Micah robbed by the Danites.

JUDGES.

The Levite and his concubine.

18 And these went into Micah's house, and 6 And they sat down, and did eat and drink fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the both of them together: for the damsel's father teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, priest unto them, What do ye? and tarry all night, and let thy heart be merry. 19 And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay 7 And when the man rose up to depart, his fatherthy hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be in-law urged him: therefore he lodged there again. to us a father and a priest: Is it better for thee to 8 And he arose early in the morning on the fifth be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou day to depart: and the damsel's father said, Combe a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel? fort thy heart, I pray thee.. And they tarried un20 And the priest's heart was glad, and he took til afternoon, and they did eat both of them. the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven 9 And when the man rose up to depart, he, and image, and went in the midst of the people. his concubine, and his servant, his father-in-law, 21 So they turned and departed, and put the little the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now ones, and the cattle, and the carriage before them. the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry 22 And when they were a good way from the all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, house of Micah, the men that were in the houses lodge here, that thy heart may be merry; and near to Micah's house were gathered together, to-morrow get you early on your way, that thou and overtook the children of Dan. mayest go home.

23 And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company?

24 And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee? 25 And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household.

26 And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house. 27 And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire.

10 But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem: and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him. 11 And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in unto this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it. 12 And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah.

13 And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah. 14 And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin. 15 And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat 28 And there was no deliverer, because it was him down in a street of the city: for there was no far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man that took them into his house to lodging. man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Beth- 16 T And behold, there came an old man from rehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein. his work out of the field at even, which was also 29 And they called the name of the city Dan, after of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah; the name of Dan their father, who was born unto but the men of the place were Benjamites. Israel howbeit the name of the city was Laish 17 And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw at the first. a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the 30 ¶ And the children of Dan set up the graven old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the comest thou?

son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to 18 And he said unto him, We are passing from the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of Beth-lehem-judah toward the side of mount the land. Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Beth31 And they set them up Micah's graven image lehem-judah, but I am now going to the house of which he made, all the time that the house of the LORD; and there is no man that receiveth God was in Shiloh. me to house.

CHAP. XIX.

19 Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for

me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of

The Benjamites' wickedness. AND it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certam Levite sojourning on the side of mount any thing. Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth-lehem-judah.

2 And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there four whole months.

20 And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever, let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street.

21 So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink.

3 And her husband arose, and went after her, 22 Now as they were making their hearts merto speak friendly unto her, and to bring her ry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of again, having his servant with him, and a couple Belial, beset the house round about, and beat a: of asses and she brought him into her father's the door, and spake to the master of the house, house: and when the father of the damsel saw the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that him, he rejoiced to meet him.

4 And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there.

came into thy house, that we may know him.
23 And the man, the master of the house, went
out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my'
brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly;
seeing that this man is come into my house, do

5 And it came to pass on the fourth day, when
they arose early in the morning, that he rose up not this folly.
to depart: and the damsel's father said unto his 24 Behold, here is my daughter, a maiden, and his
son-in-law, Comfort thy heart with a morsel of concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble
bread, and afterward go your way.
lye them, and do with them what seenicth good un-

Decree against Gibeah.

CHAP. XX.

The Benjamites smitten. to you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing. 15 And the children of Benjamin were numbered 25 But the men would not hearken to him: at that time out of the cities twenty and six thou so the man took his concubine, and brought her sand men that drew sword, besides the inhabiforth unto them; and they knew her, and abused tants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven her all the night until the morning: and when hundred chosen men. the day began to spring, they let her go.

16 Among all this people there were seven hun26 Then came the woman in the dawning of dred chosen men left-handed; every one could the day, and fell down at the door of the man's sling stones at a hair-breadth, and not miss. house where her lord was, till it was light. 17 And the men of Israel, besides Benjamin, 27 And her lord rose up in the morning, and were numbered four hundred thousand men inat opened the doors of the house, and went out to drew sword: all these were men of war. go his way: and behold, the woman his concu- 18 ¶ And the children of Israel arose, and went bine was fallen down at the door of the house, up to the house of God, and asked counsel cf and her hands were upon the threshold. God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to 28 And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. the battle against the children of Benjamin? But none answered. Then the man took her up And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first. upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place.

19 And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah. 29 ¶ And when he was come into his house, he 20 And the men of Israel went out to battle took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themdivided her, together with her bones, into twelve selves in array to fight against them at Gibeah. pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel. 21 And the children of Benjamin came forth out 30 And it was so, that all that saw it, said, There of Gibeah,and destroyed down to the ground of the was no such deed done nor seen from the day Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men. that the children of Israel came up out of the 22 And the people, the men of Israel,encouraged land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take themselves, and set their battle again in array advice, and speak your minds. in the place where they put themselves in array the first day.

CHAP. XX.

The Levite's complaint. HEN all the children of Israel went out, and THEN the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh.

2 And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.

3 (Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness ?

4 And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge.

5 And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead.

6 And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel.

7 Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel.

8¶ And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house:

23 (And the children of Israel went up and wept
before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of
the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle
against the children of Benjamin my brother?
And the LORD said, Go up against him.)
24 And the children of Israel came near against
the children of Benjamin the second day.
25 And Benjamin went forth against them out of
Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to
the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen
thousand men; all these drew the sword.
26 ¶ Then all the children of Israel, and all the
people, went up, and came unto the house of
God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD,
and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt-
offerings and peace-offerings before the LORD.
27 And the children of Israel inquired of the
LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God was
there in those days,

28 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of
Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying,
Shall I yet again go out to battle against the
children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I
cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to-mor-
row I will deliver them into thy hand.
29 And Israel set liers in wait round aboutGibeah.
30 And the children of Israel went up against
the children of Benjamin on the third day, and
put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at
other times.

9 But now this shall be the thing which we will 31 And the children of Benjamin went out against do to Gibeah: we will go up by lot against it; the people, and were drawn away from the city; 10 And we will take ten men of a hundred and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as throughout all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred at other times, in the highways, of which one of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, goeth up to the house of God, and the other to to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel. when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin,according 32 And the children of Benjamin said, They ars to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel. smitten down before us, as at the first. But the 11 So all the men of Israel were gathered against children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw the city, knit together as one man. them from the city unto the highways. 12 ¶ And the tribes of Israel sent men through, 33 And all the men of Israel rose up out of their all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wicked-place, and put themselves in array at Baal-tamar: ness is this that is done among you? and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of

13 Now therefore deliver us the men, the chil- their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah. dren of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may 34 And there came against Gibeah ten thousand put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was But the children of Benjamin would not hearken sore: but they knew not that evil was near them. to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel: 35 And the LORD Smote Benjamin before Israel: 14 But the children of Benjamin gathered them- and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to jamites that day twenty and five thousand and a go out to battle against the children of Israel. hundred men: all these drew the sword.

RUTH.

The virgins of Shiloh surprised 36 So the children of Benjamin saw that they 7 How shall we do for wives for them that rewere smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to main, seeing we have sworn by the LORD, that we the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the will not give them of our daughters to wives? liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah. 8 ¶ And they said, What one is there of the 37 And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpel to Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves the LORD? and behold, there came none to the along, and smote all the city with the edge of camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly. the sword.

40 But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites 12 And they found among the inhabitants of looked behind them, and behold, the flame of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins that the city ascended up to heaven. had known no man by lying with any male: 41 And when the men of Israel turned again, and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they which is in the land of Canaan. saw that evil was come upon them.

16 Then the elders of the congregation said, How 45 And they turned and fled toward the wilder-shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they glean- ing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin? ed of them in the highways five thousand men ; 17 And they said, There must be an inheritance and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a slew two thousand men of them. tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.

23 And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of 5 And the children of Israel said, Who is there them that danced, whom they caught: and they among all the tribes of Israel that came not up went and returned unto their inheritance, and with the congregation unto the LORD? For they repaired the cities, and dwelt in them. had made a great oath concerning him that came 24 And the children of Israel departed thence not up to the LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall at that time, every man to his tribe and to his surely oe put to death family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance.

25 In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes

The Book of RUTH.

Ruth's constancy to Naomi.

CHAP. II.

The kindness of Boaz to Ruth the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And of Beth-lehem-judah. And they came into the she said unto her, Go, my daughter. country of Moab, and continued there.

4 And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years.

5 And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.

3 And she went, and came, and gleaned in the

3 And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and field after the reapers: and her hap was to light she was left, and her two sons, on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech. 4 And behold, Boaz came from Beth-lehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee. 5 Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this? 6 And the servant that was set over the reapers 61 Then shearose with herdaughters-in-law, that answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that she might return from the country of Moab: for came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab: she had heard in the country of Moab how that the 7 And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gaLORD had visited his people in giving them bread. ther after the reapers among the sheaves: so she 7 Wherefore she went forth out of the place came, and hath continued even from the morning where she was, and her two daughters-in-law until now, that she tarried a little in the house with her; and they went on the way to return 8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, unto the land of Judah. my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, 8 And Naomi said unto her two daughters-in- neither go from hence, but abide here fast by law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the my maidens:

LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt 9 Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, with the dead, and with me. and go thou after them: have I not charged the

9 The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each young men that they shall not touch thee? and of you in the house of her husband. Then she kiss-when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and ed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept. drink of that which the young men have drawn. 10 And they said unto her, Surely we will re- 10 Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself turn with thee unto thy people. to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I 11 And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb,that they may be your husbands? 12 Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have a husband also tonight, and should also bear sons;

13 Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes, that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me.

take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger? 11 And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been shewed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother-in-law since the death of thy husband. and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. 12 The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wing thou art come to trust. 13 Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thy handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thy handmaidens. 14 And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the 16 And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and or to return from following after thee: for she did eat, and was sufficed, and left. whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou 15 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean people, and thy God my God:

14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again. And Orpah kissed her mother-in-law;

but Ruth clave unto her.

15 And she said, Behold, thy sister-in-law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister-in-law.

even among the sheaves, and reproach her not: 16 And let fali also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not.

17 Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me. 18 When she saw that she was steadfastly mind- 17 So she gleaned in the field until even, and ed to go with her, then she left speaking unto her. beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about 19 So they two went until they came to Beth- an ephah of barley.

lehem. And it came to pass, when they were 18 And she took it up, and went into the city: come to Beth-lehem, that all the city was moved and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleanabout them, and they said, Is this Naomi? ed: and she brought forth, and gave to her tha. 20 And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

21 I went out full, and the LORD hath brought the home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me?

22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Beth-lehem in the beginning of barley-harvest. CHAP. II.

she had reserved after she was sufficed.
19 And her mother-in-law said unto her, Where
hast thou gleaned to-day? and where wrought-
est thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge
of thee. And she shewed her mother-in-law with
whom she had wrought, and said, The man's
name with whom I wrought to-day is Boaz.
20 And Naomi said unto her daughter-in-law,
Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off
his kindness to the living and to the dead. And
Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin
unto us, one of our next kinsmen.

Ruth gleaneth in the fields of Boaz. 21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto AND Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's; me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of until they have ended all my harvest.

Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.

22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter-in2 And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go our

Naomi's instruction to Ruth.

I. SAMUEL.

The birth of Obed. with his maidens, that they meet thee not in whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, any other field. Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down.

23 So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley-harvest and of wheatharvest; and dwelt with her mother-in-law. CHAP. III.

Ruth lieth at Boaz's feet.

THEN Naomi her mother-in-law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee?

2 And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down. 3 And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a

parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's; 4 And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders 2 And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it : whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnow-but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that eth barley to-night in the threshing floor. I may know: for there is none to redeem it besides thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it.

3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking. 4 And it shall be when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do. 5 And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do.

5 Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance. 6T And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it. 7 Now this was the manner in former time in 6 ¶ And she went down unto the floor, and did Israel concerning redeeming and concerning according to all that her mother-in-law bade her. changing, for to confirm all things; a man pluck7 And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and ed off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour: his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the and this was a testimony in Israel. end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down.

8 ¶ And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and behold, a woman lay at his feet.

8 Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe. 9 And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that was 9 And he said, Who art thou? And she answer- Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi. ed, I am Ruth thy handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thy handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.

10 And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.

10 Moreover, Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day.

11 And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders said, We are witnesses. The LORD 11 And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to make the woman that is come into thy house thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman. the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in 12 And now it is true that I am thy near kins- Ephratah and be famous in Beth-lehem: man: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than 1. 12 And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, 13 Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morn- whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed whichi ing, that if he will perform unto thee the part of the LORD shall give thee of this young woman. a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: 13 T So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, her conception, and she bare a son. as the LORD liveth: lie down until the morning. 14 And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed 14 And she lay at his feet until the morning: be the LORD, which hath not left thee this day and she rose up before one could know another. without a kinsman, that his name may be famous And he said, Let it not be known that a woman in Israel. came into the floor. 15 And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy 15 Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, daughter-in-law, which loveth thee, which is be measured six measures of barley, and laid it better to thee than seven sons, hath borne him. cn her: and she went into the city. 16 And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it.

16 And when she came to her mother-in-law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her. 17 And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother-in-law.

18 Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not bein rest, until he have finished the thing this day. CHAP. IV.

Boaz marrieth Ruth.

THEN went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there and behold, the kinsman of

17 And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi, and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

18 Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,

19 And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Am minadab,

20 And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon,

21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed, 22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

¶ The First Book of SAMUEL, otherwise called, The First Book of the KINGS.

CHAP. I.

The birth of Samuel.

OW there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim,of mount Ephraim, and his name was

Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: 2 And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Penin