meh'-lek
from 4427; a king:--king, royal.
see Hebrew for [04427]
The adversaries [07378] of the Lord [03068] shall be broken to pieces [02865]; out of heaven [08064] shall he thunder [07481] upon them: the Lord [03068] shall judge [01777] the ends [0657] of the earth [0776]; and he shall give [05414] strength [05797] unto his king [04428], and exalt [07311] the horn [07161] of his anointed [04899].
And said [0559] unto him, Behold, thou art old [02204], and thy sons [01121] walk [01980] not in thy ways [01870]: now make [07760] us a king [04428] to judge [08199] us like all the nations [01471].
But the thing [01697] displeased [05869] [03415] Samuel [08050], when they said [0559], Give [05414] us a king [04428] to judge [08199] us. And Samuel [08050] prayed [06419] unto the Lord [03068].displeased: Heb. was evil in the eyes of
Now therefore hearken [08085] unto their voice [06963]: howbeit [0389] yet protest [05749] solemnly [05749] unto them, and shew [05046] them the manner [04941] of the king [04428] that shall reign [04427] over them.hearken…: or, obeyhowbeit…: or, notwithstanding when thou hast solemnly protested against them then thou shalt
And Samuel [08050] told [0559] all the words [01697] of the Lord [03068] unto the people [05971] that asked [07592] of him a king [04428].
And he said [0559], This will be the manner [04941] of the king [04428] that shall reign [04427] over you: He will take [03947] your sons [01121], and appoint [07760] them for himself, for his chariots [04818], and to be his horsemen [06571]; and some shall run [07323] before [06440] his chariots [04818].
And ye shall cry out [02199] in that day [03117] because [06440] of your king [04428] which ye shall have chosen [0977] you; and the Lord [03068] will not hear [06030] you in that day [03117].
Nevertheless the people [05971] refused [03985] to obey [08085] the voice [06963] of Samuel [08050]; and they said [0559], Nay; but we will have a king [04428] over us;
That we also may be like all the nations [01471]; and that our king [04428] may judge [08199] us, and go out [03318] before [06440] us, and fight [03898] our battles [04421].
And the Lord [03068] said [0559] to Samuel [08050], Hearken [08085] unto their voice [06963], and make [04427] them a king [04428]. And Samuel [08050] said [0559] unto the men [0582] of Israel [03478], Go [03212] ye every man [0376] unto his city [05892].
And ye have this day [03117] rejected [03988] your God [0430], who himself saved [03467] you out of all your adversities [07451] and your tribulations [06869]; and ye have said [0559] unto him, Nay, but set [07760] a king [04428] over us. Now therefore present [03320] yourselves before [06440] the Lord [03068] by your tribes [07626], and by your thousands [0505].
And Samuel [08050] said [0559] to all the people [05971], See [07200] ye him whom the Lord [03068] hath chosen [0977], that there is none like him among all the people [05971]? And all the people [05971] shouted [07321], and said [0559], God save [02421] the king [04428].God…: Heb. Let the king live
And Samuel [08050] said [0559] unto all Israel [03478], Behold, I have hearkened [08085] unto your voice [06963] in all that ye said [0559] unto me, and have made [04427] a king [04428] over you.
And now, behold, the king [04428] walketh [01980] before [06440] you: and I am old [02204] and grayheaded [07867]; and, behold, my sons [01121] are with you: and I have walked [01980] before [06440] you from my childhood [05271] unto this day [03117].
And when they forgat [07911] the Lord [03068] their God [0430], he sold [04376] them into the hand [03027] of Sisera [05516], captain [08269] of the host [06635] of Hazor [02674], and into the hand [03027] of the Philistines [06430], and into the hand [03027] of the king [04428] of Moab [04124], and they fought [03898] against them.
And when ye saw [07200] that Nahash [05176] the king [04428] of the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] came [0935] against you, ye said [0559] unto me, Nay; but a king [04428] shall reign [04427] over us: when the Lord [03068] your God [0430] was your king [04428].
Now therefore behold the king [04428] whom ye have chosen [0977], and whom ye have desired [07592]! and, behold, the Lord [03068] hath set [05414] a king [04428] over you.
If ye will fear [03372] the Lord [03068], and serve [05647] him, and obey [08085] his voice [06963], and not rebel [04784] against the commandment [06310] of the Lord [03068], then shall both ye and also the king [04428] that reigneth [04427] over you continue following [0310] the Lord [03068] your God [0430]:commandment: Heb. mouthcontinue…: Heb. be after
Is it not wheat [02406] harvest [07105] to day [03117]? I will call [07121] unto the Lord [03068], and he shall send [05414] thunder [06963] and rain [04306]; that ye may perceive [03045] and see [07200] that your wickedness [07451] is great [07227], which ye have done [06213] in the sight [05869] of the Lord [03068], in asking [07592] you a king [04428].
And all the people [05971] said [0559] unto Samuel [08050], Pray [06419] for thy servants [05650] unto the Lord [03068] thy God [0430], that we die [04191] not: for we have added [03254] unto all our sins [02403] this evil [07451], to ask [07592] us a king [04428].
But if ye shall still [07489] do wickedly [07489], ye shall be consumed [05595], both ye and your king [04428].
So Saul [07586] took [03920] the kingdom [04410] over Israel [03478], and fought [03898] against all his enemies [0341] on every side [05439], against Moab [04124], and against the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], and against Edom [0123], and against the kings [04428] of Zobah [06678], and against the Philistines [06430]: and whithersoever he turned [06437] himself, he vexed [07561] them.
Samuel [08050] also said [0559] unto Saul [07586], The Lord [03068] sent [07971] me to anoint [04886] thee to be king [04428] over his people [05971], over Israel [03478]: now therefore hearken [08085] thou unto the voice [06963] of the words [01697] of the Lord [03068].
And he took [08610] Agag [090] the king [04428] of the Amalekites [06002] alive [02416], and utterly destroyed [02763] all the people [05971] with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719].
It repenteth [05162] me that I have set up [04427] Saul [07586] to be king [04428]: for he is turned back [07725] from following [0310] me, and hath not performed [06965] my commandments [01697]. And it grieved [02734] Samuel [08050]; and he cried [02199] unto the Lord [03068] all night [03915].
And Samuel [08050] said [0559], When thou wast little [06996] in thine own sight [05869], wast thou not made the head [07218] of the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478], and the Lord [03068] anointed [04886] thee king [04428] over Israel [03478]?
And Saul [07586] said [0559] unto Samuel [08050], Yea, I have obeyed [08085] the voice [06963] of the Lord [03068], and have gone [03212] the way [01870] which the Lord [03068] sent [07971] me, and have brought [0935] Agag [090] the king [04428] of Amalek [06002], and have utterly destroyed [02763] the Amalekites [06002].
For rebellion [04805] is as the sin [02403] of witchcraft [07081], and stubbornness [06484] is as iniquity [0205] and idolatry [08655]. Because thou hast rejected [03988] the word [01697] of the Lord [03068], he hath also rejected [03988] thee from being king [04428].witchcraft: Heb. divination
And Samuel [08050] said [0559] unto Saul [07586], I will not return [07725] with thee: for thou hast rejected [03988] the word [01697] of the Lord [03068], and the Lord [03068] hath rejected [03988] thee from being king [04428] over Israel [03478].
Then said [0559] Samuel [08050], Bring ye hither [05066] to me Agag [090] the king [04428] of the Amalekites [06002]. And Agag [090] came [03212] unto him delicately [04574]. And Agag [090] said [0559], Surely [0403] the bitterness [04751] of death [04194] is past [05493].
And the Lord [03068] said [0559] unto Samuel [08050], How long wilt thou mourn [056] for Saul [07586], seeing I have rejected [03988] him from reigning [04427] over Israel [03478]? fill [04390] thine horn [07161] with oil [08081], and go [03212], I will send [07971] thee to Jesse [03448] the Beth–lehemite [01022]: for I have provided [07200] me a king [04428] among his sons [01121].
And the men [0376] of Israel [03478] said [0559], Have ye seen [07200] this man [0376] that is come up [05927]? surely to defy [02778] Israel [03478] is he come up [05927]: and it shall be, that the man [0376] who killeth [05221] him, the king [04428] will enrich [06238] him with great [01419] riches [06239], and will give [05414] him his daughter [01323], and make [06213] his father's [01] house [01004] free [02670] in Israel [03478].
And when Saul [07586] saw [07200] David [01732] go forth [03318] against [07125] the Philistine [06430], he said [0559] unto Abner [074], the captain [08269] of the host [06635], Abner [074], whose son [01121] is this youth [05288]? And Abner [074] said [0559], As thy soul [05315] liveth [02416], O king [04428], I cannot [0518] tell [03045].
And the king [04428] said [0559], Enquire [07592] thou whose son [01121] the stripling [05958] is.
And it came to pass as they came [0935], when David [01732] was returned [07725] from the slaughter [05221] of the Philistine [06430], that the women [0802] came out [03318] of all cities [05892] of Israel [03478], singing [07891] and dancing [04246], to meet [07125] king [04428] Saul [07586], with tabrets [08596], with joy [08057], and with instruments of musick [07991].Philistine: or, Philistinesinstruments…: Heb. three stringed instruments
And David [01732] said [0559] unto Saul [07586], Who am I? and what is my life [02416], or my father's [01] family [04940] in Israel [03478], that I should be son in law [02860] to the king [04428]?
And Saul [07586] commanded [06680] his servants [05650], saying, Commune [01696] with David [01732] secretly [03909], and say [0559], Behold, the king [04428] hath delight [02654] in thee, and all his servants [05650] love [0157] thee: now therefore be the king's [04428] son in law [02859].
And Saul's [07586] servants [05650] spake [01696] those words [01697] in the ears [0241] of David [01732]. And David [01732] said [0559], Seemeth [05869] it to you a light [07043] thing to be a king's [04428] son in law [02859], seeing that I am a poor [07326] man [0376], and lightly esteemed [07034]?
And Saul [07586] said [0559], Thus shall ye say [0559] to David [01732], The king [04428] desireth [02656] not any dowry [04119], but an hundred [03967] foreskins [06190] of the Philistines [06430], to be avenged [05358] of the king's [04428] enemies [0341]. But Saul [07586] thought [02803] to make David [01732] fall [05307] by the hand [03027] of the Philistines [06430].
And when his servants [05650] told [05046] David [01732] these words [01697], it pleased [05869] [01697] [03474] David [01732] well to be the king's [04428] son in law [02859]: and the days [03117] were not expired [04390].expired: Heb. fulfilled
Wherefore David [01732] arose [06965] and went [03212], he and his men [0582], and slew [05221] of the Philistines [06430] two hundred [03967] men [0376]; and David [01732] brought [0935] their foreskins [06190], and they gave them in full tale [04390] to the king [04428], that he might be the king's [04428] son in law [02859]. And Saul [07586] gave [05414] him Michal [04324] his daughter [01323] to wife [0802].
And Jonathan [03083] spake [01696] good [02896] of David [01732] unto Saul [07586] his father [01], and said [0559] unto him, Let not the king [04428] sin [02398] against his servant [05650], against David [01732]; because he hath not sinned [02398] against thee, and because his works [04639] have been to thee-ward very [03966] good [02896]:
And David [01732] said [0559] unto Jonathan [03083], Behold, to morrow [04279] is the new moon [02320], and I should not fail [03427] to sit [03427] with the king [04428] at meat [0398]: but let me go [07971], that I may hide [05641] myself in the field [07704] unto the third [07992] day at even [06153].
So David [01732] hid [05641] himself in the field [07704]: and when the new moon [02320] was come, the king [04428] sat him down [03427] to eat [0398] meat [03899].
And the king [04428] sat [03427] upon his seat [04186], as at other times [06471], even upon a seat [04186] by the wall [07023]: and Jonathan [03083] arose [06965], and Abner [074] sat [03427] by Saul's [07586] side [06654], and David's [01732] place [04725] was empty [06485].
And he said [0559], Let me go [07971], I pray thee; for our family [04940] hath a sacrifice [02077] in the city [05892]; and my brother [0251], he hath commanded [06680] me to be there: and now, if I have found [04672] favour [02580] in thine eyes [05869], let me get away [04422], I pray thee, and see [07200] my brethren [0251]. Therefore he cometh [0935] not unto the king's [04428] table [07979].
And David [01732] said [0559] unto Ahimelech [0288] the priest [03548], The king [04428] hath commanded [06680] me a business [01697], and hath said [0559] unto me, Let no man [0376] know [03045] any thing [03972] of the business [01697] whereabout I send [07971] thee, and what I have commanded [06680] thee: and I have appointed [03045] my servants [05288] to such [06423] and such [0492] a place [04725].
And David [01732] said [0559] unto Ahimelech [0288], And is there [03426] not [0371] here under thine hand [03027] spear [02595] or sword [02719]? for I have neither brought [03947] my sword [02719] nor my weapons [03627] with me [03027], because the king's [04428] business [01697] required [01961] haste [05169].
And David [01732] arose [06965], and fled [01272] that day [03117] for fear [06440] of Saul [07586], and went [0935] to Achish [0397] the king [04428] of Gath [01661].
And the servants [05650] of Achish [0397] said [0559] unto him, Is not this David [01732] the king [04428] of the land [0776]? did they not sing [06030] one to another of him [02088] in dances [04246], saying [0559], Saul [07586] hath slain [05221] his thousands [0505], and David [01732] his ten thousands [07233]?
And David [01732] laid up [07760] these words [01697] in his heart [03824], and was sore [03966] afraid [03372] of [06440] Achish [0397] the king [04428] of Gath [01661].
And David [01732] went [03212] thence to Mizpeh [04708] of Moab [04124]: and he said [0559] unto the king [04428] of Moab [04124], Let my father [01] and my mother [0517], I pray thee, come forth [03318], and be with you, till I know [03045] what God [0430] will do [06213] for me.
And he brought [05148] them before [06440] the king [04428] of Moab [04124]: and they dwelt [03427] with him all the while [03117] that David [01732] was in the hold [04686].
Then the king [04428] sent [07971] to call [07121] Ahimelech [0288] the priest [03548], the son [01121] of Ahitub [0285], and all his father's [01] house [01004], the priests [03548] that were in Nob [05011]: and they came [0935] all of them to the king [04428].
Then Ahimelech [0288] answered [06030] the king [04428], and said [0559], And who is so faithful [0539] among all thy servants [05650] as David [01732], which is the king's [04428] son in law [02860], and goeth [05493] at thy bidding [04928], and is honourable [03513] in thine house [01004]?
Did I then [03117] begin [02490] to enquire [07592] of God [0430] for him? be it far from me [02486]: let not the king [04428] impute [07760] any thing [01697] unto his servant [05650], nor to all the house [01004] of my father [01]: for thy servant [05650] knew [03045] nothing [01697] of all this, less [06996] or more [01419].less…: Heb. little or great
And the king [04428] said [0559], Thou shalt surely [04191] die [04191], Ahimelech [0288], thou, and all thy father's [01] house [01004].
And the king [04428] said [0559] unto the footmen [07323] that stood [05324] about him, Turn [05437], and slay [04191] the priests [03548] of the Lord [03068]; because their hand [03027] also is with David [01732], and because they knew [03045] when he fled [01272], and did not shew [0241] [01540] it to me. But the servants [05650] of the king [04428] would [014] not put forth [07971] their hand [03027] to fall [06293] upon the priests [03548] of the Lord [03068].footmen: or, guard: Heb. runners
And the king [04428] said [0559] to Doeg [01673], Turn [05437] thou, and fall [06293] upon the priests [03548]. And Doeg [01673] the Edomite [0130] turned [05437], and he fell [06293] upon the priests [03548], and slew [04191] on that day [03117] fourscore [08084] and five [02568] persons [0376] that did wear [05375] a linen [0906] ephod [0646].
Now therefore, O king [04428], come down [03381] according to all the desire [0185] of thy soul [05315] to come down [03381]; and our part shall be to deliver [05462] him into the king's [04428] hand [03027].
David [01732] also arose [06965] afterward, and went out [03318] of the cave [04631], and cried [07121] after [0310] Saul [07586], saying [0559], My lord [0113] the king [04428]. And when Saul [07586] looked [05027] behind [0310] him, David [01732] stooped [06915] with his face [0639] to the earth [0776], and bowed [07812] himself.
After [0310] whom is the king [04428] of Israel [03478] come out [03318]? after [0310] whom dost thou pursue [07291]? after [0310] a dead [04191] dog [03611], after [0310] a [0259] flea [06550].
And Abigail [026] came [0935] to Nabal [05037]; and, behold, he held a feast [04960] in his house [01004], like the feast [04960] of a king [04428]; and Nabal's [05037] heart [03820] was merry [02896] within him, for he was very [03966] drunken [07910]: wherefore she told [05046] him nothing [01697], less [06996] or more [01419], until the morning [01242] light [0216].
And David [01732] cried [07121] to the people [05971], and to Abner [074] the son [01121] of Ner [05369], saying [0559], Answerest [06030] thou not, Abner [074]? Then Abner [074] answered [06030] and said [0559], Who art thou that criest [07121] to the king [04428]?
And David [01732] said [0559] to Abner [074], Art not thou a valiant man [0376]? and who is like to thee in Israel [03478]? wherefore then hast thou not kept [08104] thy lord [0113] the king [04428]? for there came [0935] one [0259] of the people [05971] in to destroy [07843] the king [04428] thy lord [0113].
This thing [01697] is not good [02896] that thou hast done [06213]. As the Lord [03068] liveth [02416], ye are worthy [01121] to die [04194], because ye have not kept [08104] your master [0113], the Lord's [03068] anointed [04899]. And now see [07200] where the king's [04428] spear [02595] is, and the cruse [06835] of water [04325] that was at his bolster [04763].worthy to die: Heb. the sons of death
And Saul [07586] knew [05234] David's [01732] voice [06963], and said [0559], Is this thy voice [06963], my son [01121] David [01732]? And David [01732] said [0559], It is my voice [06963], my lord [0113], O king [04428].
Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord [0113] the king [04428] hear [08085] the words [01697] of his servant [05650]. If the Lord [03068] have stirred thee up [05496] against me, let him accept [07306] an offering [04503]: but if they be the children [01121] of men [0120], cursed [0779] be they before [06440] the Lord [03068]; for they have driven [01644] me out this day [03117] from abiding [05596] in the inheritance [05159] of the Lord [03068], saying [0559], Go [03212], serve [05647] other [0312] gods [0430].accept: Heb. smellabiding: Heb. cleaving
Now therefore, let not my blood [01818] fall [05307] to the earth [0776] before the face [06440] of the Lord [03068]: for the king [04428] of Israel [03478] is come out [03318] to seek [01245] a [0259] flea [06550], as when one doth hunt [07291] a partridge [07124] in the mountains [02022].
And David [01732] answered [06030] and said [0559], Behold the king's [04428] spear [02595]! and let one [0259] of the young men [05288] come over [05674] and fetch [03947] it.
And David [01732] arose [06965], and he passed over [05674] with the six [08337] hundred [03967] men [0376] that were with him unto Achish [0397], the son [01121] of Maoch [04582], king [04428] of Gath [01661].
Then Achish [0397] gave [05414] him Ziklag [06860] that day [03117]: wherefore Ziklag [06860] pertaineth unto the kings [04428] of Judah [03063] unto this day [03117].
And the king [04428] said [0559] unto her, Be not afraid [03372]: for what sawest [07200] thou? And the woman [0802] said [0559] unto Saul [07586], I saw [07200] gods [0430] ascending [05927] out of the earth [0776].
Then said [0559] the princes [08269] of the Philistines [06430], What do these Hebrews [05680] here? And Achish [0397] said [0559] unto the princes [08269] of the Philistines [06430], Is not this David [01732], the servant [05650] of Saul [07586] the king [04428] of Israel [03478], which hath been with me these days [03117], or these years [08141], and I have found [04672] no fault [03972] in him since [03117] he fell [05307] unto me unto this day [03117]?
And David [01732] said [0559] unto Achish [0397], But what have I done [06213]? and what hast thou found [04672] in thy servant [05650] so long as [03117] I have been with thee [06440] unto this day [03117], that I may not go [0935] fight [03898] against the enemies [0341] of my lord [0113] the king [04428]?with…: Heb. before thee