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1 Samuel

1 Samuel in full in the Berean Standard Bible (31 chapters): read it chapter by chapter and compare translations.

Chapters of 1 Samuel

  1. 1Now there was a man named Elkanah who was from Ramathaim-zophim in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the…
  2. 2At that time Hannah prayed: “My heart rejoices in the LORD in whom my horn is exalted. My mouth speaks boldly…
  3. 3God calls the boy SamuelAnd the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare and…
  4. 4Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and…
  5. 5After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod,
  6. 6When the ark of the LORD had been in the land of the Philistines seven months,
  7. 7Then the men of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the LORD and took it into Abinadab’s house on the hill…
  8. 8When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.
  9. 9Now there was a Benjamite, a powerful man, whose name was Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of…
  10. 10Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed…
  11. 11Soon Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a…
  12. 12Then Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to your voice in all that you have said to me, and I have…
  13. 13Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.
  14. 14One day Jonathan son of Saul said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the…
  15. 15Then Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now therefore, listen…
  16. 16Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king…
  17. 17Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah…
  18. 18After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan…
  19. 19Then Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Jonathan delighted greatly in David,
  20. 20Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What is my iniquity?…
  21. 21Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And when Ahimelech met David, he trembled and asked him…
  22. 22So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s…
  23. 23Now it was reported to David, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and looting the threshing floors.”
  24. 24After Saul had returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.”
  25. 25When Samuel died, all Israel gathered to mourn for him; and they buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David…
  26. 26Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, opposite Jeshimon?”
  27. 27David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is…
  28. 28Now in those days the Philistines gathered their forces for warfare against Israel. So Achish said to David…
  29. 29Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.
  30. 30On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked…
  31. 31Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.