woven work of the ephod. 28 And thou | blue lace and attached to the woven work shalt fasten the oracle by the rings upon of the ephod, that the oracle may not be it to the rings of the ephod joined with loosed from the ephod. THE FOLLOWING PASSAGES ARE SUPPLIED FROM 12 KINGS I. (1 SAM.) + Gr. is. words. See speaking with them, behold the Amessæan advanced, Goliath by name, the 17. And David son of an Ephrathite Philistine of Geth, of the armies of the said this Ephrathite was of Bethleem Philistines, and he spoke as be- +Gr.accordJuda, and his name was Jessæ, and he fore, and David heard. 24 And ing to these had eight sons. And the man passed all the men of Israel when ver. 8. for an old man among men in the days of they saw the man fled from before him, Saul. 13 And the three elder sons of and they were greatly terrified. 25 And Jessæ went and followed Saul to the the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this war, and the names of his + Gr. name. man that comes up? for he has reproached sons that went to the war were, Eliab Israel and has come up, and it shall be his first-born, and his second Aminadab, that the man who shall smite him, the and his third son Samma. 14And David king shall enrich him with great wealth, himself was the younger son, + and shall give him his daughter, and and the three elder followed Saul. 15 And shall make his father's house free in David departed and returned from Saul, Israel. 26 And David spoke to the men + to feed his father's sheep in Bethleem. who stood with him, saying, Shall it + Gr. feeding. 16 And the Philistine ad- indeed be done thus to the man who shall vanced morning and evening, and stood smite that Philistine, and take away reup forty days. 17 And Jessæ said to proach from Israel? for who is this unDavid, Take now to thy brethren an circumcised Philistine that he has defied ephah of this meal, and these ten loaves, the army of the living God? 27 And the and run to the camp and give them to people spoke to him according to this thy brothers. 18 And thou shalt carry to word, saying, Thus shall it be done to the captain of the thousand these ten the man who shall smite him. 28 And cheeses of milk, and thou Eliab his elder brother heard as he spoke cheeses of shalt see how thy brethren to the men, and Eliab was very angry this milk. fare, and learn what they want. with David and said, Why hast thou thus 19 And Saul himself and all the men of come down, and with whom hast thou Israel were in the valley of the Oak, left those few sheep in the wilderness? I warring with the Philistines. 20 And Da- know thy pride and the naughtiness of vid rose early in the morning, and left the thine heart, for thou art come down to sheep to a keeper, and took and went as see the battle. 29 And David said What Jessæ commanded him, and he came to have I done now? + Have I no business + More lit. the trench and to the army as here? 30 And he turned from curvature of it was going out to fight, and him toward another and he not a word? mound form they shouted for the battle. spoke after the same man- Lit. accorded out of it. 21 And Israel and the Philis-ner, and the people answered ing to the tines formed their lines one opposite the him after the former manner. other. 22 And David deposited his bur- 31 And the words which David den in the hand of a keeper, and ran to spoke were heard, and were the line, and went and asked his brethren reported to Saul. And he took him to how they were. 23 And while he was himself. + Lit. the ten the trench or + Gr. is there word of the first. + Gr. behind Saul. Verse 41. And the Philistine advanced and drew nigh to David, and a man bearing his shield went before him, and the Philistine looked on. Verse 50. So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone and smote the Philistine and slew him, and there was no sword in the hand of David. Verse 55. And when Saul saw David going out to meet the Philistine, he said to Abener the captain of the host, Whose son is this youth? and Abener said, As thy soul lives, O king, I know not. 56 And the king said, Do thou ask whose son this youth is. 57 And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abener took him and brought him in before Saul, and the head of the Philistine was in his hand. 58 And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, young man? and David said The son of thy servant Jesse the Bethleemite. 18. And it came to pass when he had finished speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own +Gr. accord. Soul. 2 And Saul took him in ing to. that day, and did not suffer him to return to his father's house. And Jonathan and David made a covenant because he loved him as his own soul. ↑ And Jonathan stripped himself of his + See John 21. *upper garment and gave it to David and his mantle and all he had upon him even to his sword and to his bow, and to his girdle. 5 And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and acted wisely, and Saul set him over stood; or, the men of war, and he was pleasing in the eyes of all the people, and also in the eyes of the servants of Saul. + Gr. under was wise. Verse 8. (last part.) And what more can he have but the kingdom? 9 And Saul eyed David from that day and onward. 10 And it came to pass on the + Or, after; morrow that an evil spirit from Gr. from. God fell upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of his house. And David was playing on the harp with his hand, according to his daily custom. And Saul's spear was in his hand. "And Saul took his spear and said, I will smite David even to the wall. But David escaped twice from his presence. 17 And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merob, I will give her to thee to wife, only be thou to me a mighty man and fight the wars of the Lord. And Saul said, Let not my hand be upon him, but the hand of the Philistines shall be upon him. 18 And David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is the life of my father's family in Israel, that I should be the king's son-in-law? 19 But it came to pass at the time when Merob Saul's daughter should have been given to David that she was given to Israel the Mothulathite to wife. 6. And the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying, 12 As for this house which thou art building, if thou wilt walk in my ordinances and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them, I will establish my word with thee which I spoke to David thy father. 13 And I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel. 14 So Solomon built the house and finished it. 22 And all inside the oracle he overlaid with gold. 7. Verse 1, &c. See the first 12 verses of this chapter placed at the end of it in the Vatican copy. 13. 27 And he spoke to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass, and they saddled it. 14. Verses 1. to 20. The substance of these verses is found in the Vatican copy after v. 24, chap. 12. CHRONICLES I. "And Mesraim was father of the + Gr. begot. Lodiim, and the Anamiim, and the Labin and the Nephthalim, 12and the Patrosoniim, and the Chasloniim, whence went forth Philistiim, and the Chaphoriim. 13 And Chanaan was father of Sidon his first-born and the Chettite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorrhæan, and the Gergesite, 15 and the Evite, and the Arucæan, and the Asennæan, 16 and the Aradian, and the Samaræan, and the Amathite, 17and Arphaxad, and Lud and Aram. And the sons of Aram: Os and Ul, and Gather, and Mosoch. 18 And Arphaxad begot Cainan, and Cainan begot Sala, and Sala begot Eber. 19 And to Eber were born two sons, the name of the one Phalec, for in his days the earth was divided, and the name of his brother was Jectan. 20 And Jectan begot Elmodad and Saleph and Aramoth, and Keduran, and Exe, and Declam, and Gemian, and Abimeel, and Saban, and Uphir, and Evi, and Oram; all these were the sons of Jectan. CHRONICLES II. 3. 12 And the wing of one cherub was five cubits touching the wall of the house, and the other wing was five cubits touching the wing of the other cherub. 27. And he reigned twenty-five years, and sixteen years he reigned in Jerusalem. PROVERBS. said the Lord God: Ye will eat with the 33. 25Therefore say to them, Thus blood, and ye will lift up your eyes to your idols, and ye shed blood and shall ye inherit the land? 26 Ye stand upon your sword, ye have wrought abomina 1. 16 For their feet run to evil and are tion, and have defiled every one his swift to shed blood. neighbour, and shall ye inherit the land? 930 12 11 S. BAGSTER & SONS, LONDON. |