Now (A)when Phinehas (B)the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose from among the congregation and took a javelin in his hand;

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25 Eleazar, Aaron’s son, took for himself one of the daughters of Putiel as wife; and (A)she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites according to their families.

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30 (A)Then Phinehas stood up and intervened,
And the plague was stopped.

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Now (A)the distressing spirit from the Lord came upon Saul as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand. And David was playing music with his hand.

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10 And it happened on the next day that (A)the distressing spirit from God came upon Saul, (B)and he prophesied inside the house. So David (C)played music with his hand, as at other times; (D)but there was a spear in Saul’s hand. 11 And Saul (E)cast the spear, for he said, “I will pin David to the wall!” But David escaped his presence twice.

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28 (A)and Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, (B)stood before it in those days), saying, “Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of my brother Benjamin, or shall I cease?”

And the Lord said, “Go up, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand.”

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30 Now when Phinehas the priest and the rulers of the congregation, the heads of the [a]divisions of Israel who were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and the children of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them. 31 Then Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the children of Reuben, the children of Gad, and the children of Manasseh, “This day we perceive that the Lord is (A)among us, because you have not committed this treachery against the Lord. Now you have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the Lord.”

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Footnotes

  1. Joshua 22:30 Lit. thousands

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