H3478–יִשְׂרָאֵל–yis.ra.el

And Saul said, Am I not a man of Benjamin, the smallest of all the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of the families of Benjamin? why then do you say these words to me?

יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

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

יִשְׂרָאֵל Yis.ra.'El “of Israel”

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:

יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

So Samuel made all the tribes of Israel come near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And Nahash the Ammonite said to them, I will make an agreement with you on this condition, that all your right eyes are put out; so that I may make it a cause of shame to all Israel.

יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

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.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

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

יִשְׂרָאֵל֮ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

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

יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And Saul said, Not a man is to be put to death today: for today the Lord has made Israel safe.

בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (יִשְׂרָאֵֽל) Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

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.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And Samuel said to all Israel, You see that I have given ear to everything you said to me, and have made a king over you.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

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

מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל֒ (יִּשְׂרָאֵל֒) Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

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.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֞ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

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.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

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.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And Samuel said to Saul, You have done a foolish thing: you have not kept the rules which the Lord your God gave you; it was the purpose of the Lord to make your authority over Israel safe for ever.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

Now there was no iron-worker in all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, For fear the Hebrews make themselves swords or spears:

יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

But all the Israelites had to go to the Philistines to get their ploughs and blades and axes and hooks made sharp;

יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And the armed men of the force gave Jonathan and his servant their answer, saying, Come up here to us, and we will let you see something. Then Jonathan said to his servant, Come up after me: for the Lord has given them up into the hands of Israel.

יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And Saul said to Ahijah, Let the ephod come here. For he went before Israel with the ephod at that time.

יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

Then the Hebrews who had been with the Philistines for some time, and had gone up with them to their tents, turning round were joined to those who were with Saul and Jonathan.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And all the men of Israel who had taken cover in the hill-country of Ephraim, hearing that the Philistines had been put to flight, went after them, attacking them.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

So the Lord made Israel safe that day: and the fight went over to Beth-aven.

יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”

And all the people were with Saul, about twenty thousand men, and the fight was general through all the hill-country of Ephraim; but Saul made a great error that day, by putting the people under an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed who takes food befo

יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל Yis.ra.'El “Israel”