ners, faying, What fhall we do to the Ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith we fhall fend it to his Place.

3 And they faid, If you fend away the Ark of the GOD of Ifrael, send it not empty; but in any wife return him a Trefpafs-offering: then ye fhall be healed, and it shall be known to you, why his Hand is not removed from you.

4 Then faid they, What fhall be the Trefpafs-offering which we fhall 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.

5 Wherefore ye fhall make Images of your Emerods, and Images of your Mice that mar the Land, and ye shall give glory unto the GoD of Ifrael: peradventure he will lighten his Hand from off you, and from off your Gods, and from off your Land.

6 Wherefore then do ye HARDEN your HEARTS, as the EGYPTIANS and PHARAOH HARDNED their HEARTS? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the People go, and they departed?

7 Now therefore make a new Cart, and take two Milchkine on which there hath come no Yoke, and tie the Kine to the Cart, and bring their Calves home from them.

8 And take the Ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the Cart, and put the Jewels of Gold which ye return him for a Trefpafs-offering, in a Coffer by the fide thereof, and fend it away, that it may go.

9 And fee, if it goeth up by the way of his own Coast to Beth-fhemefh, then he hath done us this great Evil: but if not, then we fhall know that it is not his Hand that fmote us; it was a Chance that happened to us.

10 And the Men did fo.

12 And the Kine took the ftraight Way to the Way of Beth-fhemefh, and went along the Highway, lowing as they went; and the Lords of the Philiftines went after them unto the Border of Beth-fhemefh.

13 And they of Beth-fhemefh were reaping their Wheatharvest in the Valley and they lifted up ther Eyes, and faw the Ark, and rejoyced to fee it.

14 And the Cart came into the Field of Joshua a Bethfhemite, and ftood there, where there was a great Stone: and they clave the Wood of the Cart, and offered the Kine a Burnt-offering unto the LORD.

15 And the Levites took down the Ark of the LORD, 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-fhemefh offered Burnt-offerings, and facrificed Sacrifices the fame Day unto the LORD.

16 And when the five Lords of the Philiftines had feen it, they returned to Ekron the fame Day.

17 And thefe are the golden Emerods which the Philiftines returned for a Trefpafs-offering unto the LORD; for Afhdod one, for Gaza one, for Afkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one.

18 And the golden Mice, according to the Number of all the Cities of the Philiftines belonging to the five Lords, both of fenced Cities, and of Country Villages, even unto the great Stone of Abel, whereon they fet down the Ark of the LORD which Stone remaineth unto this Day, in the Field of Jofhua the Beth-fhemite.

19 And he fmote the Men of Beth-fhemesh, because they looked into the Ark of the LORD, even he fmote of the People fifty thousand and threefcore and ten Men: and the People lamented, because the LORD had fmitten many of the People with a great Slaughter.

20 And the Men of Beth-fhemesh faid, Who is able to ftand before this HOLY LORD GOD? and to whom shall he go up from us?

21 And they fent Meffengers to the Inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim, faying, The Philiftines have brought again the Ark of the LORD; come ye down, and fetch it up to you.

CHAP. VII.

3 The Ifraelites, by Samuel's Means, folemnly repent at Mizpeh. 9 Samuel praying, 13 the Philiflines are difcomfited.

Ver. 15

AND Samuel judged Ifrael all the Days of his

Life.

16 And he went from Year to Year in Circuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Ifrael in all thofe Places.

17 And his Return was to Ramah; for there was his Houfe: and there he judged Ifrael, and there he built an Altar unto the LORD.

CHAP.

By the Occafion of the ill Government of Samuel's Sons, the Ifraelites afk a King. 10 The Manner of a King.

Ver. 1

it came

pafs

Samuel was old, that

he made his Sons Judges over Ifrael.

2 Now the Name of his Firft-born was Joel, and the Name of his fecond, Abiah: they were Judges in Beerheba.

3 And his Sons walked not in his Ways, but TURNED afide after Lucre, and тOOK BRIBES, and PERVERTED JUDGMENT.

4 Then all the Elders of Ifrael gathered themfelves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah,

5 And faid 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.

6 But the Thing difpleafed Samuel, when they faid, Give us a King to judge us and Samuel prayed unto the LORD.

7 And the LORD faid unto Samuel, Hearken unto the Voice of the People in all that they fay unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have REJECTED me, that I fhould not REIGN OVER THEM.

8 According to all the Works which they have done fince the Day that I brought them up out of Egypt, even unto this Day, wherewith they have forfaken me, and ferved other Gods: fo do they alfo unto thee.

9 Now therefore hearken unto their Voice: howbeit, yet proteft folemnly unto them, and fhew them the Manner of the King that fhall reign over them.

10 And Samuel told all the Words of the LORD unto the People, that afked of him a King.

11 And he faid, This will be the Manner of the King that fhall reign over you: He will take your SONS, and appoint them for himfelf, for his Chariots, and to be his Horfemen, and fome fhall RUN before his Chariots.

12 And he will appoint him CAPTAINS over Thousands, and Captains over Fifties, and will fet of them to ear his Ground, and to reap his Harveft, and to make his Inftruments of War, and Inftruments of his Chariots.

13 And he will take your DAUGHTERS to be Confectionaries, and to be Cooks, and to be Bakers.

14 And he will take your FIELDS, and your Vineyards, and your Olive-yards, even the BEST of them, and GIVE them to his SERVANTS.

15 And he will take the TENTH of your SEED, and of your Vineyards, and GIVE to his OFFICERS, and to his Servants.

16 And he will take your Men-fervants, and your Maidfervants, and your goodlieft Young Men, and your Afles, and put them to his Work.

17 He will take the Tenth of your Sheep and ye fhall be his Servants.

18 And ye fhall CRY out in that Day, because of your KING which ye shall have CHOSEN you; and the LORD will not hear you in that Day.

19 Nevertheless, the People REFUSED to obey the VOICE of Samuel; and they faid, Nay, but we will have a King

over us.

20 That we alfo may be LIKE all the NATIONS, and that our King may judge us, and go out before us, and FIGHT Our Battles.

21 And Samuel heard all the Words of the People, and he rehearsed them in the Ears of the LORD.

22 And the LORD faid to Samuel, Hearken unto their Voice, and make them a King. And Samuel faid unto the Men of Ifrael, Go ye every Man unto his City.

CHA P. IX.

Saul defpairing to find his Father's Affes, 6 by the Counfel of his Servants, 11 and Direction of young Maidens, 15 according to GOD's Revelation, 18 cometh to Samuel: muel entertaineth him at the Feast,

CHA P. X.

19 Sa

1 Samuel anointeth Saul, z and confirmeth him by a Prediction of three Signs. 9 Saul's Heart is changed: 17 He is chofen by Lot.

Ver. 1

AMUEL took a Vial of Oyl, and poured it upon the Head of Saul, and kiffed him, and faid, Is it A a a

not

not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be Captain over his Inheritance?

2 When thou art departed from me To-day, then thou fhalt find two Men by Rachel's Sepulchre and they will fay unto thee, The Affes which thou wentest to seek are found.

5 After that, thou fhalt come to the Hill of God, where is the Garifon of the Philiftines: and it fhall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the City, that thou shalt meet a Company of Prophets coming down from the High Place, with a Pfaltery, and a Tabret, and a Pipe, and a Harp before them, and they fhall prophefy.

6 And the SPIRIT of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt PROPHESY with them, and fhalt be TURNED INTO ANOTHER MAN.

7 And let it be when thefe Signs are come unto thee, that thou do as Occafion fhall ferve thee, for GOD is WITH

THEE.

9 And it was fo, that when he had turned his Back to go from Samuel, GoD gave him ANOTHER HEART: pass that Day.

Ezek. xxxvi. 26 A new Heart alfo will give you, and a new Spint will 1 put within you.

and all thofe Signs came to

10 And when they came thither to the Hill, behold, a Company of Prophets met him, and the SPIRIT of GOD came upon him, and he prophefied among them.

11 And it came to pafs when all that knew him beforetime, faw that behold he prophefied among the Prophets, then the People faid one to another, What is this that is come unto the Son of Kifh? Is Saul alfo among the Prophets?

12 Therefore it became a Proverb, Is Saul alfo among the Prophets?

13 And when he had made an end of prophefying, he came to the High Place.

17 And Samuel called the People together unto the LORD to Mizpeh;

18 And faid unto the Children of Ifrael, Thus faith the LORD GOD of Ifrael, I brought up Ifrael out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the Hand of the Egyptians, and out of the Hand of all Kingdoms, and of them that oppreffed you.

19 And ye have this Day REJECTED your God, who himfelf