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1 Samuel · read by Marcus Cain
43 verses, in order. Only the verses Marcus read aloud are shown.
1 Samuel 1
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He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.Read from KJV · Hannah and her sorrow
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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 · Hannah and her sorrow
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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 · Hannah and her sorrow
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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 · Hannah and her sorrow
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Because the LORD had closed Hannah's womb, her rival would provoke her and taunt her viciously.Read from KJV · Hannah and her sorrow
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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 · Hannah and her sorrow
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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 · Hannah and her sorrow
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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 · Hannah and her supplication
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In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.Read from KJV · Hannah and her supplication
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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 · Hannah and her supplication
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As Hannah kept on praying before the LORD, Eli watched her mouth.Read from KJV · Hannah and her supplication
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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 · Hannah and her supplication
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and said to her, "How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine!"Read from KJV · Hannah and her supplication
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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 · Hannah and her supplication
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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 · Hannah and her supplication
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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 · Hannah and her supplication
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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 · Hannah and her supplication
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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 · Hannah and her son
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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 · Hannah and her son
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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 · Hannah and her son
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"Do what you think is best," her husband Elkanah replied, "and stay here until you have weaned him. Only may the LORD confirm His word." So Hannah stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.Read from KJV · Hannah and her son
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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 · Hannah and her son
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And when they had slaughtered the bull, they brought the boy to Eli.Read from KJV · Hannah and her son
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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 · Hannah and her son
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I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him,Read from KJV · Hannah and her son
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I now dedicate the boy to the LORD. For as long as he lives, he is dedicated to the LORD." So they worshiped the LORD there.Read from KJV · Hannah and her son
1 Samuel 2
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At that time Hannah prayed: "My heart rejoices in the LORD in whom my horn is exalted. My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, for I rejoice in Your salvation.Read from KJV · Hannah and her song
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There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.Read from KJV · Hannah and her song
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Do not boast so proudly, or let arrogance come from your mouth, for the LORD is a God who knows, and by Him actions are weighed.Read from KJV · Hannah and her song
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The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble are equipped with strength.Read from KJV · Hannah and her song
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The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.Read from KJV · Hannah and her song
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The LORD brings death and gives life; He brings down to Sheol and raises up.Read from KJV · Hannah and her song
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He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD's, and upon them He has set the world.Read from KJV · Hannah and her song
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He guards the steps of His faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness; for by his own strength shall no man prevail.Read from KJV · Hannah and her song
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Those who oppose the LORD will be shattered. He will thunder from heaven against them. The LORD will judge the ends of the earth and will give power to His king. He will exalt the horn of His anointed."Read from KJV · Hannah and her song
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Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD—a boy wearing a linen ephod.Read from KJV · Hannah and her son
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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 · Hannah and her son
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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 · Hannah and her son
1 Samuel 7
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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 · Hannah and her son
1 Samuel 8
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When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.Read from NKJV · Hannah and her son
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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 · Hannah and her son
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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 · Hannah and her son