Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible



He was troubled by the archers; they sent out their arrows against him, cruelly wounding him:

Give ear to the women laughing by the water-springs; there they will give again the story of the upright acts of the Lord, all the upright acts of his arm in Israel.

And the fight was going badly for Saul, and the archers came across him, and he was wounded by the archers.

All your rulers ... have gone in flight; all your strong ones have gone far away.

All the land is in flight because of the noise of the horsemen and the bowmen; they have taken cover in the woodland and up on the rocks: every town has been given up, not a man is living in them.

Against her the bow of the archer is bent, and he puts on his coat of metal: have no mercy on her young men, give all her army up to the curse.

From him will come the keystone, from him the nail, from him the bow of war, from him will come every ruler;


Give ear to the women laughing by the water-springs; there they will give again the story of the upright acts of the Lord, all the upright acts of his arm in Israel.

Keep your places now, while I take up the argument with you before the Lord, and give you the story of the righteousness of the Lord, which he has made clear by his acts to you and to your fathers.