1 Samuel
The First Book of Samuel
How each chapter begins
- 1 Samuel 1
And there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the…
- 1 Samuel 2
And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart exulteth in Jehovah, my horn is lifted up in Jehovah; my mouth is opened wide…
- 1 Samuel 3
And the boy Samuel ministered to Jehovah before Eli. And the word of Jehovah was rare in those days; a vision was not…
- 1 Samuel 4
And what Samuel had said happened to all Israel. And Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped…
- 1 Samuel 5
And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Eben-ezer to Ashdod.
- 1 Samuel 6
And the ark of Jehovah was in the country of the Philistines seven months.
- 1 Samuel 7
And the men of Kirjath-jearim came, and fetched up the ark of Jehovah, and brought it into the house of Abinadab on the…
- 1 Samuel 8
And it came to pass when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
- 1 Samuel 9
And there was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son…
- 1 Samuel 10
Then Samuel took the vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because Jehovah has…
- 1 Samuel 11
And Nahash the Ammonite came up and encamped against Jabesh-Gilead. And all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, Make a…
- 1 Samuel 12
And Samuel said to all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened to your voice in all that ye said to me, and have made a king…
- 1 Samuel 13
Saul was...years old when he became king; and he reigned two years over Israel.
- 1 Samuel 14
Now it came to pass one day that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man that bore his armour, Come and let us…
- 1 Samuel 15
And Samuel said to Saul, Jehovah sent me to anoint thee king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken to the…
- 1 Samuel 16
And Jehovah said to Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel?…
- 1 Samuel 17
And the Philistines assembled their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Sochoh, which belongs to Judah, and…
- 1 Samuel 18
And it came to pass, when he had ended speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and…
- 1 Samuel 19
And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should slay David.
- 1 Samuel 20
And David fled from Naioth by Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity, and…
- 1 Samuel 21
And David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech trembled at meeting David, and said to him, Why art thou…
- 1 Samuel 22
And David departed thence, and escaped to the cave of Adullam. And his brethren and all his father's house heard [it]…
- 1 Samuel 23
And they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshing-floors.
- 1 Samuel 24
And it came to pass when Saul had returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David…
- 1 Samuel 25
And Samuel died; and all Israel were gathered together, and lamented him; and they buried him in his house at Ramah…
- 1 Samuel 26
And the Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, facing the waste?
- 1 Samuel 27
And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I…
- 1 Samuel 28
And it came to pass in those days that the Philistines gathered together their armies for warfare to fight against…
- 1 Samuel 29
And the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek; and Israel encamped by the spring that is in Jizreel.
- 1 Samuel 30
And it came to pass, when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid upon…
- 1 Samuel 31
And the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain…