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 …
Category Archives: First Blood Covenant (Tanakh)
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 …
1 Samuel 21
1 Then came Dawid to Nob to Ahimelech the priest (kohen); and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of Dawid, and said unto him, “Why are you alone, and no man with you?” 2 And Dawid said unto Ahimelech the priest (kohen), “The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, ‘Let …
1 Samuel 22
1 Dawid therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam; and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard it, they went down thither to him. 2 And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he …