die. But there wasnot a man among all the people thatanswered him.
40 Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the
other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee.
41 Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan
were taken: but the people escaped.
42 And Saul said, Cast lotsbetween me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken.
43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I
did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that wasin mine hand, and, lo, I must die.
44 And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.
45 And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in
Israel? God forbid: asthe LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for
he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.
46 Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own
place.
47 So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side,
against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of
Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.
48 And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of
them that spoiled them.
49 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua: and the names of his two
daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:
50 And the name of Saul's wife wasAhinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the
captain of his host wasAbner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.
51 And Kish wasthe father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner wasthe son of Abiel.
52 And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any
strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.
1 Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to beking over his people, over
Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD.
2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember thatwhich Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait
for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.
3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay
both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand
footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
6 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I
destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up
out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah untilthou comest to Shur, that isover against
Egypt.
8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with
the edge of the sword.
9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the
fatlings, and the lambs, and all that wasgood, and would not utterly destroy them: but every
thing that wasvile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
10 Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying,
11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to beking: for he is turned back from following me,
and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all
night.

12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul
came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone
down to Gilgal.
13 And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed bethou of the LORD: I have
performed the commandment of the LORD.
14 And Samuel said, What meaneththen this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing
of the oxen which I hear?
15 And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best
of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly
destroyed.
16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this
night. And he said unto him, Say on.
17 And Samuel said, When thou wastlittle in thine own sight, wastthou not madethe head of
the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?
18 And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the
Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.
19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and
didst evil in the sight of the LORD?
20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way
which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed
the Amalekites.
21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have
been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.
22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as greatdelight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in
obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey isbetter than sacrifice, andto hearken than the
fat of rams.
23 For rebellion is asthe sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is asiniquity and idolatry.
Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from beingking.
24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the
LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.
25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the
LORD.
26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of
the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.
27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.
28 And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and
hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that isbetter than thou.
29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he isnot a man, that he should
repent.
30 Then he said, I have sinned: yethonour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people,
and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.
31 So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD.
32 Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came
unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.
33 And Samuel said, As thy sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless
among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.
34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.
35 And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel
mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

1 And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him
from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the
Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an
heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.
3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint
unto me himwhom I name unto thee.
4 And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the
town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?
5 And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come
with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
6 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the
LORD'S anointed isbefore him.
7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature;
because I have refused him: for the LORD seethnot as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward
appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.
8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the
LORD chosen this.
9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
10 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The
LORD hath not chosen these.
11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thychildren? And he said, There remaineth yet the
youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for
we will not sit down till he come hither.
12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he wasruddy, andwithal of a beautiful countenance,
and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this ishe.
13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the
Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to
Ramah.
14 But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.
15 And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.
16 Let our lord now command thy servants, which arebefore thee, to seek out a man, who isa
cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee,
that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.
17 And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring himto
me.
18 Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the
Bethlehemite, that iscunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and
prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD iswith him.
19 Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which iswith
the sheep.
20 And Jesse took an ass ladenwith bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent themby
David his son unto Saul.
21 And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his
armourbearer.
22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found
favour in my sight.
23 And it came to pass, when the evilspirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp,
and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from