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Then Saul said to the servant who had the care of his arms, Take your sword and put it through me, before these men without circumcision come and make sport of me. But his servant, full of fear, would not do so. Then Saul took out his sword, falling on i

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וְהִתְעַלְּלוּ־ (וְ) ve. “and”וַיִּקַּ֤ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפֹּ֖ל (וַ) va “and”

And when his servant saw that Saul was dead, he did the same, and came to his death.

וַיַּ֥רְא (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפֹּ֥ל (וַ) va “and”וַיָּמֹֽת׃ (וַ) va “and”

So death overtook Saul and his three sons; all his family came to an end together.

וַיָּ֤מָת (וַ) va “and”

And when all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that the men of Israel had gone in flight and that Saul and his sons were dead, they went in flight away from their towns; and the Philistines came and took them for themselves.

וַ֠יִּרְאוּ (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיַּעַזְב֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּנֻ֔סוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ (וַ) va “and”

Now the day after, when the Philistines came to take their goods from the dead, they saw Saul and his sons dead in Mount Gilboa.

וַיְהִי֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֣אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּמְצְא֤וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

And they took everything off him, and took his head and his war-dress, and sent word into the land of the Philistines round about to give the news to their gods and to the people.

וַיַּ֨פְשִׁיטֻ֔הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְשַׁלְּח֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

And they put his war-dress in the house of their gods, and put up his head in the house of Dagon.

וַיָּשִׂ֙ימוּ֙ (וַ) va “and”

And when the news came to Jabesh-gilead of what the Philistines had done to Saul,

וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֔וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

All the fighting-men came up and took away Saul's body and the bodies of his sons, and took them to Jabesh, and put their bones to rest under the oak-tree in Jabesh, and took no food for seven days.

וַיָּקוּמוּ֮ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׂא֞וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְבִיא֖וּם (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְבְּר֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּצ֖וּמוּ (וַ) va “and”

So death came to Saul because of the sin which he did against the Lord, that is, because of the word of the Lord which he kept not; and because he went for directions to one who had an evil spirit,

וַיָּ֣מָת (וַ) va “and”

And not to the Lord: for this reason, he put him to death and gave the kingdom to David, the son of Jesse.

וַיְמִיתֵ֑הוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּסֵּב֙ (וַ) va “and”

Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron, and said, Truly, we are your bone and your flesh.

וַיִּקָּבְצ֧וּ (וַ) va “and”

In the past, when Saul was king, it was you who went at the head of Israel when they went out or came in; and the Lord your God said to you, You are to be the keeper of my people Israel, and their ruler.

וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (וַ) va “and”

So all the responsible men of Israel came to the king at Hebron; and David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord; and they put the holy oil on David and made him king over Israel, as the Lord had said by Samuel.

וַ֠יָּבֹאוּ (וַ֠) Va “and”וַיִּכְרֹת֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְשְׁח֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (which is Jebus); and the Jebusites, the people of the land, were there.

וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

And the people of Jebus said to David, You will not come in here. But still, David took the strong place of Zion, which is the town of David.

וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּלְכֹּ֤ד (וַ) va “and”

And David said, The first to overcome the Jebusites will be chief and captain. And Joab, the son of Zeruiah, went up first, and became chief.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֧עַל (וַ) va “and”וַיְהִ֥י (וַ) va “and”

And David took the strong tower for his living-place, so it was named the town of David.

וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

And he took in hand the building of the town all round, starting from the Millo; and Joab put the rest of the town in order.

וַיִּ֤בֶן (וַ) va “and”

And David became greater and greater in power, because the Lord of armies was with him.

וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”

He was with David at Pas-dammim, where the Philistines had come together for the fight, near a bit of land full of barley; and the people went in flight before the Philistines.

וַתְּהִ֛י (וַ) va. “and”

And he took up his position in the middle of the bit of land, and kept back their attack, and overcame the Philistines; and the Lord gave a great salvation.

וַיִּֽתְיַצְּב֤וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּצִּיל֔וּהָ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּכּ֖וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיּ֥וֹשַׁע (וַ) va “and”

And three of the thirty went down to David, to the rock, into the strong place of Adullam; and the army of the Philistines had taken up their position in the valley of Rephaim.

וַיֵּרְד֡וּ (וַ) va “and”

And David, moved by a strong desire, said, If only someone would give me a drink of the water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem by the doorway into the town!

וַיִּתְאָ֥יו (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (וַ) va “and”

So the three, forcing a way through the Philistine army, got water from the water-hole of Beth-lehem, by the doorway into the town, and took it back to David; but David would not take it, but made an offering of it, draining it out to the Lord,

וַיִּבְקְע֨וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּֽשְׁאֲבוּ־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׂא֖וּ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבִ֣אוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיְנַסֵּ֥ךְ (וַ) va “and”