H9002–/וְ–v

Then you are to go down before me to Gilgal, where I will come to you, for the offering of burned offerings and peace-offerings: go on waiting there for seven days till I come to you and make clear to you what you have to do.

וְהִנֵּ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And when they came to Gibeah, a band of prophets came face to face with him; and the spirit of God came on him with power and he took his place among them as a prophet.

וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Now when Saul's old friends saw him among the band of prophets, the people said to one another, What has come to Saul, the son of Kish? Is even Saul among the prophets?

וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And one of the people of that place said in answer, And who is their father? So it became a common saying, Is even Saul among the prophets?

וּמִ֣י (וּ) u. “and”

And Saul's father's brother said to him and his servant, Where have you been? And he said, Searching for the asses: and when we saw no sign of them, we came to Samuel.

וְאֶֽל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Saul, answering him, said, He gave us word that the asses had come back. But he said nothing to him of Samuel's words about the kingdom.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said to the children of Israel, The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, I took Israel out of Egypt, and made you free from the hands of the Egyptians and from all the kingdoms which kept you down:

וּמִיַּד֙ (וּ) u. “and”

But today you are turned away from your God, who himself has been your saviour from all your troubles and sorrows; and you have said to him, Put a king over us. So now, take your places before the Lord by your tribes and by your thousands.

וְאַתֶּ֨ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְצָרֹֽתֵיכֶם֒ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְאַלְפֵיכֶֽם׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Then he made the tribe of Benjamin come near by families, and the family of the Matrites was taken: and from them, Saul, the son of Kish, was taken: but when they went in search of him he was nowhere to be seen.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

So they went quickly and made him come out; and when he took his place among the people, he was taller by a head than any of the people.

וָמָֽעְלָה׃ (וָ) va. “and”

And Saul went to Gibeah, to his house; and with him went the men of war whose hearts had been touched by God.

וְגַ֨ם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But certain good-for-nothing persons said, How is this man to be our saviour? And having no respect for him, they gave him no offering.

וּבְנֵ֧י (וּ) u. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then about a month after this, Nahash the Ammonite came up and put his forces in position for attacking Jabesh-gilead: and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, Make an agreement with us and we will be your servants.

וְנַעַבְדֶֽךָּ׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then the responsible men of Jabesh said to him, Give us seven days, so that we may send men to every part of Israel: and then, if no one comes to our help, we will come out to you.

וְנִשְׁלְחָה֙ (וְ) ve. “so”וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now Saul came from the field, driving the oxen before him; and he said, Why are the people weeping? And they gave him word of what the men of Jabesh had said.

וְהִנֵּ֣ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And he took two oxen and, cutting them up, sent them through all the land of Israel by the hand of runners, saying, If any man does not come out after Saul and Samuel, this will be done to his oxen. And the fear of the Lord came on the people and they ca

וְאַחַ֣ר (וְ) ve. “and”

And he had them numbered in Bezek: the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

וְאִ֥ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now on the day after, Saul put the people into three bands, and in the morning watch they came to the tents of the Ammonites, and they went on attacking them till the heat of the day: and those who were not put to death were put to flight in every direct

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And the people said to Samuel, Who was it who said, Is Saul to be our king? give the men up, so that we may put them to death.

וּנְמִיתֵֽם׃ (וּ) u. “so”

Then Samuel said to the people, Come, let us go to Gilgal and there make the kingdom strong in the hands of Saul.

וְנֵלְכָ֣ה (וְ) ve. “so”וּנְחַדֵּ֥שׁ (וּ) u. “so”

So all the people went to Gilgal; and there in Gilgal they made Saul king before the Lord; and peace-offerings were offered before the Lord; and there Saul and all the men of Israel were glad with great joy.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And now, see, the king is before you: and I am old and grey-headed, and my sons are with you: I have been living before your eyes from my early days till now.

וְעַתָּ֞ה (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲנִי֙ (וַ) va. “and”וָשַׂ֔בְתִּי (וָ) va. “and”וּבָנַ֖י (וּ) u. “and”וַאֲנִי֙ (וַ) va. “and”

Here I am: give witness against me before the Lord and before the man on whom he has put the holy oil: whose ox or ass have I taken? to whom have I been untrue? who has been crushed down by me? from whose hand have I taken a price for the blinding of my

וְנֶ֣גֶד (וְ) ve. “and”וַחֲמ֧וֹר (וַ) va. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִיַּד־ (וּ) u. “and”וְאַעְלִ֥ים (וְ) ve. “so”וְאָשִׁ֖יב (וְ) ve. “so”

And they said, You have never been untrue to us or cruel to us; you have taken nothing from any man.

וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then he said, The Lord is witness against you, and the man on whom he has put the holy oil is witness this day that you have seen no wrong in me. And they said, He is witness.

וְעֵ֤ד (וְ) ve. “and”