NOw] Hebr. And it happened, or came to passe. With which copulative the story is continued and knit, to the end of Deuteronomy, as the Hebrews often use. So Ruth 1:1. Judg. 1. 1. 1 Samuel 1:1. 2 Samuel 1:1. after the death] 1: e. after the funerall mourning for him, which lasted 30 dayes, Deuteronomy 34:8.