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1 Samuel · read by Stephen Harper
47 verses, in order. Only the verses Stephen 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 · Going to God with our burden (1 Samuel 1)
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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 · Going to God with our burden (1 Samuel 1)
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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 · Going to God with our burden (1 Samuel 1)
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In her bitter distress, Hannah prayed to the LORD and wept with many tears.Read from KJV · Going to God with our burden (1 Samuel 1)
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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 · Going to God with our burden (1 Samuel 1)
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As Hannah kept on praying before the LORD, Eli watched her mouth.Read from KJV · Going to God with our burden (1 Samuel 1)
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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 · Going to God with our burden (1 Samuel 1)
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and said to her, "How long will you be drunk? Put away your wine!"Read from KJV · Going to God with our burden (1 Samuel 1)
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"No, my lord," Hannah replied. "I am a woman oppressed in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.Read from KJV · Going to God with our burden (1 Samuel 1)
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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 · Going to God with our burden (1 Samuel 1)
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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 · Going to God with our burden (1 Samuel 1)
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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 · Going to God with our burden (1 Samuel 1)
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I prayed for this boy, and since the LORD has granted me what I asked of Him,Read from KJV · Going to God with our burden (1 Samuel 1)
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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 · Going to God with our burden (1 Samuel 1)
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 · Going to God with our burden (1 Samuel 1)
1 Samuel 12
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Then Samuel said to all Israel, "I have listened to your voice in all that you have said to me, and I have set over you a king.Read from KJV · As for you, As for me - Faithful Samuel (1 Samuel 12)
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Now here is the king walking before you, and I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from my youth until this day.Read from KJV · As for you, As for me - Faithful Samuel (1 Samuel 12)
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Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you."Read from KJV · As for you, As for me - Faithful Samuel (1 Samuel 12)
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"You have not wronged us or oppressed us," they replied, "nor have you taken anything from the hand of man."Read from KJV · As for you, As for me - Faithful Samuel (1 Samuel 12)
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Then they cried out to the LORD and said, 'We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, that we may serve You.'Read from KJV · As for you, As for me - Faithful Samuel (1 Samuel 12)
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Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you requested. Behold, the LORD has placed a king over you.Read from KJV · As for you, As for me - Faithful Samuel (1 Samuel 12)
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If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who reigns over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well.Read from KJV · As for you, As for me - Faithful Samuel (1 Samuel 12)
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But if you disobey the LORD and rebel against His command, then the hand of the LORD will be against you as it was against your fathers.Read from KJV · As for you, As for me - Faithful Samuel (1 Samuel 12)
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"Do not be afraid," Samuel replied. "Even though you have committed all this evil, do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.Read from KJV · As for you, As for me - Faithful Samuel (1 Samuel 12)
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Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty.Read from KJV · As for you, As for me - Faithful Samuel (1 Samuel 12)
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Above all, fear the LORD and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you.Read from NASB1995 · As for you, As for me - Faithful Samuel (1 Samuel 12)
1 Samuel 17
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Saul and the men of Israel assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, arraying themselves for battle against the Philistines.Read from KJV · David and his conquest (1 Samuel 17)
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The Philistines stood on one hill and the Israelites stood on another, with the valley between them.Read from KJV · David and his conquest (1 Samuel 17)
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Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,Read from KJV · David and his conquest (1 Samuel 17)
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and he had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a bronze coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels,Read from KJV · David and his conquest (1 Samuel 17)
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and he had armor of bronze on his legs and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders.Read from KJV · David and his conquest (1 Samuel 17)
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The shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. In addition, his shield bearer went before him.Read from KJV · David and his conquest (1 Samuel 17)
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So David got up early in the morning, left the flock with a keeper, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had instructed him. He reached the camp as the army was marching out to its position and shouting the battle cry.Read from KJV · David and his conquest (1 Samuel 17)
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David asked the men who were standing with him, "What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?"Read from KJV · David and his conquest (1 Samuel 17)
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The people told him about the offer, saying, "That is what will be done for the man who kills him."Read from KJV · David and his conquest (1 Samuel 17)
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Now when David's oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. "Why have you come down here?" he asked. "And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!"Read from KJV · David and his conquest (1 Samuel 17)
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"What have I done now?" said David. "Was it not just a question?"Read from KJV · David and his conquest (1 Samuel 17)
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And David said to Saul, "Let no man's heart fail on account of this Philistine. Your servant will go and fight him!"Read from KJV · David and his conquest (1 Samuel 17)
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David replied, "Your servant has been tending his father's sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,Read from KJV · David and his conquest (1 Samuel 17)
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I went after it, struck it down, and delivered the lamb from its mouth. If it reared up against me, I would grab it by its fur, strike it down, and kill it.Read from KJV · David and his conquest (1 Samuel 17)
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Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God."Read from KJV · David and his conquest (1 Samuel 17)
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Then Saul clothed David in his own tunic, put a bronze helmet on his head, and dressed him in armor.Read from KJV · David and his conquest (1 Samuel 17)
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And David took his staff in his hand, selected five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the pouch of his shepherd's bag. And with his sling in hand, he approached the Philistine.Read from KJV · David and his conquest (1 Samuel 17)
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When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him because he was just a boy, ruddy and handsome.Read from KJV · David and his conquest (1 Samuel 17)
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"Come here," he called to David, "and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!"Read from KJV · David and his conquest (1 Samuel 17)
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This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.Read from KJV · David and his conquest (1 Samuel 17)
1 Samuel 23
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So David inquired of the LORD, "Should I go and attack these Philistines?" And the LORD said to David, "Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah."Read from ESV · The innocent sufferer