Elimelech's death.

I. SAMUEL. it, then tell me, that I may know for there is none to redeem it befides thee; and I am after thee. And he faid, I will redeem it.

5 Then faid Boaz, What day thou buyeft the field of the hand of Naomi, thou niuft buy it alfo of Ruth the Moabitefs, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance.

6And the kinfman faid, I cannot redeem it for myfelf, left I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyfelf; for I cannot redeem it.

7 Now this was the manner in former time in Ifrael, concerning redeeming, and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his thoe, and gave it to his neighbour and this was a teftimony in Ifrael.

8 Therefore the kinfman, faid unto Boaz, Buy it for thee: fo he drew off his shoe.

9 And Boaz faid unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witneffes this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi.

10 Moreover, Ruth the Moabitefs, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raife up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.

11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, faid, We are witneffes. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine houfe like Rachel and like Leah,

Hannah's prayer.

which two did build the houfe of Ifract: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Beth-lehem.

12 And let thy houfe be like the house of Pharez, (whom Tamar bare unto Judah,) of the feed which the LORD fhall give thee of this young woman.

13 So Boaz took Ruth, and the was his wife; and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and the bare a fon.

14 And the women faid unto Naomi, Bleffed be the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinfman, that his name may be famous in Ifrael.

15 And he shall be unto thee a reftorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter-in-law which loveth thee, which is better to thee than feven fons, hath borne him.

16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bofom, and became rurfe unto it.

17 And the women he neighbours gave it a name, faying, There is a fon born to Naomi: and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jeffe, the father of David.

18 Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,

19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab,

20 And Amminadab begat Nahfhon, and Nahfhon begat Salmon,

21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat

Obed,

22 And Obed begat Jeffe, and Jeffe begat

David.

The First Book of SAMUEL, otherwise called
The First Book of the KINGS.

СНАР. 1.

Now there was a

1 Elkanah and his two wives. 9 Hannah's
prayer. 20 Samuel is born.
certain man of Ra-
mathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim,
and his name as Elkanah, the fon of Jero-
ham, the fon of Elihu, the fon of Tohu, the
ion of Zuph, an Ephrathite:

2 And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Penitnah and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

3 And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship, and to facrifice unto the LORD of hotts in Shiloh: and the two fons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.

4 And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her fons and her daughters, portions.

5 But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had thut up her womb.

6 And her adverfary alfo provoked her fore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had thut up her womb.

7 And as he did fo year by year, when the went up to the houfe of the LORD; fo the provoked her: therefore the wept, and did not

eat.

8 Ther fald Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepeft thou and why eatest thou not! and why is thy heart grieved? Am not I better to thee than ten funs?

9 So Hannah rofe up, after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk: (now Eli the priest fat upon a feat by a poft of the temple of the LORD:)

10 And he was in bitternefs of foul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept fore.

11 And the vowed a vow, and faid, O LORD of hofts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man-child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there thall no razor come upon his head.

12 And it came to pafs, as the continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth.

13 Now Hannah, the fpake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought the had been drunken.

14 And Eli faid unto her, How lorg wilt thou be drunken? Put away thy wine from thee.

15 And Hannah anfwered and faid, No, my lord; I am a woman of a forrowful ipi. rit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my foul before the LORD.

16 Count not thine handmaid for a daugh. ter of Belial; for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I ken hitherto.

17 Then Eli anfwered and faid, Go in peace: and the God of Ifrael grant thee

thy

Hannah's fong.

Chap. II. thy petition that thou haft afked of him. 18 And the faid, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy fight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more fad.

19 And they rofe up in the morning early, and worthipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their houfe to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her.

20 Whercture it came to pafs, when the time was come about, after Hannah had conceived, that the bare a fon, and called his name Samuel, faying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.

21 And the man Elkanah, and all his houfe, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly facrifice, and his vow.

22 But Hannah went not up; for the faid unto her hutband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever.

23 And Elkanah her husband faid unto her, Do what feemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD eftablish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her fon fuck until the weaned him.

24 And when the had weaned him, the took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the houfe of the LORD in Shiloh and the child was young.

25 And they flew a bullock, and brought the child to Fli.

26 And the faid, Oh my lord! as thy foul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that flood by thee here, praying unto the LORD.

27 For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him.

28 Therefore alfo I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he thall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.

CHAP. II.

1 Hannah's fong, 12 The fin of Eli's fons. 18 Samuels minifiry 27 A prophecy against Ele's house.

ND Hannah prayed, and faid, My heart

Eld's fons reproved.

and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to fet them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he hath fet the world upon them.

He will keep the feet of his faints, and the wicked shall be filent in darkness; for by ftrength fhall no man prevail.

10 The adverfaries of the LORD thall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD thall judge the ends of the earth; and he thall give ftrength unto his King, and exalt the horn of his Anointed.

II And Elkanah went to Ramah to his houfe; and the child did minifter unto the LCRD before Eli the priest.

12 Now the fons of Eli were fons of Belial; they knew not the LORD.

13 And the priest's cuftom with the people was, that when any man offered facrifice, the priest's fervant came, while the Reth was in feeching, with a fleth-hook of three teeth in his band:

14 And he track it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleth-hook brought up the prieft took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Ifraelites that came thither.

15 Alfo before they burnt the fat, the priest's fervant care, and faid to the man that facri ficed, Give flesh to roaft for the prict; for he will not have fodden fleth of thee, but raw.

16 At any man faid unto hini, Let them not fail to burn the fat prefently, and then take as much as thy foul defireth; then he would anfwer him, Kay, but thou shalt give it me now: and it not, I will take it by force.

17 Wherefore the fin of the young men was very great before the LORD; for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.

18 But Samuel miniftered before the LORD,being a child, girded with a linen ephod. 19 Morcover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year. when the came up with her husband to offer the yearly facrifice.

20 And Eli bieffed Pikanah and his wife, and faid, The LOR. give thee feed of this woman, for the loan which is fent to the

A they went un,o their

exalted in the LORD; my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies: because I rejoice in thy falvation.

2 There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none befide thee; neither is there any rock like our God.

3 Talk no more fo exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

4 The bows of the mighty mer are broken, and they that ftumbled are girded with Яtrength.

s they that were full have hired out themfelves for bread; and they that arere hungry ceafed: fo tha: the barren hath borne feven; and the that hath many children is waxed feeble.

6 The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth

21 And the LORD vifited Hannah, fo that the conceived, and bare three fons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew be fore the LORD.

22 Now Eli was very old, and heart all that his fons did unto all Ifrael; and how they lay with the women that affembled a the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

23 An the faid unto them, Why do ye fuch things? For I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.

24 Nay, my fons: for it is no good report that I hear; ye make the LORD's people to tranfgrefs.

25 It one man fin against another, the julge fhall judge hin: but if a man fin against the LORD, who fhall entrca for him? Notwithstanding they hea: kened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would flay them.

26 And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favour both with the LORD, and alfe with men.)

27 And there came a man of God qu•

Samuel called.

1. SAMUEL.

to Eli, and faid unto him, Thus faith 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 Ifrael to be my prieft, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incenfe, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Ifrael?

29 Wherefore kick ye at my facrifice, and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honoureft thy fons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefeft of all the offerings of Ifrael my people?

30 Wherefore the LORD God of Ifrael faith, I faid indeed that thy houfe, and the house of th fathers thould walk before me for ever: out now the LORD faith, Be it far from me, for them that honour me I will honour, and they that defpif: me shall be lightly efteemed.

31 Behold, the days come that I will cut of thine arm, and the arm of thy father's houfe, that there fhall not be an old man in thine house.

32 And thou fhalt fee an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God thall give Ifrael: and there thall not be an old nian In thine houfe for ever.

33 And the man of thine, whom I fhall not cut off from mine altar, fall be to confume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart and all the increase of thine houfe thall die in the flower of their age.

34 And this all be a fign unto thee, that fhadi come upon thy two fons, on Hopani and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of

them.

35 And I will raise me up a faithful prieft, that thall do according to that which is in mine heart, and in my mind: and I will build him a fure houfe; and he fhall walk before, mine Anointed for ever.

36 And it thall come to pafs, that every one that is left in thine houfe thall come and crouch to him for a piece of filver and a morfel of bread, and thall fay, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priest's offices, that I may eat a piece of bread."

CHA P. III.

The word of the Lord firfi revealed to Sa-
muel. 11 of the defirullion of Eli's house.

AND the child samuel ministered unto the
LORD before Eli. And the word of the
LORD was precious in those days; there was
no open vifion.

2 And it came to pafs at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes

began to wax dim, that he could not fee;

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 fleep;

4 That the LORD called Samuel: and he anfwered, Here am I.

5 And he run unto Eli, and faid, Here am I; for thou calledit me. And he faid, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down.

6 And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel 1ofe, and went to Eli, and faid, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my fon; lie down again.

7 Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD,

The Ifraelites overcome. neither was the word of the LORD yet reveal. ed unto him.

8 And the LORD cailed Samuel again the third time. And he arofe, and went to Eti, and faid, Here am I; for thou didnt call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child.

9 Therefore Eli faid unto Samuel, Go, lie down; and it fhall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt fay, Speak, LORD; for thy fervant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

10 And the LORD came, and flood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel anfwered, Speak; for thy fervant heareth.

II And the LORD faid to Samuel, B hold, I will do a thing in Ifrael, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it fhall tingle.

12 In that day I will perform against Eliall things which I have fpoken concerning his houfe: when I begun, I will alfo make an end.

1, For I have told him, that I will judge his houfe for ever, for the iniquity which he knoweth becaufe his- fons made themfelves vile, and he reftrained them not.

14 And therefore I have fworn unto the houfe of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house fhall not be purged with facrifice nor offering for ever.

15 And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the houfe of the LORD: and Samuel feared to fhew Eli the vision.

16 Then Eli called Samuel, and faid, Samuel, my fon. And he answered, Here am I.

And he faid, What is the thing that the LORD hath faid unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do fo to thee, and more alfo, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he faid unto thee.

18 And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he faid, It is the LORD; let him do what feemeth him good.

19 And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.

20 And all Ifrael, from Dan even to Beerfheba, knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD.

21 And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh : for the LORD revealed himfelt to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD. CHA P. IV. 1 The Ifraelites are overcome by the Philif tines. 11 The ark is taken, and Fli's fons Bain. 18 Eli, hearing the news, falletb backward, and his neck breaketh.

AND the word of Samuel came to all Ifrael. Now Ifrael went out agairft the Phili ftines to battle, and pitched befide Eden-ezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.

2 And the Philistines put themselves in ar. ray against Ifrael: and when they joined battlé, Ifrael was fmitten before the Philistines; and they flew or the army in the field about tour thou and men.

3 And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Ifrael faid, Wherefore hath the LORD fmitten us to-day be.ore the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that when it cometh among us, it may fave

us out of the hand of our enemies.

4 So the people fent to Shiloh, that they

The ark taken, and brought

Chap. v, vi. might bring from thence the ark of the coveDant of the LORD of hofts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two fons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark or the covenant of God.

5 And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camy, all Ifrael thouted with a great thout, fo that the earth rang again.

6. And when the Philutines heard the noife of the thout, they fail, What meaneth the

noise of this great thout in the camp of the AND the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Eben-ezer unto

1 The Philifines counfel how to send back
the ark: io they bring it on a new cart to
Beth-femeft. 19 The people fmitten.
ND the ark of the LORD was in the coun

not, for thou haft borne a fon. But the answer-Atry of the Philistines feven months.

The Beth-bemites fmitten.

Ifrael's repentance.

Gaza one, for Afkelon oue, for Gath one, for
Ekron one:

1. SAMUEL. a And the Philiftines called for the priests and the diviners, faying, What thall we do to the ark of the LORD? Tell us wherewith we thail fend it to his place.

3 And they faid, If ye fend away the ark of the God of Ifrael, fend it not empty; but in any wife return himsa tref als-offering: then ye thall be healed, and it thall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.

4 Then faid they, What ball be the tref pafs-offering which we fhall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philiftines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.

5 Wherefore ye fhall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Ifrael: pera Iventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and trom off your gods, and from off your land.

6 Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?

7 Now therefore make a new cart, and

take two milch-kine, on which there hath

come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them:

8 And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trefpafs offering, in a coffer by the fide thereof; and fend it away, that it may go.

9 And fee, if it goeth up by the way of his own coaft to Beth-themeth, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we thall know that it is not his hand that fmote us; it was a chance that happened to

us.

10 And the men did fo; and took two milch-kine, and tied them to the cart, and thut up their calves at home.

11 And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the corter with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.

12 And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-fhemefh, and went along the high-way, lowing as they went, and turned not aide to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-themeth.

13 And they of Beth-themeth were reaping thefr wheat-harveft in the valley and they lifted up their eyes, and faw the ark, and rejoiced to fee it.

14 And the cart came into the field of Jo. inua a Beth-fhemite, and flood there, where there was a great ftone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt-offering unto the LORD.

15 And the Levites took down the ark of the ORD, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great ftone: and the men of Beththemesh offered burnt-o.ferings, and facrificed facrifices, the fame day unto the LORD.

16 And when the five lor is of the Phili. ftines had feen it, they returned to Ekron the fame day.

17 And thefe are the golten emerods, which the Philistines returned for a trefpafsoffering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for

18 And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines be. longing to the five lords, both of tenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great fione of Abel, whereon they fet down the ark or the LORD; which finne remaineth unto this day in the field of joshua the Beth

themite.

19 And he fmote the men of Beth-fhe meth, because they had looked into the ark or the LORD, even he fmote of the people fifty thousand and threefcore and ten men. And the people lamented, because the LORD had fmitten many of the people with a great flaughter.

20 And the men of Beth-fhemesh said, Who is able to ftand before this holy LORD God? and to whom thall be go up from us?

21 And they fent meilengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath-Jearim, faying, The Philifines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and fetch it up to you. CHAP. VII.

3

The Ifraelites, by Samuel's means, folemnly repent at Mispeh. 9 Samuel praying, the Philifines are difconfitea.

AND the men of Kirjath-jerim came, and

fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the houfe of Abinadab in the hill, and fanctified Eleazar his fon to keep the ark of the LORD.

2 And it came to pafs, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the houfe of Ifrael lamented atter the LORD.

3 And Samuel fpake unto all the house of Ifrael, faying, It ye`do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the ftrange gods and Athtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and ferve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

4 Then the children of Ifrael did put away Baalim and Athtaroth, and ferved the LORD only.

And Samuel faid, Gather all Ifrael to Miz. peh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD.

6 And they gathered together to Miz eh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and lasted on that day, and faid there, We have finned agamit the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Ifrael in Mizpeh. 7 And when the Philistines heard that the children of Ifrael were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lors of the Philistines went up against Ifrael. And when the children of Ifrael heard it, they were airaid of the Philiftines.

8 And the children of Ifrael faid to Samuel. Ceafe not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will fave us out of the hand of the Philistines.

9And Samuel took a fucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt-offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Ifrael; and the LORD heard him.

10 And as Samuel was offering up the burnt-offering, the Philiftines drew near to battle against Ifrael; but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philiftines, and difcomfited them; and they were fmitten before Ifrael.

11 And the men of Ifrael went out of Miz. peh