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1 Samuel · read by Joel Portman
20 verses, in order. Only the verses Joel read aloud are shown.
1 Samuel 1
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Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.Read from KJV · The Development of a Man of God
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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 · Desire for spiritual children
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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 · Desire for spiritual children
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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 · Desire for spiritual children
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Because the LORD had closed Hannah's womb, her rival would provoke her and taunt her viciously.Read from KJV · Desire for spiritual children
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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 Development of a Man of God
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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 · Desire for spiritual children
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In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.Read from KJV · The Development of a Man of God
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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 Development of a Man of God
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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 · Desire for spiritual children
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Once she had weaned him, Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh.Read from KJV · The Development of a Man of God
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And when they had slaughtered the bull, they brought the boy to Eli.Read from KJV · The Development of a Man of God
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"Please, my lord," said Hannah, "as surely as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the LORD.Read from KJV · The Development of a Man of God
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I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him,Read from KJV · Desire for spiritual children
1 Samuel 2
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Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.Read from KJV · The Development of a Man of God
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Each year his mother would make him a little robe and bring it to him when she went with her husband to offer the annual sacrifice.Read from KJV · The Development of a Man of God
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And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with man.Read from KJV · The Development of a Man of God
1 Samuel 3
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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 ESV · The Development of a Man of God
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And the LORD continued to appear at Shiloh, because there He revealed Himself to Samuel by His word.Read from KJV · The Development of a Man of God
1 Samuel 16
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But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart."Read from KJV · God is not like men