1 Samuel
The First Book of Samuel Otherwise Called The First Book of the Kings
How each chapter begins
- 1 Samuel 1
And there is a certain man of Ramathaim-Zophim, of the hill-country of Ephraim, and his name [is] Elkanah, son of…
- 1 Samuel 2
And Hannah prayeth, and saith: 'My heart hath exulted in Jehovah, My horn hath been high in Jehovah, My mouth hath been…
- 1 Samuel 3
And the youth Samuel is serving Jehovah before Eli, and the word of Jehovah hath been precious in those days — there is…
- 1 Samuel 4
And the word of Samuel is to all Israel, and Israel goeth out to meet the Philistines for battle, and they encamp by…
- 1 Samuel 5
And the Philistines have taken the ark of God, and bring it in from Eben-Ezer to Ashdod,
- 1 Samuel 6
And the ark of Jehovah is in the field of the Philistines seven months,
- 1 Samuel 7
And the men of Kirjath-Jearim come and bring up the ark of Jehovah, and bring it in unto the house of Abinadab, in the…
- 1 Samuel 8
And it cometh to pass, when Samuel [is] aged, that he maketh his sons judges over Israel.
- 1 Samuel 9
And there is a man of Benjamin, and his name [is] Kish, son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Bechorath, son of Aphiah, a…
- 1 Samuel 10
And Samuel taketh the vial of the oil, and poureth on his head, and kisseth him, and saith, 'Is it not because Jehovah…
- 1 Samuel 11
And Nahash the Ammonite cometh up, and encampeth against Jabesh-Gilead, and all the men of Jabesh say unto Nahash…
- 1 Samuel 12
And Samuel saith unto all Israel, 'Lo, I have hearkened to your voice, to all that ye said to me, and I cause to reign…
- 1 Samuel 13
A son of a year [is] Saul in his reigning, yea, two years he hath reigned over Israel,
- 1 Samuel 14
And the day cometh that Jonathan son of Saul saith unto the young man bearing his weapons, 'Come, and we pass over unto…
- 1 Samuel 15
And Samuel saith unto Saul, 'Me did Jehovah send to anoint thee for king over His people, over Israel; and now, hearken…
- 1 Samuel 16
And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, 'Till when art thou mourning for Saul, and I have rejected him from reigning over…
- 1 Samuel 17
And the Philistines gather their camps to battle, and are gathered to Shochoh, which [is] to Judah, and encamp between…
- 1 Samuel 18
And it cometh to pass, when he finisheth to speak unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan hath been bound to the soul of…
- 1 Samuel 19
And Saul speaketh unto Jonathan his son, and unto all his servants, to put David to death,
- 1 Samuel 20
And David fleeth from Naioth in Ramah, and cometh, and saith before Jonathan, 'What have I done? what [is] mine…
- 1 Samuel 21
And David cometh in to Nob, unto Ahimelech the priest, and Ahimelech trembleth at meeting David, and saith to him…
- 1 Samuel 22
And David goeth thence, and is escaped unto the cave of Adullam, and his brethren hear, and all the house of his…
- 1 Samuel 23
And they declare to David, saying, 'Lo, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah, and they are spoiling the…
- 1 Samuel 24
And it cometh to pass when Saul hath turned back from after the Philistines, that they declare to him, saying, 'Lo…
- 1 Samuel 25
And Samuel dieth, and all Israel are gathered, and mourn for him, and bury him in his house, in Ramah; and David riseth…
- 1 Samuel 26
And the Ziphites come in unto Saul, at Gibeah, saying, 'Is not David hiding himself in the height of Hachilah, on the…
- 1 Samuel 27
And David saith unto his heart, 'Now am I consumed one day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing for me better than…
- 1 Samuel 28
And it cometh to pass in those days, that the Philistines gather their camps for the war, to fight against Israel, and…
- 1 Samuel 29
And the Philistines gather all their camps to Aphek, and the Israelites are encamping at a fountain which [is] in…
- 1 Samuel 30
And it cometh to pass, in the coming in of David and his men to Ziklag, on the third day, that the Amalekites have…
- 1 Samuel 31
And the Philistines are fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel flee from the face of the Philistines, and fall…