Discovery Box| (0.4122337804878) | 1Sa 3:5 |
| Then he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But Eli<n id="1" /> said, “I didn’t call you. Go back and lie down.” So he went back and lay down. |
| (0.4122337804878) | 1Sa 3:18 |
| <p class="bodytext">So Samuel told him everything. He did not hold back anything from him. Eli<n id="1" /> said, “The <sc>Lordsc> will do what he pleases.”<n id="2" /> |
| (0.4122337804878) | 1Sa 4:7 |
| The Philistines were scared because they thought that gods had come to the camp.<n id="1" /> They said, “Too bad for<n id="2" /> us! We’ve never seen anything like this! |
| (0.4122337804878) | 1Sa 5:5 |
| (For this reason, to this very day, neither Dagon’s priests nor anyone else who enters Dagon’s temple step on Dagon’s threshold in Ashdod.)p> |
| (0.4122337804878) | 1Sa 6:6 |
| Why harden your hearts like the Egyptians and Pharaoh did?<n id="1" /> When God<n id="2" /> treated them harshly, didn’t the Egyptians send the Israelites on their way?<n id="3" /> |
| (0.4122337804878) | 1Sa 7:13 |
| So the Philistines were defeated; they did not invade Israel again. The hand of the <sc>Lordsc> was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.p> |
| (0.4122337804878) | 1Sa 8:5 |
| They said to him, “Look, you are old, and your sons don’t follow your ways. So now appoint over us a king to lead<n id="1" /> us, just like all the other nations have.”p> |
| (0.4122337804878) | 1Sa 8:18 |
| In that day you will cry out because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the <sc>Lordsc> won’t answer you in that day.”<n id="1" />p> |
| (0.4122337804878) | 1Sa 10:1 |
| <t /><p class="bodytext">Then Samuel took a small container of olive oil and poured it on Saul’s<n id="1" /> head. Samuel<n id="2" /> kissed him and said, “The <sc>Lordsc> has chosen you<n id="3" /> to lead his people Israel! You will rule over the <sc>Lordsc>’s people and you will deliver them from the power of the enemies who surround them. This will be your sign that the <sc>Lordsc> has chosen<n id="4" /> you as leader over his inheritance.<n id="5" /> |
| (0.4122337804878) | 1Sa 10:21 |
| Then he brought the tribe of Benjamin near by its families, and the family of Matri was chosen by lot. At last Saul son of Kish was chosen by lot. But when they looked for him, he was nowhere to be found. |
| (0.4122337804878) | 1Sa 10:27 |
| But some wicked men<n id="1" /> said, “How can this man save us?” They despised him and did not even bring him a gift. But Saul said nothing about it.<n id="2" />p> |
| (0.4122337804878) | 1Sa 11:13 |
| But Saul said, “No one will be killed on this day. For today the <sc>Lordsc> has given Israel a victory!” |
| (0.4122337804878) | 1Sa 12:5 |
| He said to them, “The <sc>Lordsc> is witness against you, and his chosen king<n id="1" /> is witness this day, that you have not found any reason to accuse me.”<n id="2" /> They said, “He is witness!”p> |
| (0.4122337804878) | 1Sa 12:12 |
| <p class="bodytext">“When you saw that King Nahash of the Ammonites was advancing against you, you said to me, ‘No! A king will rule over us’ – even though the <sc>Lordsc> your God is your king! |
| (0.4122337804878) | 1Sa 12:15 |
| But if you don’t obey<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> and rebel against what the <sc>Lordsc> says, the hand of the <sc>Lordsc> will be against both you and your king.<n id="2" />p> |
| (0.4122337804878) | 1Sa 12:22 |
| The <sc>Lordsc> will not abandon his people because he wants to uphold his great reputation.<n id="1" /> The <sc>Lordsc> was pleased to make you his own people. |
| (0.4122337804878) | 1Sa 13:8 |
| He waited for seven days, the time period indicated by Samuel.<n id="1" /> But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the army began to abandon Saul.<n id="2" />p> |
| (0.4122337804878) | 1Sa 13:12 |
| I thought,<n id="1" /> ‘Now the Philistines will come down on me at Gilgal and I have not sought the <sc>Lordsc>’s favor.’ So I felt obligated<n id="2" /> to offer the burnt offering.”p> |
| (0.4122337804878) | 1Sa 13:19 |
| <p class="bodytext">A blacksmith could not be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines had said, “This will prevent the Hebrews from making swords and spears.” |
| (0.4122337804878) | 1Sa 14:9 |
| If they say to us, ‘Stay put until we approach you,’ we will stay<n id="1" /> right there and not go up to them. |
