Discovery Box| (0.36) | 1Sa 2:27 |
| A man of God came to Eli and said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Did I not plainly 1 reveal myself to your ancestor’s 2 house when they were in Egypt in the house of Pharaoh? |
| (0.36) | 1Sa 3:6 |
| The Lord again called, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But Eli 1 said, “I didn’t call you, my son. Go back and lie down.” |
| (0.36) | 1Sa 3:9 |
| So Eli said to Samuel, “Go back and lie down. When he calls you, say, “Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.” So Samuel went back and lay down in his place. |
| (0.36) | 1Sa 4:6 |
| When the Philistines heard the sound of the shout, they said, “What is this loud shout in the camp of the Hebrews?” Then they realized that the ark of the Lord had arrived at the camp. |
| (0.36) | 1Sa 5:6 |
| The Lord attacked 1 the residents of Ashdod severely, bringing devastation on them. He struck the people of 2 both Ashdod and the surrounding area with sores. 3 |
| (0.36) | 1Sa 6:2 |
| the Philistines called the priests and the omen readers, saying, “What should we do with the ark of the Lord? Advise us as to how we should send it back to its place.” |
| (0.36) | 1Sa 6:17 |
| These are the gold sores that the Philistines brought as a guilt offering to the Lord – one for each of the following cities: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron. |
| (0.36) | 1Sa 6:21 |
| So they sent messengers to the residents of Kiriath Jearim, saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the Lord. Come down here and take it back home with you.” |
| (0.36) | 1Sa 7:2 |
| It was quite a long time – some twenty years in all – that the ark stayed at Kiriath Jearim. All the people 1 of Israel longed for 2 the Lord. |
| (0.36) | 1Sa 7:8 |
| The Israelites said to Samuel, “Keep 1 crying out to the Lord our 2 God so that he may save us 3 from the hand of the Philistines!” |
| (0.36) | 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. |
| (0.36) | 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.” |
| (0.36) | 1Sa 7:13 |
| So the Philistines were defeated; they did not invade Israel again. The hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel. |
| (0.36) | 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. |
| (0.36) | 1Sa 8:18 |
| In that day you will cry out because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord won’t answer you in that day.” 1 |
| (0.36) | 1Sa 8:22 |
| The Lord said to Samuel, “Do as they say 1 and install a king over them.” Then Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Each of you go back to his own city.” |
| (0.36) | 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!” |
| (0.36) | 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. |
| (0.36) | 1Sa 12:5 |
| He said to them, “The Lord is witness against you, and his chosen king 1 is witness this day, that you have not found any reason to accuse me.” 2 They said, “He is witness!” |
| (0.36) | 1Sa 12:9 |
| “But they forgot the Lord their God, so he gave 1 them into the hand of Sisera, the general in command of Hazor’s 2 army, 3 and into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them. |
