Then the Lord again appeared in Shiloh, for it was in Shiloh that the Lord had revealed himself to Samuel through the word of the Lord.

But if you don’t obey the Lord and rebel against what the Lord says, the hand of the Lord will be against both you and your king.

So Samuel called to the Lord, and the Lord made it thunder and rain that day. All the people were very afraid of both the Lord and Samuel.

Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord; the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him.

Why haven’t you obeyed the Lord? Instead you have greedily rushed upon the plunder! You have done what is wrong in the Lord’s estimation.”

Now the Spirit of the Lord had turned away from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him.

May the Lord judge between the two of us, and may the Lord vindicate me over you, but my hand will not be against you.

The Lord both kills and gives life; he brings down to the grave and raises up.

The Lord impoverishes and makes wealthy; he humbles and he exalts.

The Lord called to Samuel, and he replied, “Here I am!”

Then the word of the Lord came to Samuel:

They got up early the next morning and after worshiping the Lord, they returned to their home at Ramah. Elkanah had marital relations with his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her.

The Lord shatters his adversaries; he thunders against them from the heavens. The Lord executes judgment to the ends of the earth. He will strengthen his king and exalt the power of his anointed one.”

The sin of these young men was very great in the Lord’s sight, for they treated the Lord’s offering with contempt.

So the Lord graciously attended to Hannah, and she was able to conceive and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. The boy Samuel grew up at the Lord’s sanctuary.

Now the boy Samuel continued serving the Lord under Eli’s supervision. Word from the Lord was rare in those days; revelatory visions were infrequent.

So Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. Samuel cried out to the Lord on Israel’s behalf, and the Lord answered him.

Now take your positions, so I may confront you before the Lord regarding all the Lord’s just actions toward you and your ancestors.

The Lord will not abandon his people because he wants to uphold his great reputation. The Lord was pleased to make you his own people.

Then Samuel said to Saul, “I was the one the Lord sent to anoint you as king over his people Israel. Now listen to what the Lord says.