He will take your best fields and vineyards and give them to his own servants.

So the Lord delivered Israel that day, and the battle shifted over to Beth Aven. ¹ 

He fought bravely, striking down the Amalekites and delivering Israel from the hand of its enemies. ¹ 

He captured King Agag of the Amalekites alive, but he executed all Agag’s people ¹  with the sword.

David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, ¹  and he put Goliath’s ²  weapons in his tent.

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. ¹ 

The woman replied, “Who is it that I should bring up for you?” He said, “Bring up for me Samuel.”

David retrieved everything the Amalekites had taken; he ¹  also rescued his two wives.

They placed Saul’s armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths ¹  and hung his corpse on the city wall of Beth Shan.

So her husband Elkanah said to her, “Do what you think best. ¹  Stay until you have weaned him. May the Lord fulfill his promise.” ²  So the woman stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.

So they assembled ¹  all the leaders of the Philistines and said, “Get the ark of the God of Israel out of here! Let it go back to its own place so that it won’t kill us ²  and our ³  people!” The terror ⁴  of death was throughout the entire city; God was attacking them very severely there. ⁵ 

Then take the ark of the Lord and place it on the cart, and put in a chest beside it the gold objects you are sending to him as a guilt offering. You should then send it on its way.

Then the people ¹  of Kiriath Jearim came and took the ark of the Lord; they brought it to the house of Abinadab located on the hill. They consecrated Eleazar his son to guard the ark of the Lord.

He will take your daughters to be ointment makers, cooks, and bakers.

Then Elkanah went back home to Ramah. But the boy was serving the Lord under the supervision of ¹  Eli the priest.

The sin of these young men was very great in the Lord’s sight, for they ¹  treated the Lord’s offering with contempt.

He said to them, “Why do you behave in this way? For I hear about these evil things from all these ¹  people.

In fact, days are coming when I will remove your strength ¹  and the strength ²  of your father’s house. There will not be an old man in your house!

Any one of you that I do not cut off from my altar, I will cause your ¹  eyes to fail ²  and will cause you grief. ³  All of those born to your family ⁴  will die in the prime of life. ⁵ 

So Samuel lay down until morning. Then he opened the doors of the Lord’s house. But Samuel was afraid to tell Eli about the vision.