RH
1 Samuel · read by Roy Hession
27 verses, in order. Only the verses Roy read aloud are shown.
1 Samuel 4
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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 · The Ark of the Covenant: In Dagon's Temple Part Iv
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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 · The Ark of the Covenant: In Dagon's Temple Part Iv
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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 · The Ark of the Covenant: In Dagon's Temple Part Iv
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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 · The Ark of the Covenant: In Dagon's Temple Part Iv
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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 · The Ark of the Covenant: In Dagon's Temple Part Iv
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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 · The Ark of the Covenant: In Dagon's Temple Part Iv
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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 · The Ark of the Covenant: In Dagon's Temple Part Iv
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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 · The Ark of the Covenant: In Dagon's Temple Part Iv
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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 · The Ark of the Covenant: In Dagon's Temple Part Iv
1 Samuel 5
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carried it into the temple of Dagon, and set it beside his statue.Read from NKJV · The Ark of the Covenant: In Dagon's Temple Part Iv
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When the people of Ashdod got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and returned him to his place.Read from KJV · The Ark of the Covenant: In Dagon's Temple Part Iv
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But when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD, with his head and his hands broken off and lying on the threshold. Only the torso remained.Read from KJV · The Ark of the Covenant: In Dagon's Temple Part Iv
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That is why, to this day, the priests of Dagon and all who enter the temple of Dagon in Ashdod do not step on the threshold.Read from KJV · The Ark of the Covenant: In Dagon's Temple Part Iv
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Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumors.Read from KJV · The Ark of the Covenant: In Dagon's Temple Part Iv
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And when the men of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, "The ark of the God of Israel must not stay here with us, because His hand is heavy upon us and upon our god Dagon."Read from KJV · The Ark of the Covenant: In Dagon's Temple Part Iv
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So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and asked, "What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?" "It must be moved to Gath," they replied. So they carried away the ark of the God of Israel.Read from KJV · The Ark of the Covenant: In Dagon's Temple Part Iv
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But after they had moved the ark to Gath, the LORD's hand was also against that city, throwing it into great confusion and afflicting the men of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors.Read from KJV · The Ark of the Covenant: In Dagon's Temple Part Iv
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So they sent the ark of God to Ekron, but as it arrived, the Ekronites cried out, "They have brought us the ark of the God of Israel in order to kill us and our people!"Read from KJV · The Ark of the Covenant: In Dagon's Temple Part Iv
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Then the Ekronites assembled all the rulers of the Philistines and said, "Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!" For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was heavy upon it.Read from KJV · The Ark of the Covenant: In Dagon's Temple Part Iv
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Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.Read from KJV · The Ark of the Covenant: In Dagon's Temple Part Iv
1 Samuel 18
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So David marched out and prospered in everything Saul sent him to do, and Saul set him over the men of war. And this was pleasing in the sight of all the people, and of Saul's officers as well.Read from KJV · (The Lord - Merciful and Gracious) 5. the Triumph of the Poor and Needy
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As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.Read from KJV · (The Lord - Merciful and Gracious) 5. the Triumph of the Poor and Needy
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And as the women danced, they sang out: "Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands."Read from KJV · (The Lord - Merciful and Gracious) 5. the Triumph of the Poor and Needy
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The next day a spirit of distress sent from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house while David played the harp as usual. Now Saul was holding a spear,Read from KJV · (The Lord - Merciful and Gracious) 5. the Triumph of the Poor and Needy
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and he hurled it, thinking, "I will pin David to the wall." But David eluded him twice.Read from KJV · (The Lord - Merciful and Gracious) 5. the Triumph of the Poor and Needy
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he grew even more afraid of David. So from then on Saul was David's enemy.Read from KJV · (The Lord - Merciful and Gracious) 5. the Triumph of the Poor and Needy
1 Samuel 23
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And Saul's son Jonathan came to David in Horesh and strengthened his hand in God,Read from KJV · John the Baptist Willing to Be Excelled - Part 1