⁸ And Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats, one lot for Yahweh and the other lot for the ^[a]scapegoat.

² by the ^(A)lot of their inheritance, as Yahweh commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.

⁴¹ Therefore, Saul said to Yahweh, the God of Israel, “^(A)Give a perfect lot.” And Jonathan and Saul were taken, but the people escaped. ⁴² And Saul said, “Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son.” And Jonathan was taken.

⁴³ Then Saul said to Jonathan, “^(B)Tell me what you have done.” So Jonathan told him and said, “^(C)I indeed tasted a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand. Here I am; I must die!” ⁴⁴ And Saul said, “^(D)May God do ^[a]this to me and more also, for ^(E)you shall surely die, Jonathan.” ⁴⁵ But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die, who has ^[b]brought about this great salvation in Israel? Far from it! As Yahweh lives, ^(F)not one hair of his head shall fall to the ground, for ^(G)he has worked with God this day.” So the people ^[c]redeemed Jonathan, and he did not die. ⁴⁶ Then Saul went up from ^[d]pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place.

Saul Fights Against His Enemies

⁴⁷ Now Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, and he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, ^(H)the sons of Ammon, Edom, ^(I)the kings of Zobah, and ^(J)the Philistines; and wherever he turned, he ^[e]inflicted punishment. ⁴⁸ And he acted valiantly and ^(K)struck down the Amalekites and delivered Israel from the hands of ^[f]those who plundered them.

⁴⁹ Now ^(L)the sons of Saul were Jonathan and Ishvi and Malchi-shua; and the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the firstborn ^(M)Merab and the name of the younger ^(N)Michal. ⁵⁰ And the name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. And ^(O)the name of the commander of his army was Abner the son of Ner, Saul’s uncle. ^51 (P)And Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.

⁵² Now the war against the Philistines was severe all the days of Saul; and Saul would see any mighty man or any man of valor and would ^(Q)gather him to ^[g]his staff.

³⁴ Likewise ^(A)we cast lots ^(B)for the supply of wood among the priests, the Levites, and the people, in order to bring it to the house of our God, according to our fathers’ households, at fixed times annually, to burn on the altar of Yahweh our God, as it is written in the law;

The Heads of the Provinces in Jerusalem

11 And ^(A)the officials of the people lived in Jerusalem, but the rest of the people ^(B)cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in Jerusalem, ^(C)the holy city, while nine-tenths remained in the other cities.