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1 Samuel · read by Keith Malcomson
31 verses, in order. Only the verses Keith read aloud are shown.
1 Samuel 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 NKJV · Rising Early To Pray
1 Samuel 2
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Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest. He will do whatever is in My heart and mind. And I will build for him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed one for all time.Read from KJV · The Samuel Church And Three Different Kinds of Leadership
1 Samuel 7
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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 · Fasting And Spiritual Warfare
1 Samuel 8
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When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.Read from KJV · The Samuel Church - Saul Leadership
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The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second was Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.Read from NKJV · The Samuel Church And Three Different Kinds of Leadership
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But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside toward dishonest gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.Read from KJV · The Samuel Church - Saul Leadership
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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 · The Samuel Church - Saul Leadership
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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 · The Samuel Church - Saul Leadership
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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 · The Samuel Church - Saul Leadership
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Now listen to them, but you must solemnly warn them and show them the manner of the king who will reign over them."Read from KJV · The Samuel Church - Saul Leadership
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So Samuel spoke all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king.Read from KJV · The Samuel Church - Saul Leadership
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Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. "No!" they said. "We must have a king over us.Read from KJV · The Samuel Church - Saul Leadership
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Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to judge us, to go out before us, and to fight our battles."Read from ESV · The Samuel Church - Saul Leadership
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Samuel listened to all the words of the people and repeated them in the hearing of the LORD.Read from KJV · The Samuel Church - Saul Leadership
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"Listen to their voice," the LORD said to Samuel. "Appoint a king for them." Then Samuel told the men of Israel, "Everyone must go back to his city."Read from KJV · The Samuel Church - Saul Leadership
1 Samuel 9
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Saul replied, "Am I not a Benjamite from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of Benjamin? So why would you say such a thing to me?"Read from KJV · Little in Thine Own Sight
1 Samuel 10
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Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul's head, kissed him, and said, "Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?Read from KJV · The Samuel Church - Saul Leadership
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As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul's heart, and all the signs came to pass that day.Read from KJV · Searching for Shepherds
1 Samuel 11
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When Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he burned with great anger.Read from KJV · Little in Thine Own Sight
1 Samuel 13
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Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.Read from NKJV · The Samuel Church - Saul Leadership
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"What have you done?" Samuel asked. And Saul replied, "When I saw that the troops were deserting me, and that you did not come at the appointed time and the Philistines were gathering at Michmash,Read from KJV · Attracting God's Attention
1 Samuel 15
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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 · Little in Thine Own Sight
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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 · Little in Thine Own Sight
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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 · Little in Thine Own Sight
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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 · Little in Thine Own Sight
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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 · Little in Thine Own Sight
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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 · Little in Thine Own Sight
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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 · Little in Thine Own Sight
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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 · Little in Thine Own Sight
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And to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.Read from KJV · The Samuel Church - Saul Leadership