1 Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Yavesh-Gilad; and all the men of Yavesh said unto Nahash, “Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you.” 2 And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, “On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right …
Category Archives: 1 Samuel (Shemuel 1)
1 Samuel 12
1 And Shemuel said unto all Yisrael: “Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that you said unto me, and have made a king over you. 2 And now, behold, the king walketh before you; and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before …
1 Samuel 13
1 Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Yisrael, 2 Saul chose him three thousand men of Yisrael; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in Mount Bethel (Beit-El), and a thousand were with Jonathan (Yehonatan) in Gibeah of Benjamin (Binyamin); and the rest of the people he …
1 Samuel 14
1 Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan (Yehonatan) the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, “Come, and let us go over to the Philistines’ garrison, that is on the other side.” But he told not his father. 2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part …
1 Samuel 15
1 Shemuel also said unto Saul, “יהוה sent me to anoint you to be king over His people, over Yisrael. Now therefore hearken you unto the voice of the words of יהוה. 2 Thus saith יהוה of hosts (YHWH Tsevaot): ‘I remember that which Amalek did to Yisrael, how he laid wait for him in …
1 Samuel 16
1 And יהוה said unto Shemuel, “How long wilt you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Yisrael? Fill your horn with oil, and go, I will send you to Jesse (Yishai) the Bethlehemite; for I have provided Me a king among his sons. 2 And Shemuel said, “How can I …
1 Samuel 17
1 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah (Yehudah), and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim. 2 And Saul and the men of Yisrael were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the …
1 Samuel 18
1 And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan (Yehonatan) was knit with the soul of Dawid, and Jonathan (Yehonatan) loved him as his own soul. 2 And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his …
1 Samuel 19
1 And Saul spake to Jonathan (Yehonatan) his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill Dawid. 2 But Jonathan (Yehonatan) Saul’s son delighted much in Dawid; and Jonathan (Yehonatan) told Dawid, saying, “Saul my father seeketh to kill you; now therefore, please take heed to yourself until the morning, and abide in …
1 Samuel 20
1 And Dawid fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan (Yehonatan), “What have I done? What is mine iniquity? And what is my sin before your father, that he seeketh my life?” 2 And he said unto him, “God (Elohim) forbid; you shalt not die. Behold, my father will do nothing …