H9002–/וְ–v

And the LORD said to Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Beth-lehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

וַאֲנִ֣י (וַ) va. “and”וְלֵ֤ךְ (וְ) ve. “and”

And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint to me him whom I name to thee.

וְאָֽנֹכִ֗י (וְ) ve. “and”

And he said, Peaceably: I have come to sacrifice to the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But the LORD said to Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the hight of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.

וְאֶל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וַיהוָ֖ה (וַ) va. “and”

And Samuel said to Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and bring him: for we will not sit down till he hath come hither.

וְהִנֵּ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְקָחֶ֔נּוּ (וְ) ve. “and”

And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and also of a beautiful countenance, and a good appearance. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.

וְה֣וּא (וְ) ve. “and”וְט֣וֹב (וְ) ve. “and”

Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel arose, and went to Ramah.

וָמָ֑עְלָה (וָ) va. “and”

But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.

וְר֧וּחַ (וְ) ve. “and”

Let our lord now command thy servants, who are before thee, to seek a man who is a skillful player on a harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he will play with his hand, and thou wilt be well.

וְט֥וֹב (וְ) ve. “and”

Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is skillful in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.

וְגִבּ֨וֹר (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִ֧ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וּנְב֥וֹן (וּ) u. “and”וְאִ֣ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וַיהוָ֖ה (וַ) va. “and”

And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son to Saul.

וְנֹ֣אד (וְ) ve. “and”וּגְדִ֥י (וּ) u. “and”

And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took a harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.

וְט֣וֹב (וְ) ve. “and”

Now the Philistines collected their armies to battle, and were assembled at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and encamped between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.

וּבֵין־ (וּ) u. “and”

And Saul and the men of Israel were assembled and encamped by the valley of Elah, and they set the battle in array against the Philistines.

וְשָׁא֤וּל (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִֽישׁ־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.

וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֞ים (וּ) u. “and”וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל (וְ) ve. “and”וְהַגַּ֖יְא (וְ) ve. “and”

And there went out a champion from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose hight was six cubits and a span.

וָזָֽרֶת׃ (וָ) va. “and”

And he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.

וְכ֤וֹבַע (וְ) ve. “and”וְשִׁרְי֥וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִשְׁקַל֙ (וּ) u. “and”

And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.

וּמִצְחַ֥ת (וּ) u. “and”וְכִיד֥וֹן (וְ) ve. “and”

And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.

וְעֵ֣ץ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלַהֶ֣בֶת (וְ) ve. “and”וְנֹשֵׂ֥א (וְ) ve. “and”

And he stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, Why have ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.

וְאַתֶּם֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיֵרֵ֥ד (וְ) ve. “so”

If he shall be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I shall prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.

וְאִם־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.

וְנִֽלָּחֲמָ֖ה (וְ) ve. “so”

When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.

וְכָל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.

וְדָוִד֩ (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁמ֣וֹ (וּ) u. “and”וְל֖וֹ (וְ) ve. “and”וְהָאִישׁ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the first-born, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

וְשֵׁ֣ם׀ (וְ) ve. “and”וּמִשְׁנֵ֙הוּ֙ (וּ) u. “and”וְהַשְּׁלִשִׁ֖י (וְ) ve. “and”