1Samuel:1-3
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Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim ,
of mount Ephraim ,
and his name was Elkanah ,
the son of Jeroham ,
the son of Elihu ,
the son of Tohu ,
the son of Zuph ,
an Ephrathite :
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And he had two wives ;
the name of the one was Hannah ,
and the name of the other Peninnah :
and Peninnah had children ,
but Hannah had no children .
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And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh .
And the two sons of Eli ,
Hophni and Phinehas ,
the priests of the LORD ,
were there .
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And when the time was that Elkanah offered ,
he gave to Peninnah his wife ,
and to all her sons and her daughters ,
portions :
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But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion ;
for he loved Hannah :
but the LORD had shut up her womb .
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And her adversary also provoked her sore ,
for to make her fret ,
because the LORD had shut up her womb .
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And as he did so year by year ,
when she went up to the house of the LORD ,
so she provoked her ;
therefore she wept ,
and did not eat .
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Then said Elkanah her husband to her ,
Hannah ,
why weepest thou ?
and why eatest thou not ?
and why is thy heart grieved ?
am not I better to thee than ten sons ?
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So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh ,
and after they had drunk .
Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD .
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And she was in bitterness of soul ,
and prayed unto the LORD ,
and wept sore .
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And she vowed a vow ,
and said ,
O LORD of hosts ,
if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid ,
and remember me ,
and not forget thine handmaid ,
but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child ,
then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life ,
and there shall no razor come upon his head .
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And it came to pass ,
as she continued praying before the LORD ,
that Eli marked her mouth .
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Now Hannah ,
she spake in her heart ;
only her lips moved ,
but her voice was not heard :
therefore Eli thought she had been drunken .
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And Eli said unto her ,
How long wilt thou be drunken ?
put away thy wine from thee .
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And Hannah answered and said ,
No ,
my lord ,
I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit :
I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink ,
but have poured out my soul before the LORD .
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Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial :
for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto .
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Then Eli answered and said ,
Go in peace :
and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him .
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And she said ,
Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight .
So the woman went her way ,
and did eat ,
and her countenance was no more sad .
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And they rose up in the morning early ,
and worshipped before the LORD ,
and returned ,
and came to their house to Ramah :
and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife ;
and the LORD remembered her .
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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 ,
saying ,
Because I have asked him of the LORD .
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And the man Elkanah ,
and all his house ,
went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice ,
and his vow .
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But Hannah went not up ;
for she said unto her husband ,
I will not go up until the child be weaned ,
and then I will bring him ,
that he may appear before the LORD ,
and there abide for ever .
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And Elkanah her husband said unto her ,
Do what seemeth thee good ;
tarry until thou have weaned him ;
only the LORD establish his word .
So the woman abode ,
and gave her son suck until she weaned him .
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And when she had weaned him ,
she took him up with her ,
with three bullocks ,
and one ephah of flour ,
and a bottle of wine ,
and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh :
and the child was young .
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And they slew a bullock ,
and brought the child to Eli .
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And she said ,
Oh my lord ,
as thy soul liveth ,
my lord ,
I am the woman that stood by thee here ,
praying unto the LORD .
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For this child I prayed ;
and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him :
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Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD ;
as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD .
And he worshipped the LORD there .
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And Hannah prayed ,
and said ,
My heart rejoiceth in the LORD ,
mine horn is exalted in the LORD :
my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies ;
because I rejoice in thy salvation .
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There is none holy as the LORD :
for there is none beside thee :
neither is there any rock like our God .
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Talk no more so exceeding proudly ;
let not arrogancy come out of your mouth :
for the LORD is a God of knowledge ,
and by him actions are weighed .
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The bows of the mighty men are broken ,
and they that stumbled are girded with strength .
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They that were full have hired out themselves for bread ;
and they that were hungry ceased :
so that the barren hath born seven ;
and she that hath many children is waxed feeble .
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The LORD killeth ,
and maketh alive :
he bringeth down to the grave ,
and bringeth up .
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The LORD maketh poor ,
and maketh rich :
he bringeth low ,
and lifteth up .
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He raiseth up the poor out of the dust ,
and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill ,
to set them among princes ,
and to make them inherit the throne of glory :
for the pillars of the earth are the LORD '
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and he hath set the world upon them .
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He will keep the feet of his saints ,
and the wicked shall be silent in darkness ;
for by strength shall no man prevail .
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The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces ;
out of heaven shall he thunder upon them :
the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth ;
and he shall give strength unto his king ,
and exalt the horn of his anointed .
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And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house .
And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest .
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Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial ;
they knew not the LORD .
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And the priests '
custom with the people was ,
that ,
when any man offered sacrifice ,
the priest '
s servant came ,
while the flesh was in seething ,
with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand ;
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And he struck it into the pan ,
or kettle ,
or caldron ,
or pot ;
all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself .
So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither .
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Also before they burnt the fat ,
the priest '
s servant came ,
and said to the man that sacrificed ,
Give flesh to roast for the priest ;
for he will not have sodden flesh of thee ,
but raw .
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And if any man said unto him ,
Let them not fail to burn the fat presently ,
and then take as much as thy soul desireth ;
then he would answer him ,
Nay ;
but thou shalt give it me now :
and if not ,
I will take it by force .
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Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD :
for men abhorred the offering of the LORD .
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But Samuel ministered before the LORD ,
being a child ,
girded with a linen ephod .
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Moreover his mother made him a little coat ,
and brought it to him from year to year ,
when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice .
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And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife ,
and said ,
The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD .
And they went unto their own home .
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And the LORD visited Hannah ,
so that she conceived ,
and bare three sons and two daughters .
And the child Samuel grew before the LORD .
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Now Eli was very old ,
and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel ;
and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation .
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And he said unto them ,
Why do ye such things ?
for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people .
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Nay ,
my sons ;
for it is no good report that I hear :
ye make the LORD '
S people to transgress .
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If one man sin against another ,
the judge shall judge him :
but if a man sin against the LORD ,
who shall intreat for him ?
Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father ,
because the LORD would slay them .
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And the child Samuel grew on ,
and was in favour both with the LORD ,
and also with men .
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And there came a man of God unto Eli ,
and said unto him ,
Thus saith the LORD ,
Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father ,
when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh '
s house ?
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And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest ,
to offer upon mine altar ,
to burn incense ,
to wear an ephod before me ?
and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel ?
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Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering ,
which I have commanded in my habitation ;
and honourest thy sons above me ,
to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people ?
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Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith ,
I said indeed that thy house ,
and the house of thy father ,
should walk before me for ever :
but now the LORD saith ,
Be it far from me ;
for them that honour me I will honour ,
and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed .
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Behold ,
the days come ,
that I will cut off thine arm ,
and the arm of thy father '
s house ,
that there shall not be an old man in thine house .
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And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation ,
in all the wealth which God shall give Israel :
and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever .
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And the man of thine ,
whom I shall not cut off from mine altar ,
shall be to consume thine eyes ,
and to grieve thine heart :
and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age .
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And this shall be a sign unto thee ,
that shall come upon thy two sons ,
on Hophni and Phinehas ;
in one day they shall die both of them .
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And I will raise me up a faithful priest ,
that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind :
and I will build him a sure house ;
and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever .
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And it shall come to pass ,
that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread ,
and shall say ,
Put me ,
I pray thee ,
into one of the priests '
offices ,
that I may eat a piece of bread .
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And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli .
And the word of the LORD was precious in those days ;
there was no open vision .
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And it came to pass at that time ,
when Eli was laid down in his place ,
and his eyes began to wax dim ,
that he could not see ;
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And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD ,
where the ark of God was ,
and Samuel was laid down to sleep ;
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That the LORD called Samuel :
and he answered ,
Here am I .
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And he ran unto Eli ,
and said ,
Here am I ;
for thou calledst me .
And he said ,
I called not ;
lie down again .
And he went and lay down .
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And the LORD called yet again ,
Samuel .
And Samuel arose and went to Eli ,
and said ,
Here am I ;
for thou didst call me .
And he answered ,
I called not ,
my son ;
lie down again .
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Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD ,
neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him .
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And the LORD called Samuel again the third time .
And he arose and went to Eli ,
and said ,
Here am I ;
for thou didst call me .
And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child .
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Therefore Eli said unto Samuel ,
Go ,
lie down :
and it shall be ,
if he call thee ,
that thou shalt say ,
Speak ,
LORD ;
for thy servant heareth .
So Samuel went and lay down in his place .
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And the LORD came ,
and stood ,
and called as at other times ,
Samuel ,
Samuel .
Then Samuel answered ,
Speak ;
for thy servant heareth .
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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 .
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In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house :
when I begin ,
I will also make an end .
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For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth ;
because his sons made themselves vile ,
and he restrained them not .
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And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli ,
that the iniquity of Eli '
s house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever .
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And Samuel lay until the morning ,
and opened the doors of the house of the LORD .
And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision .
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Then Eli called Samuel ,
and said ,
Samuel ,
my son .
And he answered ,
Here am I .
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And he said ,
What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee ?
I pray thee hide it not from me :
God do so to thee ,
and more also ,
if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee .
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And Samuel told him every whit ,
and hid nothing from him .
And he said ,
It is the LORD :
let him do what seemeth him good .
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And Samuel grew ,
and the LORD was with him ,
and did let none of his words fall to the ground .
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And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD .
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And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh :
for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD .
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And the word of Samuel came to all Israel .
Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle ,
and pitched beside Ebenezer :
and the Philistines pitched in Aphek .
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