Discovery Box| (0.14) | 1Sa 1:9 |
| On one occasion in Shiloh, after they had finished eating and drinking, Hannah got up. 1 (Now at the time Eli the priest was sitting in his chair 2 by the doorpost of the Lord’s temple.) |
| (0.14) | 1Sa 2:20 |
| Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife saying, “May the Lord raise up for you descendants 1 from this woman to replace the one that she 2 dedicated to the Lord.” Then they would go to their 3 home. |
| (0.14) | 1Sa 3:1 |
| Now the boy Samuel continued serving the Lord under Eli’s supervision. 1 Word from the Lord was rare in those days; revelatory visions were infrequent. |
| (0.14) | 1Sa 3:5 |
| Then he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But Eli 1 said, “I didn’t call you. Go back and lie down.” So he went back and lay down. |
| (0.14) | 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. |
| (0.14) | 1Sa 4:2 |
| The Philistines arranged their forces to fight 1 Israel. As the battle spread out, 2 Israel was defeated by 3 the Philistines, who 4 killed about four thousand men in the battle line in the field. |
| (0.14) | 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. |
| (0.14) | 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. |
| (0.14) | 1Sa 9:5 |
| When they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, “Come on, let’s head back before my father quits worrying about the donkeys and becomes anxious about us!” |
| (0.14) | 1Sa 9:11 |
| As they were going up the ascent to the town, they met some girls coming out to draw water. They said to them, “Is this where the seer is?” |
| (0.14) | 1Sa 9:26 |
| They got up at dawn and Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Get up, so I can send you on your way.” So Saul got up and the two of them – he and Samuel – went outside. |
| (0.14) | 1Sa 10:14 |
| Saul’s uncle asked him and his servant, “Where did you go?” Saul 1 replied, “To look for the donkeys. But when we realized they were lost, 2 we went to Samuel.” |
| (0.14) | 1Sa 11:1 |
| 1 Nahash 2 the Ammonite marched 3 against Jabesh Gilead. All the men of Jabesh Gilead said to Nahash, “Make a treaty with us and we will serve you.” |
| (0.14) | 1Sa 11:2 |
| But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “The only way I will make a treaty with you is if you let me gouge out the right eye of every one of you and in so doing humiliate all Israel!” |
| (0.14) | 1Sa 11:3 |
| The elders of Jabesh said to him, “Leave us alone for seven days so that we can send messengers throughout the territory of Israel. If there is no one who can deliver us, we will come out voluntarily to you.” |
| (0.14) | 1Sa 11:5 |
| Now Saul was walking behind the 1 oxen as he came from the field. Saul asked, “What has happened to the people? Why are they weeping?” So they told him about 2 the men of Jabesh. |
| (0.14) | 1Sa 11:15 |
| So all the people went to Gilgal, where 1 they established Saul as king in the Lord’s presence. They offered up peace offerings there in the Lord’s presence. Saul and all the Israelites were very happy. |
| (0.14) | 1Sa 12:2 |
| Now look! This king walks before you. As for me, I am old and gray, though my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from the time of my youth till the present day. |
| (0.14) | 1Sa 12:12 |
| “When you saw that King Nahash of the Ammonites was advancing against you, you said to me, ‘No! A king will rule over us’ – even though the Lord your God is your king! |
| (0.14) | 1Sa 12:18 |
| So Samuel called to the Lord, and the Lord made it thunder and rain that day. All the people were very afraid of both the Lord and Samuel. |
