I Samuel

Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name samuel, <i>sayingi>, Because i have asked him of the LORD.

• Samuel
• Children

But samuel ministered before the LORD, <i>beingi> a child, girded with a linen ephod.

And the child samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; <i>there wasi> no open vision.

• Ark
• Candlestick
• Tabernacle

And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God <i>wasi>, and samuel was laid down <i>to sleepi>;

That the LORD called samuel: and he answered, Here <i>ami> i.

And the LORD called yet again, samuel. And samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here <i>ami> i; for thou didst call me. And he answered, i called not, my son; lie down again.

And the LORD called samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here <i>ami> i; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child.

And the LORD said to samuel, Behold, i will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle.

Then Eli called samuel, and said, samuel, my son. And he answered, Here <i>ami> i.

And samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It <i>isi> the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.

And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that samuel <i>wasi> established <i>to bei> a prophet of the LORD.

And samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, <i>theni> put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

And samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and i will pray for you unto the LORD.

• Fasting

And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured <i>iti> out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh.

And samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered <i>it fori> a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him.

• Thankfulness

Then samuel took a stone, and set <i>iti> between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.

And the LORD said unto samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that i should not reign over them.

And they went up into the city: <i>andi> when they were come into the city, behold, samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place.

And when samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, Behold the man whom i spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people.

Then Saul drew near to samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, i pray thee, where the seer's house <i>isi>.

And samuel answered Saul, and said, i <i>ami> the seer: go up before me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrow i will let thee go, and will tell thee all that <i>isi> in thine heart.

• Feasts

And samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlour, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, which <i>werei> about thirty persons.

And samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which i gave thee, of which i said unto thee, Set it by thee.

And the cook took up the shoulder, and <i>thati> which <i>wasi> upon it, and set <i>iti> before Saul. And <i>samueli> said, Behold that which is left! set <i>iti> before thee, <i>andi> eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since i said, i have invited the people. So Saul did eat with samuel that day.

• House

And when they were come down from the high place into the city, <i>samueli> communed with Saul upon the top of the house.

And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that i may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and samuel, abroad.

<i>Andi> as they were going down to the end of the city, samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still a while, that i may shew thee the word of God.

• Saul
• Anointing
• Government

Then samuel took a vial of oil, and poured <i>iti> upon his head, and kissed him, and said, <i>Is iti> not because the LORD hath anointed thee <i>to bei> captain over his inheritance?

• Saul
• Heart
• Regeneration

And it was <i>soi>, that when he had turned his back to go from samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.

And Saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that <i>they werei> no where, we came to samuel.

And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, i pray thee, what samuel said unto you.

• Joy

And samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that <i>there isi> none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.

Then samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote <i>iti> in a book, and laid <i>iti> up before the LORD. And samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.

• Armies

And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent <i>themi> throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent.

And the people said unto samuel, Who <i>isi> he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death.

And samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, i have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you.

And samuel said unto the people, <i>It isi> the LORD that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.

• Intercession

And all the people said unto samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins <i>thisi> evil, to ask us a king.

• Seven

And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that samuel <i>had appointedi>: but samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him.

And samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because i saw that the people were scattered from me, and <i>thati> thou camest not within the days appointed, and <i>thati> the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;

And samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people <i>that werei> present with him, about six hundred men.

• Saul
• Anointing

samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee <i>to bei> king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD.

• Saul
• Backsliders
• Samuel

It repenteth me that i have set up Saul <i>to bei> king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.

And samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed <i>bei> thou of the LORD: i have performed the commandment of the LORD.

And samuel said, What <i>meanethi> then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which i hear?

Then samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and i will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on.

And samuel said, When thou <i>wasti> little in thine own sight, <i>wasti> thou not <i>madei> the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel?

And Saul said unto samuel, Yea, i have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

And samuel said, Hath the LORD <i>as greati> delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey <i>isi> better than sacrifice, <i>andi> to hearken than the fat of rams.

• Conviction
• Saul
• King

And Saul said unto samuel, i have sinned: for i have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because i feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

And samuel said unto Saul, i will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.

And samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, <i>that isi> better than thou.

• Friendship
• Government
• Samuel

And the LORD said unto samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing i have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, i will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for i have provided me a king among his sons.

• Cowardice

And samuel said, How can i go? if Saul hear <i>iti>, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, i am come to sacrifice to the LORD.

• Government

But the LORD said unto samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because i have refused him: for <i>the LORD seethi> not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart.

• Typified
• David
• Shepherd

And samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all <i>thyi> children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.

And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and samuel standing <i>asi> appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.

Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that <i>isi> in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where <i>arei> samuel and David? And <i>onei> said, Behold, <i>they bei> at Naioth in Ramah.

And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, <i>Isi> Saul also among the prophets?

Then said the woman, Whom shall i bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up samuel.

And when the woman saw samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou <i>arti> Saul.

And he said unto her, What form <i>isi> he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he <i>isi> covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it <i>wasi> samuel, and he stooped with <i>hisi> face to the ground, and bowed himself.

• Saul
• Apostasy
• Saul

And samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, i am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore i have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what i shall do.

All these <i>which werei> chosen to be porters in the gates <i>werei> two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and samuel the seer did ordain in their set office.

And all that samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; <i>andi> whosoever had dedicated <i>any thing, it wasi> under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren.

Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they <i>arei> written in the book of samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,

• Punishment

Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and samuel stood before me, <i>yeti> my mind <i>couldi> not <i>bei> toward this people: cast <i>themi> out of my sight, and let them go forth.

And after that he gave <i>unto themi> judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until samuel the prophet.

• Faith

And what shall i more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and <i>ofi> Barak, and <i>ofi> Samson, and <i>ofi> Jephthae; <i>ofi> David also, and samuel, and <i>ofi> the prophets: