H9002–/וְ–v

And Samuel said to the people, The Lord is witness, who gave authority to Moses and Aaron, and who took your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.

וְאֶֽת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וַאֲשֶׁ֧ר (וַ) va. “and”

Keep your places now, while I take up the argument with you before the Lord, and give you the story of the righteousness of the Lord, which he has made clear by his acts to you and to your fathers.

וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִשָּׁפְטָ֥ה (וְ) ve. “so”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

When Jacob and his sons had come into Egypt, and were crushed by the Egyptians, the prayers of your fathers came up to the Lord, and the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, who took your fathers out of Egypt, and he put them into this place.

וְאֶֽת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But they were false to the Lord their God, and he gave them up into the hands of Sisera, captain of the army of Jabin, king of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the king of Moab, who made war against them.

וּבְיַד־ (וּ) u. “and”וּבְיַד֙ (וּ) u. “and”

Then crying out to the Lord, they said, We have done evil, because we have been turned away from the Lord, worshipping the Baals and the Astartes: but now, make us safe from those who are against us and we will be your servants.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְנַעַבְדֶֽךָּ׃ (וְ) ve. “so”

So the Lord sent Jerubbaal and Barak and Jephthah and Samuel and took you out of the power of those who were fighting against you on every side, and made you safe.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And when you saw that Nahash, the king of the Ammonites, was coming against you, you said to me, No more of this; we will have a king for our ruler: when the Lord your God was your king.

וַיהוָ֥ה (וַ) va. “and”

Here, then, is the king marked out by you: the Lord has put a king over you.

וְעַתָּ֗ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִנֵּ֨ה (וְ) ve. “and”

If in the fear of the Lord you are his servants, hearing his voice and not going against the orders of the Lord, but being true to the Lord your God, you and the king ruling over you, then all will be well:

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “<and>”

But if you do not give ear to the voice of the Lord, but go against his orders, then the hand of the Lord will be against you and against your king for your destruction, as it was against your fathers.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבַאֲבֹתֵיכֶֽם׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Now keep where you are and see this great thing which the Lord will do before your eyes.

וּרְא֔וּ (וּ) u. “and”

Is it not now the time of the grain cutting? My cry will go up to the Lord and he will send thunder and rain: so that you may see and be conscious of your great sin which you have done in the eyes of the Lord in desiring a king for yourselves.

וְיִתֵּ֥ן (וְ) ve. “so”וּמָטָ֑ר (וּ) u. “and”וּדְע֣וּ (וּ) u. “and”וּרְא֗וּ (וּ) u. “and”

So Samuel made prayer to the Lord; and the Lord sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people were in fear of the Lord and of Samuel.

וּמָטָ֖ר (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And all the people said to Samuel, Make prayer for us to the Lord your God so that death may not overtake us: for in addition to all our sins we have done this evil, in desiring a king.

וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And do not go from the right way turning to those false gods in which there is no profit and no salvation, for they are false.

וְלֹ֖א (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And as for me, never will I go against the orders of the Lord by giving up my prayers for you: but I will go on teaching you the good and right way.

וְהַיְשָׁרָֽה׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

But if you still do evil, destruction will overtake you and your king.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

וְאַרְבָּעִ֣ים (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁתֵּ֣י (וּ) u. “and”

And Saul took for himself three thousand men of Israel, of whom he kept two thousand with him in Michmash and in the mountain of Beth-el, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah in the land of Benjamin: the rest of the people he sent back to their te

וּבְהַ֣ר (וּ) u. “and”וְאֶ֗לֶף (וְ) ve. “and”וְיֶ֣תֶר (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jonathan made an attack on the armed force of the Philistines stationed at Gibeah; and news was given to the Philistines that the Hebrews were turned against them. And Saul had a horn sounded through all the land,

וְשָׁאוּל֩ (וְ) ve. “and”

And all Israel had the news that Saul had made an attack on the Philistines, and that Israel was bitterly hated by the Philistines. And the people came together after Saul to Gilgal.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְגַם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Philistines came together to make war on Israel, three thousand war-carriages and six thousand horsemen and an army of people like the sands of the sea in number: they came up and took up their position in Michmash, to the east of Beth-aven.

וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֞ים (וּ) u. “and”וְשֵׁ֤שֶׁת (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָ֕ם (וְ) ve. “and”

When the men of Israel saw the danger they were in, (for the people were troubled,) they took cover in cracks in the hillsides and in the woods and in rocks and holes and hollows.

וְאִ֨ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וּבַֽחֲוָחִים֙ (וּ) u. “and”וּבַסְּלָעִ֔ים (וּ) u. “and”וּבַצְּרִחִ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”וּבַבֹּרֽוֹת׃ (וּ) u. “and”

And a great number of the people had gone over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead; but Saul was still in Gilgal, and all the people went after him shaking in fear.

וְעִבְרִ֗ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְגִלְעָ֑ד (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁאוּל֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he went on waiting there for seven days, the time fixed by Samuel: but Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were starting to go away from him.

וְלֹא־ (וְ) ve. “and”