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

² by the ^(A)lot of their inheritance, just as the Lord commanded ^[a]through Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe.

⁴¹ Therefore, Saul said to the Lord, the God of Israel, “^(A)Give a ^[a]perfect lot.” And Jonathan and Saul were selected by lot, but the people ^[b]were exonerated. ⁴² Then Saul said, “Cast lots between me and my son Jonathan.” And Jonathan was selected by lot.

⁴³ So Saul said to Jonathan, “^(B)Tell me what you have done.” And Jonathan told him, and said, “^(C)I did indeed taste 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 the same to me and more also, for ^(E)you shall certainly die, Jonathan!” ⁴⁵ But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die, he who has ^[c]brought about this great ^[d]victory in Israel? Far from it! As the Lord lives, ^(F)not even a hair of his head shall fall to the ground, because ^(G)he has worked with God this day.” So the people ^[e]rescued Jonathan and he did not die. ⁴⁶ Then Saul went up from ^[f]pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place.

Constant Warfare

⁴⁷ Now when Saul had taken control of the kingdom over Israel, 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 ^[g]inflicted punishment. ⁴⁸ And he acted valiantly and ^[h](K)defeated the Amalekites, and saved Israel from the hands of ^[i]those who plundered them.

⁴⁹ Now ^(L)the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchi-shua; and the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the firstborn was ^(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)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 when Saul saw any warrior or any valiant man, he ^[j](Q)attached him to his staff.

³⁴ Likewise ^(A)we cast lots ^(B)for the supply of wood among the priests, the Levites, and the people so that they could bring it to the house of our God, according to our fathers’ households, at set times annually, to burn on the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the Law;

Time Passes; Heads of Provinces

11 Now ^(A)the leaders 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.