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And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.

Verse ConceptsFasting, Reasons ForFasting, Nature OfdiseasesSuffering, Nature OfProvokingLost Appetite

Therefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bore a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD.

Verse ConceptsAskingChildbirthPrayerfulnessConceptionPeople With Apt NamesMiraculous BirthsWaiting For God's TimingReproduction, After Kind

Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.

Verse ConceptsDedicationBeing Devoted to GodGiving Backlent

Therefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD.

Verse ConceptsAbhorGrain OfferingIrreverenceSacrilegeLeaders SinningRegulating Sacrifices

choosing him out of all the tribes of Israel unto myself, to minister as priest, to offer upon mine altar, to perfume with incense to bear an ephod before me, - Therefore gave I unto the house of thy father all the altar-flames of the sons of Israel.

Verse ConceptsephodsIncenseFood For Priests Defined

Therefore,' {declares} Yahweh the God of Israel, 'though I solemnly said that your house and the house of your ancestor would walk before me forever, but now,' {declares} Yahweh, 'far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, but those who despise me, I will treat with contempt!

Verse ConceptsHonorWorthinessDisobedience, To GodHonouring GodMan's Eternal Attributeshonour

And I will raise me up a faithful priest, According to that which is in my heart and in my soul, will he do; Therefore will I build for him an assured house, and he shall go to and fro in presence of mine Anointed, all the days.

Verse ConceptsFaithfulness, To GodHeart, Divine

Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place.

Verse ConceptsLying Down To RestPaying Attention To God

Therefore do I tell him, that I am about to judge his house unto times age-abiding, for the iniquity which he knoweth, in that his sons are cursing God, and he hath not rebuked them.

Verse ConceptsChildren, needs ofChildren, Bad Kidsdiscipline, in the familyOpposition, To Sin And EvilOrder In The HomeRestraintReprobates

And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.

Verse ConceptsAtonement, in OTPriesthood, In OtGod Swearing Harm

Be strong and quit yourselves like men, ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you. Be men therefore and fight."

Verse ConceptsStrength Of PeopleBe Courageous!Be Strong!

And therefore she said, "Honour is gone from Israel," because the ark of God was taken.

Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.

They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither.

Verse ConceptsRulers

Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people.

Verse ConceptsDeath Due To God's Presence

They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, "Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that it not kill us and our people." For there was a deadly confusion throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.

Verse ConceptsSending Things Away

And they said, "What [is] the guilt offering that we should return to him?" They said, "The number of the rulers of [the] Philistines [is] five. Therefore send five gold tumors and five gold mice, because one plague [was] on all of you and all your rulers.

Verse ConceptsGoldMiceFive PeopleFive AnimalsFive Things

Therefore you shall make images of your tumors, and images of your mice that mar the land; and you shall give glory to the God of Israel: perhaps he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.

Verse ConceptsLike Creatures

Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them:

Verse ConceptsCartsYokesCattleDairyYoung AnimalAnimal OffspringUnusedTwo Animals

The men, therefore, did so, and took two milch kine, and fastened them in the waggon, - but, their calves, shut they up in the shed.

Verse ConceptsYoung AnimalAnimal OffspringTwo Animals

They said to him, “Look, you are old, and your sons do not follow your example. Therefore, appoint a king to judge us the same as all the other nations have.”

Verse ConceptsLeaders, PoliticalNot Imitating GoodLike The Nations

Now therefore hearken to their voice: yet protest solemnly to them, and show them the manner of the king that will reign over them.

Verse ConceptsExplanationsNature Of KingsPay Attention To People!

As soon as ye shall enter the city, ye will straightway find him, before he goeth up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he cometh, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that are invited. Now therefore go up: for about this time ye will find him.

Verse ConceptsPeople EatingPeople Who Blessed Others

And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets?

Verse ConceptsOld Sayings

And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities, and your tribulations; and ye have said to him, No, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.

Verse ConceptsRejection Of GodTheocracyNatural Disasters

Therefore they inquired of the LORD further, if the man would yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the stuff.

Verse Conceptsenquiring of GodHiding From PeopleBaggage

Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To-morrow we will come out to you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good to you.

Verse ConceptsMan's Action Tomorrow

Now, therefore, lo! the king going to and fro before you, But, I, am old and grey-headed, and, my sons, lo! they are with you, - But, I, have gone to and fro before you from my youth until this day.

Verse ConceptsGreyWork From Youth

Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers.

Verse ConceptsConfrontationGod, Righteousness OfStillnessGod Doing RightDoing Right

But, when they made outcry unto Yahweh and said - We have sinned, in that we have forsaken Yahweh, and have served the Baals and the Ashtoreths, - now, therefore, deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, that we may serve thee,

Verse ConceptsFalse GodsForsaking God, Illustrated ByBaal Worship, HistoryServing AsherahWe Have Sinned

Now therefore, behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.

Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes.

Verse ConceptsLooking At God's Works

Therefore said I, the Philistines will now come down upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication to the LORD; I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt-offering.

Verse ConceptsFace Of GodYielding To TemptationImpulsesNot PrayingSeeking The Favour Of God

And therefore must all Israel go down to the Philistines, to mend every man his share, his mattock, his axe or his sickle:

Verse ConceptsAxesSharpening

But Jonathan did not hear when his father commanded the people with the oath: therefore he put forth the end of the rod who was in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.

Verse ConceptsRevival, PersonalStaffHoneyRodsGood EyesPeople Refreshed

Therefore Saul said to the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.

Verse ConceptsCasting LotsPrayer, As Asking GodUrim And Thummim

Samuel also said to Saul, the LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou to the voice of the words of the LORD.

Verse ConceptsAnointing Kings

Now therefore go and smite the Amalekites, and only destroy ye all that pertaineth unto them, and see thou have no compassion on them. But slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, and ox, sheep, camel and ass.'"

Verse ConceptsBad ChildrenDeath penaltyResponsibility, Examples OfExterminationBoth Men And Animals KilledThe Death Of Babiesgenocide

Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.

Verse ConceptsBeggarsForgive One AnotherGod's ForgivenessForgiveness Kjvforgiving

And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not turn again with thee, - Because thou hast rejected the word of Yahweh, therefore hath Yahweh rejected thee from being king over Israel.

Verse ConceptsConsequences Of Forsaking GodNot With PeopleDeposingRejection

Let our lord therefore command his servants to seek a man that is a cunning player with a harp. And then when the evil spirit sent of God cometh upon thee, that he may play with his hand and thou shalt be eased."

Verse ConceptsHarpsInstrumentalists

Therefore Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, "Send me David your son, who is with the sheep."

Verse ConceptsMessengers Sent OutThose Who Kept Stock

Therefore David ran and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of its sheath, and slew him, and cut off his head with it. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.

Verse ConceptsSwordsDisfigurementChampionsBeheadingIndividuals RunningSkullsPeoples Who Fledheroes

Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.

Verse ConceptsGoing Out And Coming In

Therefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.

Verse ConceptsPersecution, Forms OfFear Of IndividualsThe Righteous Prosper

Saul said, I will give her to him, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Therefore Saul said to David, "You shall this day be my son-in-law a second time."

Verse ConceptsMarriage, Customs ConcerningSons In LawMan Trapping

And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.

Verse ConceptsPrivacySons In LawThose Who Loved

Therefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter as his wife.

Verse ConceptsThe Number Two HundredForeskinsGiving In Marriagemanhood

But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now, therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself:

Verse ConceptsHiding From Peoplesaul

For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel: you saw it, and did rejoice: therefore then will you sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause?

Verse ConceptsGod, Greatness OfSuffering, Of Jesus ChristInnocent BloodExcitementRestraints From KillingWronging Other PeopleRisking

He also stripped [off] his clothes and prophesied before Samuel. He lay naked all that day and all night. Therefore they say, "[Is] Saul also among the prophets?"

Verse ConceptsWorship Day And NightNudityNaked In ShameIndividual ProphetsOld Sayingssaul

But David sware yet further, and said - Thy father, doth know, that I have found favour in thine eyes, therefore saith he, - Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he grieve; but, indeed, by the life of Yahweh, and by the life of thine own soul, surely there is but as it were a step betwixt me and death!

Verse ConceptsLife, Brevity OfThe Frailty Of ManThose Who Did Not TellDeath Of A Father

Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: notwithstanding, if there is in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldst thou bring me to thy father?

Verse ConceptsCovenant ObligationsFaithfulness, In Human RelationshipsKindnessLoyaltyNegotiationTreatyApproval To Kill OneselfWhat Sin?

And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother he hath commanded me to be there: and now if I have found favor in thy eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not to the king's table.

Verse ConceptsBrothersethics, personalTown

For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, you shall not be established, nor your kingdom. Therefore now send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die."

Verse ConceptsRivalrySaul And David

Jonathan therefore rose up from the table, in a glow of anger, - and did eat no food on the second day of the month, for he was grieved for David, because his father had reviled him.

Verse ConceptsFasting, Reasons ForSorrowSympathyTablesAnger Of Man, RighteousAnger Of Man, CauseMourning In RegretFasting In MourningNamed People Angry With Others

And David said to Ahimelech the priest, "The king hath commanded me to do a certain thing and said unto me, 'Let no man know whereabouts I send and what I have commanded thee to do.' And therefore I have appointed my servants to such and such places.

Verse ConceptsHigh Priest, In OtDo Not TellMan Appointing

Now therefore what is under thy hand? give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or what there is present.

Verse ConceptsFive Things

David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him.

Verse ConceptsEscaping, Physical ThingsExamples Of EscapingCavesPeople In Caves

Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said to David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah.

Verse Conceptsenquiring of GodThe Nations Attacked

David therefore went, with his men, to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and drave forth their cattle, and smote them, with a great smiting, so David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.

Verse ConceptsLossIndividuals Saving Others

But David had knowledge that Saul imagined mischief against him, and said therefore to Abiathar the priest, "Bring the ephod."

Verse ConceptsephodsMischiefThe Urim And Thummim

Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand.

See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he is in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.

Verse ConceptsHuntingHiding From People

Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David: therefore he came down to a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon.

Verse ConceptsRocksPursuingStones For ProtectionTelling Of Movements

Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela-hammah-lekoth.

Verse ConceptsEscapingEscaping From People

So David's men said unto him - Lo! the day of which Yahweh said unto thee - Lo! I am about to deliver up thine enemy, into thy hand: therefore shall thou do unto him, as shall be good in thine eyes. And David arose, and cut off the corner of the robe which belonged to Saul, by stealth.

Verse ConceptsGiven Into One's Handssaul

As saith the proverb of the ancients, From the lawless, proceedeth lawlessness, - mine own hand, therefore shall not be upon thee.

Verse ConceptsWickedEvildoersOld Sayings

The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thy hand.

Verse ConceptsGod, As JudgeGod, Justice Of

For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away unharmed? Therefore may the LORD reward you good for that which you have done to me this day.

Verse ConceptsReward For Works

Now, therefore, lo! I know that thou, shalt indeed become king, - and that the kingdom of Israel, shall be established in thy hand.

Verse ConceptsPeople With General KnowledgeSaul And David

Swear now therefore to me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house.

Verse ConceptsNames Blotted OutChildren Suffering

David, therefore, sent ten young men, - and David said unto the young men, - Go up to Carmel, and enter in unto Nabal, and ye shall ask him, in my name, of his welfare;

Verse ConceptsTen PeopleSpoken Greetings

Now, therefore, have I heard that thou hast shearers, - Well, the shepherds that thou hast, have been with us, we reproached them not, neither missed they, anything, all the days they were in Carmel.

Verse ConceptsSheepSheep ShearingLiving Together

Ask your young men, and they will tell you. Therefore let the young men find favor in your eyes; for we come in a good day. Please give whatever comes to your hand, to your servants, and to your son David.'"

Verse ConceptsGrace, In Human Relationships

Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do: for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.

Vers-ThemenTemperament

Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withheld thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thy own hand, now let thy enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

Verse ConceptsSheddingRestraints From KillingNot Avenging

Now, therefore, this blessing which thy maid-servant hath brought to my lord, let it even be given unto the young men who are going to and fro at the feet of my lord.

Verse ConceptsPresents

And Abigail came to Nabal; and behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: Therefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.

Verse ConceptsDawnGluttonyFeastingExcessdrinking, abstention fromBanquets, ActivitiesDrunkenness, Examples OfMerrinessRevelryDrunk IndividualsThose Who Did Not Tell

David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul had come in very deed.

Verse ConceptsSpying

Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thy enemy into thy hand this day; now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear, even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.

Verse ConceptsGiven Into One's Hands

Far be it from me, of Yahweh, that I should thrust forth my hand against the anointed of Yahweh! Now, therefore, take, I pray thee, the spear that is at his head, and the cruse of water, and let us go our way.

Verse ConceptsOpposition, To Sin And EvilThe Lord's AnointedFar Be It!

Not good, is this thing which thou hast done, by the life of Yahweh, verily, worthy of death, ye are, in that ye have not kept watch over your lord, over, the Anointed of Yahweh. Now, therefore, see where the spear of the king is, and the cruse of water, that was at his head?

Verse ConceptsDrinking WaterThe Lord's Anointed

Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD hath stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they are the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.

Verse ConceptsParticipation, In ChristDifferent GodsCursing The UngodlyEncouraged To Serve Foreign gods

Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel hath come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.

Verse ConceptsHuntingInsectsBirds, Types Of BirdsRestraints From KillingFleasPartridges

And David responded, and said, Lo! the spear of the king! Let, therefore, one of the young men come over, and fetch it.

So Achish gave him Ziklag on that day. (Therefore, Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah until this day.)

Verse ConceptsPeople Giving Other ThingsWhere People Live To This Day

And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever.

Verse ConceptsTrustworthinessTrusting Other PeopleTroubling Groups Of People

And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of my head for ever.

Verse ConceptsGuards

Saul therefore disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and departed - he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night, - and he said - Divine for me, I pray thee, by the familiar spirit, and bring up for me - whomsoever I shall name unto thee.

Verse ConceptsVisitingFortunetellingdisguisesDuring One NightSorcerywitchessaul

And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am grievously distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God hath departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known to me what I shall do.

Verse ConceptsMiseryApostasy Of SaulGod Not AnsweringProphecy AbolishedTroubling Individualswitchesawakeningsaul

Therefore hath Yahweh done for him, as he spake by me, - yea Yahweh hath rent the kingdom out of thy hand, and given it to a neighbour of thine - to David.

Verse ConceptsSaul And David

Because thou didst not obey the voice of the LORD, nor execute his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing to thee this day.

Verse ConceptsDisobedience, Examples OfApostasy Of SaulGod Angry With The Nations

Moreover the Lord will also give over Israel along with you into the hands of the Philistines, therefore tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. Indeed the Lord will give over the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines!”

Verse ConceptsLiving TogetherGod Will Cause Defeat

Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also to the voice of thy handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.

Verse ConceptsPay Attention To People!

Therefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.

Therefore now rise up early in the morning with the servants of your lord who have come with you, and go to the place which I allotted to you. And do not place an evil thing in your heart, for you are good in my sight. And as soon as you are up early in the morning, and have light, depart."

Verse ConceptsThose Who Rose EarlyEarly Rising

Then answered all the wicked and the unthrifty of the men that went with David, and said, "Because they went not with us, therefore shall none of the prey that we have recovered be given unto them, save to every man his wife and his children: which let them carry away and be walking."

Verse ConceptsNot With PeopleDividing Plunder