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And all the people said to Samuel, Make prayer for us to the Lord your God so that death may not overtake us: for in addition to all our sins we have done this evil, in desiring a king.

וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

Then Samuel said to the people, Have no fear: truly you have done evil, but do not be turned away from the Lord; be his servants with all your heart;

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֥ם (וַ) va. “and”

And as for me, never will I go against the orders of the Lord by giving up my prayers for you: but I will go on teaching you the good and right way.

וְהוֹרֵיתִ֣י (וְ) ve. “and”

Only go in the fear of the Lord, and be his true servants with all your heart, keeping in mind what great things he has done for you.

וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֥ם (וַ) va. “and”

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

וַיִּבְחַר־ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּהְי֨וּ (וַ) va “and”

And Jonathan made an attack on the armed force of the Philistines stationed at Gibeah; and news was given to the Philistines that the Hebrews were turned against them. And Saul had a horn sounded through all the land,

וַיַּ֣ךְ (וַ) va “and”וַֽיִּשְׁמְע֖וּ (וַֽ) va “and”

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.

וַיִּצָּעֲק֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

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.

וַֽיַּעֲלוּ֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיַּחֲנ֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

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.

וַיִּֽתְחַבְּא֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

And he went on waiting there for seven days, the time fixed by Samuel: but Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were starting to go away from him.

וַיּ֣וֹחֶל (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֥פֶץ (וַ) va “and”

Then Saul said, Come here and give me the burned offering and the peace-offerings. And he made a burned offering to the Lord.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֖עַל (וַ) va “and”

And when the burned offering was ended, Samuel came; and Saul went out to see him and to give him a blessing.

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצֵ֥א (וַ) va “and”

And Samuel said, What have you done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were going away from me, and you had not come at the time which had been fixed, and the Philistines had come together at Michmash;

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

I said, Now the Philistines will come down on me at Gilgal, and I have made no prayer for help to the Lord: and so, forcing myself to do it, I made a burned offering.

וָאֹמַ֗ר (וָ) va. “and”וָֽאֶתְאַפַּ֔ק (וָֽ) va. “and”וָאַעֲלֶ֖ה (וָ) va. “and”

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.

וַיֹּ֧אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

But now, your authority will not go on: the Lord, searching for a man who is pleasing to him in every way, has given him the place of ruler over his people, because you have not done what the Lord gave you orders to do.

וַיְצַוֵּ֨הוּ (וַ) va “and”

Then Samuel went up from Gilgal and the rest of the people went up after Saul against the men of war, and they came from Gilgal to Gibeah in the land of Benjamin: and Saul took the number of the people who were with him, about six hundred men.

וַיָּ֣קָם (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֛עַל (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּלֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹאוּ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְקֹ֣ד (וַ) va “and”

And three bands of men came out from the Philistines to make an attack; one band went by the road which goes to Ophrah, into the land of Shual:

וַיֵּצֵ֧א (וַ) va “and”

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

וַיֵּרְד֥וּ (וַ) va “and”

For they had instruments for putting an edge on their ploughs and blades and forks and axes, and for putting iron points on their ox-driving rods.

וְֽהָיְתָ֞ה (וְֽ) ve. “and”

So on the day of the fight at Michmash, not a sword or a spear was to be seen in the hands of any of the people with Saul and Jonathan: only Saul and his son Jonathan had them.

וְהָיָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וַתִּמָּצֵ֣א (וַ) va. “and”

And the armed force of the Philistines went out to the narrow way of Michmash.

וַיֵּצֵא֙ (וַ) va “and”

Now one day Jonathan, the son of Saul, said to the young man who was with him, looking after his arms, Come, let us go over to the Philistine force over there. But he said nothing to his father.

וַיְהִ֣י (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And Jonathan said to his young servant who had his arms, Come, let us go over to the armies of these men who have no circumcision: it may be that the Lord will give us help, for there is no limit to his power; the Lord is able to give salvation by a grea

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And his servant said to him, Do whatever is in your mind: see, I am with you in every impulse of your heart.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”