1 Samuel 141 Samuel 15Mark 11.27->Mark 12.1-171 Samuel 14
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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.
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And Saul was still waiting in the farthest part of Geba, under the fruit-tree in Migron: there were about six hundred men with him
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And Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, brother of Ichabod, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of the Lord in Shiloh, who had the ephod. And the people had no idea that Jonathan had gone.
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Now between the narrow roads over the mountains by which Jonathan was making his way to the Philistines' forces, there was a sharp overhanging rock on one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: one was named Bozez and the other Seneh.
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The one rock went up on the north in front of Michmash and the other on the south in front of Geba.
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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 great army or by a small band.
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And his servant said to him, Do whatever is in your mind: see, I am with you in every impulse of your heart.
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Then Jonathan said, Now we will go over to these men and let them see us.
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If they say to us, Keep quiet where you are till we come to you then we will keep our places and not go up to them.
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But if they say, Come up to us then we will go up, for the Lord has given them into our hands: and this will be the sign to us.
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And they let the Philistine force see the two of them: and the Philistines said, Look! the Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have taken cover.
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And the armed men of the force gave Jonathan and his servant their answer, saying, Come up here to us, and we will let you see something. Then Jonathan said to his servant, Come up after me: for the Lord has given them up into the hands of Israel.
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And Jonathan went up, gripping with his hands and his feet, his servant going up after him and the Philistines gave way before Jonathan when he made an attack on them, and his servant put them to death after him.
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And at their first attack, Jonathan and his servant put to the sword about twenty men, all inside the space of half an acre of land.
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And there was great fear in the tents and in the field and among all the men of the armed force, and the attackers were shaking with fear even the earth was moved with a great shaking and there was a fear as from God.
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And the watchmen of Saul, looking out from Geba in the land of Benjamin, saw all the army flowing away and running here and there.
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Then Saul said to the people who were with him, Let everyone be numbered and let us see who has gone from us. And when they had been numbered, it was seen that Jonathan and his servant were not there.
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And Saul said to Ahijah, Let the ephod come here. For he went before Israel with the ephod at that time.
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Now while Saul was talking to the priest, the noise in the tents of the Philistines became louder and louder and Saul said to the priest, Take back your hand.
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And Saul and all the people with him came together and went forward to the fight: and every man's sword was turned against the man at his side, and there was a very great noise.
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Then the Hebrews who had been with the Philistines for some time, and had gone up with them to their tents, turning round were joined to those who were with Saul and Jonathan.
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And all the men of Israel who had taken cover in the hill-country of Ephraim, hearing that the Philistines had been put to flight, went after them, attacking them.
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So the Lord made Israel safe that day: and the fight went over to Beth-aven.
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And all the people were with Saul, about twenty thousand men, and the fight was general through all the hill-country of Ephraim but Saul made a great error that day, by putting the people under an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed who takes food before evening comes and I have given punishment to those who are against me. So the people had not a taste of food.
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And there was honey on the face of the field, and all the people came to the honey, the bees having gone from it
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But not a man put his hand to his mouth for fear of the curse.
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But Jonathan, having no knowledge of the oath his father had put on the people, stretching out the rod which was in his hand, put the end of it in the honey, and put it to his mouth then his eyes were made bright.
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Then one of the people said to him, Your father put the people under an oath, saying, Let that man be cursed who takes any food this day. And the people were feeble, needing food.
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Then Jonathan said, My father has made trouble come on the land: now see how bright my eyes have become because I have taken a little of this honey.
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How much more if the people had freely taken their food from the goods of those who were fighting against them! would there not have been much greater destruction among the Philistines?
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That day they overcame the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were feeble from need of food.
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And rushing at the goods taken in the fight, the people took oxen and sheep and young oxen, and put them to death there on the earth, and had a meal, taking the flesh with the blood in it.
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Then it was said to Saul, See, the people are sinning against the Lord, taking the blood with the flesh. And he said to those who gave him the news, Now let a great stone be rolled to me here.
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And Saul said, Go about among the people and say to them, Let every man come here to me with his ox and his sheep, and put them to death here, and take his meal: do no sin against the Lord by taking the blood with the flesh. So all the people took their oxen with them that night and put them to death there.
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And Saul put up an altar to the Lord: this was the first altar which he put up to the Lord.
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And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, attacking them till the morning, till there is not a man of them living. And they said, Do whatever seems right to you. Then the priest said, Let us come near to God.
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And Saul, desiring directions from God, said, Am I to go down after the Philistines? will you give them up into the hands of Israel? But he gave him no answer that day.
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And Saul said, Come near, all you chiefs of the people, and let us get word from God and see in whom is this sin today.
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For, by the living Lord, the saviour of Israel, even if the sinner is Jonathan, my son, death will certainly be his fate. But not a man among all the people gave him any answer.
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Then he said to all Israel, You be on one side, and I with Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said to Saul, Do whatever seems good to you.
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Then Saul said to the Lord, the God of Israel, Why have you not given me an answer today? If the sin is in me or in Jonathan my son, O Lord God of Israel, give Urim, and if it is in your people Israel, give Thummim. And by the decision of the Lord, Saul and Jonathan were marked out, and the people went free.
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And Saul said, Give your decision between my son Jonathan and me. And Jonathan was taken.
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Then Saul said to Jonathan, Give me an account of what you have done. And Jonathan gave him the story and said, Certainly I took a little honey on the end of my rod and now death is to be my fate.
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And Saul said, May God's punishment be on me if death is not your fate, Jonathan.
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And the people said to Saul, Is death to come to Jonathan, the worker of this great salvation for Israel? Let it not be so: by the living Lord, not one hair of his head is to be touched, for he has been working with God today. So the people kept Jonathan from death.
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Then Saul, turning back, went after the Philistines no longer: and the Philistines went back to their place.
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Now when Saul had taken his place as ruler of Israel, he made war on those who were against him on every side, Moab and the Ammonites and Edom and the kings of Zobah and the Philistines: and whichever way he went, he overcame them.
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And he did great things, and overcame the Amalekites, and made Israel safe from the hands of their attackers.
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Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan and Ishvi and Malchi-shua and these are the names of his daughters: the older was named Merab and the younger Michal
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The name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz the captain of his army was Abner, the son of Ner, brother of Saul's father.
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Kish, the father of Saul, and Ner, the father of Abner, were sons of Abiel.
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All through the life of Saul there was bitter war against the Philistines and whenever Saul saw any strong man or any good fighting man, he kept him near himself.
1 Samuel 15
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And Samuel said to Saul, The Lord sent me to put the holy oil on you and to make you king over his people, over Israel: so give ear now to the words of the Lord.
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The Lord of armies says, I will give punishment to Amalek for what he did to Israel, fighting against him on the way when Israel came out of Egypt.
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Go now and put Amalek to the sword, putting to the curse all they have, without mercy: put to death every man and woman, every child and baby at the breast, every ox and sheep, camel and ass.
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And Saul sent for the people and had them numbered in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen and ten thousand men of Judah.
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And Saul came to the town of Amalek, and took up his position in the valley secretly.
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And Saul said to the Kenites, Go away, take yourselves out from among the Amalekites, or destruction will overtake you with them: for you were kind to the children of Israel when they came out of Egypt. So the Kenites went away from among the Amalekites.
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And Saul made an attack on the Amalekites from Havilah on the road to Shur, which is before Egypt.
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He took Agag, king of the Amalekites, prisoner, and put all the people to the sword without mercy.
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But Saul and the people did not put Agag to death, and they kept the best of the sheep and the oxen and the fat beasts and the lambs, and whatever was good, not desiring to put them to the curse: but everything which was bad and of no use they put to the curse.
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Then the Lord said to Samuel,
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It is no longer my pleasure for Saul to be king for he is turned back from going in my ways, and has not done my orders. And Samuel was very sad, crying to the Lord in prayer all night.
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And early in the morning he got up and went to Saul and word was given to Samuel that Saul had come to Carmel and put up a pillar, and had gone from there down to Gilgal.
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And Samuel came to Saul and Saul said to him, May the blessing of the Lord be with you: I have done what was ordered by the Lord.
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And Samuel said, What then is this sound of the crying of sheep and the noise of oxen which comes to my ears?
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And Saul said, They have taken them from the Amalekites: for the people have kept the best of the sheep and of the oxen as an offering to the Lord your God all the rest we have given up to destruction.
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Then Samuel said to Saul, Say no more! Let me give you word of what the Lord has said to me this night. And he said to him, Say on.
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And Samuel said, Though you may seem little to yourself, are you not head of the tribes of Israel? for the Lord with the holy oil made you king over Israel,
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And the Lord sent you on a journey and said, Go and put to the curse those sinners, the Amalekites, fighting against them till every one is dead.
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Why then did you not do the orders of the Lord, but by violently taking their goods did evil in the eyes of the Lord?
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And Saul said, Truly, I have done the orders of the Lord and have gone the way the Lord sent me I have taken Agag, the king of Amalek, and have given the Amalekites up to destruction.
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But the people took some of their goods, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which were put to the curse, to make an offering of them to the Lord your God in Gilgal.
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And Samuel said, Has the Lord as much delight in offerings and burned offerings as in the doing of his orders? Truly, to do his pleasure is better than to make offerings, and to give ear to him than the fat of sheep.
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For to go against his orders is like the sin of those who make use of secret arts, and pride is like giving worship to images. Because you have put away from you the word of the Lord, he has put you from your place as king.
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And Saul said to Samuel, Great is my sin: for I have gone against the orders of the Lord and against your words: because, fearing the people, I did what they said.
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So now, let my sin have forgiveness, and go back with me to give worship to the Lord.
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And Samuel said to Saul, I will not go back with you: for you have put away from you the word of the Lord, and the Lord has put you from your place as king over Israel.
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And when Samuel was turning round to go away, Saul took the skirt of his robe in his hand, and the cloth came away.
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And Samuel said to him, The Lord has taken away the kingdom of Israel from you this day by force, and has given it to a neighbour of yours who is better than you.
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And further, the Glory of Israel will not say what is false, and his purpose may not be changed: for he is not a man, whose purpose may be changed.
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Then he said, Great is my sin: but still, give me honour now before the heads of my people and before Israel, and come back with me so that I may give worship to the Lord your God.
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So Samuel went back after Saul, and Saul gave worship to the Lord.
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Then Samuel said, Make Agag, the king of the Amalekites, come here to me. And Agag came to him shaking with fear. And Agag said, Truly the pain of death is past.
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And Samuel said, As your sword has made women without children, so now your mother will be without children among women. And Agag was cut up by Samuel, bone from bone, before the Lord in Gilgal.
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Then Samuel went to Ramah and Saul went up to his house in Gibeah, in the land of Saul.
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And Samuel never saw Saul again till the day of his death but Samuel was sorrowing for Saul: and it was no longer the Lord's pleasure for Saul to be king over Israel.
Mark 11
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And they came again to Jerusalem: and while he was walking in the Temple, there came to him the chief priests and the scribes and those in authority:
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And they said to him, By what authority do you do these things? or who gave you authority to do these things?
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And Jesus said to them, I will put to you one question give me an answer, and I will say by what authority I do these things.
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The baptism of John, was it from heaven or from men? give me an answer.
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And they gave thought to it among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven he will say, Why then did you not have faith in him?
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But if we say, From men--they were in fear of the people, because all took John to be truly a prophet.
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And they said in answer to Jesus, We have no idea. And Jesus said to them, And I will not say to you by what authority I do these things.
Mark 12
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And he gave them teaching in the form of stories. A man had a vine-garden planted, and put a wall about it, and made a place for crushing out the wine, and put up a tower, and let it out to field-workers, and went into another country.
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And when the time came, he sent a servant to get from the workmen some of the fruit of the garden.
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And they took him, and gave him blows, and sent him away with nothing.
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And again he sent to them another servant and they gave him wounds on the head, and were very cruel to him.
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And he sent another and they put him to death: and a number of others, whipping some, and putting some to death.
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He still had one, a dearly loved son: he sent him last to them, saying, They will have respect for my son.
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But those workmen said among themselves, This is he who will one day be the owner of the property come, let us put him to death, and the heritage will be ours.
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And they took him and put him to death, pushing his body out of the garden.
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What then will the master of the garden do? He will come and put the workmen to death, and will give the garden into the hands of others.
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Have you not seen this which is in the Writings: The stone which the builders put on one side, the same was made the chief stone of the building:
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This was the Lord's doing, and it is a wonder in our eyes?
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And they made attempts to take him but they were in fear of the people, because they saw that the story was against them and they went away from him.
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Then they sent to him certain of the Pharisees and the Herodians, so that they might make use of his words to take him by a trick.
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And when they had come, they said to him, Master, we are certain that you are true, and have no fear of anyone: you have no respect for a man's position, but you are teaching the true way of God: Is it right to give taxes to Caesar or not?
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Are we to give or not to give? But he, conscious of their false hearts, said to them, Why do you put me to the test? give me a penny, so that I may see it.
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And they gave him one. And he said to them, Whose is this image and name on it? And they said to him, Caesar's.
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And Jesus said to them, Give to Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and to God the things which are God's. And they were full of wonder at him.
