Nevi'im
Shemu'el Alef6
1 Samuel · Chapter 6
And the ark of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) was in the country of the Philistines seven months.
And the Philistines called for the kohanim and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place.
And they said, If ye send away the ark of the Elohim of Yisra'el, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.
Then said they, What
shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice,
according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.
Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the Elohim of Yisra'el: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.
Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?
Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them:
And take the ark of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him
for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.
And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth-shemesh,
then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that
it is not his hand
that smote us; it
was
a chance
that happened to us.
And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:
And they laid the ark of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.
And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh,
and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside
to the right hand or
to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh.
And
they of Beth-shemesh
were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see
it.
And the cart came into the field of Yehoshua, a Beth-shemite, and stood there, where
there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
And the Levites took down the ark of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and the coffer that
was with it, wherein the jewels of gold
were, and put
them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen
it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
And these
are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned
for a trespass offering unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
And the golden mice,
according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines
belonging to the five lords,
both
of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great
stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH):
which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Yehoshua, the Beth-shemite.
And he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) had smitten
many
of the people with a great slaughter.
And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim? and to whom shall he go up from us?
And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH); come ye down,
and fetch it up to you.
Nevi'im
Shemu'el Alef7
1 Samuel · Chapter 7
And the men of Kirjath-jearim came, and brought up the ark of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Yisra'el lamented after 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
And Shemu'el spake unto all the house of Yisra'el, saying, If ye do return unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) with all your hearts,
then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
Then the children of Yisra'el did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) only.
And Shemu'el said, Gather all Yisra'el to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured
it out before 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH), and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH). And Shemu'el judged the children of Yisra'el in Mizpeh.
And when the Philistines heard that the children of Yisra'el were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Yisra'el. And when the children of Yisra'el heard
it, they were afraid of the Philistines.
And the children of Yisra'el said to Shemu'el, Cease not to cry unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) our Elohim for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.
And Shemu'el took a sucking lamb, and offered
it for a burnt offering wholly unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH): and Shemu'el cried unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) for Yisra'el; and 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) heard him.
And as Shemu'el was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Yisra'el: but 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Yisra'el.
And the men of Yisra'el went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until
they came under Beth-car.
Then Shemu'el took a stone, and set
it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) helped us.
So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Yisra'el: and the hand of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) was against the Philistines all the days of Shemu'el.
And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Yisra'el were restored to Yisra'el, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did Yisra'el deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Yisra'el and the Amorites.
And Shemu'el judged Yisra'el all the days of his life.
And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Yisra'el in all those places.
And his return
was to Ramah; for there
was his house; and there he judged Yisra'el; and there he built an altar unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
Nevi'im
Shemu'el Alef8
1 Samuel · Chapter 8
And it came to pass, when Shemu'el was old, that he made his sons judges over Yisra'el.
Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah:
they were judges in Beer-sheba.
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
Then all the elders of Yisra'el gathered themselves together, and came to Shemu'el unto Ramah,
And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.
But the thing displeased Shemu'el, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Shemu'el prayed unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) said unto Shemu'el, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Mitsrayim even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.
Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
And Shemu'el told all the words of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) unto the people that asked of him a king.
And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint
them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and
some shall run before his chariots.
And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and
will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
And he will take your daughters
to be confectionaries, and
to be cooks, and
to be bakers.
And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards,
even the best
of them, and give
them to his servants.
And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put
them to his work.
He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) will not hear you in that day.
Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Shemu'el; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us;
That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
And Shemu'el heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH).
And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) said to Shemu'el, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Shemu'el said unto the men of Yisra'el, Go ye every man unto his city.