1 Samuel
How each chapter begins
- 1 Samuel 1
Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of…
- 1 Samuel 2
At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD in whom my horn is exalted. My mouth speaks boldly against…
- 1 Samuel 3
And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare and visions were…
- 1 Samuel 4
Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at…
- 1 Samuel 5
After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod,
- 1 Samuel 6
When the ark of the LORD had been in the land of the Philistines seven months,
- 1 Samuel 7
Then the men of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the LORD and took it into Abinadab’s house on the hill. And they…
- 1 Samuel 8
When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.
- 1 Samuel 9
Now there was a Benjamite, a powerful man, whose name was Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the…
- 1 Samuel 10
Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler…
- 1 Samuel 11
Soon Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty…
- 1 Samuel 12
Then Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to your voice in all that you have said to me, and I have set over you…
- 1 Samuel 13
Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.
- 1 Samuel 14
One day Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the Philistine…
- 1 Samuel 15
Then Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the…
- 1 Samuel 16
Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel?…
- 1 Samuel 17
Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in…
- 1 Samuel 18
After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him…
- 1 Samuel 19
Then Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Jonathan delighted greatly in David,
- 1 Samuel 20
Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? How have I…
- 1 Samuel 21
Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And when Ahimelech met David, he trembled and asked him, “Why are you…
- 1 Samuel 22
So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household…
- 1 Samuel 23
Now it was reported to David, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and looting the threshing floors.”
- 1 Samuel 24
After Saul had returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.”
- 1 Samuel 25
When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David set out…
- 1 Samuel 26
Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”
- 1 Samuel 27
David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing…
- 1 Samuel 28
Now in those days the Philistines gathered their forces for warfare against Israel. So Achish said to David, “You must…
- 1 Samuel 29
Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.
- 1 Samuel 30
On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and…
- 1 Samuel 31
Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.