But he would give a double portion to Hannah, because he especially loved her. Now the Lord had not enabled her to have children.

Her rival wife used to upset her and make her worry, for the Lord had not enabled her to have children.

As she continued praying to the Lord, Eli was watching her mouth.

No one is holy like the Lord! There is no one other than you! There is no rock like our God!

He watches over his holy ones, but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness, for it is not by one’s own strength that one prevails.

This ought not to be, my sons! For the report that I hear circulating among the Lord’s people is not good.

All Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba realized that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the Lord.

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 the people refused to heed Samuel’s warning. Instead they said, “No! There will be a king over us!

Saul said, “God will punish me severely if Jonathan doesn’t die!”

The Preeminent One of Israel does not go back on his word or change his mind, for he is not a human being who changes his mind.”

So Saul feared David, because the Lord was with him but had departed from Saul.

But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he was the one leading them out to battle and back.

When Saul realized that the Lord was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,

Jonathan once again took an oath with David, because he loved him. In fact Jonathan loved him as much as he did his own life.

Jonathan said to him, “Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be missed, for your seat will be empty.

But if I say to the boy, “Look, the arrows are on the other side of you,’ get away. For in that case the Lord has sent you away.

Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the Lord.

David realized that Saul had come out to seek his life; at that time David was in Horesh in the desert of Ziph.

But a messenger came to Saul saying, “Come quickly, for the Philistines have raided the land!”