Discovery Box| (0.35) | 1Sa 7:10 |
| As Samuel was offering burnt offerings, the Philistines approached to do battle with Israel. 1 But on that day the Lord thundered loudly against the Philistines. He caused them to panic, and they were defeated by 2 Israel. |
| (0.35) | 1Sa 7:12 |
| Samuel took a stone and placed it between Mizpah and Shen. 1 He named it Ebenezer, 2 saying, “Up to here the Lord has helped us.” |
| (0.35) | 1Sa 8:7 |
| The Lord said to Samuel, “Do everything the people request of you. 1 For it is not you that they have rejected, but it is me that they have rejected as their king. |
| (0.35) | 1Sa 10:18 |
| He said to the Israelites, “This is what the Lord God of Israel says, ‘I brought Israel up from Egypt and I delivered you from the power 1 of the Egyptians and from the power of all the kingdoms that oppressed you. |
| (0.35) | 1Sa 10:19 |
| But today you have rejected your God who saves you from all your trouble and distress. You have said, “No! 1 Appoint a king over us.” Now take your positions before the Lord by your tribes and by your clans.’” |
| (0.35) | 1Sa 10:24 |
| Then Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one whom the Lord has chosen? Indeed, there is no one like him among all the people!” All the people shouted out, “Long live the king!” |
| (0.35) | 1Sa 10:25 |
| Then Samuel talked to the people about how the kingship would work. 1 He wrote it all down on a scroll and set it before the Lord. Then Samuel sent all the people away to their homes. |
| (0.35) | 1Sa 11:7 |
| He took a pair 1 of oxen and cut them up. Then he sent the pieces throughout the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers, who said, “Whoever does not go out after Saul and after Samuel should expect this to be done to his oxen!” Then the terror of the Lord fell on the people, and they went out as one army. 2 |
| (0.35) | 1Sa 12:3 |
| Here I am. Bring a charge against me before the Lord and before his chosen king. 1 Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I wronged? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I taken a bribe so that I would overlook something? Tell me, 2 and I will return it to you!” |
| (0.35) | 1Sa 12:19 |
| All the people said to Samuel, “Pray to the Lord your God on behalf of us – your servants – so we won’t die, for we have added to all our sins by asking for a king.” 1 |
| (0.35) | 1Sa 14:3 |
| Now Ahijah was carrying 1 an ephod. He was the son of Ahitub, who was the brother of Ichabod and a son of Phineas, son of Eli, the priest of the Lord in Shiloh. The army was unaware that Jonathan had left. |
| (0.35) | 1Sa 14:6 |
| Jonathan said to his armor bearer, “Come on, let’s go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the Lord will intervene 1 for us. Nothing can prevent the Lord from delivering, whether by many or by a few.” |
| (0.35) | 1Sa 14:12 |
| Then the men of the garrison said to Jonathan and his armor bearer, “Come on up to us so we can teach you a thing or two!” 1 Then Jonathan said to his armor bearer, “Come up behind me, for the Lord has given 2 them into the hand of Israel!” |
| (0.35) | 1Sa 15:11 |
| “I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from me and has not done what I told him to do.” Samuel became angry and he cried out to the Lord all that night. |
| (0.35) | 1Sa 16:1 |
| The Lord said to Samuel, “How long do you intend to mourn for Saul? I have rejected him as king over Israel. 1 Fill your horn with olive oil and go! I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem, 2 for I have selected a king for myself from among his sons.” 3 |
| (0.35) | 1Sa 16:7 |
| But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t be impressed by 1 his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. God does not view things the way men do. 2 People look on the outward appearance, 3 but the Lord looks at the heart.” |
| (0.35) | 1Sa 16:13 |
| So Samuel took the horn full of olive oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers. The Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day onward. Then Samuel got up and went to Ramah. |
| (0.35) | 1Sa 17:37 |
| David went on to say, “The Lord who delivered me from the lion and the bear will also deliver me from the hand of this Philistine!” Then Saul said to David, “Go! The Lord will be with you.” 1 |
| (0.35) | 1Sa 17:45 |
| But David replied to the Philistine, “You are coming against me with sword and spear and javelin. But I am coming against you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel’s armies, whom you have defied! |
| (0.35) | 1Sa 17:46 |
| This very day the Lord will deliver you into my hand! I will strike you down and cut off your head. This day I will give the corpses of the Philistine army to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the land. Then all the land will realize that Israel has a God |
