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1 Samuel · read by Gerhard Du Toit
20 verses, in order. Only the verses Gerhard read aloud are shown.
1 Samuel 1
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Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.Read from KJV · The Burden of God Brings Brokenness
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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 · The Burden of God Brings Brokenness
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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 · The Burden of God Brings Brokenness
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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 · The Burden of God Brings Brokenness
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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 Burden of God Brings Brokenness
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In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.Read from KJV · The Burden of God Brings Brokenness
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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 Burden of God Brings Brokenness
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As Hannah kept on praying before the LORD, Eli watched her mouth.Read from KJV · The Burden of God Brings Brokenness
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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 · The Burden of God Brings Brokenness
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and said to her, "How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine!"Read from KJV · The Burden of God Brings Brokenness
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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 · (South West Baptist Church 2008) Old Testament Prayer
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Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; for all this time I have been praying out of the depth of my anguish and grief."Read from KJV · The Burden of God Brings Brokenness
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"Go in peace," Eli replied, "and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him."Read from KJV · (South West Baptist Church 2008) Old Testament Prayer
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"May your maidservant find favor with you," said Hannah. Then she went on her way, and she began eating again, and her face was no longer downcast.Read from KJV · (Easter Convention 2008) Prayer in the Old Testament - Part 1
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The next morning Elkanah and Hannah got up early to bow in worship before the LORD, and then returned home to Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with his wife Hannah, and the LORD remembered her.Read from KJV · (Easter Convention 2008) Prayer in the Old Testament - Part 1
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So in the course of time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, "Because I have asked for him from the LORD."Read from KJV · (Mt Pleasant) 5. Prayer in the Old Testament - Part 1
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Then Elkanah and all his house went up to make the annual sacrifice to the LORD and to fulfill his vow,Read from KJV · (Easter Convention 2008) Prayer in the Old Testament - Part 1
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but Hannah did not go. "After the boy is weaned," she said to her husband, "I will take him to appear before the LORD and to stay there permanently."Read from KJV · (Easter Convention 2008) Prayer in the Old Testament - Part 1
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I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him,Read from KJV · (Mt Pleasant) 5. Prayer in the Old Testament - Part 1
1 Samuel 15
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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 · Prevailing Prayer