1 Samuel 1 - 3
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There was a certain man of a Ramathaim-zophim of b the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, c an Ephrathite.
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He had two wives. The name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other, Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.
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Now this man used to go up d year by year from his city e to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of hosts f at Shiloh, where the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests of the Lord.
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On the day when Elkanah sacrificed, g he would give portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and daughters.
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But to Hannah he gave a double portion, because he loved her, though the Lord had closed her womb.
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And her rival used to provoke her grievously to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb.
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So it went on year by year. As often as she went up to the house of the Lord, she used to provoke her. Therefore Hannah wept and would not eat.
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And Elkanah, her husband, said to her, "Hannah, why do you weep? And why do you not eat? And why is your heart sad? h Am I not more to you than ten sons?"
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After they had eaten and drunk in Shiloh, Hannah rose. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat beside the doorpost of i the temple of the Lord.
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She was j deeply distressed and prayed to the Lord and wept bitterly.
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And she k vowed a vow and said, "O Lord of hosts, if you will indeed l look on the affliction of your servant and m remember me and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, n and no razor shall touch his head."
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As she continued praying before the Lord, Eli observed her mouth.
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Hannah was speaking in her heart; only her lips moved, and her voice was not heard. Therefore Eli took her to be a drunken woman.
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And Eli said to her, "How long will you go on being drunk? Put your wine away from you."
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But Hannah answered, "No, my lord, I am a woman troubled in spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but o I have been pouring out my soul before the Lord.
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Do not regard your servant as p a worthless woman, for all along I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation."
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Then Eli answered, q "Go in peace, and the God of Israel r grant your petition that you have made to him."
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And she said, s "Let your servant find favor in your eyes." Then the woman t went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.
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They rose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord; then they went back to their house at u Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord v remembered her.
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And in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for she said, "I have asked for him from the Lord."
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The man Elkanah and all his house w went up to offer to the Lord the yearly sacrifice and to pay his vow.
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But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, "As soon as the child is weaned, I will bring him, so that he may appear in the presence of the Lord x and dwell there forever."
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y Elkanah her husband said to her, "Do what seems best to you; wait until you have weaned him; z only, may the Lord establish his word." So the woman remained and nursed her son until she weaned him.
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And when she had weaned him, a she took him up with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine, and she brought him to b the house of the Lord at Shiloh. And the child was young.
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Then they slaughtered the bull, and they brought the child to Eli.
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And she said, "Oh, my lord! c As you live, my lord, I am the woman who was standing here in your presence, praying to the Lord.
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For this child I prayed, d and the Lord has granted me my petition that I made to him.
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Therefore I have lent him to the Lord. As long as he lives, he is lent to the Lord." e And he worshiped the Lord there.
1 Samuel 2
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And Hannah prayed and said,
f "My heart exults in the Lord;
g my strength is exalted in the Lord.
My mouth derides my enemies,
because h I rejoice in your salvation.
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i "There is none holy like the Lord;
there is none besides you;
there is j no rock like our God.
3
Talk no more so very proudly,
let not arrogance come from your mouth;
for the Lord is a God of knowledge,
and by him actions are weighed.
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k The bows of the mighty are broken,
but the feeble bind on strength.
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Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread,
but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger.
l The barren has borne seven,
m but she who has many children is forlorn.
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n The Lord kills and brings to life;
he brings down to Sheol and raises up.
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o The Lord makes poor and makes rich;
p he brings low and he exalts.
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q He raises up the poor from the dust;
he lifts the needy from the ash heap
r to make them sit with princes
and inherit a seat of honor.
s For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's,
and on them he has set the world.
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t "He will guard the feet of his faithful ones,
but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness,
for not by might shall a man prevail.
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u The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces;
v against them he will thunder in heaven.
w The Lord will judge the ends of the earth;
he will give strength to his king
x and exalt the power of his anointed."
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Then Elkanah went home y to Ramah. z And the boy ministered to the Lord in the presence of Eli the priest.
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Now the sons of Eli were a worthless men. b They did not know the Lord.
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The custom of the priests with the people was that when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant would come, while the meat was boiling, with a three-pronged fork in his hand,
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and he would thrust it into the pan or kettle or cauldron or pot. All that the fork brought up the priest would take for himself. This is what they did at Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there.
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Moreover, c before the fat was burned, the priest's servant would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, "Give meat for the priest to roast, for he will not accept boiled meat from you but only raw."
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And if the man said to him, "Let them burn the fat first, and then take as much as you wish," he would say, "No, you must give it now, and if not, I will take it by force."
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Thus the sin of the young men was very great d in the sight of the Lord, e for the men treated the offering of the Lord with contempt.
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f Samuel was ministering before the Lord, a boy g clothed with a linen ephod.
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And his mother used to make for him a little robe and take it to him each year h when she went up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
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Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say, "May the Lord give you children by this woman i for the petition she asked of the Lord." So then they would return to their home.
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j Indeed the Lord visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. k And the young man Samuel grew in the presence of the Lord.
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Now Eli was very old, and he kept hearing all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who l were serving at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
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And he said to them, "Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all the people.
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No, my sons; it is no good report that I hear the people of the Lord spreading abroad.
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If someone sins against a man, God will mediate for him, but if someone sins against the Lord, who can intercede for him?" But they would not listen to the voice of their father, m for it was the will of the Lord to put them to death.
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Now the young man Samuel n continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the Lord and also with man.
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And there came o a man of God to Eli and said to him, "Thus the Lord has said, p 'Did I indeed reveal myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt subject to the house of Pharaoh?
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q Did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, r to wear an ephod before me? s I gave to the house of your father all my offerings by fire from the people of Israel.
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Why then do you t scorn my sacrifices and my offerings that I commanded, and honor your sons above me by fattening yourselves on the choicest parts of every offering of my people Israel?'
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Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: v 'I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,' w but now the Lord declares: 'Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
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Behold, x the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father's house, so that there will not be an old man in your house.
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Then y in distress you will look with envious eye on all the prosperity that shall be bestowed on Israel, z and there shall not be an old man in your house forever.
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The only one of you whom I shall not cut off from my altar shall be spared to weep his eyes out to grieve his heart, and all the descendants of your house shall die by the sword of men.
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a And this that shall come upon your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, shall be the sign to you: both of them shall die b on the same day.
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c And I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do according to what is in my heart and in my mind. d And I will build him a sure house, and he shall go in and out before e my anointed forever.
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And everyone who is left in your house shall come to implore him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread and shall say, "Please put me in one of the priests' places, that I may eat a morsel of bread."'"
1 Samuel 3
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f Now the young man Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli. g And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision.
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At that time Eli, h whose eyesight had begun to grow dim so that he could not see, was lying down in his own place.
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i The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down j in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was.
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Then the Lord called Samuel, and he said, "Here I am!"
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and ran to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But he said, "I did not call; lie down again." So he went and lay down.
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And the Lord called again, "Samuel!" and Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But he said, "I did not call, my son; lie down again."
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Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, and the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him.
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And the Lord called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." Then Eli perceived that the Lord was calling the young man.
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Therefore Eli said to Samuel, "Go, lie down, and if he calls you, you shall say, 'Speak, Lord, for your servant hears.'" So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
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And the Lord came and stood, calling as at other times, "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel said, "Speak, for your servant hears."
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Then the Lord said to Samuel, "Behold, I am about to do a thing in Israel k at which the two ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.
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On that day I will fulfill against Eli l all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.
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l And I declare to him that I am about to punish his house forever, for the iniquity that he knew, m because his sons were blaspheming God, n and he did not restrain them.
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Therefore I swear to the house of Eli o that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever."
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Samuel lay until morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the Lord. And Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli.
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But Eli called Samuel and said, "Samuel, my son." And he said, "Here I am."
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And Eli said, "What was it that he told you? Do not hide it from me. p May God do so to you and more also if you hide anything from me of all that he told you."
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So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. And he said, q "It is the Lord. Let him do what seems good to him."
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r And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him s and let none of his words fall to the ground.
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And all Israel t from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established as a prophet of the Lord.
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And the Lord appeared again at Shiloh, for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel u at Shiloh v by the word of the Lord.
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1 Samuel 1:19
They rose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord ; then they went back to their house at Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her.
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Joshua 24:33
And Eleazar the son of Aaron died, and they buried him at Gibeah, the town of Phinehas his son, which had been given him in the hill country of Ephraim.
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1 Kings 11:26
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, a servant of Solomon, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow, also lifted up his hand against the king.
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1 Samuel 1:21
The man Elkanah and all his house went up to offer to the Lord the yearly sacrifice and to pay his vow.
Exodus 23:14
Three times in the year you shall keep a feast to me.
Deuteronomy 16:16
Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God at the place that he will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Booths. They shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed.
Luke 2:41
Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover.
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Deuteronomy 12:5 - 7
But you shall seek the place that the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes to put his name and make his habitation there. There you shall go.
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Joshua 18:1
Then the whole congregation of the people of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The land lay subdued before them.
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Deuteronomy 12:17 - 18
You may not eat within your towns the tithe of your grain or of your wine or of your oil, or the firstborn of your herd or of your flock, or any of your vow offerings that you vow, or your freewill offerings or the contribution that you present.
Deuteronomy 16:11
And you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite who is within your towns, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, at the place that the Lord your God will choose, to make his name dwell there.
Nehemiah 8:10
Then he said to them, "Go your way. Eat the fat and drink sweet wine and send portions to anyone who has nothing ready, for this day is holy to our Lord. And do not be grieved, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.
Nehemiah 8:12
And all the people went their way to eat and drink and to send portions and to make great rejoicing, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.
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Ruth 4:15
He shall be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your old age, for your daughter-in-law who loves you, who is more to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.
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1 Samuel 3:3
The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was.
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Job 7:11
Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 10:1
I loathe my life; I will give free utterance to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
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Genesis 28:20
Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat and clothing to wear.
Judges 11:30
And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord and said, "If you will give the Ammonites into my hand.
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Genesis 29:32
And Leah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben, for she said, "Because the Lord has looked upon my affliction; for now my husband will love me.
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1 Samuel 1:19
They rose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord ; then they went back to their house at Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her.
Genesis 30:22
Then God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her and opened her womb.
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Judges 13:5
For behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. No razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he shall begin to save Israel from the hand of the Philistines.
Numbers 6:5
All the days of his vow of separation, no razor shall touch his head. Until the time is completed for which he separates himself to the Lord, he shall be holy. He shall let the locks of hair of his head grow long.
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Job 30:16
And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction have taken hold of me.
Psalms 42:4
These things I remember, as I pour out my soul: how I would go with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God with glad shouts and songs of praise, a multitude keeping festival.
Lamentations 2:19
"Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the night watches! Pour out your heart like water before the presence of the Lord! Lift your hands to him for the lives of your children, who faint for hunger at the head of every street."
Psalms 62:8
Trust in him at all times, O people; pour out your heart before him; God is a refuge for us. Selah
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1 Samuel 2:12
Now the sons of Eli were worthless men. They did not know the Lord.
Judges 19:22
As they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, worthless fellows, surrounded the house, beating on the door. And they said to the old man, the master of the house, "Bring out the man who came into your house, that we may know him.
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1 Samuel 20:42
Then Jonathan said to David, "Go in peace, because we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, 'The Lord shall be between me and you, and between my offspring and your offspring, forever.'" And he rose and departed, and Jonathan went into the city.
Judges 18:6
And the priest said to them, "Go in peace. The journey on which you go is under the eye of the Lord.
2 Kings 5:19
He said to him, "Go in peace." But when Naaman had gone from him a short distance.
Mark 5:34
And he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.
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Psalms 20:4 - 5
May he grant you your heart's desire and fulfill all your plans!
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Genesis 33:15
So Esau said, "Let me leave with you some of the people who are with me." But he said, "What need is there? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.
Ruth 2:13
Then she said, "I have found favor in your eyes, my lord, for you have comforted me and spoken kindly to your servant, though I am not one of your servants.
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Ecclesiastes 9:7
Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart, for God has already approved what you do.
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1 Samuel 2:11
Then Elkanah went home to Ramah. And the boy ministered to the Lord in the presence of Eli the priest.
1 Samuel 1:1
There was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephrathite.
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1 Samuel 1:11
And she vowed a vow and said, "O Lord of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your servant and remember me and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall touch his head.
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1 Samuel 1:3
Now this man used to go up year by year from his city to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of hosts at Shiloh, where the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests of the Lord.
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1 Samuel 1:11
And she vowed a vow and said, "O Lord of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your servant and remember me and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall touch his head.
1 Samuel 1:28
Therefore I have lent him to the Lord. As long as he lives, he is lent to the Lord." And he worshiped the Lord there.
1 Samuel 2:11
Then Elkanah went home to Ramah. And the boy ministered to the Lord in the presence of Eli the priest.
1 Samuel 2:18
Samuel was ministering before the Lord, a boy clothed with a linen ephod.
1 Samuel 3:1
Now the young man Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli. And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision.
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Numbers 30:7
And her husband hears of it and says nothing to her on the day that he hears, then her vows shall stand, and her pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.
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2 Samuel 7:25
And now, O Lord God, confirm forever the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house, and do as you have spoken.
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Deuteronomy 12:5 - 6
But you shall seek the place that the Lord your God will choose out of all your tribes to put his name and make his habitation there. There you shall go.
Deuteronomy 12:11
Then to the place that the Lord your God will choose, to make his name dwell there, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the contribution that you present, and all your finest vow offerings that you vow to the Lord.
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1 Samuel 1:3
Now this man used to go up year by year from his city to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of hosts at Shiloh, where the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests of the Lord.
1 Samuel 1:9
After they had eaten and drunk in Shiloh, Hannah rose. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat beside the doorpost of the temple of the Lord.
Joshua 18:1
Then the whole congregation of the people of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The land lay subdued before them.
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1 Samuel 17:55
As soon as Saul saw David go out against the Ph...
1 Samuel 20:3
But David vowed again, saying, "Your father kno...
2 Samuel 11:11
Uriah said to David, "The ark and Israel and Ju...
2 Kings 2:2
And Elijah said to Elisha, "Please stay here, f...
2 Kings 2:4
Elijah said to him, "Elisha, please stay here, ...
2 Kings 2:6
Then Elijah said to him, "Please stay here, for...
2 Kings 4:30
Then the mother of the child said, "As the Lord...
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1 Samuel 1:17
Then Eli answered, "Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant your petition that you have made to him.
Psalms 6:9
The Lord has heard my plea; the Lord accepts my prayer.
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Genesis 24:26
The man bowed his head and worshiped the Lord
Genesis 24:52
When Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself to the earth before the Lord.
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1 Samuel 2:1 - 10
And Hannah prayed and said, "My heart exults in the Lord ; my strength is exalted in the Lord. My mouth derides my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation.
Luke 1:46 - 53
And Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord.
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1 Samuel 2:10
The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to ...
Psalms 75:10
All the horns of the wicked I will cut off, but...
Psalms 89:17
For you are the glory of their strength; by you...
Psalms 89:24
My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be ...
Psalms 92:10
But you have exalted my horn like that of the w...
Psalms 112:9
He has distributed freely; he has given to the ...
Psalms 148:14
He has raised up a horn for his people, praise ...
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Psalms 9:14
That I may recount all your praises, that in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in your salvation.
Psalms 13:5
But I have trusted in your steadfast love; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation.
Psalms 20:5
May we shout for joy over your salvation, and in the name of our God set up our banners! May the Lord fulfill all your petitions!
Psalms 35:9
Then my soul will rejoice in the Lord, exulting in his salvation.
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Exodus 15:11
Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders?
Psalms 86:8
There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, nor are there any works like yours.
Psalms 89:6
For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord ? Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord.
Psalms 89:8
O Lord God of hosts, who is mighty as you are, O Lord, with your faithfulness all around you?
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Deuteronomy 32:30 - 31
How could one have chased a thousand, and two have put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had given them up?
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Psalms 37:15
Their sword shall enter their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
Psalms 46:9
He makes wars cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow and shatters the spear; he burns the chariots with fire.
Psalms 76:3
There he broke the flashing arrows, the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah
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Psalms 113:9
He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the Lord!
Isaiah 54:1
Sing, O barren one, who did not bear; break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one will be more than the children of her who is married," says the Lord.
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Jeremiah 15:9
She who bore seven has grown feeble; she has fainted away; her sun went down while it was yet day; she has been shamed and disgraced. And the rest of them I will give to the sword before their enemies, declares the Lord.
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Deuteronomy 32:39
'See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god beside me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
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Job 1:21
And he said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.
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Job 5:11
He sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
Psalms 75:7
But it is God who executes judgment, putting down one and lifting up another.
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Psalms 113:7 - 8
He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap.
Daniel 4:17
The sentence is by the decree of the watchers, the decision by the word of the holy ones, to the end that the living may know that the Most High rules the kingdom of men and gives it to whom he will and sets over it the lowliest of men.
Luke 1:52
He has brought down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble estate.
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Job 36:7
He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous, but with kings on the throne he sets them forever, and they are exalted.
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Job 38:4 - 6
Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you have understanding.
Psalms 24:2
For he has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the rivers.
Psalms 102:25
Of old you laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.
Psalms 104:5
He set the earth on its foundations, so that it should never be moved.
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Psalms 121:3
He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber.
Proverbs 3:26
For the Lord will be your confidence and will keep your foot from being caught.
Psalms 91:11
For he will command his angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.
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Psalms 2:9
You shall break them with a rod of iron and dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
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1 Samuel 7:10
As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to attack Israel. But the Lord thundered with a mighty sound that day against the Philistines and threw them into confusion, and they were routed before Israel.
Psalms 18:13
The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice, hailstones and coals of fire.
2 Samuel 22:14
The Lord thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice.
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Psalms 96:10
Say among the nations, "The Lord reigns! Yes, the world is established; it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.
Psalms 96:13
Before the Lord, for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness, and the peoples in his faithfulness.
Psalms 98:9
Before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.
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1 Samuel 2:1
And Hannah prayed and said, "My heart exults in the Lord ; my strength is exalted in the Lord. My mouth derides my enemies, because I rejoice in your salvation.
Psalms 89:24
My faithfulness and my steadfast love shall be with him, and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
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1 Samuel 1:19
They rose early in the morning and worshiped before the Lord ; then they went back to their house at Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her.
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1 Samuel 2:18
Samuel was ministering before the Lord, a boy clothed with a linen ephod.
1 Samuel 3:1
Now the young man Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli. And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision.
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1 Samuel 1:16
Do not regard your servant as a worthless woman, for all along I have been speaking out of my great anxiety and vexation.
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Judges 2:10
And all that generation also were gathered to their fathers. And there arose another generation after them who did not know the Lord or the work that he had done for Israel.
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Leviticus 3:5
Then Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar on top of the burnt offering, which is on the wood on the fire; it is a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
Leviticus 3:16
And the priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering with a pleasing aroma. All fat is the Lord 's.
Leviticus 7:23
Speak to the people of Israel, saying, You shall eat no fat, of ox or sheep or goat.
Leviticus 7:25
For every person who eats of the fat of an animal of which a food offering may be made to the Lord shall be cut off from his people.
Leviticus 7:31
The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be for Aaron and his sons.
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Genesis 6:11
Now the earth was corrupt in God's sight, and the earth was filled with violence.
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Malachi 2:8
But you have turned aside from the way. You have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the Lord of hosts.
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1 Samuel 2:11
Then Elkanah went home to Ramah. And the boy ministered to the Lord in the presence of Eli the priest.
1 Samuel 3:1
Now the young man Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli. And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision.
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Exodus 28:4
These are the garments that they shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a coat of checker work, a turban, and a sash. They shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons to serve me as priests.
2 Samuel 6:14
And David danced before the Lord with all his might. And David was wearing a linen ephod.
1 Chronicles 15:27
David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, as also were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, and the singers and Chenaniah the leader of the music of the singers. And David wore a linen ephod.
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1 Samuel 1:3
Now this man used to go up year by year from his city to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of hosts at Shiloh, where the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests of the Lord.
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1 Samuel 1:28
Therefore I have lent him to the Lord. As long as he lives, he is lent to the Lord." And he worshiped the Lord there.
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Genesis 21:1
The Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did to Sarah as he had promised.
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1 Samuel 2:26
Now the young man Samuel continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the Lord and also with man.
1 Samuel 3:19
And Samuel grew, and the Lord was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground.
Judges 13:24
And the woman bore a son and called his name Samson. And the young man grew, and the Lord blessed him.
Luke 1:80
And the child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day of his public appearance to Israel.
Luke 2:40
And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom. And the favor of God was upon him.
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Exodus 38:8
He made the basin of bronze and its stand of bronze, from the mirrors of the ministering women who ministered in the entrance of the tent of meeting.
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Joshua 11:20
For it was the Lord 's doing to harden their hearts that they should come against Israel in battle, in order that they should be devoted to destruction and should receive no mercy but be destroyed, just as the Lord commanded Moses.
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Luke 2:52
And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature and in favor with God and man.
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1 Kings 13:1
And behold, a man of God came out of Judah by the word of the Lord to Bethel. Jeroboam was standing by the altar to make offerings.
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Exodus 3:1 - 12:1
Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
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Exodus 28:1
Then bring near to you Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the people of Israel, to serve me as priests - Aaron and Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
Numbers 18:1
So the Lord said to Aaron, "You and your sons and your father's house with you shall bear iniquity connected with the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you shall bear iniquity connected with your priesthood.
Numbers 18:7
And you and your sons with you shall guard your priesthood for all that concerns the altar and that is within the veil; and you shall serve. I give your priesthood as a gift, and any outsider who comes near shall be put to death.
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1 Samuel 14:3
Including Ahijah the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, son of Phinehas, son of Eli, the priest of the Lord in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people did not know that Jonathan had gone.
1 Samuel 22:18
Then the king said to Doeg, "You turn and strike the priests." And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five persons who wore the linen ephod.
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Leviticus 2:3
But the rest of the grain offering shall be for...
Leviticus 2:10
But the rest of the grain offering shall be for...
Leviticus 6:16
And the rest of it Aaron and his sons shall eat...
Leviticus 7:7 - 8
The guilt offering is just like the sin offerin...
Leviticus 7:34
For the breast that is waved and the thigh that...
Leviticus 10:14 - 15
But the breast that is waved and the thigh that...
Numbers 5:9 - 10
And every contribution, all the holy donations ...
Numbers 18:8 - 19
Then the Lord spoke to Aaron, "Behold, I have g...
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Deuteronomy 32:15
But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked; you grew fat, stout, and sleek; then he forsook God who made him and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.
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Exodus 27:21
In the tent of meeting, outside the veil that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening to morning before the Lord. It shall be a statute forever to be observed throughout their generations by the people of Israel.
Exodus 29:9
And you shall gird Aaron and his sons with sashes and bind caps on them. And the priesthood shall be theirs by a statute forever. Thus you shall ordain Aaron and his sons.
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Jeremiah 18:9 - 10
And if at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will build and plant it.
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1 Kings 2:27
So Solomon expelled Abiathar from being priest to the Lord, thus fulfilling the word of the Lord that he had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh.
1 Samuel 4:11
And the ark of God was captured, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
1 Samuel 4:18
As soon as he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell over backward from his seat by the side of the gate, and his neck was broken and he died, for the man was old and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years.
1 Samuel 4:20
And about the time of her death the women attending her said to her, "Do not be afraid, for you have borne a son." But she did not answer or pay attention.
1 Samuel 22:18 - 19
Then the king said to Doeg, "You turn and strike the priests." And Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests, and he killed on that day eighty-five persons who wore the linen ephod.
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1 Samuel 4:11
And the ark of God was captured, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
Judges 18:30
And the people of Dan set up the carved image for themselves, and Jonathan the son of Gershom, son of Moses, and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land.
Psalms 78:59 - 64
When God heard, he was full of wrath, and he utterly rejected Israel.
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Zechariah 8:4
Thus says the Lord of hosts: Old men and old women shall again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each with staff in hand because of great age.
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1 Kings 13:3
And he gave a sign the same day, saying, "This is the sign that the Lord has spoken: 'Behold, the altar shall be torn down, and the ashes that are on it shall be poured out.'
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1 Samuel 4:11
And the ark of God was captured, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
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1 Kings 2:35
The king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada over the army in place of Joab, and the king put Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar.
1 Chronicles 29:22
And they ate and drank before the Lord on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and they anointed him as prince for the Lord, and Zadok as priest.
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1 Samuel 25:28
Please forgive the trespass of your servant. For the Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the Lord, and evil shall not be found in you so long as you live.
1 Kings 11:38
And if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do what is right in my eyes by keeping my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did, I will be with you and will build you a sure house, as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.
2 Samuel 7:11
From the time that I appointed judges over my people Israel. And I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the Lord declares to you that the Lord will make you a house.
2 Samuel 7:27
For you, O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have made this revelation to your servant, saying, 'I will build you a house.' Therefore your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to you.
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2 Samuel 22:51
Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.
Psalms 18:50
Great salvation he brings to his king, and shows steadfast love to his anointed, to David and his offspring forever.
Psalms 89:20
I have found David, my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him.
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1 Samuel 2:11
Then Elkanah went home to Ramah. And the boy ministered to the Lord in the presence of Eli the priest.
1 Samuel 2:18
Samuel was ministering before the Lord, a boy clothed with a linen ephod.
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1 Samuel 3:21
And the Lord appeared again at Shiloh, for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel at Shiloh by the word of the Lord.
Psalms 74:9
We do not see our signs; there is no longer any prophet, and there is none among us who knows how long.
Amos 8:11
Behold, the days are coming," declares the Lord God, "when I will send a famine on the land - not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord.
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1 Samuel 4:15
Now Eli was ninety-eight years old and his eyes were set so that he could not see.
Genesis 27:1
When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau his older son and said to him, "My son"; and he answered, "Here I am.
Genesis 48:10
Now the eyes of Israel were dim with age, so that he could not see. So Joseph brought them near him, and he kissed them and embraced them.
Deuteronomy 34:7
Moses was 120 years old when he died. His eye was undimmed, and his vigor unabated.
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Exodus 27:20 - 21
You shall command the people of Israel that they bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light, that a lamp may regularly be set up to burn.
Leviticus 24:2 - 3
Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil from beaten olives for the lamp, that a light may be kept burning regularly.
2 Chronicles 13:11
They offer to the Lord every morning and every evening burnt offerings and incense of sweet spices, set out the showbread on the table of pure gold, and care for the golden lampstand that its lamps may burn every evening. For we keep the charge of the Lord our God, but you have forsaken him.
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1 Samuel 1:9
After they had eaten and drunk in Shiloh, Hannah rose. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat beside the doorpost of the temple of the Lord.
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2 Kings 21:12
Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing upon Jerusalem and Judah such disaster that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle.
Jeremiah 19:3
You shall say, 'Hear the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing such disaster upon this place that the ears of everyone who hears of it will tingle.
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1 Samuel 2:30 - 36
Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: 'I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,' but now the Lord declares: 'Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
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1 Samuel 3:12
On that day I will fulfill against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.
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1 Samuel 2:12
Now the sons of Eli were worthless men. They did not know the Lord.
1 Samuel 2:17
Thus the sin of the young men was very great in the sight of the Lord, for the men treated the offering of the Lord with contempt.
1 Samuel 2:22
Now Eli was very old, and he kept hearing all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who were serving at the entrance to the tent of meeting.
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1 Samuel 2:23 - 25
And he said to them, "Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all the people.
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Isaiah 22:14
The Lord of hosts has revealed himself in my ears: "Surely this iniquity will not be atoned for you until you die," says the Lord God of hosts.
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Ruth 1:17
Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the Lord do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you.
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2 Samuel 10:12
Be of good courage, and let us be courageous for our people, and for the cities of our God, and may the Lord do what seems good to him.
Job 1:21
And he said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.
Job 2:10
But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?" In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
Psalms 39:9
I am mute; I do not open my mouth, for it is you who have done it.
Isaiah 39:8
Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, "The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good." For he thought, "There will be peace and security in my days.
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1 Samuel 2:21
Indeed the Lord visited Hannah, and she conceived and bore three sons and two daughters. And the young man Samuel grew in the presence of the Lord.
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1 Samuel 9:6
But he said to him, "Behold, there is a man of God in this city, and he is a man who is held in honor; all that he says comes true. So now let us go there. Perhaps he can tell us the way we should go.
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2 Samuel 3:10
To transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan to Beersheba.
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Joshua 18:1
Then the whole congregation of the people of Israel assembled at Shiloh and set up the tent of meeting there. The land lay subdued before them.
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1 Samuel 3:1
Now the young man Samuel was ministering to the Lord under Eli. And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision.
1 Samuel 3:4
Then the Lord called Samuel, and he said, "Here I am!
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