, he could not injure him with the people, went away as an exile, with the intention of betraying his country.
\v 2 Whence coming to Apollonius, the military governor of Syria, and Phoenicia, and Cilicia, he said,
\v 3 Having good will to the king’s affairs, I am come to inform you that infinite private wealth is laid up in the treasuries of Jerusalem which do not belong to the temple, but pertain to king Seleucus.
\v 4 Apollonius, acquainting himself with the particulars of this, praised Simon for his care of the king’s interests, and going up to Seleucus informed him of the treasure;
\v 5 and getting authority about it, and quickly advancing into our country with the accursed Simon and a very heavy force,
\v 6 he said that he came with the commands of the king that he should take the private money of the treasure.
\v 7 And the nation, indignant at this proclamation, and replying to the effect that it was extremely unfair that those who had committed deposits to the sacred treasury should be deprived of them, resisted as well as they could.
\v 8 But Appolonius went away with threats into the temple.
\v 9 And the priests, with the women and children, having supplicated God to throw his shield over the holy, despised place,
\v 10 and Appolonius going up with his armed force to the seizure of the treasure, —there appeared from heaven angels riding on horseback, all radiant in armor, filling them with much fear and trembling.
\v 11 And Apollonius fell half dead upon the court which is open to all nations, and extended his hands to heaven, and implored the Hebrews, with tears, to pray for him, and propitiate the heavenly army.
\v 12 For he said that he had sinned, so as to be consequently worthy of death; and that if he were saved, he would celebrate to all men the blessedness of the holy place.
\v 13 Onias the high priest, induced by these words, although for other reasons anxious that king Seleucus should not suppose that Apollonius was slain by human device and not by Divine punishment, prayed for him;
\v 14 and he being thus unexpectedly saved, departed to manifest to the king what had happened to him.
\v 15 But on the death of Seleucus the king, his son Antiochus Epiphanes succeeds to the kingdom: a man of arrogant pride and terrible.
\v 16 Who having deposed Onias from the high priesthood, appointed his brother Jason to be high priest:
\v 17 who had made a covenant, if he would give him this authority, to pay yearly three thousand six hundred and sixty talents.
\v 18 And he committed to him the high priesthood and rulership over the nation.
\v 19 And he both changed the manner of living of the people, and perverted their civil customs into all lawlessness.
\v 20 So that he not only erected a gymnasium on the very citadel of our country, \add but neglected\add* the guardianship of the temple.
\v 21 At which Divine vengeance being grieved, instigated Antiochus himself against them.
\v 22 For being at war with Ptolemy in Egypt, he heard that on a report of his death being spread abroad, the inhabitants of Jerusalem had exceedingly rejoiced, and he quickly marched against them.
\v 23 And having subdued them, he established a decree that if any of them lived according to the laws of his country he should die.
\v 24 And when he could by no means destroy by his decrees the obedience to the law of the nation, but saw all his threats and punishments without effect,
\v 25 for even women, because they continued to circumcise their children, were flung down a precipice along with them, knowing beforehand of the punishment.
\v 26 When, therefore, his decrees were disregarded by the people, he himself compelled by means of tortures every one of this race, by tasting forbidden meats, to renounce the Jewish religion.


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\v 1 The tyrant Antiochus, therefore, sitting in public state with his assessors upon a certain lofty place, with his armed troops standing in a circle around him,
\v 2 commanded his spearbearers to seize every one of the Hebrews, and to compel them to taste swine’s flesh, and things offered to idols.
\v 3 And should any of them be unwilling to eat the accursed food, they were to be tortured on the wheel, and so killed.
\v 4 And when many had been seized, a foremost man of the assembly, a Hebrew, by name Eleazar, a priest by family, by profession a lawyer, and advanced in years, and for this reason known to many of the king’s followers, was brought near to him.
\v 5 And Antiochus seeing him, said,
\v 6 I would counsel you, old man, before your tortures begin, to taste the swine’s flesh, and save your life; for I feel respect for your age and hoary head, which since you have had so long, you appear to me to be no philosopher in retaining the superstition of the Jews.
\v 7 For wherefore, since nature has conferred upon you the most excellent flesh of this animal, do you loathe it?
\v 8 It seems senseless not to enjoy what is pleasant, yet not disgraceful; and from notions of sinfulness, to reject the boons of nature.
\v 9 And you will be acting, I think, still more senselessly, if you follow vain conceits about the truth.
\v 10 And you will, moreover, be despising me to your own punishment.
\v 11 Will you not awake from your trifling philosophy? and give up the folly of your notions; and, regaining understanding worthy of your age, search into the truth of an expedient course?
\v 12 and, reverencing my kindly admonition, have pity upon your own years?
\v 13 For, bear in mind, that if there be any power which watches over this religion of yours, it will pardon you for all transgressions of the law which you commit through compulsion.
\v 14 While the tyrant incited him in this manner to the unlawful eating of flesh, Eleazar begged permission to speak.
\v 15 And having received power to speak, he began deliver himself like this:
\v 16 We, O Antiochus, who are persuaded that we live under a divine law, consider no compulsion to be so forcible as obedience to that law;
\v 17 wherefore we consider that we ought not in any point to transgress the law.
\v 18 And indeed, were our law (as you suppose) not truly divine, and if we wrongly think it divine, we should have no right even in that case to destroy our sense of religion.
\v 19 think not eating the unclean, then, a trifling offense.
\v 20 For transgression of the law, whether in small or great matters, is of equal moment;
\v 21 for in either case the law is equally slighted.
\v 22 But you deride our philosophy, as though we lived irrationally in it.
\v 23 Yet it instructs us in temperance, so that we are superior to all pleasures and lusts; and it exercises us in manliness, so that we cheerfully undergo every grievance.
\v 24 And it instructs us in justice, so that in all our dealings we render what is due; and it teaches us piety, so that we worship the one only God becomingly.
\v 25 Wherefore it is that we eat not the unclean; for believing that the law was established by God, we are convinced that the Creator of the world, in giving his laws, sympathizes with our nature.
\v 26 Those things which are convenient to our souls, he has directed us to eat; but those which are repugnant to them, he has interdicted.
\v 27 But, tyrant-like, you not only force us to break the law, but also to eat, that you may ridicule us as we thus profanely eat:
\v 28 but you shall not have this cause of laughter against me;
\v 29 nor will I transgress the sacred oaths of my forefathers to keep the law.
\v 30 No, not if you pluck out my eyes, and consume my entrails.
\v 31 I am not so old, and void of manliness, but that my rational powers are youthful in defense of my religion.
\v 32 Now then; prepare your wheels, and kindle a fiercer flame.
\v 33 I will not so compassionate my old age, as on my account to break the law of my country.
\v 34 I will not belie you, O law, my instructor! or forsake you, O beloved self-control!
\v 35 I will not put you to shame, O philosopher Reason; or deny you, O honored priesthood, and science of the law.
\v 36 Mouth! you shall not pollute my old age, nor the full stature of a perfect life.
\v 37 My fathers shall receive me pure, not having quailed before your compulsion, though to death.
\v 38 For over the ungodly you shall tyrannize; but you shall not lord it over my thoughts about religion, either by your arguments, or through deeds.


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\v 1 When Eleazar had in this manner answered the exhortations of the tyrant, the spearbearers came up, and rudely haled Eleazar to the instruments of torture.
\v 2 And first, they stripped the old man, adorned as he was with the beauty of piety.
\v 3 Then tying back his arms and hands, they disdainfully used him with stripes;
\v 4 a herald opposite crying out, Obey the commands of the king.
\v 5 But Eleazar, the high-minded and truly noble, as one tortured in a dream, regarded it not all.
\v 6 But raising his eyes on high to heaven, the old man’s flesh was stripped off by the scourges, and his blood streamed down, and his sides were pierced through.
\v 7 And falling upon the ground, from his body having no power to support the pains, he yet kept his reasoning upright and unbending.
\v 8 then one of the harsh spearbearers leaped upon his belly as he was falling, to force him upright.
\v 9 But he endured the pains, and despised the cruelty, and persevered through the indignities;
\v 10 and like a noble athlete, the old man, when struck, vanquished his torturers.
\v 11 His countenance sweating, and he panting for breath, he was admired by the very torturers for his courage.
\v 12 Wherefore, partly in pity for his old age,
\v 13 partly from the sympathy of acquaintance, and partly in admiration of his endurance, some of the attendants of the king said,
\v 14 Why do you unreasonably destroy yourself, O Eleazar, with these miseries?
\v 15 We will bring you some meat cooked by yourself, and do you save yourself by pretending that you have eaten swine’s flesh.
\v 16 And Eleazar, as though the advice more painfully tortured him, cried out,
\v 17 Let not us who are children of Abraham be so evil advised as by giving way to make use of an unbecoming pretense;
\v 18 for it were irrational, if having lived up to old age in all truth, and having scrupulously guarded our character for it, we should now turn back,
\v 19 and ourselves should become a pattern of impiety to the young, as being an example of pollution eating.
\v 20 It would be disgraceful if we should live on some short time, and that scorned by all men for cowardice,
\v 21 and be condemned by the tyrant for unmanliness, by not contending to the death for our divine law.
\v 22 Wherefore do you, O children of Abraham, die nobly for your religion.
\v 23 You° spearbearers of the tyrant, why do you° linger?
\v 24 Beholding him so high-minded against misery, and not changing at their pity, they led him to the fire:
\v 25 then with their wickedly contrived instruments they burned him on the fire, and poured stinking fluids down into his nostrils.
\v 26 And he being at length burned down to the bones, and about to expire, raised his eyes Godward, and said,
\v 27 You know, O God, that when I might have been saved, I am slain for the sake of the law by tortures of fire.
\v 28 Be merciful to your people, and be satisfied with the punishment of me on their account.
\v 29 Let my blood be a purification for them, and take my life in recompense for theirs.
\v 30 Thus speaking, the holy man departed, noble in his torments, and even to the agonies of death resisted in his reasoning for the sake of the law.
\v 31 Confessedly, therefore, religious reasoning is master of the passions.
\v 32 For had the passions been superior to reasoning, I would have given them the witness of this mastery.
\v 33 But now, since reasoning conquered the passions, we befittingly awared it the authority of first place.
\v 34 And it is but fair that we should allow, that the power belongs to reasoning, since it masters external miseries.
\v 35 Ridiculous would it be were it not so; and I prove that reasoning has not only mastered pains, but that it is also superior to the pleasures, and withstands them.


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\v 1 The reasoning of our father Eleazar, like a first-rate pilot, steering the vessel of piety in the sea of passions,
\v 2 and flouted by the threats of the tyrant, and overwhelmed with the breakers of torture,
\v 3 in no way shifted the rudder of piety till it sailed into the harbour of victory over death.
\v 4 Not so has ever a city, when besieged, held out against many and various machines, as did that holy man, when his pious soul was tried with the fiery trial of tortures and rackings, move his besiegers through the religious reasoning that shielded him.
\v 5 For father Eleazar, projecting his disposition, broke the raging waves of the passions as with a jutting promontory.
\v 6 O priest worthy of the priesthood! you didn’t pollute your sacred teeth; nor make your appetite, which had always embraced the clean and lawful, a partaker of profanity.
\v 7 O harmonizer with the law, and sage devoted to a divine life!
\v 8 Of such a character ought those to be who perform the duties of the law at the risk of their own blood, and defend it with generous sweat by sufferings even to death.
\v 9 You, father, have gloriously established our right government by your endurance; and making of much account our service past, prevented its destruction, and, by your deeds, have made credible the words of philosophy.
\v 10 O aged man of more power than tortures, elder more vigorous than fire, greatest king over the passions, Eleazar!
\v 11 For as father Aaron, armed with a censer, hastening through the consuming fire, vanquished the flame-bearing angel,
\v 12 so, Eleazar, the descendant of Aaron, wasted away by the fire, didn’t give up his reasoning.
\v 13 And, what is most wonderful, though an old man, though the labors of his body were now spent, and his muscles were relaxed, and his sinews worn out, he recovered youth.
\v 14 By the spirit of reasoning, and the reasoning of Isaac, he rendered powerless the many-headed instrument.
\v 15 O blessed old age, and reverend hoar head, and life obedient to the law, which the faithful seal of death perfected.
\v 16 If, then, an old man, through religion, despised tortures even to death, confessedly religious reasoning is ruler of the passions.
\v 17 But perhaps some might say, It is not all who conquer passions, as all do not possess wise reasoning.
\v 18 But they who have meditated upon religion with their whole heart, these alone can master the passions of the flesh;
\v 19 they who believe that to God they die not; for, as our forefathers, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, they live to God.
\v 20 This circumstance, then, is by no means an objection, that some who have weak reasoning, are governed by their passions:
\v 21 since what person, walking religiously by the whole rule of philosophy, and believing in God,
\v 22 and knowing that it is a blessed thing to endure all kinds of hardships for virtue, would not, for the sake of religion, master his passion?
\v 23 For the wise and brave man only is lord over his passions.
\v 24 Whence it is, that even boys, trained with the philosophy of religious reasoning, have conquered still more bitter tortures:
\v 25 for when the tyrant was manifestly vanquished in his first attempt, in being unable to force the old man to eat the unclean thing,—


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\v 1 Then, indeed, vehemently swayed with passion, he commanded to bring others of the adult Hebrews, and if they would eat of the unclean thing, to let them go when they had eaten; but if they objected, to torment them more grievously.
\v 2 The tyrant having given this charge, seven kindred were brought into his presence, along with their aged mother, handsome, and modest, and well-born, and altogether comely.
\v 3 When the tyrant saw them encircling their mother as in a dance, he was pleased at them; and being struck with their becoming and innocent manner, smiled upon them, and calling them near, said:
\v 4 O youths, with favorable feelings, I admire the beauty of each of you; and greatly honouring so numerous a band of kindred, I not only counsel you not to share the madness of the old man who has been tortured before,
\v 5 but I do beg you to yield, and to enjoy my friendship; for I possess the power, not only of punishing those who disobey my commands, but of doing good to those who obey them.
\v 6 Put confidence in me, then, and you shall receive places of authority in my government, if you forsake your national ordinance,
\v 7 and, conforming to the Greek mode of life, alter your rule, and revel in youth’s delights.
\v 8 For if you provoke me by your disobedience, you will compel me to destroy you, every one, with terrible punishments by tortures.
\v 9 Have mercy, then, upon your own selves, whom I, although an enemy, compassionate for your age and attractive appearance.
\v 10 Will you not reason upon this—that if you disobey, there will be nothing left for you but to die in tortures?
\v 11 Thus speaking, he ordered the instruments of torture to be brought forward, that very fear might prevail upon them to eat unclean meat.
\v 12 And when the spearman brought forward the wheels, and the racks, and the hooks, and catapults, and caldrons, pans, and finger-racks, and iron hands and wedges, and bellows, the tyrant continue:
\v 13 Fear, young men, and the righteousness which you° worship will be merciful to you if you err from compulsion.
\v 14 Now they having listened to these words of persuasion, and seeing the fearful instruments, not only were not afraid, but even answered the arguments of the tyrant, and through their good reasoning destroyed his power.
\v 15 Now let’s consider the matter: had any of them been weak-spirited and cowardly among them, what reasoning would they have employed but these?
\v 16 O wretched that we are, and exceedingly senseless! when the king exhorts us, and calls us to his bounty, should we not obey him?
\v 17 Why do we cheer ourselves with vain counsels, and venture upon a disobedience bringing death?
\v 18 Shall we not fear, O kindred, the instruments of torture and weigh the threatenings of torment and shun this vain-glory and destructive pride?
\v 19 Let’s have compassion upon our age and relent over the years of our mother.
\v 20 And let’s bear in mind that we shall be dying as rebels.
\v 21 And Divine Justice will pardon us if we fear the king through necessity.
\v 22 Why withdraw ourselves from a most sweet life, and deprive ourselves of this pleasant world?
\v 23 Let’s not oppose necessity, nor seek vain-glory by our own excruciation.
\v 24 The law itself is not forward to put us to death, if we dread torture.
\v 25 Whence has such angry zeal taken root in us, and such fatal obstinacy approved itself to us, when we might live unmolested by the king?
\v 26 But nothing of this kind did the young men say or think when about to be tortured.
\v 27 For they were well aware of the sufferings, and masters of the pains.
\v 28-29 So that as soon as the tyrant had ceased counselling them to eat the unclean, they altogether with one voice, as from the same heart said:


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\v 1 Why delay you, O tyrant? for we are more ready to die than to transgress the injunctions of our fathers.
\v 2 And we should be disgracing our fathers if we didn’t obey the law, and take knowledge for our guide.
\v 3 O tyrant, counselor of law-breaking, do not, hating us as you do, pity us more than we pity ourselves.
\v 4 For we account escape to be worse than death.
\v 5 And you think to scare us, by threatening us with death by tortures, as though you had learned nothing by the death of Eleazar.
\v 6 But if aged men of the Hebrews have died in the cause of religion after enduring torture, more rightly should we younger men die, scorning your cruel tortures, which our aged instructor overcame.
\v 7 Make the attempt, then, O tyrant; and if you put us to death for our religion, think not that you harm us by torturing us.
\v 8 For we through this ill-treatment and endurance shall bear off the rewards of virtue.
\v 9 But you, for the wicked and despotic slaughter of us, shall, from the Divine vengeance, endure eternal torture by fire.
\v 10 When they had thus spoken, the tyrant was not only exasperated against them as being refractory, but enraged with them as being ungrateful.
\v 11 So that, at his bidding, the torturers brought forth the oldest of them, and tearing through his tunic, bound his hands and arms on each side with thongs.
\v 12 And when they had labored hard without effect in scourging him, they hurled him upon the wheel.
\v 13 And the noble youth, extended upon this, became dislocated.
\v 14 And with every member disjointed, he exclaimed in expostulation,
\v 15 O most accursed tyrant, and enemy of heavenly justice, and cruel-hearted, I am no murderer, nor sacrilegious man, whom you thus ill-usest; but a defender of the Divine law.
\v 16 And when the spearmen said, Consent to eat, that you may be released from your tortures,—
\v 17 he answered, Not so powerful, O accursed ministers, is your wheel, as to stifle my reasoning; cut my limbs, and burn my flesh, and twist my joints.
\v 18 For through all my torments I will convince you that the children of the Hebrews are alone unconquered in behalf of virtue.
\v 19 While he was saying this, they heaped up fuel, and setting fire to it, strained him upon the wheel still more.
\v 20 And the wheel was defiled all over with blood, and the hot ashes were quenched by the droppings of gore, and pieces of flesh were scattered about the axles of the machine.
\v 21 And although the framework of his bones was now destroyed the high-minded and Abrahamic youth didn’t groan.
\v 22 But, as though transformed by fire into immortality, he nobly endured the rackings, saying
\v 23 Imitate me, O kindred, nor ever desert your station, nor renounce my brotherhood in courage: fight the holy and honorable fight of religion;
\v 24 by which means our just and paternal Providence, becoming merciful to the nation, will punish the pestilent tyrant.
\v 25 And saying this, the revered youth abruptly closed his life.
\v 26 And when all admired his courageous soul, the spearmen brought forward him who was second in point of age, and having put on iron hands, bound him with pointed hooks to the catapelt.
\v 27 And when, on enquiring whether he would eat before he was tortured, they heard his noble sentiment,
\v 28 after they with the iron hands had violently dragged all the flesh from the neck to the chin, the panther-like beasts tore off the very skin of his head: but he, bearing with firmness this misery, said,
\v 29 How sweet is every form of death for the religion of our fathers! and he said to the tyrant,
\v 30 Thinkest you not, most cruel of all tyrants, that you are now tortured more than I, finding your overweening conception of tyranny conquered by our perseverance in behalf of our religion?
\v 31 For I lighten my suffering by the pleasures which are connected with virtue.
\v 32 But you are tortured with threatenings for impiety; and you shall not escape, most corrupt tyrant, the vengeance of Divine wrath.


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\s1 THE HISTORY OF SUSANNA
\p
\v 1 \f + \fr 13:1 \ft \+bk The History of Susanna\+bk* is translated from chapter 13 of \+bk Daniel\+bk* in the Greek Septuagint. It is not found in the traditional Hebrew text of \+bk Daniel\+bk*. \+bk The History of Susanna\+bk* is recognized as Deuterocanonical Scripture by the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Russian Orthodox Churches.\f*A man lived in Babylon, and his name was Joakim.
\v 2 He took a wife, whose name was Susanna, the daughter of Helkias, a very fair woman, and one who feared the Lord.
\v 3 Her parents were also righteous, and taught their daughter according to the law of Moses.
\v 4 Now Joakim was a great rich man, and had a fair garden joining to his house. The Jews used to come to him, because he was more honorable than all others.
\v 5 The same year two of the elders of the people were appointed to be judges, such as the Lord spoke of, that wickedness came from Babylon from elders who were judges, who were supposed to govern the people.
\v 6 These were often at Joakim’s house. All that had any suits in law came to them.
\p
\v 7 When the people departed away at noon, Susanna went into her husband’s garden to walk.
\v 8 The two elders saw her going in every day, and walking; and they were inflamed with lust for her.
\v 9 They perverted their own mind and turned away their eyes, that they might not look to heaven, nor remember just judgments.
\v 10 And although they both were wounded with lust for her, yet dared not show the other his grief.
\v 11 For they were ashamed to declare their lust, that they desired to have to do with her.
\v 12 Yet they watched jealously from day to day to see her.
\v 13 The one said to the other, “Let’s go home, now; for it is dinner time.”
\v 14 So when they had gone out, they parted company, and turning back again, they came to the same place. After they had asked one another the cause, they acknowledged their lust. Then they appointed a time both together, when they might find her alone.
\p
\v 15 It happened, as they watched on an opportune day, she went in as before with only two maids, and she desired to wash herself in the garden; for it was hot.
\v 16 There was nobody there except the two elders who had hid themselves and watched her.
\v 17 Then she said to her maids, “Bring me oil and washing balls, and shut the garden doors, that I may wash myself.”
\v 18 They did as she asked them, and shut the garden doors, and went out themselves at the side doors to fetch the things that she had commanded them. They didn’t see the elders, because they were hidden.
\v 19 Now when the maids had gone out, the two elders rose up, and ran to her, saying,
\v 20 “Behold, the garden doors are shut, that no man can see us, and we are in love with you. Therefore consent to us, and lie with us.
\v 21 If you will not, we will testify against you, that a young man was with you; therefore you sent your maids away from you.”
\p
\v 22 Then Susanna sighed, and said, “I am trapped; for if I do this thing, it is death to me. If I don’t do it, I can’t escape your hands.
\v 23 It is better for me to fall into your hands, and not do it, than to sin in the sight of the Lord.”
\v 24 With that Susanna cried with a loud voice; and the two elders cried out against her.
\v 25 Then one of them ran and opened the garden doors.
\p
\v 26 So when the servants of the house heard the cry in the garden, they rushed in at the side door, to see what had happened to her.
\v 27 But when the elders had told their tale, the servants were greatly ashamed; for there was never such a report made of Susanna.
\p
\v 28 It came to pass on the next day, when the people assembled to her husband Joakim, the two elders came full of their wicked intent against Susanna to put her to death,
\v 29 and said before the people, “Send for Susanna, the daughter of Helkias, Joakim’s wife.” So they sent;
\v 30 and she came with her father and mother, her children, and all her kindred.
\v 31 Now Susanna was a very delicate woman, and beautiful to behold.
\v 32 These wicked men commanded her to be unveiled, for she was veiled, that they might be filled with her beauty.
\v 33 Therefore her friends and all who saw her wept.
\v 34 Then the two elders stood up in the midst of the people, and laid their hands upon her head.
\v 35 She, weeping, looked up toward heaven; for her heart trusted in the Lord.
\p
\v 36 The elders said, “As we walked in the garden alone, this woman came in with two maids, shut the garden doors, and sent the maids away.
\v 37 Then a young man, who was hidden there, came to her and lay with her.
\v 38 And we, being in a corner of the garden, saw this wickedness, and ran to them.
\v 39 And when we saw them together, we couldn’t hold the man; for he was stronger than we, and opened the doors, and leaped out.
\v 40 But having taken this woman, we asked who the young man was, but she would not tell us. We testify these things.
\p
\v 41 Then the assembly believed them, as those whe were elders of the people and judges; so they condemned her to death.
\p
\v 42 Then Susanna cried out with a loud voice, and said, “O everlasting God, you know the secrets, and know all things before they happen,
\v 43 you know that they have testified falsly against me. Behold, I must die, even though I never did such things as these men have maliciously invented against me.”
\p
\v 44 The Lord heard her voice.
\v 45 Therefore when she was led away to be put to death, God raised up the holy spirit of a young youth, whose name was Daniel.
\v 46 He cried with a loud voice, “I am clear from the blood of this woman!”
\p
\v 47 Then all the people turned them toward him, and said, “What do these words that you have spoken mean?”
\p
\v 48 So he, standing in the midst of them, said, “Are you all such fools, you sons of Israel, that without examination or knowledge of the truth you have condemned a daughter of Israel?
\v 49 Return again to the place of judgement; for these have testified falsly against her.”
\p
\v 50 Therefore all the people turned again in haste, and the elders said to him, “Come, sit down among us, and show it to us, seeing God has given you the honor of an elder.”
\p
\v 51 Then Daniel said to them, “Put them far apart from each another, and I will examine them.”
\v 52 So when they were put apart one from another, he called one of them, and said to him, “O you who have become old in wickedness, now your sins have returned which you have committed before,
\v 53 in pronouncing unjust judgement, condemning the innocent, and letting the guilty go free; although the Lord says, ‘You shall not kill the innocent and righteous.’
\v 54 Now then, if you saw her, tell me, under which tree did you see them companying together?”
\p He answered, “Under a mastick tree.”
\p
\v 55 And Daniel said, “You have certainly lied against your own head; for even now the angel of God has received the sentence of God and will cut you in two.”
\v 56 So he put him aside, and commanded to bring the other, and said to him, “O you seed of Canaan, and not of Judah, beauty has deceived you, and lust has perverted your heart.
\v 57 Thus you have dealt with the daughters of Israel, and they for fear were intimate with you; but the daughter of Judah would not tolerate your wickedness.
\v 58 Now therefore tell me, under which tree did you take them being intimate together?”
\p Heanswered, “Under an evergreen oak tree.”
\p
\v 59 Then Daniel said to him, You have also certainly lied against your own head; for the angel of God waits with the sword to cut you in two, that he may destroy you.”
\p
\v 60 With that all the assembly cried out with a loud voice, and blessed God, who saves those who hope in him.
\v 61 Then they arose against the two elders, for Daniel had convicted them of false testimony out of their own mouth.
\v 62 According to the law of Moses they did to them in such sort as they maliciously intended to do to their neighbor. They put them to death, and the innocent blood was saved the same day.
\v 63 Therefore Helkias and his wife praised God for their daughter Susanna, with Joakim her husband, and all the kindred, because there was no dishonesty found in her.
\v 64 And from that day forth was Daniel had in great reputation in the sight of the people.


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\s1 Bel and the Dragon
\p
\v 1 \f + \fr 14:1 \ft \+bk Bel and the Dragon\+bk* is translated from chapter 14 of \+bk Daniel\+bk* in the Greek Septuagint. It is not found in the traditional Hebrew text of \+bk Daniel\+bk*. \+bk Bel and the Dragon\+bk* is recognized as Deuterocanonical Scripture by the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Russian Orthodox Churches.\f*King Astyages was gathered to his fathers, and Cyrus the Persian received his kingdom.
\v 2 Daniel lived with the king, and was honored above all his friends.
\v 3 Now the Babylonians had an idol, called Bel, and there were spent upon him every day twelve great measures of fine flour, and forty sheep, and six firkins\f + \fr 14:3 \ft a firkin is about 41 liters or 11 gallons.\f* of wine.
\v 4 And the king honored it, and went daily to worship it; but Daniel worshiped his own God. The king said to him, “Why don’t you worship Bel?”
\p
\v 5 He said, “Because I may not honor idols made with hands, but only the living God, who has created the sky and the earth, and has sovereignty over all flesh.”
\p
\v 6 Then the king said to him, “Don’t you that Bel is a living god? Don’t you see how much he eats and drinks every day?”
\p
\v 7 Then Daniel laughed, and said, “O king, don’t be deceived; for this is just clay inside, and brass outside, and never ate or drank anything.”
\p
\v 8 So the king was angry, and called for his priests, and said to them, “If you don’t tell me who this is who devours these expenses, you shall die.
\v 9 But if you can show me that Bel devours them, then Daniel shall die; for he has spoken blasphemy against Bel.”
\p Daniel said to the king, “Let it be according to your word.”
\p
\v 10 Now there were seventy priests of Bel, besides their wives and children. The king went with Daniel into Bel’s temple.
\v 11 So Bel’s priests said, “Behold, we will leave; but you, O king, set out the meat, and mix the wine and set it out, shut the door securely, and seal it with your own signet.
\v 12 When you come in the morning, if you find not that Bel has eaten up everything, we will suffer death, or else Daniel, who speaks falsely against us.”
\p
\v 13 They weren’t concerned, for under the table they had made a secret entrance, whereby they entered in continually, and consumed those things.
\v 14 It happened, when they had gone out, the king set the meat before Bel. Now Daniel had commanded his servants to bring ashes, and they scattered them all over the temple in the presence of the king alone. Then they went out, shut the door, sealed it with the king’s signet, and so departed.
\p
\v 15 Now in the night, the priests came with their wives and children, as they usually did, and ate and drank it all.
\v 16 In the morning, the king arose, and Daniel with him.
\v 17 The king said, “Daniel, are the seals whole?”
\p He said, “Yes, O king, they are whole.”
\p
\v 18 And as soon as he had opened the door, the king looked at the table, and cried with a loud voice, “You are great, O Bel, and with you is no deceit at all!”
\p
\v 19 Then Daniel laughed, and held the king that he should not go in, and said, “Behold now the pavement, and mark well whose footsteps these are.”
\p
\v 20 The king said, “I see the footsteps of men, women, and children.” Then the king was angry,
\v 21 and took the priests with their wives and children, who showed him the secret doors, where they came in, and consumed the things that were on the table.
\v 22 Therefore the king killed them, and delivered Bel into Daniel’s power, who overthrew him and his temple.
\p
\v 23 In that same place there was a great dragon, which the people of Babylon worshiped.
\v 24 The king said to Daniel, “Will you also say that this is of brass? Behold, he lives, and eats and drinks. You can’t say that he is no living god. Therefore worship him.”
\p
\v 25 Then Daniel said, “I will worship the Lord my God; for he is a living God.
\v 26 But allow me, O king, and I will kill this dragon without sword or staff.”
\p The king said, “I allow you.”
\p
\v 27 Then Daniel took pitch, fat, and hair, and melted them together, and made lumps of them. He put these in the dragon’s mouth, so the dragon ate and burst apart. Daniel said, “Behold, these are the gods you all worship.”
\p
\v 28 When the people of Babylon heard that, they took great indignation, and conspired against the king, saying, “The king has become a Jew. He has pulled down Bel, slain the dragon, and put the priests to the sword.”
\v 29 So they came to the king, and said, “Deliver Daniel to us, or else we will destroy you and your house.”
\p
\v 30 Now when the king saw that they trapped him, being constrained, the king delivered Daniel to them.
\v 31 They cast him into the lion’s den, where he was six days.
\v 32 There were seven lions in the den, and they had been giving them two carcasses and two sheep every day, which then were not given to them, intending that they would devour Daniel.
\p
\v 33 Now there was in Jewry the prophet \f + \fr 14:33 \ft Gr. \fqa Ambakoum. \f*Habakkuk, who had made stew, and had broken bread into a bowl. He was going into the field to bring it to the reapers.
\v 34 But the angel of the Lord said to Habakkuk, “Go carry the dinner that you have into Babylon to Daniel, in the lions’ den.”
\p
\v 35 Habakkuk said, “Lord, I never saw Babylon. I don’t know where the den is.”
\p
\v 36 Then the angel of the Lord took him by the crown, and lifted him up by the hair of his head, and with the blast of his breath set him in Babylon over the den.
\p
\v 37 Habakkuk cried, saying, “O Daniel, Daniel, take the dinner which God has sent you.”
\p
\v 38 Daniel said, “You have remembered me, O God! You haven’t forsaken those who love you!”
\v 39 So Daniel arose and ate; and the angel of God set Habakkuk in his own place again immediately.
\v 40 On the seventh day, the king came to mourn for Daniel. When he came to the den, he looked in, and, behold, Daniel was sitting.
\v 41 Then the king cried with a loud voice, saying, “Great are you, O Lord, you God of Daniel, and there is none other beside you!”
\v 42 So he drew him out, and cast those that were the cause of his destruction into the den; and they were devoured in a moment before his face.


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\v 1 In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.
\v 2 Then the king commanded that the magicians, the enchanters, the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans be called to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king.
\v 3 The king said to them, “I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.”
\p
\v 4 Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in the Syrian language, “O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.”
\p
\v 5 The king answered the Chaldeans, “The thing has gone from me. If you don’t make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you will be cut in pieces, and your houses will be made a dunghill.
\v 6 But if you show the dream and its interpretation, you will receive of me gifts and rewards and great honor. Therefore show me the dream and its interpretation.”
\p
\v 7 They answered the second time and said, “Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.”
\p
\v 8 The king answered, “I know of a certainty that you are trying to gain time, because you see the thing has gone from me.
\v 9 But if you don’t make known to me the dream, there is but one law for you; for you have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, until the situation changes. Therefore tell me the dream, and I will know that you can show me its interpretation.”
\p
\v 10 The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, “There is not a man on the earth who can show the king’s matter, because no king, lord, or ruler, has asked such a thing of any magician, or enchanter, or Chaldean.
\v 11 It is a rare thing that the king requires, and there is no other who can show it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.”
\p
\v 12 Because of this, the king was angry and very furious, and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed.
\v 13 So the decree went out, and the wise men were to be slain. They sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.
\p
\v 14 Then Daniel returned answer with counsel and prudence to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard, who had gone out to kill the wise men of Babylon.
\v 15 He answered Arioch the king’s captain, “Why is the decree so urgent from the king?” Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
\v 16 Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would appoint him a time, and he would show the king the interpretation.
\p
\v 17 Then Daniel went to his house and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
\v 18 that they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions would not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
\v 19 Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
\v 20 Daniel answered,
\q1 “Blessed be the name of God forever and ever;
\q2 for wisdom and might are his.
\q1
\v 21 He changes the times and the seasons.
\q2 He removes kings, and sets up kings.
\q1 He gives wisdom to the wise,
\q2 and knowledge to those who have understanding.
\q1
\v 22 He reveals the deep and secret things.
\q2 He knows what is in the darkness,
\q2 and the light dwells with him.
\q1
\v 23 I thank you, and praise you,
\q2 you God of my fathers,
\q1 who have given me wisdom and might,
\q2 and have now made known to me what we desired of you;
\q2 for you have made known to us the king’s matter.” Therefore Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon. He went and said this to him: “Don’t destroy the wise men of Babylon. Bring me in before the king, and I will show to the king the interpretation.”
\p
\v 24 Therefore Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon. He went and said this to him: “Don’t destroy the wise men of Babylon. Bring me in before the king, and I will show to the king the interpretation.”
\p
\v 25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said this to him: “I have found a man of the children of the captivity of Judah who will make known to the king the interpretation.”
\p
\v 26 The king answered Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, “Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen, and its interpretation?”
\p
\v 27 Daniel answered before the king, and said, “The secret which the king has demanded can’t be shown to the king by wise men, enchanters, magicians, or soothsayers;
\v 28 but there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has made known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what will be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head on your bed, are these:
\p
\v 29 “As for you, O king, your thoughts came on your bed, what should happen hereafter; and he who reveals secrets has made known to you what will happen.
\v 30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but to the intent that the interpretation may be made known to the king, and that you may know the thoughts of your heart.
\p
\v 31 “You, O king, saw, and behold,\f + \fr 2:31 \ft “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.\f* a great image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was excellent, stood before you; and its appearance was terrifying.
\v 32 As for this image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze,
\v 33 its legs of iron, its feet part of iron, and part of clay.
\v 34 You saw until a stone was cut out without hands, which struck the image on its feet that were of iron and clay, and broke them in pieces.
\v 35 Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver, and the gold were broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors. The wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them. The stone that struck the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
\p
\v 36 “This is the dream; and we will tell its interpretation before the king.
\v 37 You, O king, are king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, the strength, and the glory.
\v 38 Wherever the children of men dwell, he has given the animals of the field and the birds of the sky into your hand, and has made you rule over them all. You are the head of gold.
\p
\v 39 “After you, another kingdom will arise that is inferior to you; and another third kingdom of bronze, which will rule over all the earth.
\v 40 The fourth kingdom will be strong as iron, because iron breaks in pieces and subdues all things; and as iron that crushes all these, it will break in pieces and crush.
\v 41 Whereas you saw the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, it will be a divided kingdom; but there will be in it of the strength of the iron, because you saw the iron mixed with miry clay.
\v 42 As the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom will be partly strong, and partly broken.
\v 43 Whereas you saw the iron mixed with miry clay, they will mingle themselves with the seed of men; but they won’t cling to one another, even as iron does not mix with clay.
\p
\v 44 “In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, nor will its sovereignty be left to another people; but it will break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it will stand forever.
\v 45 Because you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God has made known to the king what will happen hereafter. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.”
\p
\v 46 Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, worshiped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an offering and sweet odors to him.
\v 47 The king answered to Daniel, and said, “Of a truth your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you have been able to reveal this secret.”
\p
\v 48 Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him rule over the whole province of Babylon, and to be chief governor over all the wise men of Babylon.
\v 49 Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the affairs of the province of Babylon; but Daniel was in the king’s gate.


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\v 1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits,\f + \fr 3:1 \ft A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.\f* and its width six cubits. He set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.
\v 2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the local governors, the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
\v 3 Then the local governors, the deputies, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.
\p
\v 4 Then the herald cried aloud, “To you it is commanded, peoples, nations, and languages,
\v 5 that whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, you fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up.
\v 6 Whoever doesn’t fall down and worship shall be cast into the middle of a burning fiery furnace the same hour.”
\p
\v 7 Therefore at that time, when all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, all the peoples, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshiped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
\p
\v 8 Therefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and brought accusation against the Jews.
\v 9 They answered Nebuchadnezzar the king, “O king, live for ever!
\v 10 You, O king, have made a decree, that every man that hears the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image;
\v 11 and whoever doesn’t fall down and worship shall be cast into the middle of a burning fiery furnace.
\v 12 There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the affairs of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men, O king, have not respected you. They don’t serve your gods, and don’t worship the golden image which you have set up.”
\p
\v 13 Then Nebuchadnezzar in rage and fury commanded that Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego be brought. Then these men were brought before the king.
\v 14 Nebuchadnezzar answered them, “Is it on purpose, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you don’t serve my god, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?
\v 15 Now if you are ready whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music to fall down and worship the image which I have made, good; but if you don’t worship, you shall be cast the same hour into the middle of a burning fiery furnace. Who is that god that will deliver you out of my hands?”
\p
\v 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, “Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.
\v 17 If it happens, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.
\v 18 But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image which you have set up.”
\p
\v 19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury, and the form of his appearance was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated.
\v 20 He commanded certain mighty men who were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.
\v 21 Then these men were bound in their pants, their tunics, and their mantles, and their other clothes, and were cast into the middle of the burning fiery furnace.
\v 22 Therefore because the king’s commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceedingly hot, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
\v 23 These three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the middle of the burning fiery furnace.
\s1 THE SONG OF THE THREE HOLY CHILDREN \f + \fr 3:23 \ft \+bk The Song of the Three Holy Children\+bk* is an addition to \+bk Daniel\+bk* found in the Greek Septuagint but not found in the traditional Hebrew text of \+bk Daniel\+bk*. This portion is recognized as Deuterocanonical Scripture by the Roman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Russian Orthodox Churches. It is found inserted between Daniel 3:23 and Daniel 3:24 of the traditional Hebrew Bible. Here, the verses after 23 from the Hebrew Bible are numbered starting at 91 to make room for these verses.\f*
\p
\v 24 They walked in the midst of the fire, praising God, and blessing the Lord.
\v 25 Then Azarias stood, and prayed like this. Opening his mouth in the midst of the fire he said:
\v 26 “Blessed are you, O Lord, you God of our fathers! Your name is worthy to be praised and glorified for evermore;
\v 27 for you are righteous in all the things that you have done. Yes, all your works are true. Your ways are right, and all your judgments are truth.
\v 28 In all the things that you have brought upon us, and upon the holy city of our fathers, Jerusalem, you have executed true judgments. For according to truth and justice you have brought all these things upon us because of our sins.
\v 29 For we have sinned and committed iniquity, in departing from you.
\v 30 In all things we have trespassed, and not obeyed your commandments, or kept them. We haven’t done as you have commanded us, that it might go well with us.
\v 31 Therefore all that you have brought upon us, and everything that you have done to us, you have done in true judgement.
\v 32 You delivered us into the hands of lawless enemies, most hateful rebels, and to an unjust king who is the most wicked in all the world.
\v 33 And now we can’t open our mouth. Shame and reproach have come on your servants and those who worship you.
\v 34 Don’t utterly deliver us up, for your name’s sake. Don’t annul your covenant.
\v 35 Don’t cause not your mercy to depart from us, for the sake of Abraham who is loved by you, and for the sake of Isaac your servant, and Israel your holy one,
\v 36 to whom you promised that you would multiply their offspring as the stars of the sky, and as the sand that is on the sea shore.
\v 37 For we, O Lord, have become less than any nation, and are kept under this day in all the world because of our sins.
\v 38 There isn’t at this time prince, or prophet, or leader, or burned offering, or sacrifice, or oblation, or incense, or place to offer before you, and to find mercy.
\v 39 Nevertheless in a contrite heart and a humble spirit let us be accepted,
\v 40 like the burnt offerings of rams and bullocks, and like ten thousands of fat lambs. So let our sacrifice be in your sight this day, that we may wholly go after you, for they shall not be ashamed who put their trust in you.
\v 41 And now we follow you with all our heart. We fear you, and seek your face.
\v 42 Put us not to shame; but deal with us after your kindness, and according to the multitude of your mercy.
\v 43 Deliver us also according to your marvelous works, and give glory to your name, O Lord. Let all those who harm your servants be confounded.
\v 44 Let them be ashamed of all their power and might, and let their strength be broken.
\v 45 Let them know that you are the Lord, the only God, and glorious over the whole world.”
\p
\v 46 The king’s servants who put them in didn’t stop making the furnace hot with naphtha, pitch, tinder, and small wood,
\v 47 so that the flame streamed out forty nine cubits above the furnace.
\v 48 It spread and burned those Chaldeans whom it found around the furnace.
\v 49 But the angel of the Lord came down into the furnace together with Azarias and his fellows, and he struck the flame of the fire out of the furnace,
\v 50 and made the midst of the furnace as it had been a moist whistling wind, so that the fire didn’t touch them at all. It neither hurt nor troubled them.
\p
\v 51 Then the three, as out of one mouth, praised, and glorified, and blessed God in the furnace, saying,
\v 52 “Blessed are you, O Lord, you God of our fathers, to be praised and exalted above all forever!
\v 53 Blessed is your glorious and holy name, to be praised and exalted above all forever!
\v 54 Blessed are you in the temple of your holy glory, to be praised and glorified above all forever!
\v 55 Blessed are you that behold the depths, and sit upon the cherubim, to be praised and exalted above all forever.
\v 56 Blessed are you on the throne of your kingdom, to be praised and extolled above all forever!
\v 57 Blessed are you in the firmament of heaven, to be praised and glorified forever!
\p
\v 58 O all you works of the Lord, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
\v 59 O you heavens, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all for ever!
\v 60 O you angels of the Lord, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
\v 61 O all you waters that are above the sky, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
\v 62 O all you powers of the Lord, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
\v 63 O you sun and moon, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
\v 64 O you stars of heaven, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
\v 65 O every shower and dew, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
\v 66 O all you winds, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
\v 67 O you fire and heat, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
\v 68 O you dews and storms of snow, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
\v 69 O you nights and days, bless you the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
\v 70 O you light and darkness, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
\v 71 O you cold and heat, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
\v 72 O you frost and snow, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
\v 73 O you lightnings and clouds, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
\v 74 O let the earth bless the Lord! Let it praise and exalt him above all forever!
\v 75 O you mountains and hills, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
\v 76 O all you things that grow on the earth, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
\v 77 \f + \fr 3:77 \ft Some authorities transpose this verse and the next one.\f*O sea and rivers, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
\v 78 O you springs, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
\v 79 O you whales and all that move in the waters, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
\v 80 O all you fowls of the air, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
\v 81 O all you beasts and cattle, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
\v 82 O you children of men, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
\v 83 O let Israel bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever.
\v 84 O you priests of the Lord, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
\v 85 O you servants of the Lord, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
\v 86 O you spirits and souls of the righteous, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
\v 87 O you who are holy and humble of heart, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever!
\v 88 O Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, bless the Lord! Praise and exalt him above all forever; for he has rescued us from Hades, and saved us from the hand of death! He has delivered us out of the midst of the furnace and burning flame. He has delivered us out of the midst of the fire.
\v 89 O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his mercy is forever.
\v 90 O all you who worship the Lord, bless the God of gods, praise him, and give him thanks; for his mercy is forever!”
\s1 Deliverance from the Furnace
\p
\v 91 \f + \fr 3:91 \ft Verses 91-97 were numbered 24-30 in the traditional Hebrew text of Daniel.\f* Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste. He spoke and said to his counselors, “Didn’t we cast three men bound into the middle of the fire?”
\p They answered the king, “True, O king.”
\p
\v 92 He answered, “Look, I see four men loose, walking in the middle of the fire, and they are unharmed. The appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods.”
\p
\v 93 Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace. He spoke and said, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, you servants of the Most High God, come out, and come here!”
\p Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the middle of the fire.
\v 94 The local governors, the deputies, and the governors, and the king’s counselors, being gathered together, saw these men, that the fire had no power on their bodies. The hair of their head wasn’t singed. Their pants weren’t changed, the smell of fire wasn’t even on them.
\p
\v 95 Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel, and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and have yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
\v 96 Therefore I make a decree, that every people, nation, and language, which speak anything evil against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill; because there is no other god who is able to deliver like this.”
\p
\v 97 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon.


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\v 1 Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
\v 2 He had two wives. The name of one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
\v 3 This man went up out of his city from year to year to worship and to sacrifice to Yahweh\f + \fr 1:3 \ft “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.\f* of Armies in Shiloh. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, priests to Yahweh, were there.
\v 4 When the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions;
\v 5 but to Hannah he gave a double portion, for he loved Hannah, but Yahweh had shut up her womb.
\v 6 Her rival provoked her severely, to irritate her, because Yahweh had shut up her womb.
\v 7 So year by year, when she went up to Yahweh’s house, her rival provoked her. Therefore she wept, and didn’t eat.
\v 8 Elkanah her husband said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep? Why don’t you eat? Why is your heart grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?”
\p
\v 9 So Hannah rose up after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his seat by the doorpost of Yahweh’s temple.
\v 10 She was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to Yahweh, weeping bitterly.
\v 11 She vowed a vow, and said, “Yahweh of Armies, if you will indeed look at the affliction of your servant and remember me, and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a boy, then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and no razor shall come on his head.”
\p
\v 12 As she continued praying before Yahweh, Eli saw her mouth.
\v 13 Now Hannah spoke in her heart. Only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli thought she was drunk.
\v 14 Eli said to her, “How long will you be drunk? Get rid of your wine!”
\p
\v 15 Hannah answered, “No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit. I have not been drinking wine or strong drink, but I poured out my soul before Yahweh.
\v 16 Don’t consider your servant a wicked woman; for I have been speaking out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation.”
\p
\v 17 Then Eli answered, “Go in peace; and may the God\f + \fr 1:17 \ft The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).\f* of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of him.”
\p
\v 18 She said, “Let your servant find favor in your sight.” So the woman went her way and ate; and her facial expression wasn’t sad any more.
\p
\v 19 They rose up in the morning early and worshiped Yahweh, then returned and came to their house to Ramah. Then Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and Yahweh remembered her.
\p
\v 20 When the time had come, Hannah conceived, and bore a son; and she named him Samuel,\f + \fr 1:20 \ft Samuel sounds like the Hebrew for “heard by God.”\f* saying, “Because I have asked him of Yahweh.”
\p
\v 21 The man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer to Yahweh the yearly sacrifice and his vow.
\v 22 But Hannah didn’t go up, for she said to her husband, “Not until the child is weaned; then I will bring him, that he may appear before Yahweh, and stay there forever.”
\p
\v 23 Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what seems good to you. Wait until you have weaned him; only may Yahweh establish his word.”
\p So the woman waited and nursed her son until she weaned him.
\v 24 When she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bulls, and one ephah\f + \fr 1:24 \ft 1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel\f* of meal, and a container of wine, and brought him to Yahweh’s house in Shiloh. The child was young.
\v 25 They killed the bull, and brought the child to Eli.
\v 26 She said, “Oh, my lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you here, praying to Yahweh.
\v 27 I prayed for this child, and Yahweh has given me my petition which I asked of him.
\v 28 Therefore I have also given him to Yahweh. As long as he lives he is given to Yahweh.” He worshiped Yahweh there.


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\v 1 Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed him, and said, “Hasn’t Yahweh anointed you to be prince over his inheritance?
\v 2 When you have departed from me today, then you will find two men by Rachel’s tomb, on the border of Benjamin at Zelzah. They will tell you, ‘The donkeys which you went to look for have been found; and behold, your father has stopped caring about the donkeys, and is anxious for you, saying, “What shall I do for my son?”’
\p
\v 3 “Then you will go on forward from there, and you will come to the oak of Tabor. Three men will meet you there going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three young goats, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a container of wine.
\v 4 They will greet you, and give you two loaves of bread, which you shall receive from their hand.
\p
\v 5 “After that you will come to the hill of God, where the garrison of the Philistines is; and it will happen, when you have come there to the city, that you will meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a lute, a tambourine, a pipe, and a harp before them; and they will be prophesying.
\v 6 Then Yahweh’s Spirit will come mightily on you, and you will prophesy with them, and will be turned into another man.
\v 7 Let it be, when these signs have come to you, that you do what is appropriate for the occasion; for God is with you.
\p
\v 8 “Go down ahead of me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to you, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings. Wait seven days, until I come to you, and show you what you are to do.”
\v 9 It was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart; and all those signs happened that day.
\v 10 When they came there to the hill, behold, a band of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came mightily on him, and he prophesied among them.
\v 11 When all who knew him before saw that, behold, he prophesied with the prophets, then the people said to one another, “What is this that has come to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”
\p
\v 12 One of the same place answered, “Who is their father?” Therefore it became a proverb, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
\v 13 When he had finished prophesying, he came to the high place.
\p
\v 14 Saul’s uncle said to him and to his servant, “Where did you go?”
\p He said, “To seek the donkeys. When we saw that they were not found, we came to Samuel.”
\p
\v 15 Saul’s uncle said, “Please tell me what Samuel said to you.”
\p
\v 16 Saul said to his uncle, “He told us plainly that the donkeys were found.” But concerning the matter of the kingdom, of which Samuel spoke, he didn’t tell him.
\p
\v 17 Samuel called the people together to Yahweh to Mizpah;
\v 18 and he said to the children of Israel, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says ‘I brought Israel up out of Egypt, and I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all the kingdoms that oppressed you.’
\v 19 But you have today rejected your God, who himself saves you out of all your calamities and your distresses; and you have said to him, ‘No! Set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before Yahweh by your tribes, and by your thousands.”
\p
\v 20 So Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was chosen.
\v 21 He brought the tribe of Benjamin near by their families; and the family of the Matrites was chosen. Then Saul the son of Kish was chosen; but when they looked for him, he could not be found.
\v 22 Therefore they asked of Yahweh further, “Is there yet a man to come here?”
\p Yahweh answered, “Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.”
\p
\v 23 They ran and got him there. When he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward.
\v 24 Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see him whom Yahweh has chosen, that there is no one like him among all the people?”
\p All the people shouted, and said, “Long live the king!”
\p
\v 25 Then Samuel told the people the regulations of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before Yahweh. Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
\v 26 Saul also went to his house to Gibeah; and the army went with him, whose hearts God had touched.
\v 27 But certain worthless fellows said, “How could this man save us?” They despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his peace.


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\v 1 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabesh Gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you.”
\v 2 Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “On this condition I will make it with you, that all your right eyes be gouged out. I will make this dishonor all Israel.”
\p
\v 3 The elders of Jabesh said to him, “Give us seven days, that we may send messengers to all the borders of Israel; and then, if there is no one to save us, we will come out to you.”
\v 4 Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, and spoke these words in the ears of the people, then all the people lifted up their voice, and wept.
\p
\v 5 Behold, Saul came following the oxen out of the field; and Saul said, “What ails the people that they weep?” They told him the words of the men of Jabesh.
\v 6 God’s Spirit came mightily on Saul when he heard those words, and his anger burned hot.
\v 7 He took a yoke of oxen, and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, “Whoever doesn’t come out after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen.” The dread of Yahweh fell on the people, and they came out as one man.
\v 8 He counted them in Bezek; and the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.
\v 9 They said to the messengers who came, “Tell the men of Jabesh Gilead, ‘Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you will be rescued.’” The messengers came and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad.
\v 10 Therefore the men of Jabesh said, “Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you shall do with us all that seems good to you.”
\v 11 On the next day, Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the middle of the camp in the morning watch, and struck the Ammonites until the heat of the day. Those who remained were scattered, so that no two of them were left together.
\v 12 The people said to Samuel, “Who is he who said, ‘Shall Saul reign over us?’ Bring those men, that we may put them to death!”
\p
\v 13 Saul said, “No man shall be put to death today; for today Yahweh has rescued Israel.”
\v 14 Then Samuel said to the people, “Come! Let’s go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.”
\v 15 All the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before Yahweh in Gilgal. There they offered sacrifices of peace offerings before Yahweh; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.


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\v 1 Samuel said to all Israel, “Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you.
\v 2 Now, behold, the king walks before you. I am old and gray-headed. Behold, my sons are with you. I have walked before you from my youth to this day.
\v 3 Here I am. Witness against me before Yahweh, and before his anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Of whose hand have I taken a bribe to make me blind my eyes? I will restore it to you.”
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\v 4 They said, “You have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have you taken anything from anyone’s hand.”
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\v 5 He said to them, “Yahweh is witness against you, and his anointed is witness today, that you have not found anything in my hand.”
\p They said, “He is witness.”
\v 6 Samuel said to the people, “It is Yahweh who appointed Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
\v 7 Now therefore stand still, that I may plead with you before Yahweh concerning all the righteous acts of Yahweh, which he did to you and to your fathers.
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\v 8 “When Jacob had come into Egypt, and your fathers cried to Yahweh, then Yahweh sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt, and made them to dwell in this place.
\p
\v 9 “But they forgot Yahweh their God; and he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab; and they fought against them.
\v 10 They cried to Yahweh, and said, ‘We have sinned, because we have forsaken Yahweh, and have served the Baals and the Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you.’
\v 11 Yahweh sent Jerubbaal, Bedan, Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side; and you lived in safety.
\p
\v 12 “When you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us;’ when Yahweh your God was your king.
\v 13 Now therefore see the king whom you have chosen, and whom you have asked for. Behold, Yahweh has set a king over you.
\v 14 If you will fear Yahweh, and serve him, and listen to his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of Yahweh, then both you and also the king who reigns over you are followers of Yahweh your God.
\v 15 But if you will not listen to Yahweh’s voice, but rebel against the commandment of Yahweh, then Yahweh’s hand will be against you, as it was against your fathers.
\p
\v 16 “Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which Yahweh will do before your eyes.
\v 17 Isn’t it wheat harvest today? I will call to Yahweh, that he may send thunder and rain; and you will know and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in Yahweh’s sight, in asking for a king.”
\p
\v 18 So Samuel called to Yahweh; and Yahweh sent thunder and rain that day. Then all the people greatly feared Yahweh and Samuel.
\p
\v 19 All the people said to Samuel, “Pray for your servants to Yahweh your God, that we not die; for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask for a king.”
\p
\v 20 Samuel said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. You have indeed done all this evil; yet don’t turn away from following Yahweh, but serve Yahweh with all your heart.
\v 21 Don’t turn away to go after vain things which can’t profit or deliver, for they are vain.
\v 22 For Yahweh will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased Yahweh to make you a people for himself.
\v 23 Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against Yahweh in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.
\v 24 Only fear Yahweh, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things he has done for you.
\v 25 But if you keep doing evil, you will be consumed, both you and your king.”


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\v 1 Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.\f + \fr 13:1 \ft The traditional Hebrew text omits “thirty” and “forty-”. The blanks are filled in here from a few manuscripts of the Septuagint.\f*
\v 2 Saul chose for himself three thousand men of Israel, of which two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the Mount of Bethel, and one thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. He sent the rest of the people to their own tents.
\v 3 Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!”
\v 4 All Israel heard that Saul had struck the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel was considered an abomination to the Philistines. The people were gathered together after Saul to Gilgal.
\v 5 The Philistines assembled themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the seashore in multitude. They came up and encamped in Michmash, eastward of Beth Aven.
\v 6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in trouble (for the people were distressed), then the people hid themselves in caves, in thickets, in rocks, in tombs, and in pits.
\v 7 Now some of the Hebrews had gone over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; but as for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling.
\v 8 He stayed seven days, according to the time set by Samuel; but Samuel didn’t come to Gilgal, and the people were scattering from him.
\v 9 Saul said, “Bring the burnt offering to me here, and the peace offerings.” He offered the burnt offering.
\p
\v 10 It came to pass that as soon as he had finished offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might greet him.
\v 11 Samuel said, “What have you done?”
\p Saul said, “Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you didn’t come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines assembled themselves together at Michmash;
\v 12 therefore I said, ‘Now the Philistines will come down on me to Gilgal, and I haven’t entreated the favor of Yahweh.’ I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt offering.”
\p
\v 13 Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of Yahweh your God, which he commanded you; for now Yahweh would have established your kingdom on Israel forever.
\v 14 But now your kingdom will not continue. Yahweh has sought for himself a man after his own heart, and Yahweh has appointed him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept that which Yahweh commanded you.”
\p
\v 15 Samuel arose, and went from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. Saul counted the people who were present with him, about six hundred men.
\v 16 Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people who were present with them, stayed in Geba of Benjamin; but the Philistines encamped in Michmash.
\v 17 The raiders came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned to the way that leads to Ophrah, to the land of Shual;
\v 18 another company turned the way to Beth Horon; and another company turned the way of the border that looks down on the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.
\v 19 Now there was no blacksmith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said, “Lest the Hebrews make themselves swords or spears”;
\v 20 but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, each man to sharpen his own plowshare, mattock, ax, and sickle.
\v 21 The price was one payim\f + \fr 13:21 \ft A payim (or pim) was 2/3 shekel of silver, or 0.26 ounces, or 7.6 grams\f* each to sharpen mattocks, plowshares, pitchforks, axes, and goads.
\v 22 So it came to pass in the day of battle, that neither sword nor spear was found in the hand of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan; but Saul and Jonathan his son had them.
\v 23 The garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash.


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\v 1 Now it fell on a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come! Let’s go over to the Philistines’ garrison that is on the other side.” But he didn’t tell his father.
\v 2 Saul stayed in the uttermost part of Gibeah under the pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people who were with him were about six hundred men;
\v 3 including Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of Yahweh in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. The people didn’t know that Jonathan was gone.
\v 4 Between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines’ garrison, there was a rocky crag on the one side, and a rocky crag on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.
\v 5 The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba.
\v 6 Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come! Let’s go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised. It may be that Yahweh will work for us; for there is no restraint on Yahweh to save by many or by few.”
\v 7 His armor bearer said to him, “Do all that is in your heart. Turn and, behold, I am with you according to your heart.”
\v 8 Then Jonathan said, “Behold, we will pass over to the men, and we will reveal ourselves to them.
\v 9 If they say this to us, ‘Wait until we come to you!’ then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up to them.
\v 10 But if they say this, ‘Come up to us!’ then we will go up; for Yahweh has delivered them into our hand. This shall be the sign to us.”
\p
\v 11 Both of them revealed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, “Behold, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they had hidden themselves!”
\v 12 The men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armor bearer, and said, “Come up to us, and we will show you something!”
\p Jonathan said to his armor bearer, “Come up after me; for Yahweh has delivered them into the hand of Israel.”
\v 13 Jonathan climbed up on his hands and on his feet, and his armor bearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armor bearer killed them after him.
\v 14 That first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armor bearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were half a furrow’s length in an acre of land.
\v 15 There was a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people; the garrison, and the raiders, also trembled; and the earth quaked, so there was an exceedingly great trembling.
\v 16 The watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and behold, the multitude melted away and scattered.
\v 17 Then Saul said to the people who were with him, “Count now, and see who is missing from us.” When they had counted, behold, Jonathan and his armor bearer were not there.
\p
\v 18 Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring God’s ark here.” For God’s ark was with the children of Israel at that time.
\v 19 While Saul talked to the priest, the tumult that was in the camp of the Philistines went on and increased; and Saul said to the priest, “Withdraw your hand!”
\p
\v 20 Saul and all the people who were with him were gathered together, and came to the battle; and behold, they were all striking each other with their swords in very great confusion.
\v 21 Now the Hebrews who were with the Philistines before, and who went up with them into the camp, from all around, even they also turned to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.
\v 22 Likewise all the men of Israel who had hidden themselves in the hill country of Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle.
\v 23 So Yahweh saved Israel that day; and the battle passed over by Beth Aven.
\p
\v 24 The men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul had adjured the people, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food until it is evening, and I am avenged of my enemies.” So none of the people tasted food.
\p
\v 25 All the people came into the forest; and there was honey on the ground.
\v 26 When the people had come to the forest, behold, honey was dripping, but no one put his hand to his mouth; for the people feared the oath.
\v 27 But Jonathan didn’t hear when his father commanded the people with the oath. Therefore he put out the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes brightened.
\v 28 Then one of the people answered, and said, “Your father directly commanded the people with an oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’” So the people were faint.
\p
\v 29 Then Jonathan said, “My father has troubled the land. Please look how my eyes have brightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
\v 30 How much more, if perhaps the people had eaten freely today of the plunder of their enemies which they found? For now there has been no great slaughter among the Philistines.”
\v 31 They struck the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. The people were very faint;
\v 32 and the people pounced on the plunder, and took sheep, cattle, and calves, and killed them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood.
\v 33 Then they told Saul, saying, “Behold, the people are sinning against Yahweh, in that they eat meat with the blood.”
\p He said, “You have dealt treacherously. Roll a large stone to me today!”
\v 34 Saul said, “Disperse yourselves among the people, and tell them, ‘Every man bring me here his ox, and every man his sheep, and kill them here, and eat; and don’t sin against Yahweh in eating meat with the blood.’” All the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and killed them there.
\p
\v 35 Saul built an altar to Yahweh. This was the first altar that he built to Yahweh.
\v 36 Saul said, “Let’s go down after the Philistines by night, and take plunder among them until the morning light, and let’s not leave a man of them.”
\p They said, “Do whatever seems good to you.”
\p Then the priest said, “Let’s draw near here to God.”
\p
\v 37 Saul asked counsel of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will you deliver them into the hand of Israel?” But he didn’t answer him that day.
\v 38 Saul said, “Draw near here, all you chiefs of the people; and know and see in which this sin has been today.
\v 39 For, as Yahweh lives, who saves Israel, though it is in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die.” But there was not a man among all the people who answered him.
\v 40 Then he said to all Israel, “You be on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side.”
\p The people said to Saul, “Do what seems good to you.”
\p
\v 41 Therefore Saul said to Yahweh, the God of Israel, “Show the right.”
\p Jonathan and Saul were chosen, but the people escaped.
\p
\v 42 Saul said, “Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son.”
\p Jonathan was selected.
\p
\v 43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done!”
\p Jonathan told him, and said, “I certainly did taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand; and behold, I must die.”
\p
\v 44 Saul said, “God do so and more also; for you shall surely die, Jonathan.”
\p
\v 45 The people said to Saul, “Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? Far from it! As Yahweh lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he has worked with God today!” So the people rescued Jonathan, that he didn’t die.
\v 46 Then Saul went up from following the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place.
\p
\v 47 Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he 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. Wherever he turned himself, he defeated them.
\v 48 He did valiantly, and struck the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of those who plundered them.
\v 49 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua; and the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal.
\v 50 The name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the captain of his army was Abner the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.
\v 51 Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
\v 52 There was severe war against the Philistines all the days of Saul; and when Saul saw any mighty man, or any valiant man, he took him into his service.


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\v 1 Samuel said to Saul, “Yahweh sent me to anoint you to be king over his people, over Israel. Now therefore listen to the voice of Yahweh’s words.
\v 2 Yahweh of Armies says, ‘I remember what Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him on the way, when he came up out of Egypt.
\v 3 Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and don’t spare them; but kill both man and woman, infant and nursing baby, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”
\p
\v 4 Saul summoned the people, and counted them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
\v 5 Saul came to the city of Amalek, and set an ambush in the valley.
\v 6 Saul said to the Kenites, “Go, depart, go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for you showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt.” So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
\p
\v 7 Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, that is before Egypt.
\v 8 He took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
\v 9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, of the cattle, and of the fat calves, and the lambs, and all that was good, and were not willing to utterly destroy them; but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
\v 10 Then Yahweh’s word came to Samuel, saying,
\v 11 “It grieves me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he has turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments.” Samuel was angry; and he cried to Yahweh all night.
\p
\v 12 Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and Samuel was told, saying, “Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself, and turned, and passed on, and went down to Gilgal.”
\p
\v 13 Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, “You are blessed by Yahweh! I have performed the commandment of Yahweh.”
\p
\v 14 Samuel said, “Then what does this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the cattle which I hear mean?”
\p
\v 15 Saul said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the cattle, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God. We have utterly destroyed the rest.”
\p
\v 16 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Stay, and I will tell you what Yahweh said to me last night.”
\p He said to him, “Say on.”
\p
\v 17 Samuel said, “Though you were little in your own sight, weren’t you made the head of the tribes of Israel? Yahweh anointed you king over Israel;
\v 18 and Yahweh sent you on a journey, and said, ‘Go, and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.’
\v 19 Why then didn’t you obey Yahweh’s voice, but took the plunder, and did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight?”
\p
\v 20 Saul said to Samuel, “But I have obeyed Yahweh’s voice, and have gone the way which Yahweh sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
\v 21 But the people took of the plunder, sheep and cattle, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God in Gilgal.”
\p
\v 22 Samuel said, “Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying Yahweh’s voice? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.
\v 23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim.\f + \fr 15:23 \ft teraphim were household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property.\f* Because you have rejected Yahweh’s word, he has also rejected you from being king.”
\p
\v 24 Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of Yahweh, and your words, because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
\v 25 Now therefore, please pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship Yahweh.”
\p
\v 26 Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you; for you have rejected Yahweh’s word, and Yahweh has rejected you from being king over Israel.”
\v 27 As Samuel turned around to go away, Saul grabbed the skirt of his robe, and it tore.
\v 28 Samuel said to him, “Yahweh has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today, and has given it to a neighbor of yours who is better than you.
\v 29 Also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.”
\p
\v 30 Then he said, “I have sinned; yet please honor me now before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and come back with me, that I may worship Yahweh your God.”
\p
\v 31 So Samuel went back with Saul; and Saul worshiped Yahweh.
\v 32 Then Samuel said, “Bring Agag the king of the Amalekites here to me!”
\p Agag came to him cheerfully. Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”
\p
\v 33 Samuel said, “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women!” Then Samuel cut Agag in pieces before Yahweh in Gilgal.
\p
\v 34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
\v 35 Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death; for Samuel mourned for Saul: and Yahweh grieved that he had made Saul king over Israel.


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\v 1 Yahweh said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided a king for myself among his sons.”
\p
\v 2 Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.”
\p Yahweh said, “Take a heifer with you, and say, I have come to sacrifice to Yahweh.
\v 3 Call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. You shall anoint to me him whom I name to you.”
\p
\v 4 Samuel did that which Yahweh spoke, and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling, and said, “Do you come peaceably?”
\p
\v 5 He said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to Yahweh. Sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.” He sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
\v 6 When they had come, he looked at Eliab, and said, “Surely Yahweh’s anointed is before him.”
\p
\v 7 But Yahweh said to Samuel, “Don’t look on his face, or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for I don’t see as man sees. For man looks at the outward appearance, but Yahweh looks at the heart.”
\v 8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. He said, “Yahweh has not chosen this one, either.”
\v 9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. He said, “Yahweh has not chosen this one, either.”
\v 10 Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. Samuel said to Jesse, “Yahweh has not chosen these.”
\v 11 Samuel said to Jesse, “Are all your children here?”
\p He said, “There remains yet the youngest. Behold, he is keeping the sheep.”
\p Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we will not sit down until he comes here.”
\p
\v 12 He sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with a handsome face and good appearance. Yahweh said, “Arise! Anoint him, for this is he.”
\p
\v 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the middle of his brothers. Then Yahweh’s Spirit came mightily on David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.
\v 14 Now Yahweh’s Spirit departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Yahweh troubled him.
\v 15 Saul’s servants said to him, “See now, an evil spirit from God troubles you.
\v 16 Let our lord now command your servants who are in front of you to seek out a man who is a skillful player on the harp. Then when the evil spirit from God is on you, he will play with his hand, and you will be well.”
\p
\v 17 Saul said to his servants, “Provide me now a man who can play well, and bring him to me.”
\p
\v 18 Then one of the young men answered, and said, “Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is skillful in playing, a mighty man of valor, a man of war, prudent in speech, and a handsome person; and Yahweh is with him.”
\p
\v 19 Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, “Send me David your son, who is with the sheep.”
\p
\v 20 Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, and a container of wine, and a young goat, and sent them by David his son to Saul.
\v 21 David came to Saul, and stood before him. He loved him greatly; and he became his armor bearer.
\v 22 Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Please let David stand before me; for he has found favor in my sight.”
\v 23 When the spirit from God was on Saul, David took the harp, and played with his hand; so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.


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\v 1 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle; and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.
\v 2 Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and encamped in the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.
\v 3 The Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
\v 4 A champion out of the camp of the Philistines named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span\f + \fr 17:4 \ft A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters. A span is the length from the tip of a man’s thumb to the tip of his little finger when his hand is stretched out (about half a cubit, or 9 inches, or 22.8 cm.) Therefore, Goliath was about 9 feet and 9 inches or 2.97 meters tall.\f* went out.
\v 5 He had a helmet of bronze on his head, and he wore a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels\f + \fr 17:5 \ft A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 5000 shekels is about 50 kilograms or 110 pounds.\f* of bronze.
\v 6 He had bronze shin armor on his legs, and a bronze javelin between his shoulders.
\v 7 The staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron.\f + \fr 17:7 \ft A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 600 shekels is about 6 kilograms or about 13 pounds.\f* His shield bearer went before him.
\v 8 He stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, “Why have you come out to set your battle in array? Am I not a Philistine, and you servants to Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me.
\v 9 If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then will we be your servants; but if I prevail against him and kill him, then you will be our servants and serve us.”
\v 10 The Philistine said, “I defy the armies of Israel today! Give me a man, that we may fight together!”
\p
\v 11 When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.
\v 12 Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons. The man was an elderly old man in the days of Saul.
\v 13 The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
\v 14 David was the youngest; and the three oldest followed Saul.
\v 15 Now David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.
\v 16 The Philistine came near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.
\v 17 Jesse said to David his son, “Now take for your brothers an ephah \f + \fr 17:17 \ft 1 ephah is about 22 liters or about 2/3 of a bushel\f* of this parched grain, and these ten loaves, and carry them quickly to the camp to your brothers;
\v 18 and bring these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers are doing, and bring back news.”
\v 19 Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
\v 20 David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took and went, as Jesse had commanded him. He came to the place of the wagons, as the army which was going out to the fight shouted for the battle.
\v 21 Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army.
\v 22 David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage, and ran to the army, and came and greeted his brothers.
\v 23 As he talked with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, came up out of the ranks of the Philistines, and said the same words; and David heard them.
\v 24 All the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were terrified.
\v 25 The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who has come up? He has surely come up to defy Israel. The king will give great riches to the man who kills him, and will give him his daughter, and make his father’s house free in Israel.”
\p
\v 26 David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, “What shall be done to the man who kills this Philistine, and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
\p
\v 27 The people answered him in this way, saying, “So shall it be done to the man who kills him.”
\p
\v 28 Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab’s anger burned against David, and he said, “Why have you come down? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride, and the naughtiness of your heart; for you have come down that you might see the battle.”
\p
\v 29 David said, “What have I now done? Is there not a cause?”
\v 30 He turned away from him toward another, and spoke like that again; and the people answered him again the same way.
\v 31 When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul; and he sent for him.
\v 32 David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”
\p
\v 33 Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.”
\p
\v 34 David said to Saul, “Your servant was keeping his father’s sheep; and when a lion or a bear came, and took a lamb out of the flock,
\v 35 I went out after him, and struck him, and rescued it out of his mouth. When he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and struck him, and killed him.
\v 36 Your servant struck both the lion and the bear. This uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, since he has defied the armies of the living God.”
\v 37 David said, “Yahweh who delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.”
\p Saul said to David, “Go! Yahweh will be with you.”
\v 38 Saul dressed David with his clothing. He put a helmet of bronze on his head, and he clad him with a coat of mail.
\v 39 David strapped his sword on his clothing, and he tried to move; for he had not tested it. David said to Saul, “I can’t go with these; for I have not tested them.” Then David took them off.
\p
\v 40 He took his staff in his hand, and chose for himself five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag which he had. His sling was in his hand; and he came near to the Philistine.
\v 41 The Philistine walked and came near to David; and the man who bore the shield went before him.
\v 42 When the Philistine looked around, and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and had a good looking face.
\v 43 The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?” The Philistine cursed David by his gods.
\v 44 The Philistine said to David, “Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky, and to the animals of the field.”
\p
\v 45 Then David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, with a spear, and with a javelin; but I come to you in the name of Yahweh of Armies, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
\v 46 Today, Yahweh will deliver you into my hand. I will strike you, and take your head from off you. I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines today to the birds of the sky, and to the wild animals of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel,
\v 47 and that all this assembly may know that Yahweh doesn’t save with sword and spear; for the battle is Yahweh’s, and he will give you into our hand.”
\p
\v 48 When the Philistine arose, and walked and came near to meet David, David hurried, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
\v 49 David put his hand in his bag, took a stone, and slung it, and struck the Philistine in his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth.
\v 50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine, and killed him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
\v 51 Then David ran, stood over the Philistine, took his sword, drew it out of its sheath, killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled.
\v 52 The men of Israel and of Judah arose and shouted, and pursued the Philistines as far as Gai and to the gates of Ekron. The wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath and to Ekron.
\v 53 The children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines and they plundered their camp.
\v 54 David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent.
\v 55 When Saul saw David go out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, “Abner, whose son is this youth?”
\p Abner said, “As your soul lives, O king, I can’t tell.”
\p
\v 56 The king said, “Inquire whose son the young man is!”
\p
\v 57 As 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.
\v 58 Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, you young man?”
\p David answered, “I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”


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\c 18
\p
\v 1 When he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
\v 2 Saul took him that day, and wouldn’t let him go home to his father’s house any more.
\v 3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.
\v 4 Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him, and gave it to David, and his clothing, even including his sword, his bow, and his sash.
\v 5 David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely; and Saul set him over the men of war. It was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.
\p
\v 6 As they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with instruments of music.
\v 7 The women sang to one another as they played, and said,
\q1 “Saul has slain his thousands,
\q2 and David his ten thousands.”
\p
\v 8 Saul was very angry, and this saying displeased him. He said, “They have creditd David with ten thousands, and they have only credited me with thousands. What can he have more but the kingdom?”
\v 9 Saul watched David from that day and forward.
\v 10 On the next day, an evil spirit from God came mightily on Saul, and he prophesied in the middle of the house. David played with his hand, as he did day by day. Saul had his spear in his hand;
\v 11 and Saul threw the spear, for he said, “I will pin David to the wall!” David escaped from his presence twice.
\v 12 Saul was afraid of David, because Yahweh was with him, and had departed from Saul.
\v 13 Therefore Saul removed him from his presence, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
\p
\v 14 David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and Yahweh was with him.
\v 15 When Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he stood in awe of him.
\v 16 But all Israel and Judah loved David; for he went out and came in before them.
\v 17 Saul said to David, “Behold, my elder daughter Merab, I will give her to you as wife. Only be valiant for me, and fight Yahweh’s battles.” For Saul said, “Don’t let my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him.”
\v 18 David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my life, or my father’s family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?”
\p
\v 19 But at the time when Merab, Saul’s daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife.
\v 20 Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David; and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
\v 21 Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David, “You shall today be my son-in-law a second time.”
\v 22 Saul commanded his servants, “Talk with David secretly, and say, ‘Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore be the king’s son-in-law.’”
\p
\v 23 Saul’s servants spoke those words in the ears of David. David said, “Does it seem to you a light thing to be the king’s son-in-law, since I am a poor man, and little known?”
\p
\v 24 The servants of Saul told him, saying, “David spoke like this.”
\p
\v 25 Saul said, “Tell David, ‘The king desires no dowry except one hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king’s enemies.’” Now Saul thought he would make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
\v 26 When his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king’s son-in-law. Before the deadline,
\v 27 David arose and went, he and his men, and killed two hundred men of the Philistines. Then David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might be the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave him Michal his daughter as wife.
\v 28 Saul saw and knew that Yahweh was with David; and Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him.
\v 29 Saul was even more afraid of David; and Saul was David’s enemy continually.
\v 30 Then the princes of the Philistines went out; and as often as they went out, David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name was highly esteemed.


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\c 19
\p
\v 1 Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan, Saul’s son, greatly delighted in David.
\v 2 Jonathan told David, saying, “Saul my father seeks to kill you. Now therefore, please take care of yourself in the morning, and live in a secret place, and hide yourself.
\v 3 I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will talk with my father about you; and if I see anything, I will tell you.”
\p
\v 4 Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, “Don’t let the king sin against his servant, against David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been very good toward you;
\v 5 for he put his life in his hand, and struck the Philistine, and Yahweh worked a great victory for all Israel. You saw it, and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?”
\p
\v 6 Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, “As Yahweh lives, he shall not be put to death.”
\p
\v 7 Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as before.
\v 8 There was war again. David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and killed them with a great slaughter; and they fled before him.
\p
\v 9 An evil spirit from Yahweh was on Saul, as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand; and David was playing with his hand.
\v 10 Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear; but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and he stuck the spear into the wall. David fled, and escaped that night.
\v 11 Saul sent messengers to David’s house, to watch him, and to kill him in the morning. Michal, David’s wife, told him, saying, “If you don’t save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.”
\v 12 So Michal let David down through the window. He went away, fled, and escaped.
\v 13 Michal took the teraphim,\f + \fr 19:13 \ft teraphim were household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property.\f* and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats’ hair at its head, and covered it with clothes.
\v 14 When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, “He is sick.”
\p
\v 15 Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may kill him.”
\v 16 When the messengers came in, behold, the teraphim was in the bed, with the pillow of goats’ hair at its head.
\p
\v 17 Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me like this and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?”
\p Michal answered Saul, “He said to me, ‘Let me go! Why should I kill you?’”
\p
\v 18 Now David fled and escaped, and came to Samuel at Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. He and Samuel went and lived in Naioth.
\v 19 Saul was told, saying, “Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah.”
\p
\v 20 Saul sent messengers to seize David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as head over them, God’s Spirit came on Saul’s messengers, and they also prophesied.
\v 21 When Saul was told, he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they also prophesied.
\v 22 Then he also went to Ramah, and came to the great well that is in Secu: and he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?”
\p One said, “Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah.”
\p
\v 23 He went there to Naioth in Ramah. Then God’s Spirit came on him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
\v 24 He also stripped off his clothes, and he also prophesied before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”


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\c 2
\p
\v 1 Hannah prayed, and said:
\q1 “My heart exults in Yahweh!
\q2 My horn is exalted in Yahweh.
\q1 My mouth is enlarged over my enemies,
\q2 because I rejoice in your salvation.
\q1
\v 2 There is no one as holy as Yahweh,
\q2 for there is no one besides you,
\q2 nor is there any rock like our God.
\b
\q1
\v 3 “Don’t keep talking so exceedingly proudly.
\q2 Don’t let arrogance come out of your mouth,
\q2 for Yahweh is a God of knowledge.
\q2 By him actions are weighed.
\b
\q1
\v 4 “The bows of the mighty men are broken.
\q2 Those who stumbled are armed with strength.
\q1
\v 5 Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread.
\q2 Those who were hungry are satisfied.
\q1 Yes, the barren has borne seven.
\q2 She who has many children languishes.
\b
\q1
\v 6 “Yahweh kills and makes alive.
\q2 He brings down to Sheol\f + \fr 2:6 \ft Sheol is the place of the dead.\f* and brings up.
\q1
\v 7 Yahweh makes poor and makes rich.
\q2 He brings low, he also lifts up.
\q1
\v 8 He raises up the poor out of the dust.
\q2 He lifts up the needy from the dunghill
\q2 to make them sit with princes
\q2 and inherit the throne of glory.
\q1 For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh’s.
\q2 He has set the world on them.
\q1
\v 9 He will keep the feet of his holy ones,
\q2 but the wicked will be put to silence in darkness;
\q2 for no man will prevail by strength.
\q1
\v 10 Those who strive with Yahweh shall be broken to pieces.
\q2 He will thunder against them in the sky.
\b
\q1 “Yahweh will judge the ends of the earth.
\q2 He will give strength to his king,
\q2 and exalt the horn of his anointed.”
\p
\v 11 Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. The child served Yahweh before Eli the priest.
\p
\v 12 Now the sons of Eli were wicked men. They didn’t know Yahweh.
\v 13 The custom of the priests with the people was that when anyone offered a sacrifice, the priest’s servant came while the meat was boiling, with a fork of three teeth in his hand;
\v 14 and he stabbed it into the pan, or kettle, or cauldron, or pot. The priest took all that the fork brought up for himself. They did this to all the Israelites who came there to Shiloh.
\v 15 Yes, before they burned the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said to the man who sacrificed, “Give meat to roast for the priest; for he will not accept boiled meat from you, but raw.”
\p
\v 16 If the man said to him, “Let the fat be burned first, and then take as much as your soul desires;” then he would say, “No, but you shall give it to me now; and if not, I will take it by force.”
\v 17 The sin of the young men was very great before Yahweh; for the men despised Yahweh’s offering.
\v 18 But Samuel ministered before Yahweh, being a child, clothed with a linen ephod.
\v 19 Moreover his mother made him a little robe, and brought it to him from year to year when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
\v 20 Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, “May Yahweh give you offspring\f + \fr 2:20 \ft or, seed\f* from this woman for the petition which was asked of Yahweh.” Then they went to their own home.
\v 21 Yahweh visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. The child Samuel grew before Yahweh.
\p
\v 22 Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons did to all Israel, and how that they slept with the women who served at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
\v 23 He said to them, “Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all these people.
\v 24 No, my sons; for it is not a good report that I hear! You make Yahweh’s people disobey.
\v 25 If one man sins against another, God will judge him; but if a man sins against Yahweh, who will intercede for him?” Notwithstanding, they didn’t listen to the voice of their father, because Yahweh intended to kill them.
\p
\v 26 The child Samuel grew on, and increased in favor both with Yahweh and also with men.
\p
\v 27 A man of God came to Eli and said to him, “Yahweh says, ‘Did I reveal myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh’s house?
\v 28 Didn’t I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? Didn’t I give to the house of your father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?
\v 29 Why do you kick at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded in my habitation, and honor your sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel my people?’
\v 30 “Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father should walk before me forever.’ But now Yahweh says, ‘Far be it from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me will be cursed.
\v 31 Behold,\f + \fr 2:31 \ft “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.\f* the days come that I will cut off your arm and the arm of your father’s house, that there will not be an old man in your house.
\v 32 You will see the affliction of my habitation, in all the wealth which I will give Israel. There shall not be an old man in your house forever.
\v 33 The man of yours whom I don’t cut off from my altar will consume your eyes\f + \fr 2:33 \ft or, blind your eyes with tears\f* and grieve your heart. All the increase of your house will die in the flower of their age.
\v 34 This will be the sign to you that will come on your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: in one day they will both die.
\v 35 I will raise up a faithful priest for myself who will do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind. I will build him a sure house. He will walk before my anointed forever.
\v 36 It will happen that everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread, and will say, “Please put me into one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a morsel of bread.”’”


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\c 20
\p
\v 1 David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? What is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?”
\p
\v 2 He said to him, “Far from it; you will not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small, but that he discloses it to me. Why would my father hide this thing from me? It is not so.”
\p
\v 3 David swore moreover, and said, “Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes; and he says, ‘Don’t let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved;’ but truly as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.”
\p
\v 4 Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever your soul desires, I will even do it for you.”
\p
\v 5 David said to Jonathan, “Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to dine with the king; but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field to the third day at evening.
\v 6 If your father misses me at all, then say, ‘David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city; for it is the yearly sacrifice there for all the family.’
\v 7 If he says, ‘It is well,’ your servant shall have peace; but if he is angry, then know that evil is determined by him.
\v 8 Therefore deal kindly with your servant; for you have brought your servant into a covenant of Yahweh with you; but if there is iniquity in me, kill me yourself; for why should you bring me to your father?”
\p
\v 9 Jonathan said, “Far be it from you; for if I should at all know that evil were determined by my father to come on you, then wouldn’t I tell you that?”
\p
\v 10 Then David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you roughly?”
\p
\v 11 Jonathan said to David, “Come! Let’s go out into the field.” They both went out into the field.
\v 12 Jonathan said to David, “By Yahweh, the God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about this time tomorrow, or the third day, behold, if there is good toward David, won’t I then send to you, and disclose it to you?
\v 13 Yahweh do so to Jonathan, and more also, should it please my father to do you evil, if I don’t disclose it to you, and send you away, that you may go in peace. May Yahweh be with you, as he has been with my father.
\v 14 You shall not only show me the loving kindness of Yahweh while I still live, that I not die;
\v 15 but you shall also not cut off your kindness from my house forever; no, not when Yahweh has cut off every one of the enemies of David from the surface of the earth.”
\v 16 So Jonathan made a covenant with David’s house, saying, “Yahweh will require it at the hand of David’s enemies.”
\v 17 Jonathan caused David to swear again, for the love that he had to him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul.
\v 18 Then Jonathan said to him, “Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.
\v 19 When you have stayed three days, go down quickly, and come to the place where you hid yourself when this started, and remain by the stone Ezel.
\v 20 I will shoot three arrows on its side, as though I shot at a mark.
\v 21 Behold, I will send the boy, saying, ‘Go, find the arrows!’ If I tell the boy, ‘Behold, the arrows are on this side of you. Take them;’ then come; for there is peace to you and no danger, as Yahweh lives.
\v 22 But if I say this to the boy, ‘Behold, the arrows are beyond you;’ then go your way; for Yahweh has sent you away.
\v 23 Concerning the matter which you and I have spoken of, behold, Yahweh is between you and me forever.”
\p
\v 24 So David hid himself in the field. When the new moon had come, the king sat himself down to eat food.
\v 25 The king sat on his seat, as at other times, even on the seat by the wall; and Jonathan stood up, and Abner sat by Saul’s side, but David’s place was empty.
\v 26 Nevertheless Saul didn’t say anything that day, for he thought, “Something has happened to him. He is not clean. Surely he is not clean.”
\p
\v 27 On the next day after the new moon, the second day, David’s place was empty. Saul said to Jonathan his son, “Why doesn’t the son of Jesse come to eat, either yesterday, or today?”
\p
\v 28 Jonathan answered Saul, “David earnestly asked permission of me to go to Bethlehem.
\v 29 He said, ‘Please let me go, for our family has a sacrifice in the city. My brother has commanded me to be there. Now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go away and see my brothers.’ Therefore he has not come to the king’s table.”
\p
\v 30 Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse rebellious woman, don’t I know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?
\v 31 For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, you will not be established, nor will your kingdom. Therefore now send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die!”
\p
\v 32 Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, “Why should he be put to death? What has he done?”
\p
\v 33 Saul cast his spear at him to strike him. By this Jonathan knew that his father was determined to put David to death.
\v 34 So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and ate no food the second day of the month; for he was grieved for David, because his father had treated him shamefully.
\v 35 In the morning, Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little boy with him.
\v 36 He said to his boy, “Run, find now the arrows which I shoot.” As the boy ran, he shot an arrow beyond him.
\v 37 When the boy had come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the boy, and said, “Isn’t the arrow beyond you?”
\v 38 Jonathan cried after the boy, “Go fast! Hurry! Don’t delay!” Jonathan’s boy gathered up the arrows, and came to his master.
\v 39 But the boy didn’t know anything. Only Jonathan and David knew the matter.
\v 40 Jonathan gave his weapons to his boy, and said to him, “Go, carry them to the city.”
\p
\v 41 As soon as the boy was gone, David arose out of the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times. They kissed one another, and wept one with another, and David wept the most.
\v 42 Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, because we have both sworn in Yahweh’s name, saying, ‘Yahweh is between me and you, and between my offspring and your offspring, forever.’” He arose and departed; and Jonathan went into the city.


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\c 21
\p
\v 1 Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said to him, “Why are you alone, and no man with you?”
\v 2 David said to Ahimelech the priest, “The king has commanded me to do something, and has said to me, ‘Let no one know anything about the business about which I send you, and what I have commanded you. I have sent the young men to a certain place.’
\v 3 Now therefore what is under your hand? Please give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or whatever is available.”
\p
\v 4 The priest answered David, and said, “I have no common bread, but there is holy bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women.”
\p
\v 5 David answered the priest, and said to him, “Truly, women have been kept from us as usual these three days. When I came out, the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was only a common journey. How much more then today shall their vessels be holy?”
\v 6 So the priest gave him holy bread; for there was no bread there but the show bread that was taken from before Yahweh, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
\p
\v 7 Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before Yahweh; and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the best of the herdsmen who belonged to Saul.
\v 8 David said to Ahimelech, “Isn’t there here under your hand spear or sword? For I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business required haste.”
\p
\v 9 The priest said, “Behold, the sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah, is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you would like to take that, take it; for there is no other except that here.”
\p David said, “There is none like that. Give it to me.”
\p
\v 10 David arose, and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.
\v 11 The servants of Achish said to him, “Isn’t this David the king of the land? Didn’t they sing to one another about him in dances, saying,
\q1 ‘Saul has slain his thousands,
\q2 and David his ten thousands?’”
\p
\v 12 David laid up these words in his heart, and was very afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
\v 13 He changed his behavior before them, and pretended to be insane in their hands, and scribbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down on his beard.
\v 14 Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you see the man is insane. Why then have you brought him to me?
\v 15 Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this fellow to play the madman in my presence? Should this fellow come into my house?”


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\c 22
\p
\v 1 David therefore departed from there, and escaped to Adullam’s cave. When his brothers and all his father’s house heard it, they went down there to him.
\v 2 Everyone who was in distress, everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented, gathered themselves to him; and he became captain over them. There were with him about four hundred men.
\v 3 David went from there to Mizpeh of Moab, and he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and my mother come out with you, until I know what God will do for me.”
\v 4 He brought them before the king of Moab; and they lived with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.
\v 5 The prophet Gad said to David, “Don’t stay in the stronghold. Depart, and go into the land of Judah.”
\p Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hereth.
\v 6 Saul heard that David was discovered, with the men who were with him. Now Saul was sitting in Gibeah, under the tamarisk tree in Ramah, with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing around him.
\v 7 Saul said to his servants who stood around him, “Hear now, you Benjamites! Will the son of Jesse give everyone of you fields and vineyards? Will he make you all captains of thousands and captains of hundreds,
\v 8 that all of you have conspired against me, and there is no one who discloses to me when my son makes a treaty with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you who is sorry for me, or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as it is today?”
\p
\v 9 Then Doeg the Edomite, who stood by the servants of Saul, answered and said, “I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
\v 10 He inquired of Yahweh for him, gave him food, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”
\p
\v 11 Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father’s house, the priests who were in Nob; and they all came to the king.
\v 12 Saul said, “Hear now, you son of Ahitub.”
\p He answered, “Here I am, my lord.”
\p
\v 13 Saul said to him, “Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread, and a sword, and have inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as it is today?”
\p
\v 14 Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, “Who among all your servants is so faithful as David, who is the king’s son-in-law, captain of your body guard, and honored in your house?
\v 15 Have I today begun to inquire of God for him? Be it far from me! Don’t let the king impute anything to his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for your servant knows nothing of all this, less or more.”
\p
\v 16 The king said, “You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you, and all your father’s house.”
\v 17 The king said to the guard who stood about him, “Turn, and kill the priests of Yahweh; because their hand also is with David, and because they knew that he fled, and didn’t disclose it to me.” But the servants of the king wouldn’t put out their hand to fall on the priests of Yahweh.
\p
\v 18 The king said to Doeg, “Turn and attack the priests!”
\p Doeg the Edomite turned, and he attacked the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five people who wore a linen ephod.
\v 19 He struck Nob, the city of the priests, with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and nursing babies, and cattle and donkeys and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
\v 20 One of the sons of Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David.
\v 21 Abiathar told David that Saul had slain Yahweh’s priests.
\p
\v 22 David said to Abiathar, “I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. I am responsible for the death of all the persons of your father’s house.
\v 23 Stay with me. Don’t be afraid, for he who seeks my life seeks your life. For you will be safe with me.”


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\c 23
\p
\v 1 David was told, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing floors.”
\p
\v 2 Therefore David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “Shall I go and strike these Philistines?”
\p Yahweh said to David, “Go strike the Philistines, and save Keilah.”
\p
\v 3 David’s men said to him, “Behold, we are afraid here in Judah. How much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”
\p
\v 4 Then David inquired of Yahweh yet again. Yahweh answered him, and said, “Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
\p
\v 5 David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their livestock, and killed them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
\v 6 When Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, he came down with an ephod in his hand.
\p
\v 7 Saul was told that David had come to Keilah. Saul said, “God has delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in by entering into a town that has gates and bars.”
\v 8 Saul summoned all the people to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men.
\v 9 David knew that Saul was devising mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod here.”
\v 10 Then David said, “O Yahweh, the God of Israel, your servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.
\v 11 Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? Will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? Yahweh, the God of Israel, I beg you, tell your servant.”
\p Yahweh said, “He will come down.”
\p
\v 12 Then David said, “Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul?”
\p Yahweh said, “They will deliver you up.”
\p
\v 13 Then David and his men, who were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went wherever they could go. Saul was told that David was escaped from Keilah; and he gave up going there.
\v 14 David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God didn’t deliver him into his hand.
\v 15 David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the wilderness of Ziph in the wood.
\p
\v 16 Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose, and went to David into the woods, and strengthened his hand in God.
\v 17 He said to him, “Don’t be afraid; for the hand of Saul my father won’t find you; and you will be king over Israel, and I will be next to you; and Saul my father knows that also.”
\v 18 They both made a covenant before Yahweh. Then David stayed in the woods, and Jonathan went to his house.
\p
\v 19 Then the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, “Doesn’t David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the woods, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?
\v 20 Now therefore, O king, come down. According to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part will be to deliver him up into the king’s hand.”
\p
\v 21 Saul said, “You are blessed by Yahweh; for you have had compassion on me.
\v 22 Please go make yet more sure, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who has seen him there; for I have been told that he is very cunning.
\v 23 See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hides himself, and come again to me with certainty, and I will go with you. It shall happen, if he is in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.”
\p
\v 24 They arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah on the south of the desert.
\v 25 Saul and his men went to seek him. When David was told, he went down to the rock, and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. When Saul heard that, he pursued David in the wilderness of Maon.
\v 26 Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain; and David hurried to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men surrounded David and his men to take them.
\v 27 But a messenger came to Saul, saying, “Hurry and come; for the Philistines have made a raid on the land!”
\v 28 So Saul returned from pursuing David, and went against the Philistines. Therefore they called that place Sela Hammahlekoth.\f + \fr 23:28 \ft “Sela Hammahlekoth” means “rock of parting”.\f*
\p
\v 29 David went up from there, and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.


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\c 24
\p
\v 1 When Saul had returned from following the Philistines, he was told, “Behold, David is in the wilderness of En Gedi.”
\v 2 Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men on the rocks of the wild goats.
\v 3 He came to the sheep pens by the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were staying in the innermost parts of the cave.
\v 4 David’s men said to him, “Behold, the day of which Yahweh said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it shall seem good to you.’” Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul’s robe secretly.
\v 5 Afterward, David’s heart struck him, because he had cut off Saul’s skirt.
\v 6 He said to his men, “Yahweh forbid that I should do this thing to my lord, Yahweh’s anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, since he is Yahweh’s anointed.”
\v 7 So David checked his men with these words, and didn’t allow them to rise against Saul. Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.
\v 8 David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, “My lord the king!”
\p When Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth, and showed respect.
\v 9 David said to Saul, “Why do you listen to men’s words, saying, ‘Behold, David seeks to harm you?’
\v 10 Behold, today your eyes have seen how Yahweh had delivered you today into my hand in the cave. Some urged me to kill you; but I spared you; and I said, I will not stretch out my hand against my lord; for he is Yahweh’s anointed.
\v 11 Moreover, my father, behold, yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand; for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe, and didn’t kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor disobedience in my hand, and I have not sinned against you, though you hunt for my life to take it.
\v 12 May Yahweh judge between me and you, and may Yahweh avenge me of you; but my hand will not be on you.
\v 13 As the proverb of the ancients says, ‘Out of the wicked comes wickedness;’ but my hand will not be on you.
\v 14 Against whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? A dead dog? A flea?
\v 15 May Yahweh therefore be judge, and give sentence between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand.”
\p
\v 16 It came to pass, when David had finished speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, “Is that your voice, my son David?” Saul lifted up his voice, and wept.
\v 17 He said to David, “You are more righteous than I; for you have done good to me, whereas I have done evil to you.
\v 18 You have declared today how you have dealt well with me, because when Yahweh had delivered me up into your hand, you didn’t kill me.
\v 19 For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away unharmed? Therefore may Yahweh reward you good for that which you have done to me today.
\v 20 Now, behold, I know that you will surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hand.
\v 21 Swear now therefore to me by Yahweh, that you will not cut off my offspring after me, and that you will not destroy my name out of my father’s house.”
\p
\v 22 David swore to Saul. Saul went home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold.


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\c 25
\p
\v 1 Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together, and mourned for him, and buried him at his house at Ramah.
\p Then David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran.
\v 2 There was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great. He had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats; and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
\v 3 Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail. This woman was intelligent and had a beautiful face; but the man was surly and evil in his doings. He was of the house of Caleb.
\v 4 David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.
\v 5 David sent ten young men, and David said to the young men, “Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name.
\v 6 Tell him, ‘Long life to you! Peace be to you! Peace be to your house! Peace be to all that you have!
\v 7 Now I have heard that you have shearers. Your shepherds have now been with us, and we didn’t harm them. Nothing was missing from them all the time they were in Carmel.
\v 8 Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let the young men find favor in your eyes; for we come on a good day. Please give whatever comes to your hand, to your servants, and to your son David.’”
\p
\v 9 When David’s young men came, they spoke to Nabal all those words in the name of David, and waited.
\p
\v 10 Nabal answered David’s servants, and said, “Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants who break away from their masters these days.
\v 11 Shall I then take my bread, my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men who I don’t know where they come from?”
\p
\v 12 So David’s young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him all these words.
\p
\v 13 David said to his men, “Every man put on his sword!”
\p Every man put on his sword. David also put on his sword. About four hundred men followed David, and two hundred stayed by the baggage.
\v 14 But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal’s wife, saying, “Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to Greet our master; and he insulted them.
\v 15 But the men were very good to us, and we were not harmed, and we didn’t miss anything, as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields.
\v 16 They were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.
\v 17 Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house; for he is such a worthless fellow that one can’t speak to him.”
\p
\v 18 Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two containers of wine, five sheep ready dressed, five seahs\f + \fr 25:18 \ft 1 seah is about 7 liters or 1.9 gallons or 0.8 pecks\f* of parched grain, one hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys.
\v 19 She said to her young men, “Go on before me. Behold, I am coming after you.” But she didn’t tell her husband, Nabal.
\v 20 As she rode on her donkey, and came down by the covert of the mountain, that behold, David and his men came down toward her, and she met them.
\p
\v 21 Now David had said, “Surely in vain I have kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him. He has returned me evil for good.
\v 22 God do so to the enemies of David, and more also, if I leave of all that belongs to him by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall.” \f + \fr 25:22 \ft or, male.\f*
\p
\v 23 When Abigail saw David, she hurried and got off her donkey, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground.
\v 24 She fell at his feet, and said, “On me, my lord, on me be the blame! Please let your servant speak in your ears. Hear the words of your servant.
\v 25 Please don’t let my lord pay attention to this worthless fellow, Nabal; for as his name is, so is he. Nabal\f + \fr 25:25 \ft “Nabal” means “foolish”.\f* is his name, and folly is with him; but I, your servant, didn’t see my lord’s young men, whom you sent.
\v 26 Now therefore, my lord, as Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, since Yahweh has withheld you from blood guiltiness, and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now therefore let your enemies, and those who seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.
\v 27 Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.
\v 28 Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For Yahweh will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord fights Yahweh’s battles. Evil will not be found in you all your days.
\v 29 Though men may rise up to pursue you, and to seek your soul, yet the soul of my lord will be bound in the bundle of life with Yahweh your God. He will sling out the souls of your enemies, as from the hollow of a sling.
\v 30 It will come to pass, when Yahweh has done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and has appointed you prince over Israel,
\v 31 that this shall be no grief to you, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood without cause, or that my lord has avenged himself. When Yahweh has dealt well with my lord, then remember your servant.”
\p
\v 32 David said to Abigail, “Blessed is Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sent you today to meet me!
\v 33 Blessed is your discretion, and blessed are you, who have kept me today from blood guiltiness, and from avenging myself with my own hand.
\v 34 For indeed, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, lives, who has withheld me from harming you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely there wouldn’t have been left to Nabal by the morning light so much as one who urinates on a wall.”\f + \fr 25:34 \ft or, one male.\f*
\p
\v 35 So David received from her hand that which she had brought him. Then he said to her, “Go up in peace to your house. Behold, I have listened to your voice, and have granted your request.”
\p
\v 36 Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. Therefore she told him nothing until the morning light.
\v 37 In the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him, and he became as a stone.
\v 38 About ten days later, Yahweh struck Nabal, so that he died.
\v 39 When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, “Blessed is Yahweh, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil. Yahweh has returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head.” David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to himself as wife.
\v 40 When David’s servants had come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, “David has sent us to you, to take you to him as wife.”
\p
\v 41 She arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, “Behold, your servant is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”
\v 42 Abigail hurried, and arose, and rode on a donkey, with five ladies of hers who followed her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
\v 43 David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they both became his wives.
\v 44 Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David’s wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was of Gallim.


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\c 26
\p
\v 1 The Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, “Doesn’t David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert?”
\v 2 Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
\v 3 Saul encamped in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the desert, by the way. But David stayed in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.
\v 4 David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul had certainly come.
\v 5 Then David arose, and came to the place where Saul had encamped; and David saw the place where Saul lay, with Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his army. Saul lay within the place of the wagons, and the people were encamped around him.
\p
\v 6 Then David answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, saying, “Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp?”
\p Abishai said, “I will go down with you.”
\v 7 So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people lay around him.
\v 8 Then Abishai said to David, “God has delivered up your enemy into your hand today. Now therefore please let me strike him with the spear to the earth at one stroke, and I will not strike him the second time.”
\p
\v 9 David said to Abishai, “Don’t destroy him; for who can stretch out his hand against Yahweh’s anointed, and be guiltless?”
\v 10 David said, “As Yahweh lives, Yahweh will strike him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall go down into battle and perish.
\v 11 Yahweh forbid that I should stretch out my hand against Yahweh’s anointed; but now please take the spear that is at his head, and the jar of water, and let’s go.”
\p
\v 12 So David took the spear and the jar of water from Saul’s head; and they went away: and no man saw it, or knew it, nor did any awake; for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from Yahweh had fallen on them.
\v 13 Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of the mountain afar off; a great space being between them;
\v 14 and David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, “Don’t you answer, Abner?”
\p Then Abner answered, “Who are you who cries to the king?”
\p
\v 15 David said to Abner, “Aren’t you a man? Who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not kept watch over your lord, the king? For one of the people came in to destroy the king your lord.
\v 16 This thing isn’t good that you have done. As Yahweh lives, you are worthy to die, because you have not kept watch over your lord, Yahweh’s anointed. Now see where the king’s spear is, and the jar of water that was at his head.”
\p
\v 17 Saul knew David’s voice, and said, “Is this your voice, my son David?”
\p David said, “It is my voice, my lord, O king.”
\v 18 He said, “Why does my lord pursue his servant? For what have I done? What evil is in my hand?
\v 19 Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it is so that Yahweh has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, they are cursed before Yahweh; for they have driven me out today that I shouldn’t cling to Yahweh’s inheritance, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods!’
\v 20 Now therefore, don’t let my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of Yahweh; for the king of Israel has come out to seek a flea, as when one hunts a partridge in the mountains.”
\p
\v 21 Then Saul said, “I have sinned. Return, my son David; for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes today. Behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.”
\p
\v 22 David answered, “Behold the spear, O king! Then let one of the young men come over and get it.
\v 23 Yahweh will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; because Yahweh delivered you into my hand today, and I wouldn’t stretch out my hand against Yahweh’s anointed.
\v 24 Behold, as your life was respected today in my eyes, so let my life be respected in Yahweh’s eyes, and let him deliver me out of all oppression.”
\p
\v 25 Then Saul said to David, “You are blessed, my son David. You will both do mightily, and will surely prevail.” So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.


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\c 27
\p
\v 1 David said in his heart, “I will now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel. So shall I escape out of his hand.”
\v 2 David arose, and passed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.
\v 3 David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal’s wife.
\v 4 Saul was told that David had fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him.
\v 5 David said to Achish, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may dwell there. For why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you?”
\v 6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: therefore Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day.
\v 7 The number of the days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months.
\v 8 David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, on the way to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.
\v 9 David struck the land, and saved no man or woman alive, and took away the sheep, the cattle, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing. Then he returned, and came to Achish.
\p
\v 10 Achish said, “Against whom have you made a raid today?”
\p David said, “Against the South of Judah, against the South of the Jerahmeelites, and against the South of the Kenites.”
\v 11 David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, “Lest they should tell about us, saying, ‘David did this, and this has been his way all the time he has lived in the country of the Philistines.’”
\p
\v 12 Achish believed David, saying, “He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him. Therefore he will be my servant forever.”


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\c 28
\p
\v 1 In those days, the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. Achish said to David, “Know assuredly that you will go out with me in the army, you and your men.”
\p
\v 2 David said to Achish, “Therefore you will know what your servant can do.”
\p Achish said to David, “Therefore I will make you my bodyguard forever.”
\p
\v 3 Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had mourned for him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. Saul had sent away those who had familiar spirits and the wizards out of the land.
\v 4 The Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and encamped in Shunem; and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped in Gilboa.
\v 5 When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly.
\v 6 When Saul inquired of Yahweh, Yahweh didn’t answer him by dreams, by Urim, or by prophets.
\v 7 Then Saul said to his servants, “Seek for me a woman who has a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her.”
\p His servants said to him, “Behold, there is a woman who has a familiar spirit at Endor.”
\p
\v 8 Saul disguised himself and put on other clothing, and went, he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night. Then he said, “Please consult for me by the familiar spirit, and bring me up whomever I shall name to you.”
\p
\v 9 The woman said to him, “Behold, you know what Saul has done, how he has cut off those who have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land. Why then do you lay a snare for my life, to cause me to die?”
\p
\v 10 Saul swore to her by Yahweh, saying, “As Yahweh lives, no punishment will happen to you for this thing.”
\p
\v 11 Then the woman said, “Whom shall I bring up to you?”
\p He said, “Bring Samuel up for me.”
\p
\v 12 When the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice; and the woman spoke to Saul, saying, “Why have you deceived me? For you are Saul!”
\p
\v 13 The king said to her, “Don’t be afraid! What do you see?”
\p The woman said to Saul, “I see a god coming up out of the earth.”
\p
\v 14 He said to her, “What does he look like?”
\p She said, “An old man comes up. He is covered with a robe.” Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground, and showed respect.
\p
\v 15 Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me, to bring me up?”
\p Saul answered, “I am very distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God has departed from me, and answers me no more, by prophets, or by dreams. Therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me what I shall do.”
\p
\v 16 Samuel said, “Why then do you ask me, since Yahweh has departed from you and has become your adversary?
\v 17 Yahweh has done to you as he spoke by me. Yahweh has torn the kingdom out of your hand, and given it to your neighbor, even to David.
\v 18 Because you didn’t obey Yahweh’s voice, and didn’t execute his fierce wrath on Amalek, therefore Yahweh has done this thing to you today.
\v 19 Moreover Yahweh will deliver Israel also with you into the hand of the Philistines; and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. Yahweh will deliver the army of Israel also into the hand of the Philistines.”
\p
\v 20 Then Saul fell immediately his full length on the earth, and was terrified, because of Samuel’s words. There was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all day long or all night long.
\p
\v 21 The woman came to Saul, and saw that he was very troubled, and said to him, “Behold, your servant has listened to your voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have listened to your words which you spoke to me.
\v 22 Now therefore, please listen also to the voice of your servant, and let me set a morsel of bread before you. Eat, that you may have strength, when you go on your way.”
\p
\v 23 But he refused, and said, “I will not eat.” But his servants, together with the woman, constrained him; and he listened to their voice. So he arose from the earth and sat on the bed.
\v 24 The woman had a fattened calf in the house. She hurried and killed it; and she took flour, and kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread of it.
\v 25 She brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they ate. Then they rose up, and went away that night.


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\c 29
\p
\v 1 Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek; and the Israelites encamped by the spring which is in Jezreel.
\v 2 The lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds and by thousands; and David and his men passed on in the rear with Achish.
\p
\v 3 Then the princes of the Philistines said, “What about these Hebrews?”
\p Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, “Isn’t this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or rather these years? I have found no fault in him since he fell away until today.”
\p
\v 4 But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him; and the princes of the Philistines said to him, “Make the man return, that he may go back to his place where you have appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us. For with what should this fellow reconcile himself to his lord? Should it not be with the heads of these men?
\v 5 Isn’t this David, of whom people sang to one another in dances, saying,
\q1 ‘Saul has slain his thousands,
\q2 and David his ten thousands?’”
\p
\v 6 Then Achish called David, and said to him, “As Yahweh lives, you have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the army is good in my sight; for I have not found evil in you since the day of your coming to me to this day. Nevertheless, the lords don’t favor you.
\v 7 Therefore now return, and go in peace, that you not displease the lords of the Philistines.”
\p
\v 8 David said to Achish, “But what have I done? What have you found in your servant so long as I have been before you to this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”
\p
\v 9 Achish answered David, “I know that you are good in my sight, as an angel of God. Notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, ‘He shall not go up with us to the battle.’
\v 10 Therefore now rise up early in the morning with the servants of your lord who have come with you; and as soon as you are up early in the morning, and have light, depart.”
\p
\v 11 So David rose up early, he and his men, to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines, and the Philistines went up to Jezreel.


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\c 3
\p
\v 1 The child Samuel ministered to Yahweh before Eli. Yahweh’s word was rare in those days. There were not many visions, then.
\v 2 At that time, when Eli was laid down in his place (now his eyes had begun to grow dim, so that he could not see),
\v 3 and God’s lamp hadn’t yet gone out, and Samuel had laid down in Yahweh’s temple where God’s ark was,
\v 4 Yahweh called Samuel. He said, “Here I am.”
\p
\v 5 He ran to Eli and said, “Here I am; for you called me.”
\p He said, “I didn’t call. Lie down again.”
\p He went and lay down.
\v 6 Yahweh called yet again, “Samuel!”
\p Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; for you called me.”
\p He answered, “I didn’t call, my son. Lie down again.”
\v 7 Now Samuel didn’t yet know Yahweh, neither was Yahweh’s word yet revealed to him.
\v 8 Yahweh called Samuel again the third time. He arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; for you called me.”
\p Eli perceived that Yahweh had called the child.
\v 9 Therefore Eli said to Samuel, “Go, lie down. It shall be, if he calls you, that you shall say, ‘Speak, Yahweh; for your servant hears.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
\v 10 Yahweh came, and stood, and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!”
\p Then Samuel said, “Speak; for your servant hears.”
\p
\v 11 Yahweh said to Samuel, “Behold, I will do a thing in Israel at which both the ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.
\v 12 In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even to the end.
\v 13 For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a curse on themselves, and he didn’t restrain them.
\v 14 Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be removed with sacrifice or offering forever.”
\p
\v 15 Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of Yahweh’s house. Samuel was afraid to show Eli the vision.
\v 16 Then Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son!”
\p He said, “Here I am.”
\p
\v 17 He said, “What is the thing that he has spoken to you? Please don’t hide it from me. God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the things that he spoke to you.”
\p
\v 18 Samuel told him every bit, and hid nothing from him.
\p He said, “It is Yahweh. Let him do what seems good to him.”
\p
\v 19 Samuel grew, and Yahweh was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground.
\v 20 All Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of Yahweh.
\v 21 Yahweh appeared again in Shiloh; for Yahweh revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by Yahweh’s word.


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\c 30
\p
\v 1 When David and his men had come to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid on the South, and on Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag, and burned it with fire,
\v 2 and had taken captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great. They didn’t kill any, but carried them off, and went their way.
\v 3 When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, their sons, and their daughters were taken captive.
\v 4 Then David and the people who were with him lifted up their voice and wept until they had no more power to weep.
\v 5 David’s two wives were taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
\v 6 David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters; but David strengthened himself in Yahweh his God.
\v 7 David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Please bring the ephod here to me.”
\p Abiathar brought the ephod to David.
\v 8 David inquired of Yahweh, saying, “If I pursue after this troop, will I overtake them?”
\p He answered him, “Pursue; for you will surely overtake them, and will without fail recover all.”
\p
\v 9 So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed.
\v 10 But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they couldn’t go over the brook Besor.
\v 11 They found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he ate; and they gave him water to drink.
\v 12 They gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins. When he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, and drank no water for three days and three nights.
\v 13 David asked him, “To whom do you belong? Where are you from?”
\p He said, “I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I got sick.
\v 14 We made a raid on the South of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the South of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire.”
\p
\v 15 David said to him, “Will you bring me down to this troop?”
\p He said, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me and not deliver me up into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this troop.”
\p
\v 16 When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread around over all the ground, eating, drinking, and dancing, because of all the great plunder that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah.
\v 17 David struck them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day. Not a man of them escaped from there, except four hundred young men, who rode on camels and fled.
\v 18 David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and David rescued his two wives.
\v 19 There was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither plunder, nor anything that they had taken to them. David brought back all.
\v 20 David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other livestock, and said, “This is David’s plunder.”
\p
\v 21 David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom also they had made to stay at the brook Besor; and they went out to meet David, and to meet the people who were with him. When David came near to the people, he greeted them.
\v 22 Then all the wicked men and worthless fellows, of those who went with David, answered and said, “Because they didn’t go with us, we will not give them anything of the plunder that we have recovered, except to every man his wife and his children, that he may lead them away, and depart.”
\p
\v 23 Then David said, “Do not do so, my brothers, with that which Yahweh has given to us, who has preserved us, and delivered the troop that came against us into our hand.
\v 24 Who will listen to you in this matter? For as his share is who goes down to the battle, so shall his share be who stays with the baggage. They shall share alike.”
\v 25 It was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.
\v 26 When David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, “Behold, a present for you from the plunder of Yahweh’s enemies.”
\v 27 He sent it to those who were in Bethel, to those who were in Ramoth of the South, to those who were in Jattir,
\v 28 to those who were in Aroer, to those who were in Siphmoth, to those who were in Eshtemoa,
\v 29 to those who were in Racal, to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, to those who were in the cities of the Kenites,
\v 30 to those who were in Hormah, to those who were in Borashan, to those who were in Athach,
\v 31 to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men used to stay.


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\c 31
\p
\v 1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on Mount Gilboa.
\v 2 The Philistines overtook Saul and on his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
\v 3 The battle went hard against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was greatly distressed by reason of the archers.
\v 4 Then Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me!” But his armor bearer would not; for he was terrified. Therefore Saul took his sword, and fell on it.
\v 5 When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword, and died with him.
\v 6 So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor bearer, and all his men, that same day together.
\p
\v 7 When the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, and those who were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them.
\v 8 On the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
\v 9 They cut off his head, stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines all around, to carry the news to the house of their idols, and to the people.
\v 10 They put his armor in the house of the Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan.
\v 11 When the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
\v 12 all the valiant men arose, went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth Shan; and they came to Jabesh, and burned them there.
\v 13 They took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk\f + \fr 31:13 \ft or, salt cedar\f* tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.


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\c 4
\nb
\v 1 The word of Samuel came to all Israel.
\p Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Ebenezer; and the Philistines encamped in Aphek.
\v 2 The Philistines put themselves in array against Israel. When they joined battle, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men of the army in the field.
\v 3 When the people had come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why has Yahweh defeated us today before the Philistines? Let’s get the ark of Yahweh’s covenant out of Shiloh and bring it to us, that it may come among us and save us out of the hand of our enemies.”
\p
\v 4 So the people sent to Shiloh, and they brought from there the ark of the covenant of Yahweh of Armies, who sits above the cherubim; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
\v 5 When the ark of Yahweh’s covenant came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth resounded.
\v 6 When the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, “What does the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews mean?” They understood that Yahweh’s ark had come into the camp.
\v 7 The Philistines were afraid, for they said, “God has come into the camp.” They said, “Woe to us! For there has not been such a thing before.
\v 8 Woe to us! Who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods that struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.
\v 9 Be strong and behave like men, O you Philistines, that you not be servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Strengthen yourselves like men, and fight!”
\v 10 The Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. There was a very great slaughter; for thirty thousand footmen of Israel fell.
\v 11 God’s ark was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
\p
\v 12 A man of Benjamin ran out of the army and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes torn and with dirt on his head.
\v 13 When he came, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching, for his heart trembled for God’s ark. When the man came into the city and told about it, all the city cried out.
\v 14 When Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, “What does the noise of this tumult mean?”
\p The man hurried, and came and told Eli.
\v 15 Now Eli was ninety-eight years old. His eyes were set, so that he could not see.
\v 16 The man said to Eli, “I am he who came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army.”
\p He said, “How did the matter go, my son?”
\p
\v 17 He who brought the news answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and God’s ark has been captured.”
\p
\v 18 When he made mention of God’s ark, Eli fell from off his seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck broke, and he died, for he was an old man and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.
\p
\v 19 His daughter-in-law, Phinehas’ wife, was with child, near to giving birth. When she heard the news that God’s ark was taken and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and gave birth; for her pains came on her.
\v 20 About the time of her death the women who stood by her said to her, “Don’t be afraid, for you have given birth to a son.” But she didn’t answer, neither did she regard it.
\v 21 She named the child Ichabod,\f + \fr 4:21 \ft “Ichabod” means “no glory”.\f* saying, “The glory has departed from Israel!” because God’s ark was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.
\v 22 She said, “The glory has departed from Israel; for God’s ark has been taken.”


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\c 5
\p
\v 1 Now the Philistines had taken God’s ark, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
\v 2 The Philistines took God’s ark, and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon.
\v 3 When the people of Ashdod arose early on the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before Yahweh’s ark. They took Dagon and set him in his place again.
\v 4 When they arose early on the following morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before Yahweh’s ark; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off on the threshold. Only Dagon’s torso was intact.
\v 5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor any who come into Dagon’s house step on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.
\v 6 But Yahweh’s hand was heavy on the people of Ashdod, and he destroyed them and struck them with tumors, even Ashdod and its borders.
\p
\v 7 When the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel shall not stay with us, for his hand is severe on us and on Dagon our god.”
\v 8 They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?”
\p They answered, “Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried over to Gath.” They carried the ark of the God of Israel there.
\v 9 It was so, that after they had carried it there, Yahweh’s hand was against the city with a very great confusion; and he struck the men of the city, both small and great, so that tumors broke out on them.
\v 10 So they sent God’s ark to Ekron.
\p As God’s ark came to Ekron, the Ekronites cried out, saying, “They have brought the ark of the God of Israel here to us, to kill us and our people.”
\v 11 They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, “Send the ark of the God of Israel away, and let it go again to its own place, that it not kill us and our people.” For there was a deadly panic throughout all the city. The hand of God was very heavy there.
\v 12 The men who didn’t die were struck with the tumors; and the cry of the city went up to heaven.


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\c 6
\p
\v 1 Yahweh’s ark was in the country of the Philistines seven months.
\v 2 The Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, “What shall we do with Yahweh’s ark? Show us how we should send it to its place.”
\p
\v 3 They said, “If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, don’t send it empty; but by all means return a trespass offering to him. Then you will be healed, and it will be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.”
\p
\v 4 Then they said, “What should the trespass offering be which we shall return to him?”
\p They said, “Five golden tumors and five golden mice, for the number of the lords of the Philistines; for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.
\v 5 Therefore you shall make images of your tumors and images of your mice that mar the land; and you shall give glory to the God of Israel. Perhaps he will release his hand from you, from your gods, and from your land.
\v 6 Why then do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he had worked wonderfully among them, didn’t they let the people go, and they departed?
\p
\v 7 “Now therefore take and prepare yourselves a new cart and two milk cows on which there has come no yoke; and tie the cows to the cart, and bring their calves home from them;
\v 8 and take Yahweh’s ark and lay it on the cart. Put the jewels of gold, which you return him for a trespass offering, in a box by its side; and send it away, that it may go.
\v 9 Behold, if it goes up by the way of its own border to Beth Shemesh, then he has done us this great evil; but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck us. It was a chance that happened to us.”
\p
\v 10 The men did so, and took two milk cows and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.
\v 11 They put Yahweh’s ark on the cart, and the box with the golden mice and the images of their tumors.
\v 12 The cows took the straight way by the way to Beth Shemesh. They went along the highway, lowing as they went, and didn’t turn away to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them to the border of Beth Shemesh.
\v 13 The people 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.
\v 14 The cart came into the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh, and stood there, where there was a great stone. Then they split the wood of the cart and offered up the cows for a burnt offering to Yahweh.
\v 15 The Levites took down Yahweh’s ark and the box that was with it, in which 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 to Yahweh.
\v 16 When the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
\v 17 These are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering to Yahweh: for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
\v 18 and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified cities and of country villages, even to the great stone on which they set down Yahweh’s ark. That stone remains to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.
\v 19 He struck of the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked into Yahweh’s ark, he struck fifty thousand seventy of the men. Then the people mourned, because Yahweh had struck the people with a great slaughter.
\v 20 The men of Beth Shemesh said, “Who is able to stand before Yahweh, this holy God? To whom shall he go up from us?”
\p
\v 21 They sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath Jearim, saying, “The Philistines have brought back Yahweh’s ark. Come down and bring it up to yourselves.”


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\c 7
\p
\v 1 The men of Kiriath Jearim came and took Yahweh’s ark, and brought it into Abinadab’s house on the hill, and consecrated Eleazar his son to keep Yahweh’s ark.
\v 2 From the day that the ark stayed in Kiriath Jearim, the time was long; for it was twenty years; and all the house of Israel lamented after Yahweh.
\v 3 Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you are returning to Yahweh with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts to Yahweh, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”
\v 4 Then the children of Israel removed the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and served Yahweh only.
\v 5 Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to Yahweh for you.”
\v 6 They gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before Yahweh, and fasted on that day, and said there, “We have sinned against Yahweh.” Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah.
\v 7 When the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. When the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines.
\v 8 The children of Israel said to Samuel, “Don’t stop crying to Yahweh our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.”
\v 9 Samuel took a suckling lamb, and offered it for a whole burnt offering to Yahweh. Samuel cried to Yahweh for Israel; and Yahweh answered him.
\v 10 As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines came near to battle against Israel; but Yahweh thundered with a great thunder on that day on the Philistines, and confused them; and they were struck down before Israel.
\v 11 The men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, and struck them, until they came under Beth Kar.
\p
\v 12 Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer,\f + \fr 7:12 \ft “Ebenezer” means “stone of help”.\f* saying, “Yahweh helped us until now.”
\v 13 So the Philistines were subdued, and they stopped coming within the border of Israel. Yahweh’s hand was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
\p
\v 14 The cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even to Gath; and Israel recovered its border out of the hand of the Philistines. There was peace between Israel and the Amorites.
\p
\v 15 Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
\v 16 He went from year to year in a circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah; and he judged Israel in all those places.
\v 17 His return was to Ramah, for his house was there; and he judged Israel there; and he built an altar to Yahweh there.


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\c 8
\p
\v 1 When Samuel was old, he made his sons judges over Israel.
\v 2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.
\v 3 His sons didn’t walk in his ways, but turned away after dishonest gain, took bribes, and perverted justice.
\v 4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together and came to Samuel to Ramah.
\v 5 They said to him, “Behold, you are old, and your sons don’t walk in your ways. Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.”
\v 6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.”
\p Samuel prayed to Yahweh.
\v 7 Yahweh said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they tell you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me as the king over them.
\v 8 According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, in that they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so they also do to you.
\v 9 Now therefore listen to their voice. However you shall protest solemnly to them, and shall show them the way of the king who will reign over them.”
\p
\v 10 Samuel told all Yahweh’s words to the people who asked him for a king.
\v 11 He said, “This will be the way of the king who shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them as his servants, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they will run before his chariots.
\v 12 He will appoint them to him for captains of thousands, and captains of fifties; and he will assign some to plow his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and the instruments of his chariots.
\v 13 He will take your daughters to be perfumers, to be cooks, and to be bakers.
\v 14 He will take your fields, your vineyards, and your olive groves, even their best, and give them to his servants.
\v 15 He will take one tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give it to his officers, and to his servants.
\v 16 He will take your male servants, your female servants, your best young men, and your donkeys, and assign them to his own work.
\v 17 He will take one tenth of your flocks; and you will be his servants.
\v 18 You will cry out in that day because of your king whom you will have chosen for yourselves; and Yahweh will not answer you in that day.”
\p
\v 19 But the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel; and they said, “No; but we will have a king over us,
\v 20 that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.”
\p
\v 21 Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of Yahweh.
\v 22 Yahweh said to Samuel, “Listen to their voice, and make them a king.”
\p Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Everyone go to your own city.”


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\v 1 Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor.
\v 2 He had a son, whose name was Saul, an impressive young man; and there was not among the children of Israel a better person than he. From his shoulders and upward he was taller than any of the people.
\p
\v 3 The donkeys of Kish, Saul’s father, were lost. Kish said to Saul his son, “Now take one of the servants with you, and arise, go look for the donkeys.”
\v 4 He passed through the hill country of Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they didn’t find them. Then they passed through the land of Shaalim, and they weren’t there. Then he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they didn’t find them.
\p
\v 5 When they had come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, “Come! Let’s return, lest my father stop caring about the donkeys, and be anxious for us.”
\p
\v 6 The servant said to him, “Behold now, there is a man of God in this city, and he is a man who is held in honor. All that he says surely happens. Now let’s go there. Perhaps he can tell us which way to go.”
\p
\v 7 Then Saul said to his servant, “But, behold, if we go, what should we bring the man? For the bread is spent in our sacks, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God. What do we have?”
\p
\v 8 The servant answered Saul again, and said, “Behold, I have in my hand the fourth part of a shekel\f + \fr 9:8 \ft A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces, so 1/4 shekel would be a small coin of about 2.5 grams.\f* of silver. I will give that to the man of God, to tell us our way.”
\v 9 (In earlier times in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he said, “Come! Let’s go to the seer;” for he who is now called a prophet was before called a seer.)
\p
\v 10 Then Saul said to his servant, “Well said. Come! Let’s go.” So they went to the city where the man of God was.
\v 11 As they went up the ascent to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, “Is the seer here?”
\p
\v 12 They answered them, and said, “He is. Behold, he is before you. Hurry now, for he has come today into the city; for the people have a sacrifice today in the high place.
\v 13 As soon as you have come into the city, you will immediately find him, before he goes up to the high place to eat; for the people will not eat until he comes, because he blesses the sacrifice. Afterwards those who are invited eat. Now therefore go up; for at this time you will find him.”
\p
\v 14 They went up to the city. As they came within the city, behold, Samuel came out toward them, to go up to the high place.
\p
\v 15 Now Yahweh had revealed to Samuel a day before Saul came, saying,
\v 16 “Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over my people Israel. He will save my people out of the hand of the Philistines; for I have looked upon my people, because their cry has come to me.”
\p
\v 17 When Samuel saw Saul, Yahweh said to him, “Behold, the man of whom I spoke to you! He will have authority over my people.”
\p
\v 18 Then Saul approached Samuel in the gateway, and said, “Please tell me where the seer’s house is.”
\p
\v 19 Samuel answered Saul, and said, “I am the seer. Go up before me to the high place, for you are to eat with me today. In the morning I will let you go, and will tell you all that is in your heart.
\v 20 As for your donkeys who were lost three days ago, don’t set your mind on them; for they have been found. For whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you, and for all your father’s house?”
\p
\v 21 Saul answered, “Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? And my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then do you speak to me like this?”
\p
\v 22 Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the guest room, and made them sit in the best place among those who were invited, who were about thirty persons.
\v 23 Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the portion which I gave you, of which I said to you, ‘Set it aside.’”
\v 24 The cook took up the thigh, and that which was on it, and set it before Saul. Samuel said, “Behold, that which has been reserved! Set it before yourself and eat; because it has been kept for you for the appointed time, for I said, ‘I have invited the people.’” So Saul ate with Samuel that day.
\p
\v 25 When they had come down from the high place into the city, he talked with Saul on the housetop.
\v 26 They arose early; and about daybreak, Samuel called to Saul on the housetop, saying, “Get up, that I may send you away.” Saul arose, and they both went outside, he and Samuel, together.
\v 27 As they were going down at the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the servant to go on ahead of us.” He went ahead, then Samuel said, “But stand still first, that I may cause you to hear God’s message.”


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\mt1 World English Bible Glossary
\ip The following words used in the World English Bible (WEB) are not very common, either because they refer to ancient weights, measures, or money, or because they are in some way unique to the Bible.
\ili \k Abaddon\k*
\ili2 Abaddon is Hebrew for destruction.
\ili \k Abba\k*
\ili2 Abba is a Chaldee word for father, used in a respectful, affectionate, and familiar way, like papa, dad, or daddy. Often used in prayer to refer to our Father in Heaven.
\ili \k adultery\k*
\ili2 Adultery is having sexual intercourse with someone besides your own husband or wife. In the Bible, the only legitimate sexual intercourse is between a man and a woman who are married to each other.
\ili \k alpha\k*
\ili2 Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. It is sometimes used to mean the beginning or the first.
\ili \k amen\k*
\ili2 Amen means “So be it” or “I believe it is certainly so.”
\ili \k angel\k*
\ili2 “Angel” literally means “messenger” or “envoy,” and is usually used to refer to spiritual beings who normally are invisible to us, but can also appear as exceedingly strong creatures or as humans.
\ili \k Apollyon\k*
\ili2 Apollyon is Greek for destroyer.
\ili \k apostle\k*
\ili2 “Apostle” means a delegate, messenger, or one sent forth with orders. This term is applied in the New Testament in both a general sense connected with a ministry of establishing and strengthening church fellowships, as well as in a specific sense to “The 12 Apostles of the Lamb” (Revelation 21:14). The former category applies to a specific ministry that continues in the Church (Ephesians 4:11-13) and which includes many more than 12 people, while the latter refers to the apostles named in Matthew 10:2-4, except with Judas Iscariot replaced by Matthias (Acts 1:26).
\ili \k Armageddon\k*
\ili2 See Har-magedon.
\ili \k assarion\k*
\ili2 An assarion is a small Roman copper coin worth one tenth of a drachma, or about an hour’s wages for an agricultural laborer.
\ili \k aureus\k*
\ili2 An aureus is a Roman gold coin, worth 25 silver denarii. An aureus weighed from 115 to 126.3 grains (7.45 to 8.18 grams).
\ili \k baptize\k*
\ili2 Baptize means to immerse in, or wash with something, usually water. Baptism in the Holy Spirit, fire, the Body of Christ, and suffering are also mentioned in the New Testament, along with baptism in water. Baptism is not just to cleanse the body, but as an outward sign of an inward spiritual cleansing and commitment. Baptism is a sign of repentance, as practiced by John the Baptizer, and of faith in Jesus Christ, as practiced by Jesus’ disciples.
\ili \k bath\k*
\ili2 A bath is a liquid measure of about 22 liters, 5.8 U. S. gallons, or 4.8 imperial gallons.
\ili \k batos\k*
\ili2 A batos is a liquid measure of about 39.5 liters, 10.4 U. S. gallons, or 8.7 imperial gallons.
\ili \k Beelzebul\k*
\ili2 literally, lord of the flies. A name used for the devil.
\ili \k Beersheba\k*
\ili2 Beersheba is Hebrew for “well of the oath” or “well of the seven.” A city in Israel.
\ili \k behold\k*
\ili2 Look! See! Wow! Notice this! Lo!
\ili \k cherub\k*
\ili2 A cherub is a kind of angel with wings and hands that is associated with the throne room of God and guardian duty. See Ezekiel 10.
\ili \k cherubim\k*
\ili2 Cherubim means more than one cherub or a mighty cherub.
\ili \k choenix\k*
\ili2 A choenix is a dry volume measure that is a little more than a liter (which is a little more than a quart). A choenix was the daily ration of grain for a soldier in some armies.
\ili \k concubine\k*
\ili2 a woman who is united to a man for the purpose of providing him with sexual pleasure and children, but not being honored as a full partner in marriage; a second-class wife. In Old Testament times (and in some places now), it was the custom of middle-eastern kings, chiefs, and wealthy men to marry multiple wives and concubines, but God commanded the Kings of Israel not to do so (Deuteronomy 17:17) and Jesus encouraged people to either remain single or marry as God originally intended: one man married to one woman (Matthew 19:3-12; 1 Corinthians 7:1-13).
\ili \k cor\k*
\ili2 A cor is a dry measure of about 391 liters, 103 U. S. gallons, or 86 imperial gallons.
\ili \k corban\k*
\ili2 Corban is a Hebrew word for an offering devoted to God.
\ili \k crucify\k*
\ili2 Crucify means to execute someone by nailing them to a cross with metal spikes. Their hands are stretched out on the crossbeam with spikes driven through their wrists or hands. Their feet or ankles are attached to a cross with a metal spike. The weight of the victim’s body tends to force the air out of his lungs. To rise up to breathe, the victim has to put weight on the wounds, and use a lot of strength. The victim is nailed to the cross while the cross is on the ground, then the cross is raised up and dropped into a hole, thus jarring the wounds. Before crucifixion, the victim was usually whipped with a Roman cat of nine tails, which had bits of glass and metal tied to its ends. This caused chunks of flesh to be removed and open wounds to be placed against the raw wood of the cross. The victim was made to carry the heavy crossbeam of his cross from the place of judgment to the place of crucifixion, but often was physically unable after the scourging, so another person would be pressed into involuntary service to carry the cross for him. Roman crucifixion was generally done totally naked to maximize both shame and discomfort. Eventually, the pain, weakness, dehydration, and exhaustion of the muscles needed to breathe make breathing impossible, and the victim suffocates.
\ili \k cubit\k*
\ili2 A cubit is a unit of linear measure, from the elbow to the tip of the longest finger of a man. This unit is commonly converted to 0.46 meters or 18 inches, although that varies with height of the man doing the measurement. There is also a “long” cubit that is longer than a regular cubit by a handbreadth. (Ezekiel 43:13)
\ili \k cummin\k*
\ili2 Cummin is an aromatic seed from Cuminum cyminum, resembling caraway in flavor and appearance. It is used as a spice.
\ili \k darnel\k*
\ili2 Darnel is a weed grass (probably bearded darnel or Lolium temulentum) that looks very much like wheat until it is mature, when the seeds reveal a great difference. Darnel seeds aren’t good for much except as chicken feed or to burn to prevent the spread of this weed.
\ili \k denarii\k*
\ili2 denarii: plural form of denarius, a silver Roman coin worth about a day’s wages for a laborer.
\ili \k denarius\k*
\ili2 A denarius is a silver Roman coin worth about a day’s wages for an agricultural laborer. A denarius was worth 1/25th of a Roman aureus.
\ili \k devil\k*
\ili2 The word “devil” comes from the Greek “diabolos,” which means “one prone to slander; a liar.” “Devil” is used to refer to a fallen angel, also called “Satan,” who works to steal, kill, destroy, and do evil. The devil’s doom is certain, and it is only a matter of time before he is thrown into the Lake of Fire, never to escape.
\ili \k didrachma\k*
\ili2 A didrachma is a Greek silver coin worth 2 drachmas, about as much as 2 Roman denarii, or about 2 days wages. It was commonly used to pay the half-shekel temple tax.
\ili \k disciple\k*
\ili2 a student who follows a teacher to learn both by precept and example.
\ili \k distaff\k*
\ili2 part of a spinning wheel used for twisting threads.
\ili \k drachma\k*
\ili2 A drachma is a Greek silver coin worth about one Roman denarius, or about a day’s wages for an agricultural laborer.
\ili \k El-Elohe-Israel\k*
\ili2 El-Elohe-Israel means “God, the God of Israel” or “The God of Israel is mighty.”
\ili \k ephah\k*
\ili2 An ephah is a measure of volume of about 22 liters, 5.8 U. S. gallons, 4.8 imperial gallons, or a bit more than half a bushel.
\ili \k Gehenna\k*
\ili2 Gehenna is one word used for Hell. It comes from the Hebrew Gey-Hinnom, literally “valley of Hinnom.” This word originated as the name for a place south of the old city of Jerusalem where the city’s rubbish was burned. At one time, live babies were thrown crying into the fire under the arms of the idol, Moloch, to die there. This place was so despised by the people after the righteous King Josiah abolished this hideous practice that it was made into a garbage heap. Bodies of diseased animals and executed criminals were thrown there and burned.
\ili \k gittith\k*
\ili2 Gittith is a musical term possibly meaning “an instrument of Gath.”
\ili \k goad\k*
\ili2 a sharp, pointed prodding device used to motivate reluctant animals (such as oxen and mules) to move in the right direction.
\ili \k gospel\k*
\ili2 Gospel means “good news” or “glad tidings,” specifically the Good News of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection for our salvation, healing, and provision; and the hope of eternal life that Jesus made available to us by God’s grace.
\ili \k Hades\k*
\ili2 Hades: The nether realm of the disembodied spirits. Also known as “hell.” See also “Sheol”.
\ili \k Har-magedon\k*
\ili2 Har-magedon, also called Armegeddon, is most likely a reference to hill (“har”) of Megiddo, near the Carmel Range in Israel. This area has a large valley plain with plenty of room for armies to maneuver.
\ili \k hin\k*
\ili2 A hin is a measure of volume of about about 6.5 liters or 1.7 gallons.
\ili \k homer\k*
\ili2 One homer is about 220 liters, 6.2 U. S. bushels, 6.1 imperial bushels, 58 U. S. gallons, or 48.4 imperial gallons.
\ili \k hypocrite\k*
\ili2 a stage actor; someone who pretends to be someone other than who they really are; a pretender; a dissembler
\ili \k Ishmael\k*
\ili2 Ishmael is the son of Abraham and Hagar. Ishmael literally means, “God hears.”
\ili \k Jehovah\k*
\ili2 See “Yahweh.”
\ili \k Jesus\k*
\ili2 “Jesus” is Greek for the Hebrew name “Yeshua,” which is a short version of “Yehoshua,” which comes from “Yoshia,” which means “He will save.”
\ili \k kodrantes\k*
\ili2 A kodrantes is a small coin worth one half of an Attic chalcus or two lepta. It is worth less than 2% of a day’s wages for an agricultural laborer.
\ili \k lepta\k*
\ili2 Lepta are very small, brass, Jewish coins worth half a Roman quadrans each, which is worth a quarter of the copper assarion. Lepta are worth less than 1% of an agricultural worker’s daily wages.
\ili \k leviathan\k*
\ili2 Leviathan is a poetic name for a large aquatic creature, possibly a crocodile or a dinosaur.
\ili \k mahalath\k*
\ili2 Mahalath is the name of a tune or a musical term.
\ili \k manna\k*
\ili2 Name for the food that God miraculously provided to the Israelites while they were wandering in the wilderness between Egypt and the promised land. From Hebrew man-hu (What is that?) or manan (to allot). See Exodus 16:14-35.
\ili \k marriage\k*
\ili2 the union of a husband and a wife for the purpose of cohabitation, procreation, and to enjoy each other’s company. God’s plan for marriage is between one man and one woman (Mark 10:6-9; 1 Corinthians 7). Although there are many cases of a man marrying more than one woman in the Old Testament, being married to one wife is a requirement to serve in certain church leadership positions (1 Timothy 3:2,12; Titus 1:5-6).
\ili \k maschil\k*
\ili2 Maschil is a musical and literary term for “contemplation” or “meditative psalm.”
\ili \k michtam\k*
\ili2 A michtam is a poem.
\ili \k mina\k*
\ili2 A mina is a Greek coin worth 100 Greek drachmas (or 100 Roman denarii), or about 100 day’s wages for an agricultural laborer.
\ili \k myrrh\k*
\ili2 Myrrh is the fragrant substance that oozes out of the stems and branches of the low, shrubby tree commiphora myrrha or comiphora kataf native to the Arabian deserts and parts of Africa. The fragrant gum drops to the ground and hardens into an oily yellowish-brown resin. Myrrh was highly valued as a perfume, and as an ingredient in medicinal and ceremonial ointments.
\ili \k Nicolaitans\k*
\ili2 Nicolaitans were most likely Gnostics who taught the detestable lie that the physical and spiritual realms were entirely separate and that immorality in the physical realm wouldn’t harm your spiritual health.
\ili \k omega\k*
\ili2 Omega is the last letter of the Greek alphabet. It is sometimes used to mean the last or the end.
\ili \k Peniel\k*
\ili2 Peniel is Hebrew for “face of God.”
\ili \k phylactery\k*
\ili2 a leather container for holding a small scroll containing important Scripture passages that is worn on the arm or forehead in prayer. These phylacteries (tefillin in Hebrew) are still used by orthodox Jewish men. See Deuteronomy 6:8.
\ili \k Praetorium\k*
\ili2 Praetorium: the Roman governor’s residence and office building, and those who work there.
\ili \k quadrans\k*
\ili2 A quadrans is a Roman coin worth about 1/64 of a denarius. A denarius is about one day’s wages for an agricultural laborer.
\ili \k rabbi\k*
\ili2 Rabbi is a transliteration of the Hebrew word for “my teacher,” used as a title of respect for Jewish teachers.
\ili \k Rahab\k*
\ili2 Rahab is either (1) The prostitute who hid Joshua’s 2 spies in Jericho (Joshua 2,6) and later became an ancestor of Jesus (Matthew 1:5) and an example of faith (Hebrews 11:31; James 2:25); or (2) Literally, “pride” or “arrogance” — possibly a reference to a large aquatic creature (Job 9:13; 26:12; Isaiah 51:9) or symbolically referring to Egypt (Psalm 87:4; 89:10; Isaiah 30:7).
\ili \k repent\k*
\ili2 to change one’s mind; turn away from sin and turn toward God; to abhor one’s past sins and determine to follow God.
\ili \k Rhabboni\k*
\ili2 Rhabboni: a transliteration of the Hebrew word for “great teacher.”
\ili \k Sabbath\k*
\ili2 The seventh day of the week, set aside by God for man to rest.
\ili \k saints\k*
\ili2 The Greek word for “saints” literally means “holy ones.” Saints are people set apart for service to God as holy and separate, living in righteousness. Used in the Bible to refer to all Christians and to all of those who worship Yahweh in Old Testament times.
\ili \k Samaritan\k*
\ili2 A Samaritan is a resident of Samaria. The Samaritans and the Jews generally detested each other during the time that Jesus walked among us.
\ili \k sanctify\k*
\ili2 To declare or set apart something as holy. To purify and separate a person from sin.
\ili \k sata\k*
\ili2 A sata is a dry measure of capacity approximately equal to 13 liters or 1.5 pecks.
\ili \k Satan\k*
\ili2 Satan means “accuser.” This is one name for the devil, an enemy of God and God’s people.
\ili \k scribe\k*
\ili2 A scribe is one who copies God’s law. They were often respected as teachers and authorities on God’s law.
\ili \k selah\k*
\ili2 Selah is a musical term indicating a pause or instrumental interlude for reflection.
\ili \k seraphim\k*
\ili2 Seraphim are 6-winged angels. See Isaiah 6:2-6.
\ili \k sexual immorality\k*
\ili2 The term “sexual immorality” in the New Testament comes from the Greek “porneia,” which refers to any sexual activity besides that between a husband and his wife. In other words, prostitution (male or female), bestiality, homosexual activity, any sexual intercourse outside of marriage, and the production and consumption of pornography all are included in this term.
\ili \k shekel\k*
\ili2 A measure of weight, and when referring to that weight in gold, silver, or brass, of money. A shekel is approximately 16 grams, about a half an ounce, or 20 gerahs (Ezekiel 45:12).
\ili \k Sheol\k*
\ili2 Sheol is the place of the dead. See also “Hades”.
\ili \k Shibah\k*
\ili2 Shibah is Hebrew for “oath” or “seven.” See Beersheba.
\ili \k shigionoth\k*
\ili2 Victorious music.
\ili \k soul\k*
\ili2 “Soul” refers to the emotions and intellect of a living person, as well as that person’s very life. It is distinguished in the Bible from a person’s spirit and body. (1 Thessalonians 5:23, Hebrews 4:12)
\ili \k span\k*
\ili2 A span is the length from the tip of a man’s thumb to the tip of his little finger when his hand is stretched out (about half a cubit, or 9 inches, or 22.8 cm.)
\ili \k spirit\k*
\ili2 Spirit, breath, and wind all derive from the same Hebrew and Greek words. A person’s spirit is the very essence of that person’s life, which comes from God, who is a Spirit being (John 4:24, Genesis 1:2; 2:7). The Bible distinguishes between a person’s spirit, soul, and body (1 Thessalonians 5:23, Hebrews 4:12). Some beings may exist as spirits without necessarily having a visible body, such as angels and demons (Luke 9:39, 1 John 4:1-3).
\ili \k stadia\k*
\ili2 Stadia is plural for “stadion,” a linear measure of about 184.9 meters or 606.6 feet (the length of the race course at Olympia).
\ili \k stater\k*
\ili2 A stater is a Greek silver coin equivalent to four Attic or two Alexandrian drachmas, or a Jewish shekel: just exactly enough to cover the half-shekel Temple Tax for two people.
\ili \k tabernacle\k*
\ili2 a dwelling place or place of worship, usually a tent.
\ili \k talent\k*
\ili2 A measure of weight or mass of 3000 shekels.
\ili \k Tartarus\k*
\ili2 Tartarus is the Greek name for an underworld for the wicked dead; another name for Gehenna or Hell.
\ili \k teraphim\k*
\ili2 Teraphim are household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property.
\ili \k Yah\k*
\ili2 “Yah” is a shortened form of “Yahweh,” which is God’s proper name. This form is used occasionally in the Old Testament, mostly in the Psalms. See “Yahweh.”
\ili \k Yahweh\k*
\ili2 “Yahweh” is God’s proper name. In Hebrew, the four consonants roughly equivalent to YHWH were considered too holy to pronounce, so the Hebrew word for “Lord” (Adonai) was substituted when reading it aloud. When vowel points were added to the Hebrew Old Testament, the vowel points for “Adonai” were mixed with the consonants for “Yahweh,” which if you pronounced it literally as written, would be pronounced “Yehovah” or “Jehovah.” When the Old Testament was translated to Greek, the tradition of substituting “Lord” for God’s proper name continued in the translation of God’s name to “Lord” (Kurios). Some English Bibles translate God’s proper name to “LORD” or “GOD” (usually with small capital letters), based on that same tradition. This can get really confusing, since two other words (“Adonai” and “Elohim”) translate to “Lord” and “God,” and they are sometimes used together. The ASV of 1901 (and some other translations) render YHWH as “Jehovah.” The most probable pronunciation of God’s proper name is “Yahweh.” In Hebrew, the name “Yahweh” is related to the active declaration “I AM.” See Exodus 3:13-14. Since Hebrew has no tenses, the declaration “I AM” can also be interpreted as “I WAS” and “I WILL BE.” Compare Revelation 1:8.
\ili \k Zion\k*
\ili2 Zion is a name which originally referred one of the mountains of Jerusalem. It became a term synonymous with Jerusalem itself. The term “Heavenly Zion” is also used to refer the future dwelling place of God’s people.
\ip This companion glossary to the World English Bible is in the Public Domain. You may not copyright it or claim authorship over it, but you are free to use, sell, distribute, or copy it.
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\ili \k abaddon\k*
\ili2 abaddon is hebrew for destruction.
\ili \k abba\k*
\ili2 abba is a chaldee word for father, used in a respectful, affectionate, and familiar way, like papa, dad, or daddy. often used in prayer to refer to our father in heaven.
\ili \k adultery\k*
\ili2 adultery is having sexual intercourse with someone besides your own husband or wife. in the bible, the only legitimate sexual intercourse is between a man and a woman who are married to each other.
\ili \k alpha\k*
\ili2 alpha is the first letter of the greek alphabet. it is sometimes used to mean the beginning or the first.
\ili \k amen\k*
\ili2 amen means “so be it” or “i believe it is certainly so.”
\ili \k angel\k*
\ili2 “angel” literally means “messenger” or “envoy,” and is usually used to refer to spiritual beings who normally are invisible to us, but can also appear as exceedingly strong creatures or as humans.
\ili \k apollyon\k*
\ili2 apollyon is greek for destroyer.
\ili \k apostle\k*
\ili2 “apostle” means a delegate, messenger, or one sent forth with orders. this term is applied in the new testament in both a general sense connected with a ministry of establishing and strengthening church fellowships, as well as in a specific sense to “the 12 apostles of the lamb” (revelation 21:14). the former category applies to a specific ministry that continues in the church (ephesians 4:11-13) and which includes many more than 12 people, while the latter refers to the apostles named in matthew 10:2-4, except with judas iscariot replaced by matthias (acts 1:26).
\ili \k armageddon\k*
\ili2 see har-magedon.
\ili \k assarion\k*
\ili2 an assarion is a small roman copper coin worth one tenth of a drachma, or about an hour’s wages for an agricultural laborer.
\ili \k aureus\k*
\ili2 an aureus is a roman gold coin, worth 25 silver denarii. an aureus weighed from 115 to 126.3 grains (7.45 to 8.18 grams).
\ili \k baptize\k*
\ili2 baptize means to immerse in, or wash with something, usually water. baptism in the holy spirit, fire, the body of christ, and suffering are also mentioned in the new testament, along with baptism in water. baptism is not just to cleanse the body, but as an outward sign of an inward spiritual cleansing and commitment. baptism is a sign of repentance, as practiced by john the baptizer, and of faith in jesus christ, as practiced by jesus’ disciples.
\ili \k bath\k*
\ili2 a bath is a liquid measure of about 22 liters, 5.8 u. s. gallons, or 4.8 imperial gallons.
\ili \k batos\k*
\ili2 a batos is a liquid measure of about 39.5 liters, 10.4 u. s. gallons, or 8.7 imperial gallons.
\ili \k beelzebul\k*
\ili2 literally, lord of the flies. a name used for the devil.
\ili \k beersheba\k*
\ili2 beersheba is hebrew for “well of the oath” or “well of the seven.” a city in israel.
\ili \k behold\k*
\ili2 look! see! wow! notice this! lo!
\ili \k cherub\k*
\ili2 a cherub is a kind of angel with wings and hands that is associated with the throne room of god and guardian duty. see ezekiel 10.
\ili \k cherubim\k*
\ili2 cherubim means more than one cherub or a mighty cherub.
\ili \k choenix\k*
\ili2 a choenix is a dry volume measure that is a little more than a liter (which is a little more than a quart). a choenix was the daily ration of grain for a soldier in some armies.
\ili \k concubine\k*
\ili2 a woman who is united to a man for the purpose of providing him with sexual pleasure and children, but not being honored as a full partner in marriage; a second-class wife. in old testament times (and in some places now), it was the custom of middle-eastern kings, chiefs, and wealthy men to marry multiple wives and concubines, but god commanded the kings of israel not to do so (deuteronomy 17:17) and jesus encouraged people to either remain single or marry as god originally intended: one man married to one woman (matthew 19:3-12; 1 corinthians 7:1-13).
\ili \k cor\k*
\ili2 a cor is a dry measure of about 391 liters, 103 u. s. gallons, or 86 imperial gallons.
\ili \k corban\k*
\ili2 corban is a hebrew word for an offering devoted to god.
\ili \k crucify\k*
\ili2 crucify means to execute someone by nailing them to a cross with metal spikes. their hands are stretched out on the crossbeam with spikes driven through their wrists or hands. their feet or ankles are attached to a cross with a metal spike. the weight of the victim’s body tends to force the air out of his lungs. to rise up to breathe, the victim has to put weight on the wounds, and use a lot of strength. the victim is nailed to the cross while the cross is on the ground, then the cross is raised up and dropped into a hole, thus jarring the wounds. before crucifixion, the victim was usually whipped with a roman cat of nine tails, which had bits of glass and metal tied to its ends. this caused chunks of flesh to be removed and open wounds to be placed against the raw wood of the cross. the victim was made to carry the heavy crossbeam of his cross from the place of judgment to the place of crucifixion, but often was physically unable after the scourging, so another person would be pressed into involuntary service to carry the cross for him. roman crucifixion was generally done totally naked to maximize both shame and discomfort. eventually, the pain, weakness, dehydration, and exhaustion of the muscles needed to breathe make breathing impossible, and the victim suffocates.
\ili \k cubit\k*
\ili2 a cubit is a unit of linear measure, from the elbow to the tip of the longest finger of a man. this unit is commonly converted to 0.46 meters or 18 inches, although that varies with height of the man doing the measurement. there is also a “long” cubit that is longer than a regular cubit by a handbreadth. (ezekiel 43:13)
\ili \k cummin\k*
\ili2 cummin is an aromatic seed from cuminum cyminum, resembling caraway in flavor and appearance. it is used as a spice.
\ili \k darnel\k*
\ili2 darnel is a weed grass (probably bearded darnel or lolium temulentum) that looks very much like wheat until it is mature, when the seeds reveal a great difference. darnel seeds aren’t good for much except as chicken feed or to burn to prevent the spread of this weed.
\ili \k denarii\k*
\ili2 denarii: plural form of denarius, a silver roman coin worth about a day’s wages for a laborer.
\ili \k denarius\k*
\ili2 a denarius is a silver roman coin worth about a day’s wages for an agricultural laborer. a denarius was worth 1/25th of a roman aureus.
\ili \k devil\k*
\ili2 the word “devil” comes from the greek “diabolos,” which means “one prone to slander; a liar.” “devil” is used to refer to a fallen angel, also called “satan,” who works to steal, kill, destroy, and do evil. the devil’s doom is certain, and it is only a matter of time before he is thrown into the lake of fire, never to escape.
\ili \k didrachma\k*
\ili2 a didrachma is a greek silver coin worth 2 drachmas, about as much as 2 roman denarii, or about 2 days wages. it was commonly used to pay the half-shekel temple tax.
\ili \k disciple\k*
\ili2 a student who follows a teacher to learn both by precept and example.
\ili \k distaff\k*
\ili2 part of a spinning wheel used for twisting threads.
\ili \k drachma\k*
\ili2 a drachma is a greek silver coin worth about one roman denarius, or about a day’s wages for an agricultural laborer.
\ili \k el-elohe-israel\k*
\ili2 el-elohe-israel means “god, the god of israel” or “the god of israel is mighty.”
\ili \k ephah\k*
\ili2 an ephah is a measure of volume of about 22 liters, 5.8 u. s. gallons, 4.8 imperial gallons, or a bit more than half a bushel.
\ili \k gehenna\k*
\ili2 gehenna is one word used for hell. it comes from the hebrew gey-hinnom, literally “valley of hinnom.” this word originated as the name for a place south of the old city of jerusalem where the city’s rubbish was burned. at one time, live babies were thrown crying into the fire under the arms of the idol, moloch, to die there. this place was so despised by the people after the righteous king josiah abolished this hideous practice that it was made into a garbage heap. bodies of diseased animals and executed criminals were thrown there and burned.
\ili \k gittith\k*
\ili2 gittith is a musical term possibly meaning “an instrument of gath.”
\ili \k goad\k*
\ili2 a sharp, pointed prodding device used to motivate reluctant animals (such as oxen and mules) to move in the right direction.
\ili \k gospel\k*
\ili2 gospel means “good news” or “glad tidings,” specifically the good news of jesus’ life, death, and resurrection for our salvation, healing, and provision; and the hope of eternal life that jesus made available to us by god’s grace.
\ili \k hades\k*
\ili2 hades: the nether realm of the disembodied spirits. also known as “hell.” see also “sheol”.
\ili \k har-magedon\k*
\ili2 har-magedon, also called armegeddon, is most likely a reference to hill (“har”) of megiddo, near the carmel range in israel. this area has a large valley plain with plenty of room for armies to maneuver.
\ili \k hin\k*
\ili2 a hin is a measure of volume of about about 6.5 liters or 1.7 gallons.
\ili \k homer\k*
\ili2 one homer is about 220 liters, 6.2 u. s. bushels, 6.1 imperial bushels, 58 u. s. gallons, or 48.4 imperial gallons.
\ili \k hypocrite\k*
\ili2 a stage actor; someone who pretends to be someone other than who they really are; a pretender; a dissembler
\ili \k ishmael\k*
\ili2 ishmael is the son of abraham and hagar. ishmael literally means, “god hears.”
\ili \k jehovah\k*
\ili2 see “yahweh.”
\ili \k jesus\k*
\ili2 “jesus” is greek for the hebrew name “yeshua,” which is a short version of “yehoshua,” which comes from “yoshia,” which means “he will save.”
\ili \k kodrantes\k*
\ili2 a kodrantes is a small coin worth one half of an attic chalcus or two lepta. it is worth less than 2% of a day’s wages for an agricultural laborer.
\ili \k lepta\k*
\ili2 lepta are very small, brass, jewish coins worth half a roman quadrans each, which is worth a quarter of the copper assarion. lepta are worth less than 1% of an agricultural worker’s daily wages.
\ili \k leviathan\k*
\ili2 leviathan is a poetic name for a large aquatic creature, possibly a crocodile or a dinosaur.
\ili \k mahalath\k*
\ili2 mahalath is the name of a tune or a musical term.
\ili \k manna\k*
\ili2 name for the food that god miraculously provided to the israelites while they were wandering in the wilderness between egypt and the promised land. from hebrew man-hu (what is that?) or manan (to allot). see exodus 16:14-35.
\ili \k marriage\k*
\ili2 the union of a husband and a wife for the purpose of cohabitation, procreation, and to enjoy each other’s company. god’s plan for marriage is between one man and one woman (mark 10:6-9; 1 corinthians 7). although there are many cases of a man marrying more than one woman in the old testament, being married to one wife is a requirement to serve in certain church leadership positions (1 timothy 3:2,12; titus 1:5-6).
\ili \k maschil\k*
\ili2 maschil is a musical and literary term for “contemplation” or “meditative psalm.”
\ili \k michtam\k*
\ili2 a michtam is a poem.
\ili \k mina\k*
\ili2 a mina is a greek coin worth 100 greek drachmas (or 100 roman denarii), or about 100 day’s wages for an agricultural laborer.
\ili \k myrrh\k*
\ili2 myrrh is the fragrant substance that oozes out of the stems and branches of the low, shrubby tree commiphora myrrha or comiphora kataf native to the arabian deserts and parts of africa. the fragrant gum drops to the ground and hardens into an oily yellowish-brown resin. myrrh was highly valued as a perfume, and as an ingredient in medicinal and ceremonial ointments.
\ili \k nicolaitans\k*
\ili2 nicolaitans were most likely gnostics who taught the detestable lie that the physical and spiritual realms were entirely separate and that immorality in the physical realm wouldn’t harm your spiritual health.
\ili \k omega\k*
\ili2 omega is the last letter of the greek alphabet. it is sometimes used to mean the last or the end.
\ili \k peniel\k*
\ili2 peniel is hebrew for “face of god.”
\ili \k phylactery\k*
\ili2 a leather container for holding a small scroll containing important scripture passages that is worn on the arm or forehead in prayer. these phylacteries (tefillin in hebrew) are still used by orthodox jewish men. see deuteronomy 6:8.
\ili \k praetorium\k*
\ili2 praetorium: the roman governor’s residence and office building, and those who work there.
\ili \k quadrans\k*
\ili2 a quadrans is a roman coin worth about 1/64 of a denarius. a denarius is about one day’s wages for an agricultural laborer.
\ili \k rabbi\k*
\ili2 rabbi is a transliteration of the hebrew word for “my teacher,” used as a title of respect for jewish teachers.
\ili \k rahab\k*
\ili2 rahab is either (1) the prostitute who hid joshua’s 2 spies in jericho (joshua 2,6) and later became an ancestor of jesus (matthew 1:5) and an example of faith (hebrews 11:31; james 2:25); or (2) literally, “pride” or “arrogance” — possibly a reference to a large aquatic creature (job 9:13; 26:12; isaiah 51:9) or symbolically referring to egypt (psalm 87:4; 89:10; isaiah 30:7).
\ili \k repent\k*
\ili2 to change one’s mind; turn away from sin and turn toward god; to abhor one’s past sins and determine to follow god.
\ili \k rhabboni\k*
\ili2 rhabboni: a transliteration of the hebrew word for “great teacher.”
\ili \k sabbath\k*
\ili2 the seventh day of the week, set aside by god for man to rest.
\ili \k saints\k*
\ili2 the greek word for “saints” literally means “holy ones.” saints are people set apart for service to god as holy and separate, living in righteousness. used in the bible to refer to all christians and to all of those who worship yahweh in old testament times.
\ili \k samaritan\k*
\ili2 a samaritan is a resident of samaria. the samaritans and the jews generally detested each other during the time that jesus walked among us.
\ili \k sanctify\k*
\ili2 to declare or set apart something as holy. to purify and separate a person from sin.
\ili \k sata\k*
\ili2 a sata is a dry measure of capacity approximately equal to 13 liters or 1.5 pecks.
\ili \k satan\k*
\ili2 satan means “accuser.” this is one name for the devil, an enemy of god and god’s people.
\ili \k scribe\k*
\ili2 a scribe is one who copies god’s law. they were often respected as teachers and authorities on god’s law.
\ili \k selah\k*
\ili2 selah is a musical term indicating a pause or instrumental interlude for reflection.
\ili \k seraphim\k*
\ili2 seraphim are 6-winged angels. see isaiah 6:2-6.
\ili \k sexual immorality\k*
\ili2 the term “sexual immorality” in the new testament comes from the greek “porneia,” which refers to any sexual activity besides that between a husband and his wife. in other words, prostitution (male or female), bestiality, homosexual activity, any sexual intercourse outside of marriage, and the production and consumption of pornography all are included in this term.
\ili \k shekel\k*
\ili2 a measure of weight, and when referring to that weight in gold, silver, or brass, of money. a shekel is approximately 16 grams, about a half an ounce, or 20 gerahs (ezekiel 45:12).
\ili \k sheol\k*
\ili2 sheol is the place of the dead. see also “hades”.
\ili \k shibah\k*
\ili2 shibah is hebrew for “oath” or “seven.” see beersheba.
\ili \k shigionoth\k*
\ili2 victorious music.
\ili \k soul\k*
\ili2 “soul” refers to the emotions and intellect of a living person, as well as that person’s very life. it is distinguished in the bible from a person’s spirit and body. (1 thessalonians 5:23, hebrews 4:12)
\ili \k span\k*
\ili2 a span is the length from the tip of a man’s thumb to the tip of his little finger when his hand is stretched out (about half a cubit, or 9 inches, or 22.8 cm.)
\ili \k spirit\k*
\ili2 spirit, breath, and wind all derive from the same hebrew and greek words. a person’s spirit is the very essence of that person’s life, which comes from god, who is a spirit being (john 4:24, genesis 1:2; 2:7). the bible distinguishes between a person’s spirit, soul, and body (1 thessalonians 5:23, hebrews 4:12). some beings may exist as spirits without necessarily having a visible body, such as angels and demons (luke 9:39, 1 john 4:1-3).
\ili \k stadia\k*
\ili2 stadia is plural for “stadion,” a linear measure of about 184.9 meters or 606.6 feet (the length of the race course at olympia).
\ili \k stater\k*
\ili2 a stater is a greek silver coin equivalent to four attic or two alexandrian drachmas, or a jewish shekel: just exactly enough to cover the half-shekel temple tax for two people.
\ili \k tabernacle\k*
\ili2 a dwelling place or place of worship, usually a tent.
\ili \k talent\k*
\ili2 a measure of weight or mass of 3000 shekels.
\ili \k tartarus\k*
\ili2 tartarus is the greek name for an underworld for the wicked dead; another name for gehenna or hell.
\ili \k teraphim\k*
\ili2 teraphim are household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property.
\ili \k yah\k*
\ili2 “yah” is a shortened form of “yahweh,” which is god’s proper name. this form is used occasionally in the old testament, mostly in the psalms. see “yahweh.”
\ili \k yahweh\k*
\ili2 “yahweh” is god’s proper name. in hebrew, the four consonants roughly equivalent to yhwh were considered too holy to pronounce, so the hebrew word for “lord” (adonai) was substituted when reading it aloud. when vowel points were added to the hebrew old testament, the vowel points for “adonai” were mixed with the consonants for “yahweh,” which if you pronounced it literally as written, would be pronounced “yehovah” or “jehovah.” when the old testament was translated to greek, the tradition of substituting “lord” for god’s proper name continued in the translation of god’s name to “lord” (kurios). some english bibles translate god’s proper name to “lord” or “god” (usually with small capital letters), based on that same tradition. this can get really confusing, since two other words (“adonai” and “elohim”) translate to “lord” and “god,” and they are sometimes used together. the asv of 1901 (and some other translations) render yhwh as “jehovah.” the most probable pronunciation of god’s proper name is “yahweh.” in hebrew, the name “yahweh” is related to the active declaration “i am.” see exodus 3:13-14. since hebrew has no tenses, the declaration “i am” can also be interpreted as “i was” and “i will be.” compare revelation 1:8.
\ili \k zion\k*
\ili2 zion is a name which originally referred one of the mountains of jerusalem. it became a term synonymous with jerusalem itself. the term “heavenly zion” is also used to refer the future dwelling place of god’s people.
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The following words used in the World English Bible (WEB) are not very common, either because they refer to ancient weights, measures, or money, or because they are in some way unique to the Bible. Abaddon Abaddon is Hebrew for destruction. Abba Abba is a Chaldee word for father, used in a respectful, affectionate, and familiar way, like papa, dad, or daddy. Often used in prayer to refer to our Father in Heaven. adultery Adultery is having sexual intercourse with someone besides your own husband or wife. In the Bible, the only legitimate sexual intercourse is between a man and a woman who are married to each other. alpha Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. It is sometimes used to mean the beginning or the first. amen Amen means “So be it” or “I believe it is certainly so.” angel “Angel” literally means “messenger” or “envoy,” and is usually used to refer to spiritual beings who normally are invisible to us, but can also appear as exceedingly strong creatures or as humans. Apollyon Apollyon is Greek for destroyer. apostle “Apostle” means a delegate, messenger, or one sent forth with orders. This term is applied in the New Testament in both a general sense connected with a ministry of establishing and strengthening church fellowships, as well as in a specific sense to “The 12 Apostles of the Lamb” (Revelation 21:14). The former category applies to a specific ministry that continues in the Church (Ephesians 4:11-13) and which includes many more than 12 people, while the latter refers to the apostles named in Matthew 10:2-4, except with Judas Iscariot replaced by Matthias (Acts 1:26). Armageddon See Har-magedon. assarion An assarion is a small Roman copper coin worth one tenth of a drachma, or about an hour’s wages for an agricultural laborer. aureus An aureus is a Roman gold coin, worth 25 silver denarii. An aureus weighed from 115 to 126.3 grains (7.45 to 8.18 grams). baptize Baptize means to immerse in, or wash with something, usually water. Baptism in the Holy Spirit, fire, the Body of Christ, and suffering are also mentioned in the New Testament, along with baptism in water. Baptism is not just to cleanse the body, but as an outward sign of an inward spiritual cleansing and commitment. Baptism is a sign of repentance, as practiced by John the Baptizer, and of faith in Jesus Christ, as practiced by Jesus’ disciples. bath A bath is a liquid measure of about 22 liters, 5.8 U. S. gallons, or 4.8 imperial gallons. batos A batos is a liquid measure of about 39.5 liters, 10.4 U. S. gallons, or 8.7 imperial gallons. Beelzebul literally, lord of the flies. A name used for the devil. Beersheba Beersheba is Hebrew for “well of the oath” or “well of the seven.” A city in Israel. behold Look! See! Wow! Notice this! Lo! cherub A cherub is a kind of angel with wings and hands that is associated with the throne room of God and guardian duty. See Ezekiel 10. cherubim Cherubim means more than one cherub or a mighty cherub. choenix A choenix is a dry volume measure that is a little more than a liter (which is a little more than a quart). A choenix was the daily ration of grain for a soldier in some armies. concubine a woman who is united to a man for the purpose of providing him with sexual pleasure and children, but not being honored as a full partner in marriage; a second-class wife. In Old Testament times (and in some places now), it was the custom of middle-eastern kings, chiefs, and wealthy men to marry multiple wives and concubines, but God commanded the Kings of Israel not to do so (Deuteronomy 17:17) and Jesus encouraged people to either remain single or marry as God originally intended: one man married to one woman (Matthew 19:3-12; 1 Corinthians 7:1-13). cor A cor is a dry measure of about 391 liters, 103 U. S. gallons, or 86 imperial gallons. corban Corban is a Hebrew word for an offering devoted to God. crucify Crucify means to execute someone by nailing them to a cross with metal spikes. Their hands are stretched out on the crossbeam with spikes driven through their wrists or hands. Their feet or ankles are attached to a cross with a metal spike. The weight of the victim’s body tends to force the air out of his lungs. To rise up to breathe, the victim has to put weight on the wounds, and use a lot of strength. The victim is nailed to the cross while the cross is on the ground, then the cross is raised up and dropped into a hole, thus jarring the wounds. Before crucifixion, the victim was usually whipped with a Roman cat of nine tails, which had bits of glass and metal tied to its ends. This caused chunks of flesh to be removed and open wounds to be placed against the raw wood of the cross. The victim was made to carry the heavy crossbeam of his cross from the place of judgment to the place of crucifixion, but often was physically unable after the scourging, so another person would be pressed into involuntary service to carry the cross for him. Roman crucifixion was generally done totally naked to maximize both shame and discomfort. Eventually, the pain, weakness, dehydration, and exhaustion of the muscles needed to breathe make breathing impossible, and the victim suffocates. cubit A cubit is a unit of linear measure, from the elbow to the tip of the longest finger of a man. This unit is commonly converted to 0.46 meters or 18 inches, although that varies with height of the man doing the measurement. There is also a “long” cubit that is longer than a regular cubit by a handbreadth. (Ezekiel 43:13) cummin Cummin is an aromatic seed from Cuminum cyminum, resembling caraway in flavor and appearance. It is used as a spice. darnel Darnel is a weed grass (probably bearded darnel or Lolium temulentum) that looks very much like wheat until it is mature, when the seeds reveal a great difference. Darnel seeds aren’t good for much except as chicken feed or to burn to prevent the spread of this weed. denarii denarii: plural form of denarius, a silver Roman coin worth about a day’s wages for a laborer. denarius A denarius is a silver Roman coin worth about a day’s wages for an agricultural laborer. A denarius was worth 1/25th of a Roman aureus. devil The word “devil” comes from the Greek “diabolos,” which means “one prone to slander; a liar.” “Devil” is used to refer to a fallen angel, also called “Satan,” who works to steal, kill, destroy, and do evil. The devil’s doom is certain, and it is only a matter of time before he is thrown into the Lake of Fire, never to escape. didrachma A didrachma is a Greek silver coin worth 2 drachmas, about as much as 2 Roman denarii, or about 2 days wages. It was commonly used to pay the half-shekel temple tax. disciple a student who follows a teacher to learn both by precept and example. distaff part of a spinning wheel used for twisting threads. drachma A drachma is a Greek silver coin worth about one Roman denarius, or about a day’s wages for an agricultural laborer. El-Elohe-Israel El-Elohe-Israel means “God, the God of Israel” or “The God of Israel is mighty.” ephah An ephah is a measure of volume of about 22 liters, 5.8 U. S. gallons, 4.8 imperial gallons, or a bit more than half a bushel. Gehenna Gehenna is one word used for Hell. It comes from the Hebrew Gey-Hinnom, literally “valley of Hinnom.” This word originated as the name for a place south of the old city of Jerusalem where the city’s rubbish was burned. At one time, live babies were thrown crying into the fire under the arms of the idol, Moloch, to die there. This place was so despised by the people after the righteous King Josiah abolished this hideous practice that it was made into a garbage heap. Bodies of diseased animals and executed criminals were thrown there and burned. gittith Gittith is a musical term possibly meaning “an instrument of Gath.” goad a sharp, pointed prodding device used to motivate reluctant animals (such as oxen and mules) to move in the right direction. gospel Gospel means “good news” or “glad tidings,” specifically the Good News of Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection for our salvation, healing, and provision; and the hope of eternal life that Jesus made available to us by God’s grace. Hades Hades: The nether realm of the disembodied spirits. Also known as “hell.” See also “Sheol”. Har-magedon Har-magedon, also called Armegeddon, is most likely a reference to hill (“har”) of Megiddo, near the Carmel Range in Israel. This area has a large valley plain with plenty of room for armies to maneuver. hin A hin is a measure of volume of about about 6.5 liters or 1.7 gallons. homer One homer is about 220 liters, 6.2 U. S. bushels, 6.1 imperial bushels, 58 U. S. gallons, or 48.4 imperial gallons. hypocrite a stage actor; someone who pretends to be someone other than who they really are; a pretender; a dissembler Ishmael Ishmael is the son of Abraham and Hagar. Ishmael literally means, “God hears.” Jehovah See “Yahweh.” Jesus “Jesus” is Greek for the Hebrew name “Yeshua,” which is a short version of “Yehoshua,” which comes from “Yoshia,” which means “He will save.” kodrantes A kodrantes is a small coin worth one half of an Attic chalcus or two lepta. It is worth less than 2% of a day’s wages for an agricultural laborer. lepta Lepta are very small, brass, Jewish coins worth half a Roman quadrans each, which is worth a quarter of the copper assarion. Lepta are worth less than 1% of an agricultural worker’s daily wages. leviathan Leviathan is a poetic name for a large aquatic creature, possibly a crocodile or a dinosaur. mahalath Mahalath is the name of a tune or a musical term. manna Name for the food that God miraculously provided to the Israelites while they were wandering in the wilderness between Egypt and the promised land. From Hebrew man-hu (What is that?) or manan (to allot). See Exodus 16:14-35. marriage the union of a husband and a wife for the purpose of cohabitation, procreation, and to enjoy each other’s company. God’s plan for marriage is between one man and one woman (Mark 10:6-9; 1 Corinthians 7). Although there are many cases of a man marrying more than one woman in the Old Testament, being married to one wife is a requirement to serve in certain church leadership positions (1 Timothy 3:2,12; Titus 1:5-6). maschil Maschil is a musical and literary term for “contemplation” or “meditative psalm.” michtam A michtam is a poem. mina A mina is a Greek coin worth 100 Greek drachmas (or 100 Roman denarii), or about 100 day’s wages for an agricultural laborer. myrrh Myrrh is the fragrant substance that oozes out of the stems and branches of the low, shrubby tree commiphora myrrha or comiphora kataf native to the Arabian deserts and parts of Africa. The fragrant gum drops to the ground and hardens into an oily yellowish-brown resin. Myrrh was highly valued as a perfume, and as an ingredient in medicinal and ceremonial ointments. Nicolaitans Nicolaitans were most likely Gnostics who taught the detestable lie that the physical and spiritual realms were entirely separate and that immorality in the physical realm wouldn’t harm your spiritual health. omega Omega is the last letter of the Greek alphabet. It is sometimes used to mean the last or the end. Peniel Peniel is Hebrew for “face of God.” phylactery a leather container for holding a small scroll containing important Scripture passages that is worn on the arm or forehead in prayer. These phylacteries (tefillin in Hebrew) are still used by orthodox Jewish men. See Deuteronomy 6:8. Praetorium Praetorium: the Roman governor’s residence and office building, and those who work there. quadrans A quadrans is a Roman coin worth about 1/64 of a denarius. A denarius is about one day’s wages for an agricultural laborer. rabbi Rabbi is a transliteration of the Hebrew word for “my teacher,” used as a title of respect for Jewish teachers. Rahab Rahab is either (1) The prostitute who hid Joshua’s 2 spies in Jericho (Joshua 2,6) and later became an ancestor of Jesus (Matthew 1:5) and an example of faith (Hebrews 11:31; James 2:25); or (2) Literally, “pride” or “arrogance” — possibly a reference to a large aquatic creature (Job 9:13; 26:12; Isaiah 51:9) or symbolically referring to Egypt (Psalm 87:4; 89:10; Isaiah 30:7). repent to change one’s mind; turn away from sin and turn toward God; to abhor one’s past sins and determine to follow God. Rhabboni Rhabboni: a transliteration of the Hebrew word for “great teacher.” Sabbath The seventh day of the week, set aside by God for man to rest. saints The Greek word for “saints” literally means “holy ones.” Saints are people set apart for service to God as holy and separate, living in righteousness. Used in the Bible to refer to all Christians and to all of those who worship Yahweh in Old Testament times. Samaritan A Samaritan is a resident of Samaria. The Samaritans and the Jews generally detested each other during the time that Jesus walked among us. sanctify To declare or set apart something as holy. To purify and separate a person from sin. sata A sata is a dry measure of capacity approximately equal to 13 liters or 1.5 pecks. Satan Satan means “accuser.” This is one name for the devil, an enemy of God and God’s people. scribe A scribe is one who copies God’s law. They were often respected as teachers and authorities on God’s law. selah Selah is a musical term indicating a pause or instrumental interlude for reflection. seraphim Seraphim are 6-winged angels. See Isaiah 6:2-6. sexual immorality The term “sexual immorality” in the New Testament comes from the Greek “porneia,” which refers to any sexual activity besides that between a husband and his wife. In other words, prostitution (male or female), bestiality, homosexual activity, any sexual intercourse outside of marriage, and the production and consumption of pornography all are included in this term. shekel A measure of weight, and when referring to that weight in gold, silver, or brass, of money. A shekel is approximately 16 grams, about a half an ounce, or 20 gerahs (Ezekiel 45:12). Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. See also “Hades”. Shibah Shibah is Hebrew for “oath” or “seven.” See Beersheba. shigionoth Victorious music. soul “Soul” refers to the emotions and intellect of a living person, as well as that person’s very life. It is distinguished in the Bible from a person’s spirit and body. (1 Thessalonians 5:23, Hebrews 4:12) span A span is the length from the tip of a man’s thumb to the tip of his little finger when his hand is stretched out (about half a cubit, or 9 inches, or 22.8 cm.) spirit Spirit, breath, and wind all derive from the same Hebrew and Greek words. A person’s spirit is the very essence of that person’s life, which comes from God, who is a Spirit being (John 4:24, Genesis 1:2; 2:7). The Bible distinguishes between a person’s spirit, soul, and body (1 Thessalonians 5:23, Hebrews 4:12). Some beings may exist as spirits without necessarily having a visible body, such as angels and demons (Luke 9:39, 1 John 4:1-3). stadia Stadia is plural for “stadion,” a linear measure of about 184.9 meters or 606.6 feet (the length of the race course at Olympia). stater A stater is a Greek silver coin equivalent to four Attic or two Alexandrian drachmas, or a Jewish shekel: just exactly enough to cover the half-shekel Temple Tax for two people. tabernacle a dwelling place or place of worship, usually a tent. talent A measure of weight or mass of 3000 shekels. Tartarus Tartarus is the Greek name for an underworld for the wicked dead; another name for Gehenna or Hell. teraphim Teraphim are household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property. Yah “Yah” is a shortened form of “Yahweh,” which is God’s proper name. This form is used occasionally in the Old Testament, mostly in the Psalms. See “Yahweh.” Yahweh “Yahweh” is God’s proper name. In Hebrew, the four consonants roughly equivalent to YHWH were considered too holy to pronounce, so the Hebrew word for “Lord” (Adonai) was substituted when reading it aloud. When vowel points were added to the Hebrew Old Testament, the vowel points for “Adonai” were mixed with the consonants for “Yahweh,” which if you pronounced it literally as written, would be pronounced “Yehovah” or “Jehovah.” When the Old Testament was translated to Greek, the tradition of substituting “Lord” for God’s proper name continued in the translation of God’s name to “Lord” (Kurios). Some English Bibles translate God’s proper name to “LORD” or “GOD” (usually with small capital letters), based on that same tradition. This can get really confusing, since two other words (“Adonai” and “Elohim”) translate to “Lord” and “God,” and they are sometimes used together. The ASV of 1901 (and some other translations) render YHWH as “Jehovah.” The most probable pronunciation of God’s proper name is “Yahweh.” In Hebrew, the name “Yahweh” is related to the active declaration “I AM.” See Exodus 3:13-14. Since Hebrew has no tenses, the declaration “I AM” can also be interpreted as “I WAS” and “I WILL BE.” Compare Revelation 1:8. Zion Zion is a name which originally referred one of the mountains of Jerusalem. It became a term synonymous with Jerusalem itself. The term “Heavenly Zion” is also used to refer the future dwelling place of God’s people. This companion glossary to the World English Bible is in the Public Domain. 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the following words used in the world english bible (web) are not very common, either because they refer to ancient weights, measures, or money, or because they are in some way unique to the bible. abaddon abaddon is hebrew for destruction. abba abba is a chaldee word for father, used in a respectful, affectionate, and familiar way, like papa, dad, or daddy. often used in prayer to refer to our father in heaven. adultery adultery is having sexual intercourse with someone besides your own husband or wife. in the bible, the only legitimate sexual intercourse is between a man and a woman who are married to each other. alpha alpha is the first letter of the greek alphabet. it is sometimes used to mean the beginning or the first. amen amen means “so be it” or “i believe it is certainly so.” angel “angel” literally means “messenger” or “envoy,” and is usually used to refer to spiritual beings who normally are invisible to us, but can also appear as exceedingly strong creatures or as humans. apollyon apollyon is greek for destroyer. apostle “apostle” means a delegate, messenger, or one sent forth with orders. this term is applied in the new testament in both a general sense connected with a ministry of establishing and strengthening church fellowships, as well as in a specific sense to “the 12 apostles of the lamb” (revelation 21:14). the former category applies to a specific ministry that continues in the church (ephesians 4:11-13) and which includes many more than 12 people, while the latter refers to the apostles named in matthew 10:2-4, except with judas iscariot replaced by matthias (acts 1:26). armageddon see har-magedon. assarion an assarion is a small roman copper coin worth one tenth of a drachma, or about an hour’s wages for an agricultural laborer. aureus an aureus is a roman gold coin, worth 25 silver denarii. an aureus weighed from 115 to 126.3 grains (7.45 to 8.18 grams). baptize baptize means to immerse in, or wash with something, usually water. baptism in the holy spirit, fire, the body of christ, and suffering are also mentioned in the new testament, along with baptism in water. baptism is not just to cleanse the body, but as an outward sign of an inward spiritual cleansing and commitment. baptism is a sign of repentance, as practiced by john the baptizer, and of faith in jesus christ, as practiced by jesus’ disciples. bath a bath is a liquid measure of about 22 liters, 5.8 u. s. gallons, or 4.8 imperial gallons. batos a batos is a liquid measure of about 39.5 liters, 10.4 u. s. gallons, or 8.7 imperial gallons. beelzebul literally, lord of the flies. a name used for the devil. beersheba beersheba is hebrew for “well of the oath” or “well of the seven.” a city in israel. behold look! see! wow! notice this! lo! cherub a cherub is a kind of angel with wings and hands that is associated with the throne room of god and guardian duty. see ezekiel 10. cherubim cherubim means more than one cherub or a mighty cherub. choenix a choenix is a dry volume measure that is a little more than a liter (which is a little more than a quart). a choenix was the daily ration of grain for a soldier in some armies. concubine a woman who is united to a man for the purpose of providing him with sexual pleasure and children, but not being honored as a full partner in marriage; a second-class wife. in old testament times (and in some places now), it was the custom of middle-eastern kings, chiefs, and wealthy men to marry multiple wives and concubines, but god commanded the kings of israel not to do so (deuteronomy 17:17) and jesus encouraged people to either remain single or marry as god originally intended: one man married to one woman (matthew 19:3-12; 1 corinthians 7:1-13). cor a cor is a dry measure of about 391 liters, 103 u. s. gallons, or 86 imperial gallons. corban corban is a hebrew word for an offering devoted to god. crucify crucify means to execute someone by nailing them to a cross with metal spikes. their hands are stretched out on the crossbeam with spikes driven through their wrists or hands. their feet or ankles are attached to a cross with a metal spike. the weight of the victim’s body tends to force the air out of his lungs. to rise up to breathe, the victim has to put weight on the wounds, and use a lot of strength. the victim is nailed to the cross while the cross is on the ground, then the cross is raised up and dropped into a hole, thus jarring the wounds. before crucifixion, the victim was usually whipped with a roman cat of nine tails, which had bits of glass and metal tied to its ends. this caused chunks of flesh to be removed and open wounds to be placed against the raw wood of the cross. the victim was made to carry the heavy crossbeam of his cross from the place of judgment to the place of crucifixion, but often was physically unable after the scourging, so another person would be pressed into involuntary service to carry the cross for him. roman crucifixion was generally done totally naked to maximize both shame and discomfort. eventually, the pain, weakness, dehydration, and exhaustion of the muscles needed to breathe make breathing impossible, and the victim suffocates. cubit a cubit is a unit of linear measure, from the elbow to the tip of the longest finger of a man. this unit is commonly converted to 0.46 meters or 18 inches, although that varies with height of the man doing the measurement. there is also a “long” cubit that is longer than a regular cubit by a handbreadth. (ezekiel 43:13) cummin cummin is an aromatic seed from cuminum cyminum, resembling caraway in flavor and appearance. it is used as a spice. darnel darnel is a weed grass (probably bearded darnel or lolium temulentum) that looks very much like wheat until it is mature, when the seeds reveal a great difference. darnel seeds aren’t good for much except as chicken feed or to burn to prevent the spread of this weed. denarii denarii: plural form of denarius, a silver roman coin worth about a day’s wages for a laborer. denarius a denarius is a silver roman coin worth about a day’s wages for an agricultural laborer. a denarius was worth 1/25th of a roman aureus. devil the word “devil” comes from the greek “diabolos,” which means “one prone to slander; a liar.” “devil” is used to refer to a fallen angel, also called “satan,” who works to steal, kill, destroy, and do evil. the devil’s doom is certain, and it is only a matter of time before he is thrown into the lake of fire, never to escape. didrachma a didrachma is a greek silver coin worth 2 drachmas, about as much as 2 roman denarii, or about 2 days wages. it was commonly used to pay the half-shekel temple tax. disciple a student who follows a teacher to learn both by precept and example. distaff part of a spinning wheel used for twisting threads. drachma a drachma is a greek silver coin worth about one roman denarius, or about a day’s wages for an agricultural laborer. el-elohe-israel el-elohe-israel means “god, the god of israel” or “the god of israel is mighty.” ephah an ephah is a measure of volume of about 22 liters, 5.8 u. s. gallons, 4.8 imperial gallons, or a bit more than half a bushel. gehenna gehenna is one word used for hell. it comes from the hebrew gey-hinnom, literally “valley of hinnom.” this word originated as the name for a place south of the old city of jerusalem where the city’s rubbish was burned. at one time, live babies were thrown crying into the fire under the arms of the idol, moloch, to die there. this place was so despised by the people after the righteous king josiah abolished this hideous practice that it was made into a garbage heap. bodies of diseased animals and executed criminals were thrown there and burned. gittith gittith is a musical term possibly meaning “an instrument of gath.” goad a sharp, pointed prodding device used to motivate reluctant animals (such as oxen and mules) to move in the right direction. gospel gospel means “good news” or “glad tidings,” specifically the good news of jesus’ life, death, and resurrection for our salvation, healing, and provision; and the hope of eternal life that jesus made available to us by god’s grace. hades hades: the nether realm of the disembodied spirits. also known as “hell.” see also “sheol”. har-magedon har-magedon, also called armegeddon, is most likely a reference to hill (“har”) of megiddo, near the carmel range in israel. this area has a large valley plain with plenty of room for armies to maneuver. hin a hin is a measure of volume of about about 6.5 liters or 1.7 gallons. homer one homer is about 220 liters, 6.2 u. s. bushels, 6.1 imperial bushels, 58 u. s. gallons, or 48.4 imperial gallons. hypocrite a stage actor; someone who pretends to be someone other than who they really are; a pretender; a dissembler ishmael ishmael is the son of abraham and hagar. ishmael literally means, “god hears.” jehovah see “yahweh.” jesus “jesus” is greek for the hebrew name “yeshua,” which is a short version of “yehoshua,” which comes from “yoshia,” which means “he will save.” kodrantes a kodrantes is a small coin worth one half of an attic chalcus or two lepta. it is worth less than 2% of a day’s wages for an agricultural laborer. lepta lepta are very small, brass, jewish coins worth half a roman quadrans each, which is worth a quarter of the copper assarion. lepta are worth less than 1% of an agricultural worker’s daily wages. leviathan leviathan is a poetic name for a large aquatic creature, possibly a crocodile or a dinosaur. mahalath mahalath is the name of a tune or a musical term. manna name for the food that god miraculously provided to the israelites while they were wandering in the wilderness between egypt and the promised land. from hebrew man-hu (what is that?) or manan (to allot). see exodus 16:14-35. marriage the union of a husband and a wife for the purpose of cohabitation, procreation, and to enjoy each other’s company. god’s plan for marriage is between one man and one woman (mark 10:6-9; 1 corinthians 7). although there are many cases of a man marrying more than one woman in the old testament, being married to one wife is a requirement to serve in certain church leadership positions (1 timothy 3:2,12; titus 1:5-6). maschil maschil is a musical and literary term for “contemplation” or “meditative psalm.” michtam a michtam is a poem. mina a mina is a greek coin worth 100 greek drachmas (or 100 roman denarii), or about 100 day’s wages for an agricultural laborer. myrrh myrrh is the fragrant substance that oozes out of the stems and branches of the low, shrubby tree commiphora myrrha or comiphora kataf native to the arabian deserts and parts of africa. the fragrant gum drops to the ground and hardens into an oily yellowish-brown resin. myrrh was highly valued as a perfume, and as an ingredient in medicinal and ceremonial ointments. nicolaitans nicolaitans were most likely gnostics who taught the detestable lie that the physical and spiritual realms were entirely separate and that immorality in the physical realm wouldn’t harm your spiritual health. omega omega is the last letter of the greek alphabet. it is sometimes used to mean the last or the end. peniel peniel is hebrew for “face of god.” phylactery a leather container for holding a small scroll containing important scripture passages that is worn on the arm or forehead in prayer. these phylacteries (tefillin in hebrew) are still used by orthodox jewish men. see deuteronomy 6:8. praetorium praetorium: the roman governor’s residence and office building, and those who work there. quadrans a quadrans is a roman coin worth about 1/64 of a denarius. a denarius is about one day’s wages for an agricultural laborer. rabbi rabbi is a transliteration of the hebrew word for “my teacher,” used as a title of respect for jewish teachers. rahab rahab is either (1) the prostitute who hid joshua’s 2 spies in jericho (joshua 2,6) and later became an ancestor of jesus (matthew 1:5) and an example of faith (hebrews 11:31; james 2:25); or (2) literally, “pride” or “arrogance” — possibly a reference to a large aquatic creature (job 9:13; 26:12; isaiah 51:9) or symbolically referring to egypt (psalm 87:4; 89:10; isaiah 30:7). repent to change one’s mind; turn away from sin and turn toward god; to abhor one’s past sins and determine to follow god. rhabboni rhabboni: a transliteration of the hebrew word for “great teacher.” sabbath the seventh day of the week, set aside by god for man to rest. saints the greek word for “saints” literally means “holy ones.” saints are people set apart for service to god as holy and separate, living in righteousness. used in the bible to refer to all christians and to all of those who worship yahweh in old testament times. samaritan a samaritan is a resident of samaria. the samaritans and the jews generally detested each other during the time that jesus walked among us. sanctify to declare or set apart something as holy. to purify and separate a person from sin. sata a sata is a dry measure of capacity approximately equal to 13 liters or 1.5 pecks. satan satan means “accuser.” this is one name for the devil, an enemy of god and god’s people. scribe a scribe is one who copies god’s law. they were often respected as teachers and authorities on god’s law. selah selah is a musical term indicating a pause or instrumental interlude for reflection. seraphim seraphim are 6-winged angels. see isaiah 6:2-6. sexual immorality the term “sexual immorality” in the new testament comes from the greek “porneia,” which refers to any sexual activity besides that between a husband and his wife. in other words, prostitution (male or female), bestiality, homosexual activity, any sexual intercourse outside of marriage, and the production and consumption of pornography all are included in this term. shekel a measure of weight, and when referring to that weight in gold, silver, or brass, of money. a shekel is approximately 16 grams, about a half an ounce, or 20 gerahs (ezekiel 45:12). sheol sheol is the place of the dead. see also “hades”. shibah shibah is hebrew for “oath” or “seven.” see beersheba. shigionoth victorious music. soul “soul” refers to the emotions and intellect of a living person, as well as that person’s very life. it is distinguished in the bible from a person’s spirit and body. (1 thessalonians 5:23, hebrews 4:12) span a span is the length from the tip of a man’s thumb to the tip of his little finger when his hand is stretched out (about half a cubit, or 9 inches, or 22.8 cm.) spirit spirit, breath, and wind all derive from the same hebrew and greek words. a person’s spirit is the very essence of that person’s life, which comes from god, who is a spirit being (john 4:24, genesis 1:2; 2:7). the bible distinguishes between a person’s spirit, soul, and body (1 thessalonians 5:23, hebrews 4:12). some beings may exist as spirits without necessarily having a visible body, such as angels and demons (luke 9:39, 1 john 4:1-3). stadia stadia is plural for “stadion,” a linear measure of about 184.9 meters or 606.6 feet (the length of the race course at olympia). stater a stater is a greek silver coin equivalent to four attic or two alexandrian drachmas, or a jewish shekel: just exactly enough to cover the half-shekel temple tax for two people. tabernacle a dwelling place or place of worship, usually a tent. talent a measure of weight or mass of 3000 shekels. tartarus tartarus is the greek name for an underworld for the wicked dead; another name for gehenna or hell. teraphim teraphim are household idols that may have been associated with inheritance rights to the household property. yah “yah” is a shortened form of “yahweh,” which is god’s proper name. this form is used occasionally in the old testament, mostly in the psalms. see “yahweh.” yahweh “yahweh” is god’s proper name. in hebrew, the four consonants roughly equivalent to yhwh were considered too holy to pronounce, so the hebrew word for “lord” (adonai) was substituted when reading it aloud. when vowel points were added to the hebrew old testament, the vowel points for “adonai” were mixed with the consonants for “yahweh,” which if you pronounced it literally as written, would be pronounced “yehovah” or “jehovah.” when the old testament was translated to greek, the tradition of substituting “lord” for god’s proper name continued in the translation of god’s name to “lord” (kurios). some english bibles translate god’s proper name to “lord” or “god” (usually with small capital letters), based on that same tradition. this can get really confusing, since two other words (“adonai” and “elohim”) translate to “lord” and “god,” and they are sometimes used together. the asv of 1901 (and some other translations) render yhwh as “jehovah.” the most probable pronunciation of god’s proper name is “yahweh.” in hebrew, the name “yahweh” is related to the active declaration “i am.” see exodus 3:13-14. since hebrew has no tenses, the declaration “i am” can also be interpreted as “i was” and “i will be.” compare revelation 1:8. zion zion is a name which originally referred one of the mountains of jerusalem. it became a term synonymous with jerusalem itself. the term “heavenly zion” is also used to refer the future dwelling place of god’s people. this companion glossary to the world english bible is in the public domain. you may not copyright it or claim authorship over it, but you are free to use, sell, distribute, or copy it.
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on the third day, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes torn, and earth on his head. When he came to David, he fell to the earth, and showed respect.
1:2 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.
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on the third day, behold, a man came out of the camp from saul, with his clothes torn, and earth on his head. when he came to david, he fell to the earth, and showed respect.
1:2 “behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. it is often used as an interjection.
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\v 3 David said to him, “Where do you come from?”
\p He said to him, “I have escaped out of the camp of Israel.”
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\v 3 david said to him, “where do you come from?”
\p he said to him, “i have escaped out of the camp of israel.”
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David said to him, “Where do you come from?” He said to him, “I have escaped out of the camp of Israel.”
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david said to him, “where do you come from?” he said to him, “i have escaped out of the camp of israel.”
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\v 4 David said to him, “How did it go? Please tell me.”
\p He answered, “The people have fled from the battle, and many of the people also have fallen and are dead. Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.”
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\v 4 david said to him, “how did it go? please tell me.”
\p he answered, “the people have fled from the battle, and many of the people also have fallen and are dead. saul and jonathan his son are dead also.”
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David said to him, “How did it go? Please tell me.” He answered, “The people have fled from the battle, and many of the people also have fallen and are dead. Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also.”
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david said to him, “how did it go? please tell me.” he answered, “the people have fled from the battle, and many of the people also have fallen and are dead. saul and jonathan his son are dead also.”
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\v 5 David said to the young man who told him, “How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?”
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\v 5 david said to the young man who told him, “how do you know that saul and jonathan his son are dead?”
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David said to the young man who told him, “How do you know that Saul and Jonathan his son are dead?”
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david said to the young man who told him, “how do you know that saul and jonathan his son are dead?”
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\v 6 The young man who told him said, “As I happened by chance on Mount Gilboa, behold, Saul was leaning on his spear; and behold, the chariots and the horsemen followed close behind him.
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\v 6 the young man who told him said, “as i happened by chance on mount gilboa, behold, saul was leaning on his spear; and behold, the chariots and the horsemen followed close behind him.
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The young man who told him said, “As I happened by chance on Mount Gilboa, behold, Saul was leaning on his spear; and behold, the chariots and the horsemen followed close behind him.
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the young man who told him said, “as i happened by chance on mount gilboa, behold, saul was leaning on his spear; and behold, the chariots and the horsemen followed close behind him.
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\v 7 When he looked behind him, he saw me, and called to me. I answered, ‘Here I am.’
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\v 7 when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called to me. i answered, ‘here i am.’
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When he looked behind him, he saw me, and called to me. I answered, ‘Here I am.’
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when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called to me. i answered, ‘here i am.’
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\v 8 He said to me, ‘Who are you?’ I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’
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\v 8 he said to me, ‘who are you?’ i answered him, ‘i am an amalekite.’
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He said to me, ‘Who are you?’ I answered him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’
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he said to me, ‘who are you?’ i answered him, ‘i am an amalekite.’
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\v 9 He said to me, ‘Please stand beside me, and kill me; for anguish has taken hold of me, because my life lingers in me.’
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\v 9 he said to me, ‘please stand beside me, and kill me; for anguish has taken hold of me, because my life lingers in me.’
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He said to me, ‘Please stand beside me, and kill me; for anguish has taken hold of me, because my life lingers in me.’
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he said to me, ‘please stand beside me, and kill me; for anguish has taken hold of me, because my life lingers in me.’
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\v 10 So I stood beside him and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen. I took the crown that was on his head and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord.”
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\v 10 so i stood beside him and killed him, because i was sure that he could not live after he had fallen. i took the crown that was on his head and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord.”
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So I stood beside him and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen. I took the crown that was on his head and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord.”
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so i stood beside him and killed him, because i was sure that he could not live after he had fallen. i took the crown that was on his head and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord.”
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\v 11 Then David took hold on his clothes, and tore them; and all the men who were with him did likewise.
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\v 11 then david took hold on his clothes, and tore them; and all the men who were with him did likewise.
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Then David took hold on his clothes, and tore them; and all the men who were with him did likewise.
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then david took hold on his clothes, and tore them; and all the men who were with him did likewise.
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\v 12 They mourned, wept, and fasted until evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Yahweh,\f + \fr 1:12 \ft “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.\f* and for the house of Israel; because they had fallen by the sword.
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\v 12 they mourned, wept, and fasted until evening, for saul, and for jonathan his son, and for the people of yahweh,\f + \fr 1:12 \ft “yahweh” is god’s proper name, sometimes rendered “lord” (all caps) in other translations.\f* and for the house of israel; because they had fallen by the sword.
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They mourned, wept, and fasted until evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Yahweh, and for the house of Israel; because they had fallen by the sword.
1:12 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.
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they mourned, wept, and fasted until evening, for saul, and for jonathan his son, and for the people of yahweh, and for the house of israel; because they had fallen by the sword.
1:12 “yahweh” is god’s proper name, sometimes rendered “lord” (all caps) in other translations.
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\v 13 David said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?”
\p He answered, “I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.”
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\v 13 david said to the young man who told him, “where are you from?”
\p he answered, “i am the son of a foreigner, an amalekite.”
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David said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?” He answered, “I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite.”
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david said to the young man who told him, “where are you from?” he answered, “i am the son of a foreigner, an amalekite.”
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\v 14 David said to him, “Why were you not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy Yahweh’s anointed?”
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\v 14 david said to him, “why were you not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy yahweh’s anointed?”
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David said to him, “Why were you not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy Yahweh’s anointed?”
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david said to him, “why were you not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy yahweh’s anointed?”
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\v 15 David called one of the young men, and said, “Go near, and cut him down!” He struck him so that he died.
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\v 15 david called one of the young men, and said, “go near, and cut him down!” he struck him so that he died.
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David called one of the young men, and said, “Go near, and cut him down!” He struck him so that he died.
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david called one of the young men, and said, “go near, and cut him down!” he struck him so that he died.
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\v 16 David said to him, “Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have slain Yahweh’s anointed.’”
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\v 16 david said to him, “your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘i have slain yahweh’s anointed.’”
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David said to him, “Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I have slain Yahweh’s anointed.’”
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david said to him, “your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘i have slain yahweh’s anointed.’”
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\v 17 David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son
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\v 17 david lamented with this lamentation over saul and over jonathan his son
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David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son
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david lamented with this lamentation over saul and over jonathan his son
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\v 18 (and he commanded them to teach the children of Judah the song of the bow; behold, it is written in the book of Jashar):
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\v 18 (and he commanded them to teach the children of judah the song of the bow; behold, it is written in the book of jashar):
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(and he commanded them to teach the children of Judah the song of the bow; behold, it is written in the book of Jashar):
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(and he commanded them to teach the children of judah the song of the bow; behold, it is written in the book of jashar):
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\v 19 “Your glory, Israel, was slain on your high places!
\q2 How the mighty have fallen!
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\v 19 “your glory, israel, was slain on your high places!
\q2 how the mighty have fallen!
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“Your glory, Israel, was slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen!
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“your glory, israel, was slain on your high places! how the mighty have fallen!
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\v 20 Don’t tell it in Gath.
\q2 Don’t publish it in the streets of Ashkelon,
\q1 lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice,
\q2 lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
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\v 20 don’t tell it in gath.
\q2 don’t publish it in the streets of ashkelon,
\q1 lest the daughters of the philistines rejoice,
\q2 lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
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Don’t tell it in Gath. Don’t publish it in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
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don’t tell it in gath. don’t publish it in the streets of ashkelon, lest the daughters of the philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
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\v 21 You mountains of Gilboa,
\q2 let there be no dew or rain on you, and no fields of offerings;
\q2 For there the shield of the mighty was defiled and cast away,
\q2 The shield of Saul was not anointed with oil.
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\v 21 you mountains of gilboa,
\q2 let there be no dew or rain on you, and no fields of offerings;
\q2 for there the shield of the mighty was defiled and cast away,
\q2 the shield of saul was not anointed with oil.
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You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain on you, and no fields of offerings; For there the shield of the mighty was defiled and cast away, The shield of Saul was not anointed with oil.
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you mountains of gilboa, let there be no dew or rain on you, and no fields of offerings; for there the shield of the mighty was defiled and cast away, the shield of saul was not anointed with oil.
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\v 22 From the blood of the slain,
\q2 from the fat of the mighty,
\q2 Jonathan’s bow didn’t turn back.
\q2 Saul’s sword didn’t return empty.
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\v 22 from the blood of the slain,
\q2 from the fat of the mighty,
\q2 jonathan’s bow didn’t turn back.
\q2 saul’s sword didn’t return empty.
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From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, Jonathan’s bow didn’t turn back. Saul’s sword didn’t return empty.
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from the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, jonathan’s bow didn’t turn back. saul’s sword didn’t return empty.
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\v 23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives.
\q2 In their death, they were not divided.
\q1 They were swifter than eagles.
\q2 They were stronger than lions.
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\v 23 saul and jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives.
\q2 in their death, they were not divided.
\q1 they were swifter than eagles.
\q2 they were stronger than lions.
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Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives. In their death, they were not divided. They were swifter than eagles. They were stronger than lions.
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saul and jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives. in their death, they were not divided. they were swifter than eagles. they were stronger than lions.
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\v 24 You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul,
\q2 who clothed you delicately in scarlet,
\q2 who put ornaments of gold on your clothing.
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\v 24 you daughters of israel, weep over saul,
\q2 who clothed you delicately in scarlet,
\q2 who put ornaments of gold on your clothing.
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You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you delicately in scarlet, who put ornaments of gold on your clothing.
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you daughters of israel, weep over saul, who clothed you delicately in scarlet, who put ornaments of gold on your clothing.
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\v 25 How the mighty have fallen in the middle of the battle!
\q2 Jonathan was slain on your high places.
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\v 25 how the mighty have fallen in the middle of the battle!
\q2 jonathan was slain on your high places.
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How the mighty have fallen in the middle of the battle! Jonathan was slain on your high places.
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how the mighty have fallen in the middle of the battle! jonathan was slain on your high places.
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\v 26 I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan.
\q2 You have been very pleasant to me.
\q2 Your love to me was wonderful,
\q2 passing the love of women.
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\v 26 i am distressed for you, my brother jonathan.
\q2 you have been very pleasant to me.
\q2 your love to me was wonderful,
\q2 passing the love of women.
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I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan. You have been very pleasant to me. Your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
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i am distressed for you, my brother jonathan. you have been very pleasant to me. your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
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\v 27 How the mighty have fallen,
\q2 and the weapons of war have perished!”
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\v 27 how the mighty have fallen,
\q2 and the weapons of war have perished!”
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How the mighty have fallen, and the weapons of war have perished!”
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how the mighty have fallen, and the weapons of war have perished!”
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\v 1 After this, the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place.
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\v 1 after this, the king of the children of ammon died, and hanun his son reigned in his place.
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After this, the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his place.
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after this, the king of the children of ammon died, and hanun his son reigned in his place.
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\v 2 David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent by his servants to comfort him concerning his father. David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
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\v 2 david said, “i will show kindness to hanun the son of nahash, as his father showed kindness to me.” so david sent by his servants to comfort him concerning his father. david’s servants came into the land of the children of ammon.
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David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent by his servants to comfort him concerning his father. David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
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david said, “i will show kindness to hanun the son of nahash, as his father showed kindness to me.” so david sent by his servants to comfort him concerning his father. david’s servants came into the land of the children of ammon.
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\v 3 But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think that David honors your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Hasn’t David sent his servants to you to search the city, to spy it out, and to overthrow it?”
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\v 3 but the princes of the children of ammon said to hanun their lord, “do you think that david honors your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? hasn’t david sent his servants to you to search the city, to spy it out, and to overthrow it?”
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But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, “Do you think that David honors your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Hasn’t David sent his servants to you to search the city, to spy it out, and to overthrow it?”
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but the princes of the children of ammon said to hanun their lord, “do you think that david honors your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? hasn’t david sent his servants to you to search the city, to spy it out, and to overthrow it?”
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\v 4 So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved off one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
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\v 4 so hanun took david’s servants, shaved off one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
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So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved off one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
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so hanun took david’s servants, shaved off one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
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\v 5 When they told David this, he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. The king said, “Wait at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.”
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\v 5 when they told david this, he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. the king said, “wait at jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.”
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When they told David this, he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. The king said, “Wait at Jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.”
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when they told david this, he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. the king said, “wait at jericho until your beards have grown, and then return.”
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\v 6 When the children of Ammon saw that they had become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth Rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah with one thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men.
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\v 6 when the children of ammon saw that they had become odious to david, the children of ammon sent and hired the syrians of beth rehob, and the syrians of zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of maacah with one thousand men, and the men of tob twelve thousand men.
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When the children of Ammon saw that they had become odious to David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth Rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of Maacah with one thousand men, and the men of Tob twelve thousand men.
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when the children of ammon saw that they had become odious to david, the children of ammon sent and hired the syrians of beth rehob, and the syrians of zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and the king of maacah with one thousand men, and the men of tob twelve thousand men.
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\v 7 When David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the army of the mighty men.
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\v 7 when david heard of it, he sent joab, and all the army of the mighty men.
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When David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the army of the mighty men.
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when david heard of it, he sent joab, and all the army of the mighty men.
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\v 8 The children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate. The Syrians of Zobah and of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.
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\v 8 the children of ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate. the syrians of zobah and of rehob, and the men of tob and maacah, were by themselves in the field.
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The children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate. The Syrians of Zobah and of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.
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the children of ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate. the syrians of zobah and of rehob, and the men of tob and maacah, were by themselves in the field.
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\v 9 Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.
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\v 9 now when joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of israel, and put them in array against the syrians.
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Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians.
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now when joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of israel, and put them in array against the syrians.
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\v 10 The rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and he put them in array against the children of Ammon.
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\v 10 the rest of the people he committed into the hand of abishai his brother; and he put them in array against the children of ammon.
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The rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and he put them in array against the children of Ammon.
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the rest of the people he committed into the hand of abishai his brother; and he put them in array against the children of ammon.
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\v 11 He said, “If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the children of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will come and help you.
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\v 11 he said, “if the syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the children of ammon are too strong for you, then i will come and help you.
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He said, “If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the children of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will come and help you.
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he said, “if the syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the children of ammon are too strong for you, then i will come and help you.
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\v 12 Be courageous, and let’s be strong for our people, and for the cities of our God; and may Yahweh do what seems good to him.”
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\v 12 be courageous, and let’s be strong for our people, and for the cities of our god; and may yahweh do what seems good to him.”
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Be courageous, and let’s be strong for our people, and for the cities of our God; and may Yahweh do what seems good to him.”
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be courageous, and let’s be strong for our people, and for the cities of our god; and may yahweh do what seems good to him.”
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\v 13 So Joab and the people who were with him came near to the battle against the Syrians, and they fled before him.
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\v 13 so joab and the people who were with him came near to the battle against the syrians, and they fled before him.
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So Joab and the people who were with him came near to the battle against the Syrians, and they fled before him.
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so joab and the people who were with him came near to the battle against the syrians, and they fled before him.
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\v 14 When the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians had fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, and entered into the city. Then Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
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\v 14 when the children of ammon saw that the syrians had fled, they likewise fled before abishai, and entered into the city. then joab returned from the children of ammon, and came to jerusalem.
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When the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians had fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, and entered into the city. Then Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
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when the children of ammon saw that the syrians had fled, they likewise fled before abishai, and entered into the city. then joab returned from the children of ammon, and came to jerusalem.
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\v 15 When the Syrians saw that they were defeated by Israel, they gathered themselves together.
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\v 15 when the syrians saw that they were defeated by israel, they gathered themselves together.
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When the Syrians saw that they were defeated by Israel, they gathered themselves together.
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when the syrians saw that they were defeated by israel, they gathered themselves together.
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\v 16 Hadadezer sent, and brought out the Syrians who were beyond the River: and they came to Helam, with Shobach the captain of the army of Hadadezer at their head.
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\v 16 hadadezer sent, and brought out the syrians who were beyond the river: and they came to helam, with shobach the captain of the army of hadadezer at their head.
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Hadadezer sent, and brought out the Syrians who were beyond the River: and they came to Helam, with Shobach the captain of the army of Hadadezer at their head.
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hadadezer sent, and brought out the syrians who were beyond the river: and they came to helam, with shobach the captain of the army of hadadezer at their head.
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\v 17 David was told that; and he gathered all Israel together, passed over the Jordan, and came to Helam. The Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.
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\v 17 david was told that; and he gathered all israel together, passed over the jordan, and came to helam. the syrians set themselves in array against david, and fought with him.
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David was told that; and he gathered all Israel together, passed over the Jordan, and came to Helam. The Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.
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david was told that; and he gathered all israel together, passed over the jordan, and came to helam. the syrians set themselves in array against david, and fought with him.
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\v 18 The Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed seven hundred charioteers of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and struck Shobach the captain of their army, so that he died there.
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\v 18 the syrians fled before israel; and david killed seven hundred charioteers of the syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and struck shobach the captain of their army, so that he died there.
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The Syrians fled before Israel; and David killed seven hundred charioteers of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and struck Shobach the captain of their army, so that he died there.
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the syrians fled before israel; and david killed seven hundred charioteers of the syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and struck shobach the captain of their army, so that he died there.
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\v 19 When all the kings who were servants to Hadadezer saw that they were defeated before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians were afraid to help the children of Ammon any more.
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\v 19 when all the kings who were servants to hadadezer saw that they were defeated before israel, they made peace with israel, and served them. so the syrians were afraid to help the children of ammon any more.
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When all the kings who were servants to Hadadezer saw that they were defeated before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians were afraid to help the children of Ammon any more.
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when all the kings who were servants to hadadezer saw that they were defeated before israel, they made peace with israel, and served them. so the syrians were afraid to help the children of ammon any more.
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