TBESH · H5971A
עַם · am · people
: people/nation 1) nation, people 1a) people, nation 1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men
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עַם (am) means “people” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: am Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
עַם · am · people
: people/nation 1) nation, people 1a) people, nation 1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men
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עַם · am · kinsman
kinsman, kindred
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עַם · am · Ammi
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at Sng.6.12 § kinsman, kindred
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עַם · am · People's (Gate)
§ kinsman, kindred
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עַם · am · (Ibleam)-am
Combined with yiv.le.am (יִבְלְעָם "Ibleam" H2991) § kinsman, kindred
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עַם · am · Amaw
This name means nation, people
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עַם · am · people: soldiers
: soldiers/army 1) nation, people 1a) people, nation 1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men
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עַם · am · people: creatures
: creatures 1) nation, people 1a) people, nation 1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men
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from H6004 (עָמַם); a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV glosses: folk, men, nation, people.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the people | 395 |
| people | 179 |
| my people | 96 |
| of the people | 67 |
| your people | 67 |
| his people | 62 |
| the peoples | 45 |
| of my people | 43 |
| and the people | 36 |
| the troops | 35 |
| peoples | 30 |
| a people | 29 |
| the nations | 26 |
| them | 18 |
| for the people | 17 |
| and his people | 15 |
| so the people | 15 |
| and your people | 13 |
| army | 13 |
| but the people | 13 |
| of the peoples | 13 |
| of his people | 12 |
| to the people | 12 |
| among the people | 11 |
| from his people | 11 |
| nations | 11 |
| of the nations | 11 |
| of the troops | 11 |
| of your people | 11 |
| his troops | 10 |
| then the people | 9 |
| among the nations | 8 |
| and the troops | 8 |
| from the people | 8 |
| let my people | 8 |
| are the people | 6 |
| they | 6 |
| to his people | 6 |
| to my people | 6 |
| and the peoples | 5 |
| her people | 5 |
| o my people | 5 |
| of peoples | 5 |
| our people | 5 |
| that the people | 5 |
| the men | 5 |
| their people | 5 |
| to your people | 5 |
| when the people | 5 |
| you people | 5 |
| are my people | 4 |
| for my people | 4 |
| his men | 4 |
| let the people | 4 |
| men | 4 |
| the army | 4 |
| vvv | 4 |
| against his people | 3 |
| among his people | 3 |
| among the peoples | 3 |
| and his troops | 3 |
| and my people | 3 |
| are a people | 3 |
| as a people | 3 |
| but my people | 3 |
| for his people | 3 |
| from a people | 3 |
| his own people | 3 |
| it to the people | 3 |
| nation | 3 |
| o people | 3 |
| o peoples | 3 |
| of people | 3 |
| of them | 3 |
| the others | 3 |
| these people | 3 |
| this people | 3 |
| to the nations | 3 |
| troops | 3 |
| against your people | 2 |
| among my people | 2 |
| among the troops | 2 |
| among your people | 2 |
| an army | 2 |
| and among their people | 2 |
| and for his people | 2 |
| and for the people | 2 |
| and his army | 2 |
| and his men | 2 |
| and of your people | 2 |
| are creatures | 2 |
| are your people | 2 |
| as do your people | 2 |
| for the peoples | 2 |
| for your people | 2 |
| from the nations | 2 |
| is like your people | 2 |
| its people | 2 |
| let the peoples | 2 |
| my people are | 2 |
| of the others | 2 |
| on the people | 2 |
| over my people | 2 |
| people of yours | 2 |
| so they | 2 |
| solomon sent the people | 2 |
| those | 2 |
| to a people | 2 |
| to let the people | 2 |
| a multitude | 1 |
| a nation | 1 |
| against my people | 1 |
| against the people | 1 |
| along with his people | 1 |
| among your own people | 1 |
| and | 1 |
| and a people | 1 |
| and all your people | 1 |
| and an army | 1 |
| and by the people | 1 |
| and have caused my people | 1 |
| and if my people | 1 |
| and its people | 1 |
| and led my people | 1 |
| and my people are | 1 |
| and our people | 1 |
| and people | 1 |
| and peoples | 1 |
| and the lives of my people | 1 |
| and the lord made his people | 1 |
| and the nations | 1 |
| and the rest of the people | 1 |
| and their people | 1 |
| and they | 1 |
| and those people | 1 |
| and troops | 1 |
| and when the people | 1 |
| and when they | 1 |
| are those | 1 |
| army appears | 1 |
| as a nation | 1 |
| as do the peoples | 1 |
| as the people | 1 |
| as the peoples | 1 |
| as they | 1 |
| before the people | 1 |
| bound the troops | 1 |
| but the followers | 1 |
| but the troops | 1 |
| by the people | 1 |
| came with your people | 1 |
| concerning the people | 1 |
| do my people | 1 |
| do the people | 1 |
| each people | 1 |
| elses | 1 |
| following | 1 |
| for the army | 1 |
| for when the people | 1 |
| for your people are like those | 1 |
| from his own people | 1 |
| had bound the people | 1 |
| had placed the troops | 1 |
| has a people | 1 |
| he brought forth his people | 1 |
| he led out his people | 1 |
| his army | 1 |
| his troops however | 1 |
| i brought my people | 1 |
| in his people | 1 |
| in my people | 1 |
| is a people | 1 |
| is his people | 1 |
| is with your own people | 1 |
| is your people | 1 |
| israels troops | 1 |
| led the people | 1 |
| let the nations | 1 |
| like people | 1 |
| like the nations | 1 |
| may peoples | 1 |
| multitude | 1 |
| my fellow townspeople | 1 |
| my own people | 1 |
| my troops | 1 |
| nevertheless the people | 1 |
| now the troops | 1 |
| now when the people | 1 |
| of any people | 1 |
| of each | 1 |
| of every people | 1 |
| of its peoples | 1 |
| of my men | 1 |
| of nations | 1 |
| of our people | 1 |
| of the men | 1 |
| of the neighboring peoples | 1 |
| of the soldiers | 1 |
| of those | 1 |
| of troops | 1 |
| offered by the people | 1 |
| on his people | 1 |
| or anyone | 1 |
| or her people | 1 |
| own | 1 |
| people for me | 1 |
| people here | 1 |
| people up | 1 |
| population | 1 |
| remain upon your people | 1 |
| send the people | 1 |
| sent the people | 1 |
| so a people | 1 |
| so davids army | 1 |
| so gideon brought the men | 1 |
| so my people | 1 |
| so that a people | 1 |
| so the forces | 1 |
| soldiers | 1 |
| than those | 1 |
| that is why the people | 1 |
| that your people | 1 |
| the other nations | 1 |
| the other people | 1 |
| the other peoples | 1 |
| the others to destruction | 1 |
| the people have | 1 |
| the people in it | 1 |
| the people of shechem | 1 |
| the people on | 1 |
| the peoples representative | 1 |
| the soldiers | 1 |
| the troops out to battle | 1 |
| the workers | 1 |
| their | 1 |
| their troops | 1 |
| then all the people | 1 |
| then his people | 1 |
| then i will let your people | 1 |
| then my people | 1 |
| then the troops | 1 |
| then you my people | 1 |
| they are my people | 1 |
| they have led my people | 1 |
| they were a people | 1 |
| this peoples | 1 |
| though the troops | 1 |
| to every people | 1 |
| to foreigners | 1 |
| to lead my people | 1 |
| to let my people | 1 |
| to one of my people | 1 |
| to the creatures | 1 |
| to the troops | 1 |
| to them | 1 |
| was a people | 1 |
| we are his people | 1 |
| what the people | 1 |
| when her people | 1 |
| when my people | 1 |
| when people | 1 |
| when peoples | 1 |
| when the troops | 1 |
| when they | 1 |
| when you have brought the people | 1 |
| when your people | 1 |
| whether its people | 1 |
| who lead my people | 1 |
| why have his people | 1 |
| will be my people | 1 |
| will make my people | 1 |
| with his people | 1 |
| with his troops | 1 |
| with the nations | 1 |
| with the people | 1 |
| with the peoples | 1 |
| with the troops | 1 |
| yet my people | 1 |
| you among the peoples | 1 |
| your merchants | 1 |
| your own people | 1 |
| your troops | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the people | 194 |
| of the people | 164 |
| and the people | 108 |
| and all the people | 105 |
| people | 103 |
| my people | 55 |
| of my people | 52 |
| his people | 44 |
| unto the people | 43 |
| thy people | 40 |
| all the people | 29 |
| this people | 29 |
| for the people | 28 |
| among the people | 21 |
| unto all the people | 21 |
| of thy people | 20 |
| a people | 19 |
| of all the people | 17 |
| of his people | 17 |
| to the people | 15 |
| of this people | 13 |
| unto his people | 13 |
| and his people | 10 |
| from the people | 10 |
| over my people | 9 |
| so the people | 9 |
| that the people | 9 |
| and to all the people | 8 |
| but the people | 8 |
| over the people | 8 |
| and my people | 7 |
| for my people | 7 |
| o my people | 7 |
| of people | 7 |
| and all his people | 6 |
| and they shall be my people | 6 |
| and thy people | 6 |
| and when the people | 6 |
| from his people | 6 |
| let my people | 6 |
| to all the people | 6 |
| to this people | 6 |
| unto thy people | 6 |
| with the people | 6 |
| behold the people | 5 |
| then the people | 5 |
| against the people | 4 |
| all ye people | 4 |
| among his people | 4 |
| and of thy people | 4 |
| from among his people | 4 |
| let the people | 4 |
| their people | 4 |
| unto a people | 4 |
| unto my people | 4 |
| unto this people | 4 |
| against his people | 3 |
| against thy people | 3 |
| all his people | 3 |
| all this people | 3 |
| among all nations | 3 |
| among all people | 3 |
| among thy people | 3 |
| and for the people | 3 |
| and this people | 3 |
| and upon thy people | 3 |
| and ye shall be my people | 3 |
| as thy people | 3 |
| but my people | 3 |
| for all people | 3 |
| for all the people | 3 |
| for his people | 3 |
| for thy people | 3 |
| he and all the people | 3 |
| him and the people | 3 |
| not my people | 3 |
| of a people | 3 |
| that all the people | 3 |
| that my people | 3 |
| to a people | 3 |
| to his people | 3 |
| to my people | 3 |
| unto all people | 3 |
| upon this people | 3 |
| with all the people | 3 |
| also and the people | 2 |
| among all the people | 2 |
| among my people | 2 |
| among you of all his people | 2 |
| and among all the people | 2 |
| and from his people | 2 |
| and it came to pass when the people | 2 |
| and of all the people | 2 |
| and people | 2 |
| and upon the people | 2 |
| as this people | 2 |
| because the people | 2 |
| behold a people | 2 |
| but all the people | 2 |
| for a people | 2 |
| for our people | 2 |
| had let the people | 2 |
| her people | 2 |
| him and his people | 2 |
| if thy people | 2 |
| let all the people | 2 |
| like thy people | 2 |
| me this people | 2 |
| not thou for this people | 2 |
| not unto the people | 2 |
| now in the presence of all his people | 2 |
| o people | 2 |
| of all people | 2 |
| of every people | 2 |
| of the nations | 2 |
| on the people | 2 |
| out of the people | 2 |
| over his people | 2 |
| so all the people | 2 |
| so that the people | 2 |
| than any of the people | 2 |
| themselves from the people | 2 |
| then all the people | 2 |
| therefore my people | 2 |
| therefore the people | 2 |
| thou the people | 2 |
| to be over my people | 2 |
| to thee for that all people | 2 |
| to thy people | 2 |
| upon my people | 2 |
| upon thy people | 2 |
| us he and all his people | 2 |
| when all the people | 2 |
| when the people | 2 |
| with him and all the people | 2 |
| ye people | 2 |
| ye the people | 2 |
| above all people | 1 |
| above all the people | 1 |
| above the people | 1 |
| after the manner of the nations | 1 |
| against my people | 1 |
| against this people | 1 |
| all her people | 1 |
| all people | 1 |
| all thy people | 1 |
| alone and of the people | 1 |
| also neither would he let the people | 1 |
| also thine own people | 1 |
| ammi | 1 |
| among all his people | 1 |
| among all this people | 1 |
| among the nations | 1 |
| among this people | 1 |
| and against the people | 1 |
| and all people | 1 |
| and all this people | 1 |
| and among the people | 1 |
| and as for the people | 1 |
| and behold the people | 1 |
| and caused my people | 1 |
| and for all the people | 1 |
| and for thy people | 1 |
| and from a people | 1 |
| and from thy people | 1 |
| and had caused my people | 1 |
| and hast made my people | 1 |
| and he did not let the people | 1 |
| and her people | 1 |
| and how the people | 1 |
| and i and all the people | 1 |
| and i and my people | 1 |
| and i will let the people | 1 |
| and if the people | 1 |
| and if thy people | 1 |
| and it came to pass when all the people | 1 |
| and it shall be as with the people | 1 |
| and let all the people | 1 |
| and nations | 1 |
| and none else and my people | 1 |
| and of what people | 1 |
| and on all the people | 1 |
| and on all thy people | 1 |
| and shall be my people | 1 |
| and so it fell out unto him for the people | 1 |
| and there shall be like people | 1 |
| and to all this people | 1 |
| and to his people | 1 |
| and to the people | 1 |
| and unto this people | 1 |
| and upon all the people | 1 |
| and when all the people | 1 |
| and when this people | 1 |
| and would to god this people | 1 |
| as people | 1 |
| at the people | 1 |
| because my people | 1 |
| because of his people | 1 |
| before all the people | 1 |
| before all thy people | 1 |
| before this people | 1 |
| behold o my people | 1 |
| behold there is a people | 1 |
| behold thy people | 1 |
| between him and between all the people | 1 |
| between my people | 1 |
| both on thee and upon thy people | 1 |
| both thou and this people | 1 |
| but made his own people | 1 |
| but not for himself and the people | 1 |
| but not on thy people | 1 |
| but that they may be my people | 1 |
| but this people | 1 |
| but when the people | 1 |
| by all this people | 1 |
| by all thy people | 1 |
| caused the people | 1 |
| concerning all the people | 1 |
| concerning the people | 1 |
| else if thou wilt not let my people | 1 |
| even all the people | 1 |
| every people | 1 |
| folk | 1 |
| for among my people | 1 |
| for as yet the people | 1 |
| for he was above all the people | 1 |
| for himself and for all the people | 1 |
| for himself and for the people | 1 |
| for it shall be upon my people | 1 |
| for me and for the people | 1 |
| for this people | 1 |
| for though thy people | 1 |
| for thyself and for the people | 1 |
| for unto this people | 1 |
| for you and the people | 1 |
| from a people | 1 |
| from all people | 1 |
| from all the people | 1 |
| from among the people | 1 |
| from hence for thy people | 1 |
| from me and from my people | 1 |
| from my people | 1 |
| from this people | 1 |
| he also shall become a people | 1 |
| he and all his people | 1 |
| he and his people | 1 |
| he and the people | 1 |
| he hath made his people | 1 |
| he the people | 1 |
| hence thou and the people | 1 |
| him and all his people | 1 |
| him for her people | 1 |
| him lo the people | 1 |
| him shall the people | 1 |
| him the people | 1 |
| him unto his people | 1 |
| himself among the people | 1 |
| himself to the people | 1 |
| his own people | 1 |
| how long will this people | 1 |
| i and my people | 1 |
| i and thy people | 1 |
| i pray you all people | 1 |
| i unto the people | 1 |
| if my people | 1 |
| if the people | 1 |
| if this people | 1 |
| in his people | 1 |
| in my people | 1 |
| in number than any people | 1 |
| in the presence of the people | 1 |
| in thine own people | 1 |
| in which my people | 1 |
| is this people | 1 |
| it all the people | 1 |
| lest peradventure the people | 1 |
| let people | 1 |
| letting the people | 1 |
| like unto thee o people | 1 |
| likewise the people | 1 |
| make his people | 1 |
| make not all the people | 1 |
| me among my people | 1 |
| me from his people | 1 |
| me let my people | 1 |
| me that this people | 1 |
| me the people | 1 |
| mine own people | 1 |
| nation | 1 |
| neither had the people | 1 |
| neither shall the people | 1 |
| nevertheless the people | 1 |
| none like him among all the people | 1 |
| nor her people | 1 |
| nor the people | 1 |
| not a man among all the people | 1 |
| not a people | 1 |
| not for this people | 1 |
| not lest the people | 1 |
| not of thy people | 1 |
| not this the people | 1 |
| not thy people | 1 |
| not unto them the people | 1 |
| of all this people | 1 |
| of any of the people | 1 |
| of each | 1 |
| of her people | 1 |
| of his own people | 1 |
| of the folk | 1 |
| of the peoples | 1 |
| of thee upon the nations | 1 |
| of their people | 1 |
| of these people | 1 |
| off from his people | 1 |
| on his people | 1 |
| only the people | 1 |
| or against this people | 1 |
| or among all my people | 1 |
| or of all thy people | 1 |
| out of all the people | 1 |
| out of it that the people | 1 |
| out of the nations | 1 |
| over a people | 1 |
| over them o my people | 1 |
| over this people | 1 |
| shall a nation | 1 |
| shall all my people | 1 |
| shall be upon my people | 1 |
| should not a people | 1 |
| so none of the people | 1 |
| so that all the people | 1 |
| so we thy people | 1 |
| such a thing against the people | 1 |
| that he shall not let the people | 1 |
| that i and thy people | 1 |
| that it be not a people | 1 |
| that make my people | 1 |
| that they might be unto me for a people | 1 |
| that thy people | 1 |
| the cause of his people | 1 |
| the nations | 1 |
| the peoples | 1 |
| thee among all people | 1 |
| thee among the people | 1 |
| thee and thy people | 1 |
| thee but thou makest this people | 1 |
| thee from all the nations | 1 |
| thee unto this people | 1 |
| thee what this people | 1 |
| their own people | 1 |
| them among the people | 1 |
| them and all the people | 1 |
| them and cause my people | 1 |
| them and the people | 1 |
| them and they shall be my people | 1 |
| them but this people | 1 |
| them from among all the people | 1 |
| them he and all his people | 1 |
| them not lest my people | 1 |
| them seeing all the people | 1 |
| them so shall they be my people | 1 |
| themselves with the people | 1 |
| then shall the people | 1 |
| then were the people | 1 |
| therefore his people | 1 |
| therefore shall the people | 1 |
| thereof and against the people | 1 |
| thereof and all the people | 1 |
| thereof and to every people | 1 |
| thereof and unto every people | 1 |
| thereof for the people | 1 |
| thine own people | 1 |
| this thy people | 1 |
| thither of the people | 1 |
| thou and all the people | 1 |
| thou and all this people | 1 |
| thou and the people | 1 |
| thou and thy people | 1 |
| thou not what this people | 1 |
| thou thyself against my people | 1 |
| thou thyself alone and all the people | 1 |
| thou unto the people | 1 |
| through the people | 1 |
| till the people | 1 |
| till thy people | 1 |
| to all my people | 1 |
| to be unto him a people | 1 |
| to cause my people | 1 |
| to himself nor cause the people | 1 |
| to his own people | 1 |
| to let my people | 1 |
| to let the people | 1 |
| to me and the people | 1 |
| to our own people | 1 |
| to thee the people | 1 |
| to thyself thy people | 1 |
| toward the people | 1 |
| toward this people | 1 |
| until all the people | 1 |
| unto all his people | 1 |
| unto all nations | 1 |
| unto all this people | 1 |
| unto her people | 1 |
| unto him all people | 1 |
| unto him let not all the people | 1 |
| unto himself above all people | 1 |
| unto himself above all the nations | 1 |
| unto me above all people | 1 |
| unto me and all the people | 1 |
| unto me my people | 1 |
| unto thee as the people | 1 |
| unto them i and my people | 1 |
| unto them the people | 1 |
| upon all people | 1 |
| upon the people | 1 |
| upon thee and upon thy people | 1 |
| upon them because of the people | 1 |
| us all the people | 1 |
| us and our people | 1 |
| us not and our people | 1 |
| when her people | 1 |
| when my people | 1 |
| when people | 1 |
| when thy people | 1 |
| where the people | 1 |
| wherefore the people | 1 |
| which i have caused my people | 1 |
| which is not of thy people | 1 |
| which the men of | 1 |
| whom this people | 1 |
| with his people | 1 |
| with my people | 1 |
| with thee be thou for the people | 1 |
| with thee unto thy people | 1 |
| with them there for my people | 1 |
| with this people | 1 |
| with you and my people | 1 |
| ye my people | 1 |
| yea all the people | 1 |
| yet my people | 1 |
| you above all people | 1 |
| you among the nations | 1 |
| you from the people | 1 |
| you his people | 1 |
| you so shall ye be my people | 1 |
| you to me for a people | 1 |
| yourselves among the people | 1 |
| yourselves from the people | 1 |
| yourselves o ye people | 1 |
Page 12 of 34. 1655 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
Then the people said to Samuel, “Who said that Saul should not reign over us? Bring those men here so we can kill them!”
Read word by wordThen Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there.”
Read word by wordSo all the people went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul as king in the presence of the LORD. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.
Read word by wordThen Samuel said to the people, “The LORD is the One who appointed Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.
Read word by wordSo Samuel called to the LORD, and on that day the LORD sent thunder and rain. As a result, all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
Read word by wordThey pleaded with Samuel, “Pray to the LORD your God for your servants so that we will not die! For we have added to all our sins the evil of asking for a king.”
Read word by word“Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “Even though you have committed all this evil, do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.
Read word by wordIndeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.
Read word by wordHe chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home.
Read word by wordAnd all Israel heard the news: “Saul has attacked an outpost of the Philistines, and now Israel has become a stench to the Philistines!” Then the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.
Read word by wordNow the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
Read word by wordSeeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.
Read word by wordSome Hebrews even crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. Saul, however, remained at Gilgal, and all his troops were quaking in fear.
Read word by wordAnd Saul waited seven days for the time appointed by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the troops began to desert Saul.
Read word by word“What have you done?” Samuel asked. And Saul replied, “When I saw that the troops were deserting me, and that you did not come at the appointed time and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash,
Read word by wordBut now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought a man after His own heart and appointed him ruler over His people, because you have not kept the command of the LORD.”
Read word by wordThen Samuel set out from Gilgal and went up to Gibeah in Benjamin. And Saul numbered the troops who were with him, about six hundred men.
Read word by wordNow Saul and Jonathan his son and the troops with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped at Michmash.
Read word by wordSo on the day of battle not a sword or spear could be found in the hands of the troops with Saul and Jonathan; only Saul and his son Jonathan had weapons.
Read word by wordMeanwhile, Saul was staying under the pomegranate tree in Migron on the outskirts of Gibeah. And the troops who were with him numbered about six hundred men,
Read word by wordincluding Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of the LORD in Shiloh. But the troops did not know that Jonathan had left.
Read word by wordThen panic struck the Philistines in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. Even those in the outposts and raiding parties trembled. Indeed, the earth quaked, and panic spread from God.
Read word by wordSaul said to the troops who were with him, “Call the roll and see who has left us.” And when they had called the roll, they saw that Jonathan and his armor-bearer were not there.
Read word by wordThen Saul and all his troops assembled and marched to the battle, and they found the Philistines in total confusion, with each man wielding the sword against his neighbor.
Read word by wordNow the men of Israel were in distress that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies.” So none of the troops tasted any food.
Read word by wordAnd when they entered the forest and saw the flowing honey, not one of them put his hand to his mouth, because they feared the oath.
Read word by wordJonathan, however, had not heard that his father had bound the people with the oath. So he reached out the end of the staff in his hand, dipped it into the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened.
Read word by wordThen one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the troops with a solemn oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ That is why the people are faint.”
Read word by wordHow much better it would have been if the troops had eaten freely today from the plunder they took from their enemies! Would not the slaughter of the Philistines have been much greater?”
Read word by wordThat day, after the Israelites had struck down the Philistines from Michmash to Aijalon, the people were very faint.
Read word by wordSo they rushed greedily to the plunder, taking sheep, cattle, and calves. They slaughtered them on the ground and ate meat with the blood still in it.
Read word by wordThen someone reported to Saul: “Look, the troops are sinning against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.” “You have broken faith,” said Saul. “Roll a large stone over here at once.”
Read word by wordThen he said, “Go among the troops and tell them, ‘Each man must bring me his ox or his sheep, slaughter them in this place, and then eat. Do not sin against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.’” So that night everyone brought his ox and slaughtered it there.
Read word by wordTherefore Saul said, “Come here, all you leaders of the troops, and let us investigate how this sin has occurred today.
Read word by wordAs surely as the LORD who saves Israel lives, even if it is my son Jonathan, he must die!” But not one of the troops said a word.
Read word by wordThen Saul said to all Israel, “You stand on one side, and I and my son Jonathan will stand on the other side.” “Do what seems good to you,” the troops replied.
Read word by wordSo Saul said to the LORD, the God of Israel, “Why have You not answered Your servant this day? If the fault is with me or my son Jonathan, respond with Urim, but if the fault is with the men of Israel, respond with Thummim.” And Jonathan and Saul were selected, but the people were cleared of the charge.
Read word by wordBut the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for with God’s help he has accomplished this today.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.
Read word by wordThen Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD.
Read word by wordSo Saul summoned the troops and numbered them at Telaim—200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.
Read word by wordHe captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.
Read word by wordSaul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to devote them to destruction, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless.
Read word by wordSaul answered, “The troops brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we devoted to destruction.”
Read word by wordThe troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of the things devoted to destruction, in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God at Gilgal.”
Read word by wordThen Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
Read word by word“I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”
Read word by wordThe people told him about the offer, saying, “That is what will be done for the man who kills him.”
Read word by wordThen he turned from him toward another and asked about the offer, and those people answered him just as the first ones had answered.
Read word by wordSo David marched out and prospered in everything Saul sent him to do, and Saul set him over the men of war. And this was pleasing in the sight of all the people, and of Saul’s officers as well.
Read word by wordTherefore Saul sent David away and gave him command of a thousand men. David led the troops out to battle and back,
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