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1 Samuel
31 chapters
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- 1Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim, a Zuphite of the hill-country…
- 2And Hannah, in prayer before the Lord, said, My heart is glad in the…
- 3Now the young Samuel was the servant of the Lord before Eli. In those…
- 4Now at that time the Philistines came together to make war against…
- 5Now the Philistines, having taken the ark of God, took it with them from…
- 6Now the ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines for seven…
- 7So the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took the ark of the Lord to the…
- 8Now when Samuel was old, he made his sons judges over Israel.
- 9Now there was a man of Benjamin named Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of…
- 10Then Samuel took the bottle of oil, and put the oil on his head and gave…
- 11Then about a month after this, Nahash the Ammonite came up and put his…
- 12And Samuel said to all Israel, You see that I have given ear to…
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- 14Now one day Jonathan, the son of Saul, said to the young man who was…
- 15And Samuel said to Saul, The Lord sent me to put the holy oil on you and…
- 16And the Lord said to Samuel, How long will you go on sorrowing for Saul…
- 17Now the Philistines got their armies together for war, and came together…
- 18Now after David's talk with Saul was ended, the soul of Jonathan was…
- 19And Saul gave orders to his son Jonathan and to all his servants to put…
- 20And David went in flight from Naioth in Ramah and came to Jonathan and…
- 21Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was full…
- 22So David went away from there and took cover in a strong place at…
- 23And they sent word to David, saying, The Philistines are fighting…
- 24Now when Saul came back from fighting the Philistines, news was given…
- 25And death came to Samuel; and all Israel came together, weeping for him…
- 26And the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, and said, Is not David waiting…
- 27And David said to himself, Some day death will come to me by the hand of…
- 28Now in those days the Philistines got their forces together to make war…
- 29Now the Philistines got all their army together at Aphek: and the…
- 30Now when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, the…
- 31Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel: and the men of Israel…