H9002–/וְ–v

And Saul said: 'Bring hither to me the burnt-offering and the peace-offerings.' And he offered the burnt-offering.

וְהַשְּׁלָמִ֑ים (וְ) ve. “and”

And it came to pass that, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt-offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him.

וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And Samuel said: 'What hast thou done?' And Saul said: 'Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines assembled themselves together against Michmas;

וְאַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

therefore said I: Now will the Philistines come down upon me to Gilgal, and I have not entreated the favour of the LORD; I forced myself therefore, and offered the burnt-offering.'

וּפְנֵ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

But now thy kingdom shall not continue; the LORD hath sought him a man after His own heart, and the LORD hath appointed him to be prince over His people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.'

וְעַתָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And Samuel arose, and got him up from Gilgal unto Gibeath-benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men.

וְיֶתֶר (וְ) ve. “and”

And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeath-benjamin; but the Philistines encamped in Michmas.

וְשָׁא֞וּל (וְ) ve. “and”וְיוֹנָתָ֣ן (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָעָם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים (וּ) u. “and”

and another company turned the way to Beth-horon; and another company turned the way of the border that looketh down upon the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

וְהָרֹ֤אשׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָרֹ֨אשׁ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel; for the Philistines said: 'Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears';

וְחָרָשׁ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

but all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his plowshare, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock.

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

And the price of the filing was a pim for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks with three teeth, and for the axes; and to set the goads.

וְלָ֣אֵתִ֔ים (וְ) ve. “and”וְלִשְׁלֹ֥שׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְהַקַּרְדֻּמִּ֑ים (וּ) u. “and”וּלְהַצִּ֖יב (וּ) u. “and”

So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan; but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found.

וְלֹ֨א (וְ) ve. “and”וַחֲנִית֙ (וַ) va. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְיוֹנָתָ֖ן (וּ) u. “and”

Now it fell upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bore his armour: 'Come and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on yonder side. But he told not his father.

וְנַעְבְּרָה֙ (וְ) ve. “so”וּלְאָבִ֖יו (וּ) u. “and”

And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under the pomegranate-tree which is in Migron; and the people that were with him were about six hundred men,

וְשָׁא֗וּל (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָעָם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

and Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of the LORD in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.

וַאֲחִיָּ֣ה (וַ) va. “and”וְהָעָם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And between the passes, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines' garrison, there was a rocky crag on the one side, and a rocky crag on the other side; and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.

וּבֵ֣ין (וּ) u. “and”וְשֵׁן־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֵׁ֤ם (וְ) ve. “and”וְשֵׁ֥ם (וְ) ve. “and”

The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmas, and the other on the south in front of Geba.

וְהָאֶחָ֥ד (וְ) ve. “and”

And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armour: 'Come and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the LORD will work for us; for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few.'

וְנַעְבְּרָ֗ה (וְ) ve. “so”

If they say thus unto us: Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.

וְלֹ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

But if they say thus: Come up unto us; then we will go up; for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand; and this shall be the sign unto us.'

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְזֶה־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the men of the garrison spoke to Jonathan and his armour-bearer, and said: 'Come up to us, and we will show you a thing.' And Jonathan said unto his armour-bearer: 'Come up after me; for the LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.'

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

And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armour-bearer after him; and they fell before Jonathan; and his armour-bearer slew them after him.

וְעַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנֹשֵׂ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”וְנֹשֵׂ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armour-bearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were half a furrow's length in an acre of land.

וְנֹשֵׂ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And there was a trembling in the camp in the field, and among all the people; the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled; and the earth quaked; so it grew into a terror from God.

וּבְכָל־ (וּ) u. “and”וְהַמַּשְׁחִ֔ית (וְ) ve. “and”

And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeath-benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went hither and thither.

וְהִנֵּ֧ה (וְ) ve. “and”וַהֲלֹֽם׃ (וַ) va. “and”