TBESH · H9005
/ל · l · to/for
Prefix lamed: to
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/ל (l) means “to/for” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: l STEP transliteration; pronunciation varies by reading tradition.
/ל · l · to/for
Prefix lamed: to
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Page 93 of 241. 12010 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
“What does he look like?” asked Saul. “An old man is coming up,” she replied. “And he is wearing a robe.” So Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed facedown in reverence.
Read word by wordThen Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” “I am deeply distressed,” replied Saul. “The Philistines are fighting against me, and God has turned away 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.”
Read word by word“Why do you consult me,” asked Samuel, “since the LORD has turned away from you and become your enemy?
Read word by wordHe has done exactly what He spoke through me: The LORD has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor David.
Read word by wordBecause you did not obey the LORD or carry out His burning anger against Amalek, the LORD has done this to you today.
Read word by wordNow please listen to your servant and let me set a morsel of bread before you so you may eat and have the strength to go on your way.”
Read word by wordSaul refused, saying, “I will not eat.” But his servants joined the woman in urging him, and he heeded their voice. He got up from the ground and sat on the bed.
Read word by wordThe woman had a fattened calf at her house, and she quickly slaughtered it. She also took flour, kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread.
Read word by wordShe served it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. And that night they got up and left.
Read word by wordAs the Philistine leaders marched out with their units of hundreds and thousands, David and his men marched behind them with Achish.
Read word by wordBut the commanders of the Philistines were angry with Achish and told him, “Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go down with us into battle only to become our adversary during the war. What better way for him to regain the favor of his master than with the heads of our men?
Read word by wordIs this not the David about whom they sing in their dances: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
Read word by word“But what have I done?” David replied. “What have you found against your servant, from the day I came to you until today, to keep me from going along to fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”
Read word by wordNow then, get up early in the morning, along with your master’s servants who came with you, and go as soon as it is light.”
Read word by wordSo David and his men got up early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
Read word by wordThey had taken captive the women and all who were there, both young and old. They had not killed anyone, but had carried them off as they went on their way.
Read word by wordSo David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep.
Read word by wordAnd David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
Read word by wordThen David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought it to him,
Read word by wordand David inquired of the LORD: “Should I pursue these raiders? Will I overtake them?” “Pursue them,” the LORD replied, “for you will surely overtake them and rescue the captives.”
Read word by wordNow his men found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David. They gave the man water to drink and food to eat—
Read word by worda piece of a fig cake and two clusters of raisins. So he ate and was revived, for he had not had any food or water for three days and three nights.
Read word by wordThen David asked him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” “I am an Egyptian,” he replied, “the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me three days ago when I fell ill.
Read word by wordWe raided the Negev of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we burned down Ziklag.”
Read word by word“Will you lead me to these raiders?” David asked. And the man replied, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hand of my master, and I will lead you to them.”
Read word by wordAnd David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.
Read word by wordNothing was missing, young or old, son or daughter, or any of the plunder the Amalekites had taken. David brought everything back.
Read word by wordAnd he took all the flocks and herds, which his men drove ahead of the other livestock, calling out, “This is David’s plunder!”
Read word by wordWhen David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him and who were left behind at the Brook of Besor, they came out to meet him and the troops with him. As David approached the men, he greeted them,
Read word by wordbut all the wicked and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered, except for each man’s wife and children. They may take them and go.”
Read word by wordBut David said, “My brothers, you must not do this with what the LORD has given us. He has protected us and delivered into our hands the raiders who came against us.
Read word by wordWho will listen to your proposal? The share of the one who went to battle will match the share of the one who stayed with the supplies. They will share alike.”
Read word by wordAnd so it has been from that day forward. David established this statute and ordinance for Israel to this very day.
Read word by wordWhen David arrived in Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a gift for you from the plunder of the LORD’s enemies.”
Read word by wordHe sent gifts to those in Bethel, Ramoth Negev, and Jattir;
Read word by wordto those in Aroer, Siphmoth, and Eshtemoa;
Read word by wordto those in Racal and in the cities of the Jerahmeelites and Kenites;
Read word by wordto those in Hormah, Bor-ashan, and Athach;
Read word by wordand to those in Hebron and in all the places where David and his men had roamed.
Read word by wordThen Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and run me through and torture me!” But his armor-bearer was terrified and refused to do it. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it.
Read word by wordThe next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.
Read word by wordThey cut off Saul’s head, stripped off his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temples of their idols and among their people.
Read word by wordWhen the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,
Read word by word“Where have you come from?” David asked. “I have escaped from the Israelite camp,” he replied.
Read word by word“What was the outcome?” David asked. “Please tell me.” “The troops fled from the battle,” he replied. “Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are also dead.”
Read word by wordThen David asked the young man who had brought him the report, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?”
Read word by word“I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” he replied, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and the cavalry closing in on him.
Read word by word‘Who are you?’ he asked. So I told him, ‘I am an Amalekite.’
Read word by wordAnd David inquired of the young man who had brought him the report, “Where are you from?” “I am the son of a foreigner,” he answered. “I am an Amalekite.”
Read word by wordSo David asked him, “Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD’s anointed?”
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