1 Samuel
The First Book of Samuel Otherwise Called The First Book of the Kings
How each chapter begins
- 1 Samuel 1
Now 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 rejoiceth in the LORD, my horn is exalted in the LORD; my mouth is enlarged over…
- 1 Samuel 3
And the child Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was…
- 1 Samuel 4
And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside…
- 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 the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months.
- 1 Samuel 7
And the men of Kirjath-jearim came, and brought up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab on…
- 1 Samuel 8
And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel.
- 1 Samuel 9
Now 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 a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath…
- 1 Samuel 11
Then 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 reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,
- 1 Samuel 14
Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan, the son of Saul, said to the young man that bore his armor, Come, and…
- 1 Samuel 15
Samuel also said to Saul, the LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore…
- 1 Samuel 16
And the LORD said to Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel?…
- 1 Samuel 17
Now the Philistines collected their armies to battle, and were assembled at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and…
- 1 Samuel 18
And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of…
- 1 Samuel 19
And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David.
- 1 Samuel 20
And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is my iniquity? and what…
- 1 Samuel 21
Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said to him, Why…
- 1 Samuel 22
David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house…
- 1 Samuel 23
Then 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 to him, saying, Behold…
- 1 Samuel 25
And Samuel died; and all the Israelites assembled, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David…
- 1 Samuel 26
And the Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before…
- 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 collected their armies for warfare, to fight with Israel. And…
- 1 Samuel 29
Now the Philistines collected all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites encamped by a fountain which is in Jezreel.
- 1 Samuel 30
And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the…
- 1 Samuel 31
Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain…