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14 Then, on a day when Jonathan, the son of Saul, said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come and let us go over toward the Philistines’ garrison that is yonder, on the other side,” he did not tell his father.
2 And Saul waited on the border of Gibeah, under a pomegranate tree, which was in Migron. And the people who were with him were about six hundred men.
3 And Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, was the LORD’s Priest in Shiloh and wore an ephod. And the people did not know that Jonathan was gone.
4 Now, on the road whereby Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines’ garrison, there was a sharp rock on one side and a sharp rock on the other side. The name of one was called “Bozez” and the name of the other “Seneh”.
5 The one rock stretched from the North toward Michmash, and the other from the South toward Gibeah.
6 And Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come and let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised. It may be that the LORD will work with us. For it is not hard for the LORD to save with many or with few.”
7 And he who bore his armor said to him, “Do all that is in your heart. Go where it pleases you. Behold, I am with you as your heart desires.”
8 Then Jonathan said, “Behold, we go over to those men and will show ourselves to them.
9 “If they say this to us: ‘Wait until we come to you,’ then we will stand still in our place and not go up to them.
10 “But if they say, ‘Come up to us,’ then we will go up. For the LORD has delivered them into our hand. And this shall be a sign to us.”
11 So they both showed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines. And the Philistines said, “See, the Hebrews come out of the holes in which they had hidden themselves.”
12 And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armor bearer, and said, “Come up to us. For we will teach you something.” Then Jonathan said to his armor bearer, “Come up after me. For the LORD has delivered them into the hand of Israel.”
13 So Jonathan went up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armor bearer after him. And some fell before Jonathan, and his armor bearer killed them from behind.
14 So the first slaughter which Jonathan and his armor bearer made was about twenty men, within half an acre of land which two oxen plow.
15 And there was a fear in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. Also, the garrison and those who went out to plunder were afraid. And the earth trembled, for it was stricken with fear by God.
16 Then, the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin saw. And behold, the multitude melted away as they went, being struck down.
17 Therefore, Saul said to the people who were with him, “Search, now, and see who is gone from us.” And when they had counted, behold, Jonathan and his armor bearer were not there.
18 And Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring the Ark of God here.” (for the Ark of God was, at that time, with the children of Israel)
19 And while Saul talked to the Priest, the noise that was in the camp of the Philistines spread further away and increased. Therefore, Saul said to the Priest, “Withdraw your hand.”
20 And Saul was assembled with all the people who were with him. And they came to the battle. And behold, every man’s sword was against his neighbor. There was very great confusion.
21 Moreover, the Hebrews who had previously been with the Philistines and had come with them into all parts of the camp, they also turned to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.
22 Also, all the men of Israel who had hidden themselves on Mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines had fled, they followed after them in the battle.
23 And so, the LORD saved Israel that day. And the battle continued to Beth Aven.
24 And at that time, the men of Israel were hard-pressed that day. For Saul charged the people with an oath, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats food before night, so that I may be avenged of my enemies.” So, none of the people tasted sustenance.
25 And all those of the land came to a forest, where honey lay upon the ground.
26 And the people came into the forest. And behold, the honey dropped. And no man moved his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath.
27 But Jonathan did not hear when his father charged the people with the oath. Therefore, he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand and dipped it in a honeycomb and put his hand to his mouth. And his eyes were made clear.
28 Then one of the people answered, and said, “Your father made the people swear, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats sustenance this day.” And the people were weary.
29 Then Jonathan said, “My father has troubled the land. See now how my eyes are made clear because I have tasted a little of this honey.
30 “How much more if the people had eaten today of the plunder of their enemies which they found? For would there not now have been a greater slaughter among the Philistines?”
31 And they had stricken the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. And the people were exceedingly faint.
32 So, the people turned to the plunder and took sheep and oxen and calves and killed them on the ground. And the people ate them with the blood.
33 Then men told Saul, saying, “Behold, the people sin against the LORD, in that they eat with the blood.” And he said, “You have trespassed. Roll a great stone to me this day.”
34 Again Saul said, “Scatter yourselves among the people and ask every man to bring me his ox, and every man his sheep, and to kill them here and eat, and to not sin against the LORD in eating with the blood.” And that night, every man brought his ox in his hand and killed it there.
35 Then Saul made an Altar to the LORD. This was the first Altar that he made to the LORD.
36 And Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until the morning light. And let us not leave a man of them.” And they said, “Do whatever you think best.” Then the priest said, “Let us draw near to God here.”
37 So Saul asked of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will you deliver them into the hands of Israel?” But He did not answer him at that time.
38 And Saul said, “All you chiefs of the people, come here and know and see by whom this sin is done this day.
39 “For as the LORD lives Who saves Israel, even though it is done by Jonathan, my son, he shall die the death.” But none of the people answered him.
40 Then he said to all Israel, “You be on one side; and I and Jonathan, my son, will be on the other side.” And the people said to Saul, “Do what you think best.”
41 Then Saul said to the LORD God of Israel, “Give a perfect lot.” And Jonathan and Saul were taken, but the people escaped.
42 And Saul said, “Cast lots between me and Jonathan, my son.” And Jonathan was taken.
43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.” And Jonathan told him, and said, “I tasted a little honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand. And lo, I must die.”
44 Again Saul answered, “God do so and more also, unless you die the death, Jonathan.”
45 And the people said to Saul, “Shall Jonathan die, who has so mightily delivered Israel? May it never be! As the LORD lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground! For he has worked with God this day.” So, the people delivered Jonathan, so that he did not die.
46 Then Saul came up from the Philistines; and the Philistines went to their own place.
47 So Saul held the kingdom over Israel and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, against the children of Ammon, against Edom, against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines. And wherever he went, he handled them as wicked men.
48 He also gathered an army and struck Amalek, and delivered Israel out of the hands of those who spoiled them.
49 Now, the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Jishui, and Malchishua. And the names of his two daughters: the elder was called Merab, and the younger was named Michal.
50 And the name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz. And the name of his chief captain was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle.
51 And Kish was Saul’s father. And Ner, the father of Abner, was the son of Abiel.
52 And there was fierce war against the Philistines all the days of Saul. And whoever Saul viewed as a strong man, and fit for the war, he gathered to it.
31 Now many of the people believed in Him, and said, “When the Christ comes, will He do any more miracles than this Man has done?”
32 The Pharisees heard that the people murmured these things about Him. And the Pharisees, and chief priests, sent officers to take Him.
33 Then Jesus said to them, “I am still with you a little while, and then I go to the One who sent Me.
34 “You shall seek Me and shall not find Me. And where I am, you cannot come.”
35 Then the Jews said among themselves, “Where will He go, that we shall not find Him? Will He go to those who are dispersed among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
36 “What saying is this that He said, ‘You shall seek Me, and shall not find Me’? And, ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”
37 Now, on the last day (the great day) of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink!
38 “The one who believes in Me, as says the Scripture, ‘Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water’!”
39 (He spoke this about the Spirit, Whom those who believed in Him were about to receive. For the Holy Ghost was not yet given because Jesus was not yet glorified.)
40 So, many of the people, when they heard this saying, said, “Truly this is the Prophet!”
41 Others said, “This is the Christ!” And some said, “But shall the Christ come out of Galilee?
42 “Does not the Scripture say that the Christ shall come from the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
43 So there was dissension among the people because of Him.
44 And some of them would have taken Him, but no one laid hands on Him.
45 Then the officers came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why have you not brought Him?”
46 The officers answered, “No man ever spoke like this Man speaks.”
47 Then the Pharisees answered them, “Are you also deceived?!
48 “Do any of the rulers, or any of the Pharisees, believe in Him?
49 “But this people, who do not know the Law, are cursed!”
50 Nicodemus said to them (he who came to Jesus by night, and was one of them),
51 “Does our Law judge a man before it hears him, and knows what he has done?”
52 They answered, and said to him, “Aren’t you also from Galilee? Search and see that no Prophet arises out of Galilee.
53 And each went to his own house.
109 Do not hold Your tongue, O God of my praise.
2 For the mouth of the wicked, and the mouth of deceit, are opened upon me. They have spoken to me with a lying tongue.
3 They also surrounded me, with words of hatred, and fought against me without a cause.
4 In return for my friendship they were my adversaries; but I gave myself to prayer.
5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my friendship.
6 Set the wicked over him; and let the adversary stand at his right hand.
7 When he shall be judged, let him be condemned; and let his prayer be turned into sin.
8 Let his days be few and let another take his office.
9 Let his children be fatherless and his wife a widow.
10 Let his children be vagabonds, and beg and seek bread, coming out of their places destroyed.
11 Let the creditor seize all that he has, and let the strangers plunder his labor.
12 Let there be no one to extend mercy to him, nor let there be any to show mercy upon his fatherless children.
13 Let his posterity be destroyed. In the generation following, let their name be put out.
14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be held in remembrance by the LORD. And do not let the sin of his mother be wiped out.
15 Let them always be before the LORD, so that He may cut off their memorial from the Earth.
16 Because he did not remember to show mercy (but persecuted the afflicted and poor man, and the sorrowful-hearted, to kill him),
17 as he loved cursing, so shall it come to him. And as he did not love blessing, so shall it be far from him.
18 As he clothed himself with cursing like a garment, so shall it come into his core like water and like oil into his bones.
19 Let it be to him as a garment to cover him, and for a girdle with which he shall always be girded.
20 Let this be the reward from the LORD to my adversary, and to those who speak evil against my soul.
21 But You, O LORD my God, deal with me according to Your Name. Deliver me (for Your mercy is good).
22 Because I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
23 I depart like the shadow that declines and am shaken off as the grasshopper.
24 My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh has lost fatness.
25 I also became a rebuke to them. Those who looked upon me shook their heads.
26 Help me, O LORD my God! Save me according to Your mercy.
27 And they shall know that this is Your hand and that You, LORD, have done it.
28 They curse. Yet You will bless. They shall arise and be confounded; but Your servant shall rejoice.
29 Let my adversaries be clothed with shame; and let them cover themselves with their confusion, as with a cloak.
30 I will give great thanks to the LORD with my mouth and praise Him among the multitude.
31 For He will stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those who would condemn his soul. A Psalm of David
5 A fool despises his father’s instruction. But he who regards correction is prudent.
6 The house of the righteous has much treasure. But in the revenue of the wicked is trouble.
7 The lips of the wise scatter knowledge; but the heart of the foolish, not so.
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