1 Samuel
The First Book of Samuel
How each chapter begins
- 1 Samuel 1
Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim Zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of…
- 1 Samuel 2
Hannah prayed, and said, “My heart exults in the LORD! My horn is exalted in the LORD. My mouth is enlarged over my…
- 1 Samuel 3
The child Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. The LORD’s word was rare in those days. There were not many…
- 1 Samuel 4
The word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside…
- 1 Samuel 5
Now the Philistines had taken God’s ark, and they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
- 1 Samuel 6
The LORD’s ark was in the country of the Philistines seven months.
- 1 Samuel 7
The men of Kiriath Jearim came and took the LORD’s ark, and brought it into Abinadab’s house on the hill, and…
- 1 Samuel 8
When Samuel was old, 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 Becorath, the son…
- 1 Samuel 10
Then Samuel took the vial of oil and poured it on his head, then kissed him and said, “Hasn’t the LORD anointed you to…
- 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
Samuel said to all Israel, “Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over…
- 1 Samuel 13
Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.
- 1 Samuel 14
Now it happened on a day that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who bore his armor, “Come! Let’s go over…
- 1 Samuel 15
Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you to be king over his people, over Israel. Now therefore listen to…
- 1 Samuel 16
The LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill…
- 1 Samuel 17
Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle; and they were gathered together at Socoh, which belongs…
- 1 Samuel 18
When he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as…
- 1 Samuel 19
Saul spoke to Jonathan his son and to all his servants, that they should kill David. But Jonathan, Saul’s son, greatly…
- 1 Samuel 20
David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said to Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? What is my sin…
- 1 Samuel 21
Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest. Ahimelech came to meet David trembling, and said to him, “Why are you…
- 1 Samuel 22
David therefore departed from there and escaped to Adullam’s cave. When his brothers and all his father’s house heard…
- 1 Samuel 23
David was told, “Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and are robbing the threshing floors.”
- 1 Samuel 24
When Saul had returned from following the Philistines, he was told, “Behold, David is in the wilderness of En Gedi.”
- 1 Samuel 25
Samuel died; and all Israel gathered themselves together and mourned for him, and buried him at his house at Ramah…
- 1 Samuel 26
The Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, “Doesn’t David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before the…
- 1 Samuel 27
David said in his heart, “I will now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I…
- 1 Samuel 28
In those days, the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. Achish said to David…
- 1 Samuel 29
Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek; and the Israelites encamped by the spring which is in…
- 1 Samuel 30
When David and his men had come to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid on the South and on Ziklag…
- 1 Samuel 31
Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain…