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And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.
At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.
And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.
So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them.
And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city.
Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.
I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.
And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth.
And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err.
Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this.
Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept.
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused.
If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain;
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be.
But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.
Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.
Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.
