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1 Samuel 1:13-16
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1 Samuel 1:13-16
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13 Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her voice was not heard. Eli thought she was drunk 14 and said to her, “How long are you going to stay drunk? Put away your wine.”
15 “Not so, my lord,” Hannah replied, “I am a woman who is deeply troubled.(A) I have not been drinking wine or beer; I was pouring(B) out my soul to the Lord. 16 Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; I have been praying here out of my great anguish and grief.”(C)
1 Samuel 1:13-16
King James Version
1 Samuel 1:13-16
King James Version
13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken.
14 And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee.
15 And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the Lord.
16 Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
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1 Samuel 4:9-12
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1 Samuel 4:9-12
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9 Be strong, Philistines! Be men, or you will be subject to the Hebrews, as they(A) have been to you. Be men, and fight!”
10 So the Philistines fought, and the Israelites were defeated(B) and every man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great; Israel lost thirty thousand foot soldiers. 11 The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.(C)
Death of Eli
12 That same day a Benjamite(D) ran from the battle line and went to Shiloh with his clothes torn and dust(E) on his head.
1 Samuel 4:9-12
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1 Samuel 4:9-12
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9 Be strong and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.
10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.
11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head.
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1 Samuel 11:14-15
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1 Samuel 11:14-15
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14 Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal(A) and there renew the kingship.(B)” 15 So all the people went to Gilgal(C) and made Saul king(D) in the presence of the Lord. There they sacrificed fellowship offerings before the Lord, and Saul and all the Israelites held a great celebration.
1 Samuel 11:14-15
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1 Samuel 11:14-15
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14 Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there.
15 And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the Lord in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the Lord; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.
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