The First Book of Shemu'el, starting at chapter 10
{10:1} Then Shemu'el took the vial of oil, and poured it on his
head, and kissed him, and said, Isn't it that the LORD has anointed
you to be prince over his inheritance? {10:2} When you are departed
from me today, then you shall find two men by Rachel's tomb, in the
border of Binyamin at Tzeltzach; and they will tell you, The donkeys
which you went to seek are found; and, behold, your father has left
off caring for the donkeys, and is anxious for you, saying, What shall
I do for my son? {10:3} Then shall you go on forward from there, and
you shall come to the oak of Tavor; and there shall meet you there
three men going up to God to Beit-El, one carrying three kids, and
another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle
of wine: {10:4} and they will Greet you, and give you two loaves of
bread, which you shall receive of their hand. {10:5} After that you
shall come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Pelishtim:
and it shall happen, when you are come there to the city, that you
shall meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a
psaltery, and a tambourine, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and
they will be prophesying: {10:6} and the Spirit of the LORD will come
mightily on you, and you shall prophesy with them, and shall be turned
into another man. {10:7} Let it be, when these signs are come to you,
that you do as occasion shall serve you; for God is with you. {10:8}
You shall go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down
to you, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of
peace-offerings: seven days shall you wait, until I come to you, and
show you what you shall do. {10:9} It was so, that when he had turned
his back to go from Shemu'el, God gave him another heart: and all
those signs happened that day. {10:10} When they came there to the
hill, behold, a band of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came
mightily on him, and he prophesied among them. {10:11} It happened,
when all who knew him before saw that, behold, he prophesied with the
prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is
come to the son of Kish? Is Sha'ul also among the prophets? {10:12}
One of the same place answered, Who is their father? Therefore it
became a proverb, Is Sha'ul also among the prophets? {10:13} When he
had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place. {10:14}
Sha'ul's uncle said to him and to his servant, Where went you? He
said, To seek the donkeys; and when we saw that they were not found,
we came to Shemu'el. {10:15} Sha'ul's uncle said, Tell me, Please,
what Shemu'el said to you. {10:16} Sha'ul said to his uncle, He told
us plainly that the donkeys were found. But concerning the matter of
the kingdom, whereof Shemu'el spoke, he didn't tell him. {10:17}
Shemu'el called the people together to the LORD to Mitzpah; {10:18}
and he said to the children of Yisra'el, Thus says the LORD, the God
of Yisra'el, I brought up Yisra'el out of Mitzrayim, and I delivered
you out of the hand of the Mitzrim, and out of the hand of all the
kingdoms that oppressed you: {10:19} but you have this day rejected
your God, who himself saves you out of all your calamities and your
distresses; and you have said to him, [No], but set a king over us.
Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and
by your thousands. {10:20} So Shemu'el brought all the tribes of
Yisra'el near, and the tribe of Binyamin was taken. {10:21} He brought
the tribe of Binyamin near by their families; and the family of the
Matri was taken; and Sha'ul the son of Kish was taken: but when they
sought him, he could not be found. {10:22} Therefore they asked of the
LORD further, Is there yet a man to come here? the LORD answered,
Behold, he has hid himself among the baggage. {10:23} They ran and
fetched him there; and when he stood among the people, he was higher
than any of the people from his shoulders and upward. {10:24} Shemu'el
said to all the people, "You see him whom the LORD has chosen, that
there is none like him among all the people?"
All the people shouted, and said, [Long] live the king. {10:25} Then
Shemu'el told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a
book, and laid it up before the LORD. Shemu'el sent all the people
away, every man to his house. {10:26} Sha'ul also went to his house to
Gevah; and there went with him the host, whose hearts God had touched.
{10:27} But certain worthless fellows said, How shall this man save
us? They despised him, and brought him no present. But he held his
shalom.
{11:1} Then Nachash the `Ammonite came up, and encamped against
Yavesh-Gil`ad: and all the men of Yavesh said to Nachash, Make a
covenant with us, and we will serve you. {11:2} Nachash the `Ammonite
said to them, On this condition will I make it with you, that all your
right eyes be put out; and I will lay it for a reproach on all
Yisra'el. {11:3} The Zakenim of Yavesh said to him, Give us seven
days' respite, that we may send messengers to all the borders of
Yisra'el; and then, if there be none to save us, we will come out to
you. {11:4} Then came the messengers to Gevah of Sha'ul, and spoke
these words in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up
their voice, and wept. {11:5} Behold, Sha'ul came following the oxen
out of the field; and Sha'ul said, What ails the people that they
weep? They told him the words of the men of Yavesh. {11:6} The Spirit
of God came mightily on Sha'ul when he heard those words, and his
anger was kindled greatly. {11:7} He took a yoke of oxen, and cut them
in pieces, and sent them throughout all the borders of Yisra'el by the
hand of messengers, saying, Whoever doesn't come forth after Sha'ul
and after Shemu'el, so shall it be done to his oxen. The dread of the
LORD fell on the people, and they came out as one man. {11:8} He
numbered them in Bezek; and the children of Yisra'el were three
hundred thousand, and the men of Yehudah thirty thousand. {11:9} They
said to the messengers who came, Thus shall you tell the men of
Yavesh-Gil`ad, Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have
deliverance. The messengers came and told the men of Yavesh; and they
were glad. {11:10} Therefore the men of Yavesh said, Tomorrow we will
come out to you, and you shall do with us all that seems good to you.
{11:11} It was so on the next day, that Sha'ul put the people in three
companies; and they came into the midst of the camp in the morning
watch, and struck the `Ammonim until the heat of the day: and it
happened, that those who remained were scattered, so that no two of
them were left together. {11:12} The people said to Shemu'el, Who is
he who said, Shall Sha'ul reign over us? bring the men, that we may
put them to death. {11:13} Sha'ul said, There shall not a man be put
to death this day; for today the LORD has worked deliverance in
Yisra'el. {11:14} Then said Shemu'el to the people, Come, and let us
go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there. {11:15} All the people went
to Gilgal; and there they made Sha'ul king before the LORD in Gilgal;
and there they offered sacrifices of peace-offerings before the LORD;
and there Sha'ul and all the men of Yisra'el rejoiced greatly.
{12:1} Shemu'el said to all Yisra'el, Behold, I have listened to
your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you.
{12:2} Now, behold, the king walks before you; and I am old and
gray-headed; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked
before you from my youth to this day. {12:3} Here I am: witness
against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I
taken? or whose donkey have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom
have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind my
eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. {12:4} They said, You have
not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have you taken anything of
any man's hand. {12:5} He said to them, the LORD is witness against
you, and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found
anything in my hand. They said, He is witness. {12:6} Shemu'el said to
the people, It is the LORD who appointed Moshe and Aharon, and that
brought your fathers up out of the land of Mitzrayim. {12:7} Now
therefore stand still, that I may plead with you before the LORD
concerning all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and
to your fathers. {12:8} When Ya`akov was come into Mitzrayim, and your
fathers cried to the LORD, then the LORD sent Moshe and Aharon, who
brought forth your fathers out of Mitzrayim, and made them to dwell in
this place. {12:9} But they forgot the LORD their God; and he sold
them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hatzor, and into
the hand of the Pelishtim, and into the hand of the king of Mo'av; and
they fought against them. {12:10} They cried to the LORD, and said, We
have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served the
Ba`alim and the `Ashtarot: but now deliver us out of the hand of our
enemies, and we will serve you. {12:11} The LORD sent Yerubba`al, and
Bedan, and Yiftach, and Shemu'el, and delivered you out of the hand of
your enemies on every side; and you lived in safety. {12:12} When you
saw that Nachash the king of the children of `Ammon came against you,
you said to me, No, but a king shall reign over us; when the LORD your
God was your king. {12:13} Now therefore see the king whom you have
chosen, and whom you have asked for: and, behold, the LORD has set a
king over you. {12:14} If you will fear the LORD, and serve him, and
listen to his voice, and not rebel against the [1>]mitzvah[<1] of the
LORD, and both you and also the king who reigns over you are followers
of the LORD your God, [well]: {12:15} but if you will not listen to
the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the [2>]mitzvah[<2] of the
LORD, then will the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against
your fathers. {12:16} Now therefore stand still and see this great
thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes. {12:17} Isn't it wheat
harvest today? I will call to the LORD, that he may send thunder and
rain; and you shall know and see that your wickedness is great, which
you have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king. {12:18}
So Shemu'el called to the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain
that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Shemu'el.
{12:19} All the people said to Shemu'el, Pray for your servants to the
LORD your God, that we not die; for we have added to all our sins
[this] evil, to ask us a king. {12:20} Shemu'el said to the people,
"Don't be afraid; you have indeed done all this evil; yet don't turn
aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart:
{12:21} and don't turn aside; for [then would you go] after vain
things which can't profit nor deliver, for they are vain. {12:22} For
the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake,
because it has pleased the LORD to make you a people to himself.
{12:23} Moreover as for me, far be it from me that I should sin
against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you
in the good and the right way. {12:24} Only fear the LORD, and serve
him in truth with all your heart; for consider how great things he has
done for you. {12:25} But if you shall still do wickedly, you shall be
consumed, both you and your king."
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Footnotes:
[1] {12:14} commandment
[2] {12:15} commandment
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