From: "FamilyNet"
Bible Reading for March 31
1 Samuel 17
[1] Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were
gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between
Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim. [2] And Saul and the men of Israel were
gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in
array against the Philistines. [3] And the Philistines stood on a mountain on
the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was
a valley between them. [4] And there went out a champion out of the camp of
the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a
span. [5] And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a
coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
[6] And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between
his shoulders.
[7] And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head
weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.
[8] And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why
are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye
servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me. [9]
If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants:
but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and
serve us.
[10] And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a
man, that we may fight together.
[11] When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were
dismayed, and greatly afraid.
[12] Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name
was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in
the days of Saul.
[13] And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle:
and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the
firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. [14] And David
was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul. [15] But David went and
returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.
[16] And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself
forty days.
[17] And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of
this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;
[18] And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look
how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge. [19] Now Saul, and they, and all
the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.
[20] And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper,
and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as
the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.
[21] For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against
army.
[22] And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage,
and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren. [23] And as he
talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath,
Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to
the same words: and David heard them. [24] And all the men of Israel, when
they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.
[25] And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely
to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him,
the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter,
and make his father's house free in Israel. [26] And David spake to the men
that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this
Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this
uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?
[27] And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be
done to the man that killeth him.
[28] And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and
Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down
hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know
thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that
thou mightest see the battle.
[29] And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause? [30] And he
turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the
people answered him again after the former manner. [31] And when the words
were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for
him.
[32] And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy
servant will go and fight with this Philistine. [33] And Saul said to David,
Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou
art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
[34] And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there
came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: [35] And I went out
after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose
against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
[36] Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised
Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the
living God.
[37] David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the
lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of
this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee. [38]
And Saul armed David with his armour, and he put an helmet of brass upon his
head; also he armed him with a coat of mail. [39] And David girded his sword
upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David
said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David
put them off him. [40] And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five
smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had,
even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the
Philistine. [41] And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the
man that bare the shield went before him.
[42] And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him:
for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance. [43] And the
Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves?
And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. [44] And the Philistine said to
David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to
the beasts of the field. [45] Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest
to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in
the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast
defied. [46] This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will
smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcases of the
host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild
beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.
[47] And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and
spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our hands.
[48] And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came and drew nigh to
meet David, that David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine.
[49] And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it,
and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his
forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. [50] So David prevailed over
the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and
slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
[51] Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword,
and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head
therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.
[52] And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the
Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the
wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath,
and unto Ekron.
[53] And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines,
and they spoiled their tents.
[54] And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem;
but he put his armour in his tent.
[55] And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto
Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner
said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell. [56] And the king said,
Inquire thou whose son the stripling is. [57] And as David returned from the
slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with
the head of the Philistine in his hand.
[58] And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David
answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.
1 Samuel 18
[1] And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that
the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him
as his own soul.
[2] And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his
father's house.
[3] Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own
soul.
[4] And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it
to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his
girdle.
[5] And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself
wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight
of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants. [6] And it came
to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the
Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and
dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of
musick.
[7] And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath
slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. [8] And Saul was very wroth,
and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten
thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have
more but the kingdom? [9] And Saul eyed David from that day and forward. [10]
And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon
Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his
hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand. [11] And Saul
cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it.
And David avoided out of his presence twice. [12] And Saul was afraid of
David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul.
[13] Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a
thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. [14] And David
behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.
[15] Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was
afraid of him.
[16] But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in
before them.
[17] And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give
thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD's battles. For
Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines
be upon him.
[18] And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father's
family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king? [19] But it came to
pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David,
that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife. [20] And Michal Saul's
daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.
[21] And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and
that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to
David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain. [22] And
Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say,
Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now
therefore be the king's son in law. [23] And Saul's servants spake those words
in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a
king's son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed? [24] And
the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David. [25] And
Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an
hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But
Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.
[26] And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be
the king's son in law: and the days were not expired. [27] Wherefore David
arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men;
and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the
king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his
daughter to wife. [28] And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and
that Michal Saul's daughter loved him.
[29] And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy
continually.
[30] Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass,
after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the
servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.
1 Samuel 19
[1] And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they
should kill David.
[2] But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David,
saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take
heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide
thyself:
[3] And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art,
and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell
thee.
[4] And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him,
Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not
sinned against thee, and because his works have been to theeward very good:
[5] For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD
wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice:
wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a
cause?
[6] And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD
liveth, he shall not be slain. [7] And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan
shewed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in
his presence, as in times past.
[8] And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the
Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him. [9]
And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with
his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand. [10] And Saul sought
to smite David even to the wall with the javelin; but he slipped away out of
Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and
escaped that night. [11] Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to
watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him,
saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.
[12] So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and
escaped.
[13] And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of
goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth. [14] And when Saul
sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. [15] And Saul sent the
messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I
may slay him. [16] And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an
image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster. [17] And Saul
said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that
he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why
should I kill thee?
[18] So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all
that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth. [19]
And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah. [20] And
Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the
prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit
of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied. [21] And
when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise.
And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also.
[22] Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu:
and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they
be at Naioth in Ramah.
[23] And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon
him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
[24] And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in
like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore
they say, Is Saul also among the prophets?
1 Samuel 20
[1] And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan,
What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father,
that he seeketh my life?
[2] And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father
will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why
should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so. [3] And David sware
moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in
thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but
truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between
me and death. [4] Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth,
I will even do it for thee.
[5] And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I
should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide
myself in the field unto the third day at even. [6] If thy father at all miss
me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem
his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
[7] If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be
very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him. [8] Therefore thou
shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a
covenant of the LORD with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity,
slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?
[9] And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil
were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?
[10] Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father
answer thee roughly?
[11] And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And
they went out both of them into the field. [12] And Jonathan said unto David,
O LORD God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time,
or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send
not unto thee, and shew it thee; [13] The LORD do so and much more to
Jonathan: but if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will shew it
thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with
thee, as he hath been with my father. [14] And thou shalt not only while yet I
live shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not:
[15] But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no,
not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of
the earth.
[16] So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD
even require it at the hand of David's enemies. [17] And Jonathan caused David
to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own
soul. [18] Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and thou
shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty. [19] And when thou hast
stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place
where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain
by the stone Ezel. [20] And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as
though I shot at a mark.
[21] And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I
expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take
them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the LORD
liveth.
[22] But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee;
go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away. [23] And as touching the matter
which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD be between thee and me for
ever. [24] So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come,
the king sat him down to eat meat.
[25] And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by
the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place
was empty.
[26] Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something
hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean. [27] And it came
to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David's
place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the
son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?
[28] And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to
Bethlehem:
[29] And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in
the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have
found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren.
Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table. [30] Then Saul's anger was
kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse
rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to
thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness?
[31] For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be
established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he
shall surely die.
[32] And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall
he be slain? what hath he done? [33] And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite
him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David.
[34] So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the
second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had
done him shame.
[35] And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field
at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him. [36] And he said
unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran,
he shot an arrow beyond him. [37] And when the lad was come to the place of
the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is
not the arrow beyond thee? [38] And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed,
haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his
master. [39] But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the
matter.
[40] And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go,
carry them to the city.
[41] And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the
south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and
they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded.
[42] And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both
of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and
between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan
went into the city.
-+-
http://www.online-churches.org - a primer for putting your church online
http://mozyhome.ekklesia-online.com - Free 2 GB offsite backup for your PC or
MAC.
http://www.family-topsites.com - Family Oriented Topsites
--- BBBS/NT v4.01 Flag-5
* Origin: FamilyNet Sponsored by http://www.christian-wellness.net (8:8/2)
|
