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1 Samuel · read by E.A. Johnston
71 verses, in order. Only the verses E.A. read aloud are shown.
1 Samuel 1
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And whenever the day came for Elkanah to present his sacrifice, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters.Read from KJV · Dead Doctrines for the Desperate
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But to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved her even though the LORD had closed her womb.Read from KJV · Dead Doctrines for the Desperate
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Because the LORD had closed Hannah's womb, her rival would provoke her and taunt her viciously.Read from KJV · Dead Doctrines for the Desperate
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And this went on year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the house of the LORD, her rival taunted her until she wept and would not eat.Read from KJV · Dead Doctrines for the Desperate
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"Hannah, why are you crying?" her husband Elkanah asked. "Why won't you eat? Why is your heart so grieved? Am I not better to you than ten sons?"Read from KJV · The Desperation of Hannah
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So after they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on a chair by the doorpost of the temple of the LORD.Read from KJV · Five Tests of the Refiner's Fire
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In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.Read from KJV · Dead Doctrines for the Desperate
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And she made a vow, pleading, "O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever come over his head."Read from KJV · The Desperation of Hannah
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As Hannah kept on praying before the LORD, Eli watched her mouth.Read from KJV · Five Tests of the Refiner's Fire
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Hannah was praying in her heart, and though her lips were moving, her voice could not be heard. So Eli thought she was drunkRead from KJV · And Hannah Prayed
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and said to her, "How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine!"Read from KJV · And Hannah Prayed
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"No, my lord," Hannah replied. "I am a woman oppressed in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.Read from KJV · Gaining the Ear of the Almighty
1 Samuel 3
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And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare and visions were scarce.Read from KJV · Fighting God's Call
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And at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.Read from KJV · Fighting God's Call
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Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was located.Read from KJV · Fighting God's Call
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He ran to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you have called me." "I did not call," Eli replied. "Go back and lie down." So he went and lay down.Read from KJV · Fighting God's Call
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Once again the LORD called, "Samuel!" So Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, "Here I am, for you have called me." "My son, I did not call," Eli replied. "Go back and lie down."Read from KJV · Fighting God's Call
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Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, because the word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him.Read from KJV · Fighting God's Call
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Once again, for the third time, the LORD called to Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said, "Here I am, for you have called me." Then Eli realized that it was the LORD who was calling the boy.Read from KJV · Fighting God's Call
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"Go and lie down," he said to Samuel, "and if He calls you, say, 'Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.'" So Samuel went and lay down in his place.Read from KJV · Fighting God's Call
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Then the LORD came and stood there, calling as before, "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel answered, "Speak, for Your servant is listening."Read from KJV · Fighting God's Call
1 Samuel 4
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The ark of God was captured, and Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.Read from KJV · Court Martial
1 Samuel 7
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Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, "If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines."Read from KJV · Setting Our Sails for Revival
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So the Israelites put away the Baals and Ashtoreths and served only the LORD.Read from NKJV · Bible Survey 1 Sam - 2 Chron
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Then Samuel said, "Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf."Read from KJV · Setting Our Sails for Revival
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When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, "We have sinned against the LORD." And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.Read from KJV · Setting Our Sails for Revival
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When the Philistines heard that the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, their rulers marched up toward Israel. And when the Israelites learned of this, they feared the PhilistinesRead from KJV · Setting Our Sails for Revival
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and said to Samuel, "Do not stop crying out to the LORD our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines."Read from KJV · Setting Our Sails for Revival
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Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him.Read from KJV · Setting Our Sails for Revival
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As the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel, Samuel was sacrificing the burnt offering. But that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines and threw them into such confusion that they fled before Israel.Read from KJV · Setting Our Sails for Revival
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Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, "Thus far the LORD has helped us."Read from KJV · Setting Our Sails for Revival
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So the Philistines were subdued, and they stopped invading the territory of Israel. And the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.Read from KJV · Setting Our Sails for Revival
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The cities from Ekron to Gath, which the Philistines had taken, were restored to Israel, who also delivered the surrounding territory from the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between the Israelites and the Amorites.Read from KJV · Setting Our Sails for Revival
1 Samuel 8
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But when they said, "Give us a king to judge us," their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.Read from KJV · Church Loosened Grip on God
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And the LORD said to Samuel, "Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.Read from KJV · America: Reprobate Nation?
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Just as they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking Me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you.Read from KJV · Church Loosened Grip on God
1 Samuel 15
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Then Samuel said to Saul, "The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD.Read from KJV · Partial Obedience
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This is what the LORD of Hosts says: 'I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they ambushed them on their way up from Egypt.Read from KJV · Partial Obedience
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Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.'"Read from KJV · Partial Obedience
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And he warned the Kenites, "Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt, go on and get away from the Amalekites. Otherwise I will sweep you away with them." So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites.Read from KJV · Partial Obedience
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Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.Read from KJV · Partial Obedience
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He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.Read from KJV · Partial Obedience
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Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to destroy them, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless.Read from KJV · Realities of Revival Personal Corporate National
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"I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions." And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.Read from KJV · Lawlessness and Revival
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Early in the morning Samuel got up to confront Saul, but he was told, "Saul has gone to Carmel, and behold, he has set up a monument for himself and has turned and gone down to Gilgal."Read from KJV · Partial Obedience
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When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, "May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD's instructions."Read from KJV · Partial Obedience
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But Samuel replied, "Then what is this bleating of sheep and lowing of cattle that I hear?"Read from KJV · Partial Obedience
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Saul answered, "The troops brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we devoted to destruction."Read from KJV · Partial Obedience
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"Stop!" exclaimed Samuel. "Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night." "Tell me," Saul replied.Read from KJV · Partial Obedience
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And Samuel said, "Although you were once small in your own eyes, have you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over IsraelRead from KJV · Partial Obedience
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and sent you on a mission, saying, 'Go and devote to destruction the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have wiped them out.'Read from KJV · Partial Obedience
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So why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush upon the plunder and do evil in the sight of the LORD?"Read from KJV · Partial Obedience
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"But I did obey the LORD," Saul replied. "I went on the mission that the LORD gave me. I brought back Agag king of Amalek and devoted the Amalekites to destruction.Read from KJV · Partial Obedience
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The troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of the things devoted to destruction, in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God at Gilgal."Read from KJV · Partial Obedience
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But Samuel declared: "Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.Read from KJV · Partial Obedience
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For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king."Read from KJV · Partial Obedience
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Then Saul said to Samuel, "I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD's commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.Read from KJV · Partial Obedience
1 Samuel 17
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But Saul replied, "You cannot go out against this Philistine to fight him. You are just a boy, and he has been a warrior from his youth."Read from KJV · Insignificant Implements in His Hand
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David replied, "Your servant has been tending his father's sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,Read from KJV · Insignificant Implements in His Hand
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I went after it, struck it down, and delivered the lamb from its mouth. If it reared up against me, I would grab it by its fur, strike it down, and kill it.Read from KJV · Insignificant Implements in His Hand
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Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God."Read from KJV · Insignificant Implements in His Hand
1 Samuel 18
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And as the women danced, they sang out: "Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands."Read from KJV · The Insincere King
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And Saul was furious and resented this song. "They have ascribed tens of thousands to David," he said, "but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?"Read from KJV · Sad Descent of a King
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and he hurled it, thinking, "I will pin David to the wall." But David eluded him twice.Read from KJV · The Insincere King
1 Samuel 21
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So he changed his behavior before them and feigned madness in their hands; he scratched on the doors of the gate and let his saliva run down his beard.Read from KJV · Rent is Due and You Don'T Know What to Do
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Then Achish said to his servants, "Look, you can see that the man is insane! Why have you brought him to me?Read from KJV · Rent is Due and You Don'T Know What to Do
1 Samuel 28
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Then Saul said to his servants, "Find me a woman who is a medium, so I can go and consult her." "There is a medium at Endor," his servants replied.Read from KJV · Going to the Devil
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So Saul disguised himself by putting on different clothes, and he set out with two of his men. They came to the woman at night, and Saul said, "Consult a spirit for me. Bring up for me the one I name."Read from KJV · Going to the Devil