¹ And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria.² And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money.³ And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.⁴ And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread.⁵ But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread?⁶ And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard.⁷ And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite.⁸ So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth.⁹ And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:¹⁰ And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.¹¹ And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them.¹² They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.¹³ And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.¹⁴ Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead.¹⁵ And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead.¹⁶ And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.¹⁷ And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,¹⁸ Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it.¹⁹ And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.²⁰ And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD.²¹ Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel,²² And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin.²³ And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.²⁴ Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat.²⁵ But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.²⁶ And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.²⁷ And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.²⁸ And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,²⁹ Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house.

¹ Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.² But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office.³ And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service.⁴ And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar, and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers.⁵ Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar.⁶ And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.⁷ Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,⁸ The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim,⁹ The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin,¹⁰ The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,¹¹ The ninth to Jeshuah, the tenth to Shecaniah,¹² The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim,¹³ The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab,¹⁴ The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer,¹⁵ The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses,¹⁶ The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel,¹⁷ The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul,¹⁸ The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah.¹⁹ These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him.²⁰ And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah.²¹ Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was Isshiah.²² Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath.²³ And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth.²⁴ Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir.²⁵ The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah; Zechariah.²⁶ The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno.²⁷ The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri.²⁸ Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons.²⁹ Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel.³⁰ The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers.³¹ These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.

¹ Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:² Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king.³ Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.⁴ Of Heman: the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth:⁵ All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.⁶ All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.⁷ So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.⁸ And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.⁹ Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve:¹⁰ The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:¹¹ The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:¹² The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:¹³ The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:¹⁴ The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:¹⁵ The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:¹⁶ The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:¹⁷ The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:¹⁸ The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:¹⁹ The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:²⁰ The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:²¹ The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:²² The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:²³ The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:²⁴ The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:²⁵ The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:²⁶ The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:²⁷ The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:²⁸ The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:²⁹ The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:³⁰ The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve:³¹ The four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve.

¹ And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.² Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.³ And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt offerings morning and evening.⁴ They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day required;⁵ And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the LORD.⁶ From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid.⁷ They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.⁸ Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD.⁹ Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.¹⁰ And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel.¹¹ And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid.¹² But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy:¹³ So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off.

¹ Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel;² Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither.³ But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.⁴ Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,⁵ And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.⁶ And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.⁷ And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.⁸ Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort:⁹ Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,¹⁰ And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnapper brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a time.¹¹ This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and at such a time.¹² Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.¹³ Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.¹⁴ Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king;¹⁵ That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed.¹⁶ We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river.¹⁷ Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.¹⁸ The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me.¹⁹ And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein.²⁰ There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid unto them.²¹ Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me.²² Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?²³ Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.²⁴ Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

¹ Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it.² What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.³ Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.⁴ But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.⁵ O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.⁶ Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips.⁷ Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?⁸ Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?⁹ Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?¹⁰ He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons.¹¹ Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?¹² Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.¹³ Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.¹⁴ Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?¹⁵ Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.¹⁶ He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.¹⁷ Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears.¹⁸ Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified.¹⁹ Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost.²⁰ Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.²¹ Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid.²² Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me.²³ How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.²⁴ Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?²⁵ Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?²⁶ For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth.²⁷ Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet.²⁸ And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.

¹ And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.² And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favoured kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow.³ And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favoured and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.⁴ And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.⁵ And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.⁶ And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them.⁷ And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.⁸ And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.⁹ Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:¹⁰ Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker:¹¹ And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.¹² And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.¹³ And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.¹⁴ Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.¹⁵ And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it.¹⁶ And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace.¹⁷ And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river:¹⁸ And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favoured; and they fed in a meadow:¹⁹ And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:²⁰ And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:²¹ And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favoured, as at the beginning. So I awoke.²² And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good:²³ And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them:²⁴ And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me.²⁵ And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath shewed Pharaoh what he is about to do.²⁶ The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one.²⁷ And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine.²⁸ This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh.²⁹ Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt:³⁰ And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;³¹ And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.³² And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.³³ Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt.³⁴ Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.³⁵ And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.³⁶ And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.³⁷ And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.³⁸ And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?³⁹ And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:⁴⁰ Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.⁴¹ And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.⁴² And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;⁴³ And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.⁴⁴ And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.⁴⁵ And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.⁴⁶ And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.⁴⁷ And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls.⁴⁸ And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.⁴⁹ And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number.⁵⁰ And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.⁵¹ And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house.⁵² And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.⁵³ And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.⁵⁴ And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.⁵⁵ And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.⁵⁶ And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.⁵⁷ And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.

¹ And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses.² And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.³ And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work.⁴ They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together.⁵ And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses.⁶ And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel.⁷ And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses.⁸ And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.⁹ It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled.¹⁰ And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row.¹¹ And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond.¹² And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst.¹³ And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.¹⁴ And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes.¹⁵ And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen work of pure gold.¹⁶ And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate.¹⁷ And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate.¹⁸ And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it.¹⁹ And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the ephod inward.²⁰ And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.²¹ And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses.²² And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue.²³ And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend.²⁴ And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.²⁵ And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates;²⁶ A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as the LORD commanded Moses.²⁷ And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons,²⁸ And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen,²⁹ And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses.³⁰ And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD.³¹ And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses.³² Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.³³ And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets,³⁴ And the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers' skins, and the vail of the covering,³⁵ The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat,³⁶ The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread,³⁷ The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light,³⁸ And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door,³⁹ The brasen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,⁴⁰ The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation,⁴¹ The cloths of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons' garments, to minister in the priest's office.⁴² According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work.⁴³ And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them.

¹ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,² On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.³ And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.⁴ And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.⁵ And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.⁶ And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.⁷ And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein.⁸ And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.⁹ And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy.¹⁰ And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy.¹¹ And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.¹² And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water.¹³ And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest's office.¹⁴ And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats:¹⁵ And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.¹⁶ Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he.¹⁷ And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.¹⁸ And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars.¹⁹ And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses.²⁰ And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:²¹ And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses.²² And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail.²³ And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses.²⁴ And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward.²⁵ And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.²⁶ And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail:²⁷ And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses.²⁸ And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.²⁹ And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses.³⁰ And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal.³¹ And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat:³² When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses.³³ And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.³⁴ Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.³⁵ And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.³⁶ And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:³⁷ But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up.³⁸ For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

¹ And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman.² And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it.³ (Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.)⁴ And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out.⁵ And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.⁶ And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream.⁷ My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house.⁸ With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?⁹ And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and he departed.¹⁰ And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous.¹¹ And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned.¹² Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb.¹³ And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.¹⁴ And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again.¹⁵ And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again.¹⁶ And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran.

¹ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,² Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them.³ And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel.⁴ And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur.⁵ Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori.⁶ Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.⁷ Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph.⁸ Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.⁹ Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu.¹⁰ Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi.¹¹ Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi.¹² Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli.¹³ Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael.¹⁴ Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi.¹⁵ Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi.¹⁶ These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.¹⁷ And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain:¹⁸ And see the land, what it is, and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;¹⁹ And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds;²⁰ And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the firstripe grapes.²¹ So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath.²² And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.)²³ And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs.²⁴ The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence.²⁵ And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.²⁶ And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.²⁷ And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.²⁸ Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there.²⁹ The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan.³⁰ And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it.³¹ But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we.³² And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature.³³ And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

¹ The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.² Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them.³ And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.⁴ The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.⁵ For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever.⁶ And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose;⁷ Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD.⁸ They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony.⁹ When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.¹⁰ There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.¹¹ Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.¹² For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.¹³ Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.¹⁴ For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.¹⁵ The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;¹⁶ According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not.¹⁷ And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.¹⁸ I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.¹⁹ And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.²⁰ But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.²¹ And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?²² When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.

¹ And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah.² And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, and Sheba, and Moladah,³ And Hazarshual, and Balah, and Azem,⁴ And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah,⁵ And Ziklag, and Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusah,⁶ And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages:⁷ Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages:⁸ And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families.⁹ Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them.¹⁰ And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid:¹¹ And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam;¹² And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chislothtabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia,¹³ And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittahhepher, to Ittahkazin, and goeth out to Remmonmethoar to Neah;¹⁴ And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthahel:¹⁵ And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages.¹⁶ This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages.¹⁷ And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families.¹⁸ And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem,¹⁹ And Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaharath,²⁰ And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez,²¹ And Remeth, and Engannim, and Enhaddah, and Bethpazzez;²² And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Bethshemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages.²³ This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages.²⁴ And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families.²⁵ And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph,²⁶ And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihorlibnath;²⁷ And turneth toward the sunrising to Bethdagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthahel toward the north side of Bethemek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand,²⁸ And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon;²⁹ And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:³⁰ Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages.³¹ This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages.³² The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families.³³ And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan:³⁴ And then the coast turneth westward to Aznothtabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising.³⁵ And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth,³⁶ And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor,³⁷ And Kedesh, and Edrei, and Enhazor,³⁸ And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and Bethanath, and Bethshemesh; nineteen cities with their villages.³⁹ This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.⁴⁰ And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.⁴¹ And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh,⁴² And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah,⁴³ And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron,⁴⁴ And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath,⁴⁵ And Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gathrimmon,⁴⁶ And Mejarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho.⁴⁷ And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father.⁴⁸ This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.⁴⁹ When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them:⁵⁰ According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein.⁵¹ These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country.

¹ And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.² And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD.³ And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.⁴ And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably?⁵ And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.⁶ And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD's anointed is before him.⁷ But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.⁸ Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.⁹ Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.¹⁰ Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.¹¹ And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.¹² And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.¹³ Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.¹⁴ But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him.¹⁵ And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.¹⁶ Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.¹⁷ And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.¹⁸ Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.¹⁹ Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.²⁰ And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.²¹ And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer.²² And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight.²³ And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.