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1 Samuel · read by Ed Miller
41 verses, in order. Only the verses Ed read aloud are shown.
1 Samuel 1
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In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.Read from NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #1) Introduction Hunger
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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 NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #1) Introduction Hunger
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and said to her, "How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine!"Read from NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #1) Introduction Hunger
1 Samuel 3
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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 NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #1) Introduction Hunger
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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 ESV · (The Path of the Ark #1) Introduction Hunger
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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 NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #1) Introduction Hunger
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And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and He let none of Samuel's words fall to the ground.Read from NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #2) Enemy
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So all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.Read from NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #2) Enemy
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And the LORD continued to appear at Shiloh, because there He revealed Himself to Samuel by His word.Read from NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #2) Enemy
1 Samuel 4
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The Philistines arrayed themselves against Israel, and as the battle spread, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who struck down about four thousand men on the battlefield.Read from NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #2) Enemy
1 Samuel 5
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After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod,Read from NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #3) God Rejects Flesh
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carried it into the temple of Dagon, and set it beside his statue.Read from NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #3) God Rejects Flesh
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When the people of Ashdod got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and returned him to his place.Read from NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #3) God Rejects Flesh
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But when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD, with his head and his hands broken off and lying on the threshold. Only the torso remained.Read from NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #3) God Rejects Flesh
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Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumors.Read from NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #3) God Rejects Flesh
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And when the men of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, "The ark of the God of Israel must not stay here with us, because His hand is heavy upon us and upon our god Dagon."Read from NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #3) God Rejects Flesh
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So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and asked, "What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?" "It must be moved to Gath," they replied. So they carried away the ark of the God of Israel.Read from NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #3) God Rejects Flesh
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But after they had moved the ark to Gath, the LORD's hand was also against that city, throwing it into great confusion and afflicting the men of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors.Read from NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #3) God Rejects Flesh
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So they sent the ark of God to Ekron, but as it arrived, the Ekronites cried out, "They have brought us the ark of the God of Israel in order to kill us and our people!"Read from NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #3) God Rejects Flesh
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Then the Ekronites assembled all the rulers of the Philistines and said, "Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!" For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was heavy upon it.Read from NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #3) God Rejects Flesh
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Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.Read from NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #3) God Rejects Flesh
1 Samuel 6
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Now, therefore, prepare one new cart with two milk cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up.Read from NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #3) God Rejects Flesh
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Take the ark of the LORD, set it on the cart, and in a chest beside it put the gold objects you are sending Him as a guilt offering. Then send the ark on its way,Read from NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #3) God Rejects Flesh
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but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance."Read from NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #3) God Rejects Flesh
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Then they put the ark of the LORD on the cart, along with the chest containing the gold rats and the images of the tumors.Read from NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #3) God Rejects Flesh
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And the cows headed straight up the road toward Beth-shemesh, staying on that one highway and lowing as they went, never straying to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed behind them to the border of Beth-shemesh.Read from NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #3) God Rejects Flesh
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Now the people of Beth-shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley, and when they looked up and saw the ark, they were overjoyed at the sight.Read from NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #4) Christ Preeminent
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The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there near a large rock. The people chopped up the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.Read from NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #3) God Rejects Flesh
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And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the chest containing the gold objects, and they placed them on the large rock. That day the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD.Read from NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #3) God Rejects Flesh
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And when the five rulers of the Philistines saw this, they returned to Ekron that same day.Read from NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #3) God Rejects Flesh
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The men of Beth-shemesh asked, "Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? To whom should the ark go up from here?"Read from NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #4) Christ Preeminent
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So they sent messengers to the people of Kiriath-jearim, saying, "The Philistines have returned the ark of the LORD. Come down and take it up with you."Read from NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #4) Christ Preeminent
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 NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #4) Christ Preeminent
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So the Israelites put away the Baals and Ashtoreths and served only the LORD.Read from NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #4) Christ Preeminent
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Then Samuel said, "Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf."Read from NKJV · (The Path of the Ark #4) Christ Preeminent
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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 NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #4) Christ Preeminent
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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 NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #4) Christ Preeminent
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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 NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #4) Christ Preeminent
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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 NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #4) Christ Preeminent
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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 NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #4) Christ Preeminent
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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 NASB1995 · (The Path of the Ark #4) Christ Preeminent