Before CHRIST cir. 1171. 14. ¶ The FIRST Book of SAMUEL, otherwise called The FIRST Book of the KINGS. CHAPTER I. Hannah having borne Samuel, presenteth him to the LORD. TOW there was a certain man of RamathaimNOW * zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Num. 22 Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: chap. 9, 5. b Judg. 12, 5. 2 And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other "Peninnah : and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had eno 2 Chr. 24, 3 children. 1 Chr. 6, 7. e Gen. 4,23. d Judg. 19, 2. 2 verse 5. f Josh. 18,2. 20 Wherefor it came to pass, † when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name || Samuel, saying, Be-the cause I have asked him of the LORD. k expira tion of days. 21 And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went That is up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his God. vow. 22 But Hannah went not up; for she said unte 3 And this man went up out of his city yearly to her husband, I will not go up until the child be worship, and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in " weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may 11, 20 Judg. 13, Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phine-appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever. has, the priests of the LORD, were there. 23 And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do 4 And when the time was that Elkanah offered, what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weanhe gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons anded him; only the LORD * establish his word. So the her daughters, portions: woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him. 24 And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one " ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the 24 house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young. n Lev. 16, 25 And they slew a bullock, and brought the child 26 And she said, Oh, my lord! as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, p Mat. 7, 7 praying unto the LORD. Ps. 22, 9. Luke 1, cir. 1165 m Luke 2, 30. o2 Tim & 15. Or, he whom I hoOK obtained by as petition shall be returned. 9 So Hannah rose up, after they had eaten in Shi-long as he liveth || he shall be lent to the LORD. And the loh, and after they had drunk: (now Eli the priest sat he worshipped the LORD there. upon a seat by a post of the P temple of the LORD:) 10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto sore. to the LORD, and went sore, and said, O LORD of Gen. 28, Num. 50, & hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine Ecel. 5, handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man r Num. 6,5. child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the Num. 4,3 days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon Num. 5, 6. his head. u ch.41& x Neb. 2, 4. Rom. 8, 26. t 12 And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli "marked her mouth. 13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therey Act, fore Eli thought she had been drunken. 14 And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee. 1 Cor. 13, 7. 1 Pr. 15, 1. 13. 15 Aud Hannah answered and said, No, my lord; I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk Ps. 62, 8. neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD. 16 Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Deut. 18, b Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto. e Josh. 22, ཐང་ 17 Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and 2 Kings 5, the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him. 19. 8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and oJob 1, 12 lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them prob36,11. among princes, and to make them inherit the throne Ps. 113, 7. of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he hath set the world upon them. Job, sa, a Ps. 192, 20 r Ps. 121, 8. 9 He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength, Judg 1,7 shall no man prevail. 10 The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: 1 ch. 17, 4 13 And the priest's custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand; A prophecy against Eli's house. fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my Before people? CHRIST sir. 1165. d Ex. 28, 23. 30 Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, "I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me 2 I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. e 31 Behold, the days come that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house. 92 Chr. 15, f 1 Cor. 10, 31. g Pa. 87, 17. Jobs, a & 91, 14. 32 And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, ch. 4, 11 14 And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or cal-in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and EL-29, 27. dron, or pot; all that the flesh-hook brought up the there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever. C d Isa. 56, 11. priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither. e Lev. 3, 3, e m k n 33 And the man of thine, whom I shall not ' cut off i ch. 4, 11, 15 Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's ser- from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and vant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sod-house shall die in the flower of their age. den flesh of thee, but raw. 34 And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall 1 Kings 16 And if any man said unto him, Let them not come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas: fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much'in one day they shall die both of them. as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; 35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that Jer. 23,5 but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take shall do according to that which is in my heart, and it by force. in my mind: and I will build him † a sure house; and 22 17 Wherefore the sin of the young men was very he shall walk before mine° Anointed P for ever. ↑ Heb. a Gen. 10,8. great before the LORD; for men abhorred the offer- 36 And it shall come to pass, that every one that oth g Mal. 2, 8. ing of the LORD. is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him 1 Kings 2, for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall isa. 22, 23. say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priest's offi- o Psal. 2, 2 ces, that I may eat a piece of bread. CHAPTER III. 20 And Eli* blessed Elkanah and his wife, and AND the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman, for 21 And the LORD' visited Hannah, so that she n 22 1 Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 23 And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people. 24 Nay, my sons: for it is no good report that I 1 Tim. 3, hear; ye make the LORD's people to transgress. 25 If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who Feb. 3,14. shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding, they heark12Chr.25, ened not unto the voice of their father, because the Prov. 15, 10. LORD would slay them. 26 (And the child_Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and also with men.) 27 And there came a "man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house? 28 And did I choose him out of all the tribes of 2 Sem. 12,7. Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did z Lev. 7,34. I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings A Deut. 32, made by fire of the children of Israel? 29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation, Lev. and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves 15. b Ps. 152, 13. 18. before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no † open vision. 2 And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax broken dim, that he could not see; 3 And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep; 4 That the LORD called Samuel : and he answered, Here am I. 5 And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down. 6 And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose, and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again. 7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him. 8 And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose, and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child. 9 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down : and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel Acts 2, 29 went and lay down in his place. 10 And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth. 11 And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will ch.42 do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall 'tingle. 13 For I have told him, that I will "judge his house for ever, for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons † made themselves vile, and he restrained them not. 14 And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Joel 3, 12. Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall "not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever. ↑ Heb. brought a curse upon 15 1 And Samuel lay until the morning, and openthemselves, ed the doors of the house of the LORD: and Samuel "feared to shew Eli the vision. 2 Kings 2, 24. a ch. 3, 11. ↑ Heb. was. b Josh. 15, 53. Heb. the battle spread útself out. e Josh. 7, 12. 21 And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh the word of the LORD. CHAPTER IV. by The Israelites are overcome by the Philistines at Eben-ezer. AND the word of Samuel + came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer; and the Philistines pitched in Aphek. 2 And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they † joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines; and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men. 3 And when the people were come into the camp, chap. 3, 13. the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD 4 Josh. 7,7, smitten us to-day before the Philistines? Let us fetch Lam. 3, 40. the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies. The death of Eh and his sons. 10 And the Philistines fought; and Israel was Before smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: an there was a very great slaughter; for there fe of Israel thirty thousand footmen. CHRIST cit. 1161. o chỉ 19, 2 Plage 12 11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were ' slain. p Ps. 78, 60 12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the Isaiah 10,5. army, and came to Shiloh the same day, with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head. q verse 3, Psal. 78, 61. 13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by r ch.2,34 the way-side, watching: for his heart trembled for Josh. 7, 6. the ark of God. And when the man came into the 12Sam. 1,2 city, and told it, all the city cried out. 14 And when Eli heard the noise of the crying. he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult ? and the man came in hastily, and told Eli. 15 Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see. 16 And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to-day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son? 17 And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines; and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people; and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead; and the ark of God is taken. 18 And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward, by the side of the "gate; and his neck brake, and he died; for he was an old man, and heavy: and he had judged Israel forty years. u ch. 1, 9. 12 Kings 22, 29. Rom. 11, 53. f Heb. her 19 And his daughter-in-law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings, that the ark of God was taken, and that needs turnher father-in-law and her husband were dead, she e,&c. bowed herself and travailed; for † her pains came upon her. 20 And about the time of her death, the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not, for thou hast borne a son. But she answered not, † neither did she regard it. 12 Sam. 15, of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: 6 And when the Philistines heard the noise of the Num. 4,15. shout, they said, What meancth the noise of this great 3 And when they of Ashdod arose early on the 23. verse 13. shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they under-morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to d Exod 7. stood that the ark of the LORD was come into the the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Luke 10, 12. Dagon, and set him in his place again. camp. 7 And the Philistines were afraid; for they said, God Ex. 14, 25. is come into the camp. And they said, Wo unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore. 8 Wo unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote 13 the Egyptians with all the plagues" in the wilderness. 9 Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, "as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, Jd 13, and fight 12. ↑ Heb. only is, the fish part. fJosh. 5, 15 Dagon, th 4 And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the eIsa. 41, 22 ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; † only the stump of Dagon was left to him. 5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day. 6 But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them The ark sent back. Before CHRIS cir. 1141. h k I. SAMUEL. CHRIST cir. 1110. The Beth-shemites smitten. of Ashdod; and he destroyed them, and smote them hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened Before with emerods, even Ashdod, and the coasts thereof. to us. } And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was? b ch.4, 3. so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shåll not Pabide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and 'upon Rev. Dagon our god. k Isa. 26, 11 8 They sent, therefore, and gathered all the lords Judg.6,51, of the Philistines unto them, and said, " What shall Jer. 46, 25. we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they Prov. 21, answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried Isaiah 8, 10. about unto" Gath. And they carried the ark of the a ch 17,4 God of Israel about thither. $0. Amos 6, 2. 14. 45. 9 And it was so, that, after they had carried it abcut, the hand of the LORD was agamst the city Amos 2, with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts. p Josh. 15, Judg. 1, 18. 2 Kings 1,1. & 3, 3. Jer. 15, 10. q Jer. 48, 45. cir. 1140. a Job 9, 4. Zech. 12, 3. b Exod. 7, 11. 10 Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people. 11 So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there. 12 And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods; and the cry of the city went up to heaven. CHAPTER VI. The Philistines take counsel how to send back the ark.. AND the ark of the LORD was in the country of 10 And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home. 11 And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods. 12 And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh, † and went along the highway, 1 Josh. 15, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right 10 & 21, 16 hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines Heb. in a went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh. 13 And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat-harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it. 14 And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone and they clave the wood of the cart, oosh. 15% and offered the kine a burnt-offering unto the LORD. verse 15. 15 And the Levites took down the ark of the p Num. 4, LORD, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the 2 Sam. 6, 6 jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt-offer{ings, and sacrificed sacrifices, the same day unto the LORD. 16 And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day. 17 And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass-offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one : 15. 7. † Feb. unte Gen. 18 And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities and of country villages, even unto † the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD; which stone remaineth great 50, 11. unto this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite. 3 And they said, If ye send away the ark of the 19 And he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, beExod. 25, God of Israel, send it not empty; but in † any wise cause they had looked into the ark of the LORD, 12 Deut. 16,16. return him a trespass-offering: then ye shall be heal-even he smote of the people fifty thousand and three- Num. 4, 5, ↑ Heb. ren- ed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is score and ten men. And the people lamented, be- Deut. 29, 29. der to him not removed from you. cause the LORD had smitten many of the people with 2 Sam. 6, 7. a great slaughter. 21 And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of 5 Wherefore ye shall make images of your eme-Kirjath-jerim, saying, The Philistines have brought rods, and images of your mice that mar the land; again the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and fetch and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel; per- it up to you. adventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and John 9,24. from off" your gods, and from off your land. 2 And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years and all the house of Israel lamented after Lam.3, 40 the LORD. hearts 31 And Samuel spake unto all the house of Is- Judg. 2 Judg. 20,1. A Ps. 6, 6. & 113, 139. 5 And Samuel said, Gather all Israel ' to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD. Samuel describeth a king. 7 And the LORD said unto Samuel, 'Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee for they have not rejected thee, but they have se {jected" me, that I should not reign over them. 6 And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew 8 According to all the works which they have done, water, and poured it out before the LORD, and' fasted since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt on that day, and said there, We have sinned against even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, 1 Dan. 9, 3. the LORD. And Samuel a judged the children of ls-and served other gods; so do they also unto thee. m Prov. 28, rael in Mizpeh. 14. 7 And when the Philistines heard that the children n Ezek. 20, of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines. ock. 22, 13. As ↑ Heb. Be not silent from us from erying, 8 And the children of Israel said to Samuel, † Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines. 9 And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it st, for a burnt-offering wholly unto the LORD and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him. 91 Kings 12, 30. ➜ 1 Kings 4, S1. 1 Chr. 6, 28. e Eccl. 2,19. Jer. 22, 15, 17. Ex. 18,21. 1 Tim. 16. CHAPTER VIII. By occasion of the ill government of Samuel's sons, the Israel ites ask a king. AND it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that 9 Now, therefore, hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. p ch. 2, 13 10 And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king. 11 And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you; He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots. 12 And he will appoint him captams over thousands, and captains over fifties, and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. 13 And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. Ezek. 46 14 q verse 15. 14 And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and chap. 22, 7 give them to his servants. 1 Or, courHeb. cuGen. 37, 38. 15 And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of th your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. 16 And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. 17 He will take the tenth of your sheep: and shall be his servants. ye 18 And ye shall cry out in that day, because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day. 19 Nevertheless, the people "refused to obey the voice of Samuel: and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; 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. 21 And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD. 22 And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city. CHAPTER IX. 19 Samuel entertaineth Saul at the feast....25 Samuel, after 2 he made his sons judges over Israel Joel, and Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name, Now the name of his first-born was r 1 Cor. 7, 21. s Isa. 8, 21 OW ch. 14, 51. was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power. De 16, the name of his second Abiah: they were judges in • Deut. 16, 19. 3 And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned Psalm 15, 5. aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted fch 7, 16, judgment. 17. 4 Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, 5 And said unto him, Behold, thou art 'old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king cir. 1095. to judge us like all the nations. 1 b. 12, 12 k Jams1,5. 6 But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. b Gen. ., 2 ch. 16, 1, 7. Jer. 9, 29 2 And he had a son whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly; and there was not ech. 10, 20 among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher a Job 16, 4 than any of the people. e verse 19 3 And the asses of Kish, Saul's father, were lost : Esther 6,1 and Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses. 4 And he passed through mount Ephraim, and 12 Kings 4, passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found 42 them not: then they passed through the land of Sha- J |