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And the gold mice, one for every town of the Philistines, the property of the five lords, walled towns as well as country places: and the great stone where they put the ark of the Lord is still in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite to this day.

עָרֵ֤י 'a.Rei “[the] cities of”מֵעִ֣יר (עִ֣יר) 'Ir “a city of”

And the towns which the Philistines had taken were given back to Israel, from Ekron to Gath, and all the country round them Israel made free from the power of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.

הֶעָרִ֡ים (עָרִ֡ים) 'a.Rim “cities”

And the Lord said to Samuel, Give ear to their voice and make a king for them. Then Samuel said to the men of Israel, Let every man go back to his town.

לְעִירֽוֹ׃ (עִירֽ) 'i.R “own city”

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.

בָּעִ֣יר (עִ֣יר) 'Ir “city”

Then Saul said to his servant, You have said well; come, let us go. So they went to the town where the man of God was.

הָעִ֔יר (עִ֔יר) 'Ir “city”

And when they were on the way up to the town, they saw some young girls going out to get water and said to them, Is the seer here?

הָעִ֔יר (עִ֔יר) 'Ir “city”

And they said, He is; in fact he is before you: go quickly now, for he has come into the town today, for the people are making an offering in the high place today:

לָעִ֔יר (עִ֔יר) 'Ir “city”

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

הָעִ֣יר (עִ֣יר) 'Ir “city”

So they went up to the town, and when they came inside the town, Samuel came face to face with them on his way to the high place.

הָעִ֑יר (עִ֑יר) 'Ir “city”הָעִ֔יר (עִ֔יר) 'Ir “city”

And when they had come down from the high place into the town, where a bed was made ready for Saul, he went to rest.

הָעִ֑יר (עִ֑יר) 'Ir “city”

And on their way down to the end of the town, Samuel said to Saul, Give your servant orders to go on in front of us, (so he went on,) but you keep here, so that I may give you the word of God.

הָעִ֔יר (עִ֔יר) 'Ir “city”

After that you will come to Gibeah, the hill of God, where an armed force of the Philistines is stationed: and when you come to the town, you will see a band of prophets coming down from the high place with instruments of music before them; and they will

הָעִ֗יר (עִ֗יר) 'Ir “city”

And Saul came to the town of Amalek, and took up his position in the valley secretly.

עִ֣יר 'ir “[the] city of”

And Samuel did as the Lord said and came to Beth-lehem. And the responsible men of the town came out to him in fear and said, Do you come in peace?

הָעִיר֙ (עִיר֙) 'Ir “city”

Now on their way, when David came back after the destruction of the Philistine, the women came out of all the towns of Israel, with songs and dances, meeting David with melody and joy and instruments of music.

עָרֵ֤י 'a.Rei “[the] cities of”

And if your father takes note of the fact that I am away, say, David made a request to me for himself that he might go to Beth-lehem, to his town: for it is the time when his family make their offering year by year.

עִיר֔וֹ (עִיר֔) i.R “city”

Saying, Our family is making an offering in the town, and my brothers have given me orders to be there: so now, if I have grace in your eyes, let me go away and see my brothers. This is why he has not come to the king's table.

בָּעִ֗יר (עִ֗יר) 'Ir “city”

And Jonathan gave his bow and arrows to the boy, and said to him, Take these and go back to the town.

הָעִֽיר׃ (עִֽיר) 'Ir “city”

And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, for we two have taken an oath, in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord will be between me and you, and between my seed and your seed for ever. Then David went away, and Jonathan went into the town.

הָעִֽיר׃ (עִֽיר) 'Ir “city”

And Nob, the town of the priests, he put to the sword, all the men and women, children and babies at the breast, and oxen and asses and sheep.

עִיר־ 'ir- “[the] city of”

And news was given to Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, Now God has given him into my hands; for by going into a walled town with locked doors, he has let himself be shut in.

בְּעִ֖יר (עִ֖יר) 'Ir “a city of”

Then David said, O Lord, the God of Israel, news has been given to your servant that it is Saul's purpose to come to Keilah and send destruction on the town because of me.

לָעִ֖יר (עִ֖יר) 'Ir “city”

Then David said to Achish, If now I have grace in your eyes, let me have a place in one of the smaller towns of your land, to be my living-place; for it is not right for your servant to be living with you in the king's town.

עָרֵ֥י 'a.Rei “[the] cities of”בְּעִ֥יר (עִ֥יר) 'Ir “[the] city of”

Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel, after weeping for him, had put his body in its last resting-place in Ramah, his town. And Saul had put away from the land all those who had control of spirits and who made use of secret arts.

וּבְעִיר֑וֹ (עִיר֑) 'i.R “own city”

And when David and his men came to the town, they saw that it had been burned down, and their wives and their sons and daughters had been made prisoners.

הָעִ֔יר (עִ֔יר) 'Ir “city”