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1 Samuel · read by Peter Brandon
30 verses, in order. Only the verses Peter read aloud are shown.
1 Samuel 4
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Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.Read from KJV · Counterfeit And True Revival
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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 KJV · False Revival
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When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, "Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go with us to save us from the hand of our enemies."Read from KJV · Counterfeit And True Revival
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So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.Read from KJV · False Revival
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When the ark of the covenant of the LORD entered the camp, all the Israelites raised such a great shout that it shook the ground.Read from KJV · False Revival
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On hearing the noise of the shout, the Philistines asked, "What is this loud shouting in the camp of the Hebrews?" And when they realized that the ark of the LORD had entered the camp,Read from KJV · False Revival
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the Philistines were afraid. "The gods have entered their camp!" they said. "Woe to us, for nothing like this has happened before.Read from KJV · Counterfeit And True Revival
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Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.Read from KJV · False Revival
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Take courage and be men, O Philistines! Otherwise, you will serve the Hebrews just as they served you. Now be men and fight!"Read from KJV · Counterfeit And True Revival
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So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.Read from KJV · Counterfeit And True Revival
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The ark of God was captured, and Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.Read from KJV · False Revival
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That same day a Benjamite ran from the battle line all the way to Shiloh, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.Read from KJV · False Revival
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When he arrived, there was Eli, sitting on his chair beside the road and watching, because his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man entered the city to give a report, the whole city cried out.Read from KJV · Counterfeit And True Revival
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Eli heard the outcry and asked, "Why this commotion?" So the man hurried over and reported to Eli.Read from KJV · False Revival
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Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his gaze was fixed because he could not see.Read from KJV · Counterfeit And True Revival
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"I have just come from the battle," the man said to Eli. "I fled from there today." "What happened, my son?" Eli asked.Read from KJV · False Revival
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The messenger answered, "Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured."Read from KJV · False Revival
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As soon as the ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward from his chair by the city gate, and being old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. And Eli had judged Israel forty years.Read from KJV · Counterfeit And True Revival
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Now Eli's daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news of the capture of God's ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth, for her labor pains overtook her.Read from KJV · False Revival
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As she was dying, the women attending to her said, "Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son!" But she did not respond or pay any heed.Read from KJV · Counterfeit And True Revival
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And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, "The glory has departed from Israel," because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed.Read from KJV · Counterfeit And True Revival
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"The glory has departed from Israel," she said, "for the ark of God has been captured."Read from KJV · False Revival
1 Samuel 7
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Then the men of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the LORD and took it into Abinadab's house on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to guard the ark of the LORD.Read from KJV · The Counterfeit Revival - Part 2
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And from that day a long time passed, twenty years in all, as the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim. And all the house of Israel mourned and sought after the LORD.Read from KJV · The Counterfeit Revival - Part 2
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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 · The Counterfeit Revival - Part 4
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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 · The Counterfeit Revival - Part 4
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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 KJV · The Counterfeit Revival - Part 4
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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 KJV · The Counterfeit Revival - Part 5
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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 KJV · The Counterfeit Revival - Part 5
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The cities from Ekron to Gath, which the Philistines had taken, were restored to Israel, who also delivered the surrounding territory from the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between the Israelites and the Amorites.Read from KJV · The Counterfeit Revival - Part 5