⁹ and watch. If it goes up on the way to its own land, to ^(A)Beth-shemesh, then it is he who has done us this great harm, but if not, then we shall know that it is not ^(B)his hand that struck us; it happened to us by coincidence.”

³¹ Now by chance a ^(A)priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side.

Wisdom Better Than Folly

^11 (A)Again I saw that under the sun ^(B)the race is not to the swift, nor ^(C)the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and ^(D)chance ^(E)happen to them all.

⁶ And the young man who told him said, ^(A)“By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and there was Saul leaning on his spear, and behold, the chariots and the horsemen were close upon him.

³ They said, “If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it empty, but by all means return him ^(A)a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and it will be known to you why ^(B)his hand does not turn away from you.”

¹⁶ Ain with its pasturelands, Juttah with its pasturelands, Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands—nine cities out of these two tribes;

¹⁰ And the boundary circles west of Baalah to Mount Seir, passes along to the northern shoulder of Mount Jearim (that is, Chesalon), and goes down to ^(A)Beth-shemesh and passes along by ^(B)Timnah.