Today’s
Reading : 1Samuel 13 – 14 and Romans 1 (KJV)
1Samuel 13
1Sa
13:1 Saul reigned one year; and when he had
reigned two years over Israel,
1Sa 13:2 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof
two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount
Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah
of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
1Sa 13:3 And Jonathan smote the garrison of the
Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of
it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout
all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.
1Sa 13:4 And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the
Philistines, and that Israel also was
had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together
after Saul to Gilgal.
1Sa 13:5 And the Philistines gathered themselves
together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand
horsemen, and people as the sand which is
on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Beth-aven.
1Sa 13:6 When the men of Israel saw that they were in
a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves
in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.
1Sa 13:7 And some
of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the
land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was
yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him
trembling.
1Sa 13:8 And he tarried seven days, according to the
set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.
1Sa 13:9 And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering
to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.
1Sa 13:10 And it came to pass, that as soon as he had
made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went
out to meet him, that he might salute him.
1Sa 13:11 And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And
Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not
within the days appointed, and that the
Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;
1Sa 13:12 Therefore said I, The Philistines will come
down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made
supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt
offering.
1Sa 13:13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done
foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he
commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel
forever.
1Sa 13:14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the
LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him
to be
captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that
which the LORD commanded thee.
1Sa 13:15 And Samuel arose, and got him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin.
And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men.
1Sa 13:16 And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the
people that were
present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but
the Philistines encamped in Michmash.
1Sa 13:17 And the spoilers came out of the camp of the
Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to
Ophrah, unto the land of Shual:
1Sa 13:18 And another company turned the way to Beth-horon: and
another company turned to the way of the
border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.
1Sa 13:19 Now there was no blacksmith found throughout
all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:
1Sa 13:20 But all the Israelites went down to the
Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and
his mattock.
1Sa 13:21 Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for
the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads.
1Sa 13:22 So it came to pass in the day of battle, that
there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and
with Jonathan his son was there found.
1Sa 13:23 And the garrison of the Philistines went out
to the passage of Michmash.
1Samuel 14
1Sa
14:1 Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan
the son of Saul said unto the young man that bore his armour, Come, and let us
go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is
on the other side. But he told not his father.
1Sa 14:2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the
people that were with him were about six hundred men;
1Sa 14:3 And Ahiah, the son of
Ahitub, Ichabod's brother,
the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD's
priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was
gone.
1Sa 14:4 And between the passages, by which Jonathan
sought to go over unto the Philistines' garrison, there
was a sharp rock on the one side, and a
sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name
of the other Seneh.
1Sa 14:5 The forefront of the one was situated northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah.
1Sa 14:6 And Jonathan said to the young man that bore
his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised:
it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there
is no restraint to the LORD to save by
many or by few.
1Sa 14:7 And his armourbearer
said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.
1Sa 14:8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over
unto these men, and we will discover
ourselves unto them.
1Sa 14:9 If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come
to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them.
1Sa 14:10 But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then
we will go up: for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a
sign unto us.
1Sa 14:11 And both of them discovered themselves unto
the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews
come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves.
1Sa 14:12 And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan
and his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we
will show you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer,
Come up after me: for the LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel.
1Sa 14:13 And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and
upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him: and
they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer slew
after him.
1Sa 14:14 And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and
his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within
as it were a half acre of land, which a
yoke of oxen
might plow.
1Sa 14:15 And there was trembling in the host, in the
field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also
trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling.
1Sa 14:16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude
melted away, and they went on beating down one
another.
1Sa 14:17 Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now, and see who is gone
from us. And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armourbearer were
not there.
1Sa 14:18 And Saul said unto Ahiah,
Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was at that time with the
children of Israel.
1Sa 14:19 And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto
the priest, that the noise that was in
the host of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said unto the
priest, Withdraw thine hand.
1Sa 14:20 And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came
to the battle: and, behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture.
1Sa 14:21 Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time,
which went up with them into the camp from
the country
round about, even they also turned to be
with the Israelites that were with Saul
and Jonathan.
1Sa 14:22 Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid
themselves in mount Ephraim, when they
heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the
battle.
1Sa 14:23 So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the
battle passed over unto Beth-aven.
1Sa 14:24 And the men of Israel were distressed that
day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on
mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any
food.
1Sa 14:25 And all they
of the land came to a wood; and there
was honey upon the ground.
1Sa 14:26 And when the people were come into the wood,
behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people
feared the oath.
1Sa 14:27 But Jonathan heard not when his father
charged the people with the oath: wherefore 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 enlightened.
1Sa 14:28 Then answered one of the people, and said,
Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath,
saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this
day. And the people were faint.
1Sa 14:29 Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled
the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I
tasted a little of this honey.
1Sa 14:30 How much more, if haply the people had eaten
freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not
been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?
1Sa 14:31 And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the
people were very faint.
1Sa 14:32 And the people flew upon the spoil, and took
sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them
on the ground: and the people did eat them
with the blood.
1Sa 14:33 Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the
people sin against the LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye
have transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day.
1Sa 14:34 And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the
people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his
sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and
sin not against the LORD in eating with the blood. And all the people brought
every man his ox with him that night, and slew them
there.
1Sa 14:35 And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the
same was the first altar that he built unto the LORD.
1Sa 14:36 And Saul said, Let us go down after the
Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not
leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth
good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God.
1Sa 14:37 And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go
down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But
he answered him not that day.
1Sa 14:38 And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the
chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.
1Sa 14:39 For, as
the LORD liveth, which saveth
Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was
not a man among all the people that
answered him.
1Sa 14:40 Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one
side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said
unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee.
1Sa 14:41 Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of
Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and
Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.
1Sa 14:42 And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan
was taken.
1Sa 14:43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou
hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with
the end of the rod that was in mine
hand, and, lo, I must die.
1Sa 14:44 And Saul answered, God do so and more also:
for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan.
1Sa 14:45 And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan
die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD liveth,
there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought
with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.
1Sa 14:46 Then Saul went up from following the
Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place.
1Sa 14:47 So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and
fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the
children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the
kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and
whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.
1Sa 14:48 And he gathered a host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them
that spoiled them.
1Sa 14:49 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchi-shua: and the
names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:
1Sa 14:50 And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the
daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of
his host was Abner,
the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.
1Sa 14:51 And Kish was
the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of
Abiel.
1Sa 14:52 And there was sore war against the
Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any
valiant man, he took him unto him.
Romans 1
Rom
1:1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an
apostle, separated unto the gospel of God,
Rom 1:2 (Which he had promised afore by his prophets
in the Holy Scriptures,)
Rom 1:3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord,
which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
Rom 1:4 And declared to
be the Son of God with power, according
to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
Rom 1:5 By whom we have received grace and
apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name;
Rom 1:6 Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus
Christ:
Rom 1:7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God,
called to be
saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Rom 1:8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for
you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.
Rom 1:9 For God is my witness, whom I serve with my
spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you
always in my prayers;
Rom 1:10 Making request, if by any means now at length
I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you.
Rom 1:11 For I long to see you, that I may impart unto
you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;
Rom 1:12 That is, that I may be comforted together
with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.
Rom 1:13 Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren,
that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I
might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.
Rom 1:14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the
Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise.
Rom 1:15 So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach
the gospel to you that are at Rome also.
Rom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ:
for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the
Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Rom 1:17 For therein is the righteousness of God
revealed from faith to faith: as it is written. The just shall live by faith.
Rom 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven
against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in
unrighteousness;
Rom 1:19 Because that which may be known of God is
manifest in them; for God hath showed it
unto them.
Rom 1:20 For the invisible things of him from the
creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are
made, even his eternal power and
Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
Rom 1:21 Because that, when they knew God, they
glorified him not as God, neither were
thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was
darkened.
Rom 1:22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became
fools,
Rom 1:23 And changed the glory of the incorruptible
God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
Rom 1:24 Wherefore God also gave them up to
uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own
bodies between themselves:
Rom 1:25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and
worshiped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed
forever. Amen.
Rom 1:26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile
affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is
against nature:
Rom 1:27 And likewise also the men, leaving the
natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men
working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of
their error which was meet.
Rom 1:28 And even as they did not like to retain God
in their knowledge, God gave them over
to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
Rom 1:29 Being filled with all unrighteousness,
fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder,
debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
Rom 1:30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud,
boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
Rom 1:31 Without understanding, covenant breakers,
without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
Rom 1:32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they
which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have
pleasure in them that do them.