Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Samuel+017   CHAPTER 17 (ESV) 40 Then he took his staff in his hand and chose five smooth stones from the brook and put them in his shepherd’s pouch. His sling was in his hand, and he approached the Philistine. 41 And the Philistine moved forward and came near to David, […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Samuel+016   Chapter 16 (ESV) 4 Samuel did what the Lord commanded and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling and said, “Do you come peaceably?” 5 And he said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves, and come with me […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Samuel+015   Chapter Fifteen (ESV) 22 And Samuel said, “Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is as the sin of […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Samuel+014   Chapter Fourteen (ESV) 36 Then Saul said, “Let us go down after the Philistines by night and plunder them until the morning light; let us not leave a man of them.” And they said, “Do whatever seems good to you.” But the priest said, “Let us draw near to […]

Read chapter in full: biblegateway.com/passage/?version=ESV&search=1Samuel+013   Chapter Thirteen (ESV) 8 He waited seven days, the time appointed by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the people were scattering from him. 9 So Saul said, “Bring the burnt offering here to me, and the peace offerings.” And he offered the burnt offering. 10 […]