Monthly Archives: August 2017

David’s Last Song 1 Now these are the last words of David. David the son of Jesse declares, The man who was raised on high declares, The anointed of the God of Jacob, And the sweet psalmist of Israel, 2 “The Spirit of the Lordspoke by me, And His word was on my tongue. 3 […]

The Census Taken 1 Now again the anger of the Lordburned against Israel, andHe incited David against them to say, “Go,count [the people of] Israel and Judah.” 2 So the king said to Joab the commander of the army who was with him, “Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan [in the […]

Elkanah and His Wives 1 There was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of thehill country of Ephraim, named Elkanah the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, anEphraimite. 2 He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other named Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had […]

Hannah’s Song of Thanksgiving 1 Hannah prayed and said, “My heart rejoicesandtriumphs in the Lord; My horn (strength) is lifted up in the Lord, My mouth has opened wide [to speak boldly] against my enemies, Because I rejoice in Your salvation. 2 “There is no one holy like the Lord, There is no one besides […]

The Prophetic Call to Samuel 1 Now the boy Samuel was attending to the service of the Lordunder the supervision of Eli. The word of the Lordwas rareandprecious in those days; visions [that is, new revelations of divine truth] were not widespread. 2 Yet it happened at that time, as Eli was lying down in […]

Philistines Take the Ark in Victory 1 And the word of [the Lordthrough] Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to meet the Philistines in battle and they camped beside Ebenezer while the Philistines camped at Aphek. 2 The Philistines assembled in battle formation to meet Israel, and when the battle was over, […]

Capture of the Ark Provokes God 1 Then the Philistines took the ark of God, and they brought it from Ebenezer toAshdod. 2 They took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it beside [the image of] Dagon [their chief idol]. 3 When the people of Ashdod got […]

The Ark Returned to Israel 1 Now the ark of the Lordhad been in the country of the Philistines for seven months. 2 And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners (seers), saying, “What shall we do with the ark of the Lord? Let us know how we can send itbackto its place.” […]

Rescue from the Philistines 1 So the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took up the ark of the Lord and brought it into the house of Abinadab on the hill, and they consecrated Eleazar his son to care for the ark of the Lord. 2 And from that day the ark remained in Kiriath-jearim for […]

Israel Demands a King 1 And it came about when Samuel was old that he appointed his sons as judges over Israel. 2 Now the name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judging in Beersheba. 3 His sons, however, did not walk in his ways, but turned […]