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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.28.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in his own town of Ramah. Saul had expelled the mediums and spiritists from the land.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.28.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.28.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The Philistines assembled and came and set up camp at Shunem, while Saul gathered all Israel and set up camp at Gilboa. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.28.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When Saul saw the Philistine army, he was afraid; terror filled his heart. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1SA.28.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He inquired of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> did not answer him by dreams or Urim or prophets. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.28.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Saul then said to his attendants, &#8220;Find me a woman who is a medium, so I may go and inquire of her.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.28.7"><span class="content">&#8220;There is one in Endor,&#8221; they said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.28.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.28.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">So Saul disguised himself, putting on other clothes, and at night he and two men went to the woman. &#8220;Consult a spirit for me,&#8221; he said, &#8220;and bring up for me the one I name.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.28.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.28.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">But the woman said to him, &#8220;Surely you know what Saul has done. He has cut off the mediums and spiritists from the land. Why have you set a trap for my life to bring about my death?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.28.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.28.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Saul swore to her by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;As surely as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> lives, you will not be punished for this.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.28.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.28.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then the woman asked, &#8220;Whom shall I bring up for you?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.28.11"><span class="content">&#8220;Bring up Samuel,&#8221; he said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.28.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1SA.28.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out at the top of her voice and said to Saul, &#8220;Why have you deceived me? You are Saul!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1SA.28.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1SA.28.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The king said to her, &#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid. What do you see?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1SA.28.13"><span class="content">The woman said, &#8220;I see a ghostly figure</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">28:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">see spirits</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">see gods</span></span></span><span class="content"> coming up out of the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1SA.28.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1SA.28.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;What does he look like?&#8221; he asked.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1SA.28.14"><span class="content">&#8220;An old man wearing a robe is coming up,&#8221; she said.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1SA.28.14"><span class="content">Then Saul knew it was Samuel, and he bowed down and prostrated himself with his face to the ground.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1SA.28.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1SA.28.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Samuel said to Saul, &#8220;Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1SA.28.15"><span class="content">&#8220;I am in great distress,&#8221; Saul said. &#8220;The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has departed from me. He no longer answers me, either by prophets or by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what to do.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1SA.28.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1SA.28.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Samuel said, &#8220;Why do you consult me, now that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has departed from you and become your enemy? </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1SA.28.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has done what he predicted through me. The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has torn the kingdom out of your hands and given it to one of your neighbors&#8212;to David. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1SA.28.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Because you did not obey the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> or carry out his fierce wrath against the Amalekites, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has done this to you today. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1SA.28.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will deliver both Israel and you into the hands of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will also give the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1SA.28.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1SA.28.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Immediately Saul fell full length on the ground, filled with fear because of Samuel&#8217;s words. His strength was gone, for he had eaten nothing all that day and all that night.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1SA.28.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1SA.28.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">When the woman came to Saul and saw that he was greatly shaken, she said, &#8220;Look, your servant has obeyed you. I took my life in my hands and did what you told me to do. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1SA.28.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Now please listen to your servant and let me give you some food so you may eat and have the strength to go on your way.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1SA.28.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1SA.28.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">He refused and said, &#8220;I will not eat.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1SA.28.23"><span class="content">But his men joined the woman in urging him, and he listened to them. He got up from the ground and sat on the couch.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1SA.28.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1SA.28.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The woman had a fattened calf at the house, which she butchered at once. She took some flour, kneaded it and baked bread without yeast. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1SA.28.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Then she set it before Saul and his men, and they ate. That same night they got up and left.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">31</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Saul Takes His Life</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1SA.31.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now the Philistines fought against Israel; the Israelites fled before them, and many fell dead on Mount Gilboa. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1SA.31.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The Philistines were in hot pursuit of Saul and his sons, and they killed his sons Jonathan, Abinadab and Malki-Shua. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.31.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The fighting grew fierce around Saul, and when the archers overtook him, they wounded him critically.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1SA.31.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.31.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Saul said to his armor-bearer, &#8220;Draw your sword and run me through, or these uncircumcised fellows will come and run me through and abuse me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1SA.31.4"><span class="content">But his armor-bearer was terrified and would not do it; so Saul took his own sword and fell on it. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1SA.31.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When the armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his sword and died with him. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1SA.31.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So Saul and his three sons and his armor-bearer and all his men died together that same day.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1SA.31.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.31.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When the Israelites along the valley and those across the Jordan saw that the Israelite army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their towns and fled. And the Philistines came and occupied them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1SA.31.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1SA.31.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1SA.31.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">They cut off his head and stripped off his armor, and they sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols and among their people. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.31.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They put his armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and fastened his body to the wall of Beth Shan.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1SA.31.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1SA.31.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">When the people of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1SA.31.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">all their valiant men marched through the night to Beth Shan. They took down the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth Shan and went to Jabesh, where they burned them. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1SA.31.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then they took their bones and buried them under a tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">10</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Saul Takes His Life</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CH.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now the Philistines fought against Israel; the Israelites fled before them, and many fell dead on Mount Gilboa. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CH.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The Philistines were in hot pursuit of Saul and his sons, and they killed his sons Jonathan, Abinadab and Malki-Shua. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The fighting grew fierce around Saul, and when the archers overtook him, they wounded him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CH.10.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Saul said to his armor-bearer, &#8220;Draw your sword and run me through, or these uncircumcised fellows will come and abuse me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CH.10.4"><span class="content">But his armor-bearer was terrified and would not do it; so Saul took his own sword and fell on it. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CH.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">When the armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he too fell on his sword and died. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So Saul and his three sons died, and all his house died together.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CH.10.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When all the Israelites in the valley saw that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons had died, they abandoned their towns and fled. And the Philistines came and occupied them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CH.10.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CH.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CH.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">They stripped him and took his head and his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news among their idols and their people. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They put his armor in the temple of their gods and hung up his head in the temple of Dagon.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CH.10.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CH.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">When all the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">all their valiant men went and took the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. Then they buried their bones under the great tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CH.10.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CH.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Saul died because he was unfaithful to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">; he did not keep the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and even consulted a medium for guidance, </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CH.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">and did not inquire of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. So the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="li1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CH.9.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Jeiel the father</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">9:35 </span><span class="fq">Father </span><span class="ft">may mean </span><span class="fqa">civic leader </span><span class="ft">or </span><span class="fqa">military leader.</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Gibeon lived in Gibeon.</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="1CH.9.35"><span class="content">His wife&#8217;s name was Maakah, </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="1CH.9.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">and his firstborn son was Abdon, followed by Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab, </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="1CH.9.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah and Mikloth. </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1CH.9.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">Mikloth was the father of Shimeam. They too lived near their relatives in Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="1CH.9.38"></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="1CH.9.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">Ner was the father of Kish, Kish the father of Saul, and Saul the father of Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab and Esh-Baal.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">9:39 </span><span class="ft">Also known as </span><span class="fqa">Ish-Bosheth</span></span></span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="1CH.9.39"></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1CH.9.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">The son of Jonathan:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1CH.9.40"><span class="content">Merib-Baal,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">9:40 </span><span class="ft">Also known as </span><span class="fqa">Mephibosheth</span></span></span><span class="content"> who was the father of Micah.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="1CH.9.40"></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="1CH.9.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">The sons of Micah:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="1CH.9.41"><span class="content">Pithon, Melek, Tahrea and Ahaz.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">9:41 </span><span class="ft">Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint and 8:35); Hebrew does not have </span><span class="fq">and Ahaz</span><span class="fqa">.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="1CH.9.41"></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="1CH.9.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">Ahaz was the father of Jadah, Jadah</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">9:42 </span><span class="ft">Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint (see also 8:36); most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">Jarah, Jarah</span></span></span><span class="content"> was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth and Zimri, and Zimri was the father of Moza. </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="1CH.9.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Moza was the father of Binea; Rephaiah was his son, Eleasah his son and Azel his son.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="1CH.9.43"></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="1CH.9.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">Azel had six sons, and these were their names:</span></span></div><div class="li2"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="1CH.9.44"><span class="content">Azrikam, Bokeru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah and Hanan. These were the sons of Azel.</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David Hears of Saul&#8217;s Death</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2SA.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After the death of Saul, David returned from striking down the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">On the third day a man arrived from Saul&#8217;s camp with his clothes torn and dust on his head. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him honor.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2SA.1.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Where have you come from?&#8221; David asked him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.1.3"><span class="content">He answered, &#8220;I have escaped from the Israelite camp.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2SA.1.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;What happened?&#8221; David asked. &#8220;Tell me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.1.4"><span class="content">&#8220;The men fled from the battle,&#8221; he replied. &#8220;Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2SA.1.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then David said to the young man who brought him the report, &#8220;How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2SA.1.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2SA.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,&#8221; the young man said, &#8220;and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and their drivers in hot pursuit. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I said, &#8216;What can I do?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2SA.1.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;He asked me, &#8216;Who are you?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.1.8"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;An Amalekite,&#8217; I answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2SA.1.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then he said to me, &#8216;Stand here by me and kill me! I&#8217;m in the throes of death, but I&#8217;m still alive.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2SA.1.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;So I stood beside him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band on his arm and have brought them here to my lord.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2SA.1.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2SA.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then David and all the men with him took hold of their clothes and tore them. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">They mourned and wept and fasted till evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the army of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and for the nation of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2SA.1.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">David said to the young man who brought him the report, &#8220;Where are you from?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.1.13"><span class="content">&#8220;I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite,&#8221; he answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2SA.1.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">David asked him, &#8220;Why weren&#8217;t you afraid to lift your hand to destroy the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s anointed?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2SA.1.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2SA.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then David called one of his men and said, &#8220;Go, strike him down!&#8221; So he struck him down, and he died. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For David had said to him, &#8220;Your blood be on your own head. Your own mouth testified against you when you said, &#8216;I killed the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s anointed.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">David&#8217;s Lament for Saul and Jonathan</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2SA.1.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2SA.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">David took up this lament concerning Saul and his son Jonathan, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">and he ordered that the people of Judah be taught this lament of the bow (it is written in the Book of Jashar):</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2SA.1.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;A gazelle</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:19 </span><span class="fq">Gazelle </span><span class="ft">here symbolizes a human dignitary.</span></span></span><span class="content"> lies slain on your heights, Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.1.19"><span class="content">How the mighty have fallen!</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.1.19"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="2SA.1.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Tell it not in Gath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.1.20"><span class="content">proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.1.20"><span class="content">lest the daughters of the Philistines be glad,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.1.20"><span class="content">lest the daughters of the uncircumcised rejoice.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.1.20"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="2SA.1.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;Mountains of Gilboa,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.1.21"><span class="content">may you have neither dew nor rain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.1.21"><span class="content">may no showers fall on your terraced fields.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">/ nor fields that yield grain for offerings</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.1.21"><span class="content">For there the shield of the mighty was despised,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.1.21"><span class="content">the shield of Saul&#8212;no longer rubbed with oil.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.1.21"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="2SA.1.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;From the blood of the slain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.1.22"><span class="content">from the flesh of the mighty,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.1.22"><span class="content">the bow of Jonathan did not turn back,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.1.22"><span class="content">the sword of Saul did not return unsatisfied.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="2SA.1.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Saul and Jonathan&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.1.23"><span class="content">in life they were loved and admired,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.1.23"><span class="content">and in death they were not parted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.1.23"><span class="content">They were swifter than eagles,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.1.23"><span class="content">they were stronger than lions.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.1.23"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="2SA.1.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">&#8220;Daughters of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.1.24"><span class="content">weep for Saul,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.1.24"><span class="content">who clothed you in scarlet and finery,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.1.24"><span class="content">who adorned your garments with ornaments of gold.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.1.24"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="2SA.1.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">&#8220;How the mighty have fallen in battle!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.1.25"><span class="content">Jonathan lies slain on your heights.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="2SA.1.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.1.26"><span class="content">you were very dear to me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.1.26"><span class="content">Your love for me was wonderful,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.1.26"><span class="content">more wonderful than that of women.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.1.26"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="2SA.1.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">&#8220;How the mighty have fallen!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="2SA.1.27"><span class="content">The weapons of war have perished!&#8221;</span></span></div>
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            <div class="p"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="1SA.14.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">After Saul had assumed rule over Israel, he fought against their enemies on every side: Moab, the Ammonites, Edom, the kings</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">14:47 </span><span class="ft">Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">king</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he inflicted punishment on them.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">14:47 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew; Septuagint </span><span class="fqa">he was victorious</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="1SA.14.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">He fought valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, delivering Israel from the hands of those who had plundered them.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Saul&#8217;s Family</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="1SA.14.48"></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="1SA.14.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">Saul&#8217;s sons were Jonathan, Ishvi and Malki-Shua. The name of his older daughter was Merab, and that of the younger was Michal. </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="1SA.14.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">His wife&#8217;s name was Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the commander of Saul&#8217;s army was Abner son of Ner, and Ner was Saul&#8217;s uncle. </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="1SA.14.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">Saul&#8217;s father Kish and Abner&#8217;s father Ner were sons of Abiel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="1SA.14.51"></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="1SA.14.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">All the days of Saul there was bitter war with the Philistines, and whenever Saul saw a mighty or brave man, he took him into his service.</span></span></div>
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