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Samuel comes to him, and says to him, "what is this you have done?" But he puts forward the desperation of the people and the straits of the time.

Samuel, having threatened him with curses, prophesies that the kingdom will be given to another who is better than he, and departs. But Jonathan alone with his armor-bearer, forcing his way, went down to the outpost of the foreigners, and having given a sign to his armor-bearer, he attacked the sentinels, and struck down about 20 men. And the Lord brought a panic in the camp of the foreigners when they saw from afar the flight of the sentinels. Those on the hill with Saul, seeing the confusion of the foreigners' camp, make it known to Saul. And there was a priest there, Achias a Levite, wearing an ephod, and Saul told him 1.112 to inquire of the Lord. And as the camp of the foreigners was being cut down even more by their own hands (for the mixed multitude and the slaves who were with the foreigners rose up against themselves, and were striking them with swords), Saul told Achias to withdraw his hands, and he himself attacked the foreigners with the six hundred men. And the Hebrews who were hiding in the caves and the holes also came out, and they were with Saul, about ten thousand. Then Saul acted ignorantly, and cursed the people not to taste food until he had finished off his enemies. And all the land was taking its meal. Then occurred the events concerning Jonathan in his ignorant eating of the honey. And the people rescue him from death. And Saul waged war against all the nations round about him, prevailing against them. And again Samuel the prophet comes up to him, and tells him of the destruction of Amalek, and gives him a command, which he had received from God, not to spare any of him, from man to beast, from infant and suckling to old man, but also to destroy the entire female sex and all their cattle, and to corrupt all their baggage, because they had shown evils to the sons of Israel in their return from Egypt. But Saul, having achieved victory and wiped out Amalek, spared Agag their king, and the people plundered flocks and herds and sufficient baggage. And behold, Samuel comes to Gilgal, and says to Saul what God had said to him, both 1.113 the fall from the kingdom and the division of the people, who tore the corner of his cloak. And Saul forces Samuel to return with him, and with his own hands the prophet slaughters Agag the king of Amalek. Because of this disobedience of Saul, God said to Samuel, "I regret that I anointed Saul to be king, because he has turned back from following me and has not kept my words." And Samuel reproached Saul much for this disobedience. But he brought the blame upon the people and for sacrificing the livestock to God. And Samuel said to Saul, "Are burnt offerings and sacrifices as pleasing to the Lord as obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. For rebellion is as the sin of divination, they bring on the pain and trouble of teraphim. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, the Lord will also reject you from being king over Israel." And Samuel departed from him, and saw him no more. But Samuel, following the will of God, goes away to Bethlehem, and there he anointed the eighth son of Jesse, David, to be king, and the spirit of God is given. And then an evil spirit came upon Saul, and tormented him. And his acquaintances told him about David, that the spirit of God was in him, and that he sings, playing on the kinnor and psaltery and nabla. And Saul sent to Jesse, and took his son to play and to drive away the spirit that 1.114 was tormenting him. And the spirit departed from Saul, and he made him his armor-bearer. And David became beloved to Saul. Then the foreigners came out in heavy force, and the events concerning

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παραγίνεται Σαμουὴλ πρὸς αὐτόν, καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ "τί τοῦτο ἐποίησας;" ὁ δὲ τὴν ἀπορίαν τοῦ λαοῦ καὶ τὸ στενὸν τοῦ καιροῦ προβάλλεται.

Σαμουὴλ δὲ ἀραῖς αὐτὸν ἀπειλήσας τὴν βασιλείαν ἑτέρῳ τῷ ὑπὲρ αὐτὸν κρείτ τονι δοθήσεσθαι προφητεύει, καὶ ἄπεισιν. Ἰωανάθαν δὲ μόνος μετὰ τοῦ αἴροντος τὰ σκεύη αὐτοῦ παραβιασάμενος κατῆλθεν εἰς τὴν ὑπόστασιν τῶν ἀλλοφύλων, καὶ σύμβολον δοὺς τῷ αἴροντι τὰ σκεύη αὐτοῦ ἐπέθετο τοῖς προφυλάσσουσι, καὶ ἐπάταξεν ὡσεὶ κʹ ἄνδρας. καὶ ἐπήνεγκε κύριος ἔκστασιν ἐν τῇ παρεμβολῇ τῶν ἀλ λοφύλων ἐν τῷ ἑωρακέναι μακρόθεν τὴν φυγὴν τῶν προφυλασσόν των. οἱ δὲ ἐν τῷ βουνῷ ὄντες μετὰ Σαούλ, ἰδόντες τὴν σύγχυσιν τῆς παρεμβολῆς τῶν ἀλλοφύλων, δηλοποιοῦσι τῷ Σαούλ. ἦν δὲ ἱερεὺς ἐκεῖ Ἀχίας Λευίτης, αἴρων ἐφούδ, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ Σαοὺλ 1.112 ἐπερωτῆσαι ἐν κυρίῳ. ὡς δὲ ἔτι καὶ μᾶλλον συνεκόπτετο ἡ παρ εμβολὴ τῶν ἀλλοφύλων ὑφ' ἑαυτῶν (ἐπανέστησαν γὰρ οἱ ἐπίμικτοι καὶ δοῦλοι οἱ μετὰ τῶν ἀλλοφύλων καθ' ἑαυτῶν, καὶ ἐπάτασσον αὐτοὺς ῥομφαίαις), εἶπε Σαοὺλ τῷ Ἀχίᾳ συστεῖλαι τὰς χεῖρας, καὶ ἐπέθετο αὐτὸς τοῖς ἀλλοφύλοις σὺν τοῖς ἑξακοσίοις. ἐξῆλ θον δὲ καὶ οἱ ἐν τοῖς σπηλαίοις καὶ ταῖς ὀπαῖς κρυπτόμενοι τῶν Ἑβραίων, καὶ γεγόνασι μετὰ Σαοὺλ ὡσεὶ χιλιάδες δέκα. τότε ἠγνόησεν ἄγνοιαν Σαούλ, καὶ ἠράσατο μὴ ἀπογεύσασθαι βρώσεως τὸν λαὸν ἕως συντελέσει τοὺς ἐχθροὺς αὐτοῦ. πᾶσα δὲ ἡ γῆ ἠρί στα. εἶτα συμβαίνει τὰ περὶ Ἰωνάθαν ἐν τῇ ἐν ἀγνοίᾳ βρώσει τοῦ μέλιτος. ἐξαιρεῖται δὲ αὐτὸν ὁ λαὸς τοῦ θανάτου. καὶ Σαοὺλ κατεπολέμησε πάντα τὰ ἔθνη τὰ κύκλῳ αὐτοῦ, ἰσχύων κατ' αὐτῶν. πάλιν δὲ ἀνέρχεται πρὸς αὐτὸν Σαμουὴλ ὁ προφήτης, καὶ λέγει αὐτῷ τὴν ἀπώλειαν Ἀμαλήκ, καὶ δίδωσιν αὐτῷ ἐντολήν, ἣν ἔλαβεν ἐκ θεοῦ, τοῦ μὴ περιποιήσασθαι ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ ἀνθρώ που ἕως κτήνους, ἀπὸ νηπίου καὶ θηλάζοντος ἕως πρεσβύτου, ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτὸ ὅλον τὸ θῆλυ γένος ὀλέσαι καὶ πάντα τὰ κτήνη αὐτῶν, καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν ἀποσκευὴν αὐτῶν διαφθεῖραι, ὅτι κακὰ ἐνεδείξαντο τοῖς υἱοῖς Ἰσραὴλ ἐν τῇ ἐξ Αἰγύπτου ἐπανόδῳ. Σαοὺλ δὲ τῆς μὲν νίκης ἐπιτυχὼν καὶ ἐκτρίψας τὸν Ἀμαλὴκ περιεποιήσατο Ἄγαγ τὸν βασιλέα αὐτῶν, ὁ δὲ λαὸς διήρπασε ποίμνια καὶ βου κόλια καὶ ἀποσκευὴν ἱκανήν. καὶ ἰδοὺ παραγίνεται Σαμουὴλ ἐν Γαλγάλοις, καὶ λέγει πρὸς Σαοὺλ ἃ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὁ θεός, τήν τε 1.113 τῆς βασιλείας ἔκπτωσιν καὶ τὴν διαίρεσιν τοῦ λαοῦ, ὃς διέρρηξε τὸ πτερύγιον τῆς διπλοΐδος αὐτοῦ. παραβιάζεται δὲ Σαοὺλ τὸν Σαμουὴλ ὑποστρέψαι μετ' αὐτοῦ, καὶ χερσὶν ἰδίαις ὁ προφήτης ἀποσφάζει Ἄγαγ τὸν βασιλέα Ἀμαλήκ. διὰ ταύτην τὴν παρακοὴν Σαοὺλ εἶπεν ὁ θεὸς πρὸς Σαμουήλ "μεταμεμέλημαι ὅτι ἔχρισα τὸν Σαοὺλ εἰς βασιλέα, διότι ἀπέστη ἀπὸ ὄπισθέν μου καὶ οὐκ ἐφύλαξε τὰ ῥήματά μου." πολλὰ δὲ κατωνείδισε τὸν Σαοὺλ Σαμουὴλ ἐπὶ τῇ παρακοῇ ταύτῃ. ὁ δὲ τὴν αἰτίαν ἐπὶ τὸν λαὸν καὶ τοῦ θῦσαι τὰ θρέμματα τῷ θεῷ ἐπήνεγκε. καὶ εἶπε Σαμουὴλ πρὸς Σαούλ "εἰ θελητὸν τῷ κυρίῳ ὁλοκαυτώματα καὶ θυσίαι ὡς τὸ ἀκοῦσαι φωνῆς κυρίου; ἰδοὺ ἀκοὴ ὑπὲρ θυσίαν ἀγαθή, καὶ ἡ ἐπακρόασις ὑπὲρ στέαρ κριῶν. ὅτι ἁμαρτία οἰώνισμα ἐστί, ὀδύνην καὶ πόνον θεραφὶμ ἐπάγουσιν. ὅτι ἐξουθένωσας τὸ ῥῆμα κυρίου, καὶ ἐξουθενώσει σε κύριος, μὴ εἶναι βασιλέα ἐπὶ Ἰσραήλ." καὶ ἀπέστη ἀπ' αὐτοῦ Σαμουήλ, καὶ εἶδεν αὐτὸν οὐκέτι. γνώμῃ δὲ θεοῦ κατακολουθήσας Σαμουὴλ ἄπεισιν εἰς Βηθλεέμ, καὶ ἐκεῖ ἔχρισε τὸν ὄγδοον υἱὸν Ἰεσσαὶ ∆αβὶδ εἰς βασιλέα, καὶ δίδοται πνεῦμα θεοῦ. καὶ τότε ἐπῆλθεν ἐπὶ Σαοὺλ πνεῦμα πονηρόν, καὶ ἔπνιγεν αὐτόν. καὶ εἶπον οἱ γνωστοὶ αὐτοῦ τὰ περὶ ∆αβὶδ πρὸς αὐτόν, ὅτι πνεῦμα θεοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ, καὶ ὅτι ᾄδει ψάλλων ἐν κιν νύρᾳ καὶ ψαλτηρίῳ καὶ ναύλῃ. καὶ ἀπέστειλε Σαοὺλ πρὸς Ἰεσ σαί, καὶ ἔλαβε τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ψάλλειν καὶ διώκειν πνεῦμα τὸ 1.114 πνῖγον αὐτόν. καὶ ἀπέστη τὸ πνεῦμα ἀπὸ Σαούλ, καὶ πεποίηκεν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὸ αἴρειν τὰ σκεύη αὐτοῦ τὰ πολεμικά. ἀγαπητὸς δὲ γέγονε ∆αβὶδ τῷ Σαούλ. τότε ἐξῆλθον οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι ἐν δυνάμει βαρείᾳ, καὶ γέγονε τὰ περὶ