[HNV] 1Sam 7, Hebrew Names Version
The First Book of Shemu'el, starting at chapter 7
{7:1} The men of Kiryat-Ye`arim came, and fetched up the ark of the
LORD, and brought it into the house of Avinadav in the hill, and
sanctified El`azar his son to keep the ark of the LORD. {7:2} It
happened, from the day that the ark abode in Kiryat-Ye`arim, that the
time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Yisra'el
lamented after the LORD. {7:3} Shemu'el spoke to all the house of
Yisra'el, saying, If you do return to the LORD with all your heart,
then put away the foreign gods and the `Ashtarot from among you, and
direct your hearts to the LORD, and serve him only; and he will
deliver you out of the hand of the Pelishtim. {7:4} Then the children
of Yisra'el did put away the Ba`alim and the `Ashtarot, and served the
LORD only. {7:5} Shemu'el said, Gather all Yisra'el to Mitzpah, and I
will pray for you to the LORD. {7:6} They gathered together to
Mitzpah, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted
on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. Shemu'el
judged the children of Yisra'el in Mitzpah. {7:7} When the Pelishtim
heard that the children of Yisra'el were gathered together at Mitzpah,
the lords of the Pelishtim went up against Yisra'el. When the children
of Yisra'el heard it, they were afraid of the Pelishtim. {7:8} The
children of Yisra'el said to Shemu'el, Don't cease to cry to the LORD
our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the
Pelishtim. {7:9} Shemu'el took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a
whole burnt-offering to the LORD: and Shemu'el cried to the LORD for
Yisra'el; and the LORD answered him. {7:10} As Shemu'el was offering
up the burnt offering, the Pelishtim drew near to battle against
Yisra'el; but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day on
the Pelishtim, and confused them; and they were struck down before
Yisra'el. {7:11} The men of Yisra'el went out of Mitzpah, and pursued
the Pelishtim, and struck them, until they came under Beit-Kar. {7:12}
Then Shemu'el took a stone, and set it between Mitzpah and Shen, and
called the name of it Even-Ha`ezer, saying, Hitherto has the LORD
helped us. {7:13} So the Pelishtim were subdued, and they came no more
within the border of Yisra'el: and the hand of the LORD was against
the Pelishtim all the days of Shemu'el. {7:14} The cities which the
Pelishtim had taken from Yisra'el were restored to Yisra'el, from
`Ekron even to Gat; and the border of it did Yisra'el deliver out of
the hand of the Pelishtim. There was shalom between Yisra'el and the
Amori. {7:15} Shemu'el judged Yisra'el all the days of his life.
{7:16} He went from year to year in circuit to Beit-El and Gilgal, and
Mitzpah; and he judged Yisra'el in all those places. {7:17} His return
was to Ramah, for there was his house; and there he judged Yisra'el:
and he built there an altar to the LORD.
{8:1} It happened, when Shemu'el was old, that he made his sons
judges over Yisra'el. {8:2} Now the name of his firstborn was Yo'el;
and the name of his second, Aviyah: they were judges in Be'er-Sheva.
{8:3} His sons didn't walk in his ways, but turned aside after lucre,
and took bribes, and perverted justice. {8:4} Then all the elders of
Yisra'el gathered themselves together, and came to Shemu'el to Ramah;
{8:5} and they said to him, Behold, you are old, and your sons don't
walk in your ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the
nations. {8:6} But the thing displeased Shemu'el, when they said, Give
us a king to judge us. Shemu'el prayed to the LORD. {8:7} The LORD
said to Shemu'el, Listen to the voice of the people in all that they
tell you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me,
that I should not be king over them. {8:8} According to all the works
which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt
even to this day, in that they have forsaken me, and served other
gods, so do they also to you. {8:9} Now therefore listen to their
voice: however you shall protest solemnly to them, and shall show them
the manner of the king who shall reign over them. {8:10} Shemu'el told
all the words of the LORD to the people who asked of him a king.
{8:11} He said, This will be the manner of the king who shall reign
over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them to him, for his
chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they shall run before his
chariots; {8:12} and he will appoint them to him for captains of
thousands, and captains of fifties; and [he will set some] to plow his
ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war,
and the instruments of his chariots. {8:13} He will take your
daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. {8:14}
He will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive groves,
even the best of them, and give them to his servants. {8:15} He will
take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards,
[HNV] 1Sam 7, Hebrew Names Version
The First Book of Shemu'el, starting at chapter 7
{7:1} The men of Kiryat-Ye`arim came, and fetched up the ark of the
LORD, and brought it into the house of Avinadav in the hill, and
sanctified El`azar his son to keep the ark of the LORD. {7:2} It
happened, from the day that the ark abode in Kiryat-Ye`arim, that the
time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Yisra'el
lamented after the LORD. {7:3} Shemu'el spoke to all the house of
Yisra'el, saying, If you do return to the LORD with all your heart,
then put away the foreign gods and the `Ashtarot from among you, and
direct your hearts to the LORD, and serve him only; and he will
deliver you out of the hand of the Pelishtim. {7:4} Then the children
of Yisra'el did put away the Ba`alim and the `Ashtarot, and served the
LORD only. {7:5} Shemu'el said, Gather all Yisra'el to Mitzpah, and I
will pray for you to the LORD. {7:6} They gathered together to
Mitzpah, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted
on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. Shemu'el
judged the children of Yisra'el in Mitzpah. {7:7} When the Pelishtim
heard that the children of Yisra'el were gathered together at Mitzpah,
the lords of the Pelishtim went up against Yisra'el. When the children
of Yisra'el heard it, they were afraid of the Pelishtim. {7:8} The
children of Yisra'el said to Shemu'el, "Don't cease to cry to the LORD
our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the
Pelishtim." {7:9} Shemu'el took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a
whole burnt-offering to the LORD: and Shemu'el cried to the LORD for
Yisra'el; and the LORD answered him. {7:10} As Shemu'el was offering
up the burnt offering, the Pelishtim drew near to battle against
Yisra'el; but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day on
the Pelishtim, and confused them; and they were struck down before
Yisra'el. {7:11} The men of Yisra'el went out of Mitzpah, and pursued
the Pelishtim, and struck them, until they came under Beit-Kar. {7:12}
Then Shemu'el took a stone, and set it between Mitzpah and Shen, and
called the name of it Even-Ha`ezer, saying, Hitherto has the LORD
helped us. {7:13} So the Pelishtim were subdued, and they came no more
within the border of Yisra'el: and the hand of the LORD was against
the Pelishtim all the days of Shemu'el. {7:14} The cities which the
Pelishtim had taken from Yisra'el were restored to Yisra'el, from
`Ekron even to Gat; and the border of it did Yisra'el deliver out of
the hand of the Pelishtim. There was shalom between Yisra'el and the
Amori. {7:15} Shemu'el judged Yisra'el all the days of his life.
{7:16} He went from year to year in circuit to Beit-El and Gilgal, and
Mitzpah; and he judged Yisra'el in all those places. {7:17} His return
was to Ramah, for there was his house; and there he judged Yisra'el:
and he built there an altar to the LORD.
{8:1} It happened, when Shemu'el was old, that he made his sons
judges over Yisra'el. {8:2} Now the name of his firstborn was Yo'el;
and the name of his second, Aviyah: they were judges in Be'er-Sheva.
{8:3} His sons didn't walk in his ways, but turned aside after lucre,
and took bribes, and perverted justice. {8:4} Then all the Zakenim of
Yisra'el gathered themselves together, and came to Shemu'el to Ramah;
{8:5} and they said to him, Behold, you are old, and your sons don't
walk in your ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the
nations. {8:6} But the thing displeased Shemu'el, when they said, Give
us a king to judge us. Shemu'el prayed to the LORD. {8:7} The LORD
said to Shemu'el, Listen to the voice of the people in all that they
tell you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me,
that I should not be king over them. {8:8} According to all the works
which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of
Mitzrayim even to this day, in that they have forsaken me, and served
other gods, so do they also to you. {8:9} Now therefore listen to
their voice: however you shall protest solemnly to them, and shall
show them the manner of the king who shall reign over them. {8:10}
Shemu'el told all the words of the LORD to the people who asked of him
a king. {8:11} He said, This will be the manner of the king who shall
reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them to him, for
his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they shall run before his
chariots; {8:12} and he will appoint them to him for captains of
thousands, and captains of fifties; and [he will set some] to plow his
ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war,
and the instruments of his chariots. {8:13} He will take your
daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. {8:14}
He will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive groves,
even the best of them, and give them to his servants. {8:15} He will
take the tenth of your seed, and of your
