Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Samuel+008   Chapter Eight (ESV) 1 When Samuel became old, he made his sons judges over Israel. 2 The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beersheba. 3 Yet his sons did not walk in his ways but turned aside […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Samuel+007   Chapter Seven (ESV) 5 Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel at Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you.” 6 So they gathered at Mizpah and drew water and poured it out before the Lord and fasted on that day and said there, “We have sinned against […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Samuel+006   Chapter Six (ESV) 19 And he struck some of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they looked upon the ark of the Lord. He struck seventy men of them, and the people mourned because the Lord had struck the people with a great blow. 20 Then the men of Beth-shemesh […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Samuel+005   Chapter Five (ESV) 1 When the Philistines captured the ark of God, they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. 2 Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it up beside Dagon. 3 And when the people of Ashdod […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Samuel+004   Chapter Four (ESV) 1 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines. They encamped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines encamped at Aphek. 2 The Philistines drew up in line against Israel, and when the battle spread, Israel was defeated […]