I Samuel - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 293
The History of the People of Israel
passed by the command of the EvER—L1V1NG,—-·and your command! But I feared the army, and I listened to their voice. Yet now, I pray you to pardon my fault, and come along with me, and I will humble myself to the Even-Lxvmo. I will
not go with you l-for you repudiated the command of the Evan-Livrno, so the EVER-L1v1NG has repudiated you from being Leader over Israel. Then Samuel turned to go, but he seized him by the hood of his cloak, and it tore! and Samuel exclaimed,
‘The EVER-1;1v1NG has torn the Leadership of Israel from off you to—day, and has given it to your neighbonr,·———a better than you l~—··He Who presides over Israel does not lie, and does not alter, for He is not a man that I-Ie should alter l ' I- have sinned!
Yet honour me in the presence of the oiiicers of my army, and in the pre- sence of Israel, and come along with me, and I will bow to your EVER- Lxvmo Gon. Samuel consequently went with
Saul, and Saul bowed to the EVER- LIVING. (3.0- I¤79·) Samuel slugs §gag. 33 35 Bring ’Agag the king of Amalek to me! ’ And Agag advanced tottering to
Surely the bitterness of Death has passed I ’ As your
sword has made women childless, so your mother shall be childless among Then Samuel hewed Agag to pieces before the Evm<·L1v11~xo in Gilgal. Samuel smh §au1 zzparntz. Samuel afterwards went to Ra-
math, and Saul went up to his house at Gibeah of Saul ; and Samuel ceased to visit Saul to the day of his death, for Samuel was grieved at Saul, and the EVER·LIV1NG was sorry for the rule of Saul over Israel. (ac. 1063.) Smuuzl rnnzzrrutw Qahik as the $1zt¤r2 ¥2ab2r. The Evan-L1v1NG consequently 16 How long will you grieve about Saul? although I have rejected him from the Leadership over Israel.——Fill your horn with oil, and go! I send you to jessai of Bethlehem, for I have selected a Leader for Myself from among his If I go and Saul hears, he will murder me ! ’ The Evan - uvruo, however,
Take an heifer from the herd with you, and say I have come to sacrifice to the EVER- LIVING, and invite jessai to the sacrihce, when I will instruct you what to do. Then anoint for Me whoever I tell you. Samuel accordingly did what the
Even-1.1v1NG told him, and went to Bethlehem, and the Magistrate of the town came to meet him, and Do you come with peace? ' With peace.——I 5 have come to sacrifice to the EVER- LIVING. Purify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. Let jessai and his sons also purify themselves! Thus he invited them to the sacri-
fice; and when they came he looked Ah! he must be consecrated before the EVER-LIVING l ’ Do not bend to look at his great stature, for I reject him, for what a man does not see. Because a man looks with his eyes, but the EVER-LIVING looks with I-lis heart.’ Then jessai called Abinadab, and
passed him before the face of Samuel, Him also the Evan- LIVING does not choose. Then jessai passed seven of his 9 sons before Samuel, when Samuel 'I`he EvE1z—I.1v1No has not chosen any of these. But,’ are these all your lads? ' All except the
youngest; and he is shepherding with the sheep. Samuel,.however, said to jessai,
‘ Send, and bring him; for I will not dine until he comes here.’ So he sent and brought him, and
he was ruddy, with handsome eyes, and beautiful to look at. 293 rc II I2
