H9033–וֹ–o

And they sent men to the people living in Kiriath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have sent back the ark of the Lord; come and take it up to your country.

אֹת֖וֹ (וֹ) o “it”

So the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took the ark of the Lord to the house of Abinadab in Gibeah, and they made his son Eleazar holy and put the ark in his care.

אֹת֔וֹ (וֹ) o “it”

Then Samuel said to all Israel, If with all your hearts you would come back to the Lord, then put away all the strange gods and the Astartes from among you, and let your hearts be turned to the Lord, and be servants to him only: and he will make you safe

וְעִבְדֻ֣הוּ (הוּ) hu “him”לְבַדּ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

So the children of Israel gave up the worship of Baal and Astarte, and became worshippers of the Lord only.

לְבַדּֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “him”

And Samuel took a young lamb, offering all of it as a burned offering to the Lord; and Samuel made prayers to the Lord for Israel and the Lord gave him an answer.

וַיַּעֲלֵ֧הוּ (הוּ) hu “it”וַֽיַּעֲנֵ֖הוּ (הוּ) hu “him”

And said to him, See now, you are old, and your sons do not go in your ways: give us a king now to be our judge, so that we may be like the other nations.

אֵלָ֗יו (ו) v “him”

And Samuel said all these words of the Lord to the people who were desiring a king.

מֵאִתּ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

And he said, This is the sort of king who will be your ruler: he will take your sons and make them his servants, his horsemen, and drivers of his war-carriages, and they will go running before his war-carriages;

לוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “himself”

And he will make them captains of thousands and of fifties; some he will put to work ploughing and cutting his grain and making his instruments of war and building his war-carriages.

ל֔וֹ (וֹ) o “himself”

He will take a tenth of your sheep: and you will be his servants.

ל֥וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

He had a son named Saul, a specially good-looking young man; there was no one better-looking among the children of Israel: he was taller by a head than any other of the people.

וְלוֹ־ (וֹ) v- “him”מִמֶּ֑נּוּ (נּוּ) nu “him”

And when they had come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to the servant who was with him, Come, let us go back, or my father may give up caring about the asses and be troubled about us.

עִמּ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

But the servant said to him, See now, in this town there is a man of God, who is highly honoured, and everything he says comes true: let us go there now; it may be that he will give us directions about our journey.

ל֗וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

When you come into the town you will see him straight away, before he goes up to the high place for the feast: the people are waiting for his blessing before starting the feast, and after that the guests will take part in it. So go up now and you will se

אֹת֡וֹ (וֹ) o “him”אֹת֥וֹ (וֹ) o “him”אֹתֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “him”

Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and on him you are to put the holy oil, making him ruler over my people Israel, and he will make my people safe from the hands of the Philistines: for I have seen the sorrow of my

וּמְשַׁחְתּ֤וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said to him, This is the man of whom I gave you word! he it is who is to have authority over my people.

עָנָ֔הוּ (הוּ) hu “him”

Then Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on his head and gave him a kiss and said, Is not the Lord with the holy oil making you ruler over Israel, his people? and you will have authority over the people of the Lord, and you will make them safe

וַיִּשָּׁקֵ֑הוּ (הוּ) hu “him”תוֹשִׁיעֶֽנּוּ (נּוּ) nu “him”

And it came about, that when he went away from Samuel, God gave him a changed heart: and all those signs took place that day.

ל֥וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

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.

לִקְרָאת֑וֹ (וֹ) o “him”עָלָיו֙ (ו֙) v “him”

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?

יֽוֹדְעוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) O “him”

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.

אֵלָ֛יו (ו) v “him”

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.

ל֔וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

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.

ל֔וֹ (וֹ) o “him”

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.

וַיְבַקְשֻׁ֖הוּ (הוּ) hu “him”

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.

וַיִּקָּחֻ֣הוּ (הוּ) hu “him”