And the children of Yisrael arose, and went up to the house of Elohim, and asked counsel of Elohim, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Binyamin? And YY said, Yhudah shall go up first.
And he shall stand before Eleazar the kohen, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before YY : at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Yisrael with him, even all the congregation.
And Shmuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Yisrael, and YY anointed thee king over Yisrael?
And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Yisrael? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Binyamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?
And Pinchas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aharon, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Binyamin my brother, or shall I cease? And YY said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.
(And the children of Yisrael went up and wept before YY until even, and asked counsel of YY , saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Binyamin my brother? And YY said, Go up against him.)
Now after the death of Y'howshu`a it came to pass, that the children of Yisrael asked YY , saying, Who shall go up for us against the Kenaanim first, to fight against them?
When he had caused the tribe of Binyamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found.
And Saul asked counsel of Elohim, Shall I go down after the Plishtim? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Yisrael? But he answered him not that day.
And David enquired at YY , saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all.
And it came to pass after this, that David enquired of YY , saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Yhudah? And YY said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hevron.
Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of YY . And YY answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Givonites.