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David’s Psalm of Deliverance 1 And David spoke the words of this song to the Lordin the day that the Lorddelivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. 2 He said, “The Lordis my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; 3 My God, my rock, in whom […]

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, and it incited David against them to say, “Go, number Israel and Judah.” 2 The king said to Joab the commander of the army who was with him, “Go about now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and […]

Elkanah and His Wives 1 Now there was a certain man from Ramathaim-zophim from the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. 2 He had two wives: the name of one was Hannah and the […]

Hannah’s Song of Thanksgiving 1 Then Hannah prayed and said, “My heart exults in the Lord; My horn is exalted in the Lord, My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, Because I rejoice in Your salvation. 2 “There is no one holy like the Lord, Indeed, there is no one besides You, Nor is there […]

The Prophetic Call to Samuel 1 Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the Lordbefore Eli. And word from the Lordwas rare in those days, visions were infrequent. 2 It happened at that time as Eli was lying down in his place (now his eyesight had begun to grow dimandhe could not seewell), 3 and […]

Philistines Take the Ark in Victory 1 Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped beside Ebenezer while the Philistines camped in Aphek. 2 The Philistines drew up in battle array to meet Israel. When the battle spread, Israel was defeated before […]

Capture of the Ark Provokes God 1 Now the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. 2 Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it to the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon. 3 When the Ashdodites arose early the next morning, behold, Dagon […]

The Ark Returned to Israel 1 Now the ark of the Lordhad been in the country of the Philistines seven months. 2 And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, “What shall we do with the ark of the Lord? Tell us how we shall send it to its place.” 3 They […]

Deliverance from the Philistines 1 And the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took the ark of the Lordand brought it into the house of Abinadab on the hill, and consecrated Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the Lord. 2 From the day that the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim, the time was long, for […]