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- 1 Samuel 5:11
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Then the Ekronites called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was very heavy upon it.
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- 1 Samuel 6:3
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They replied, “If you return the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it away empty, but by all means return it to Him with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and you will understand why His hand has not been lifted from you.”
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- 1 Samuel 6:5
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Make images of your tumors and of the rats that are ravaging the land. Give glory to the God of Israel, and perhaps He will lift His hand from you and your gods and your land.
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- 1 Samuel 7:2
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And from that day a long time passed, twenty years in all, as the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim. And all the house of Israel mournfully sought the LORD.
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- 1 Samuel 7:3
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Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”
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- 1 Samuel 7:4
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So the Israelites put away the Baals and Ashtoreths and served only the LORD.
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- 1 Samuel 7:5
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Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the LORD on your behalf.”
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- 1 Samuel 7:6
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When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.
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- 1 Samuel 7:7
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When the Philistines heard that the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, their rulers marched up toward Israel. And when the Israelites learned of this, they feared the Philistines
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- 1 Samuel 7:8
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and said to Samuel, “Do not stop crying out to the LORD our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.”
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- 1 Samuel 7:9
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Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him.
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- 1 Samuel 7:10
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As the Philistines drew near to fight against Israel, Samuel was offering up the burnt offering. But that day the LORD thundered loudly against the Philistines and threw them into such confusion that they fled before Israel.
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- 1 Samuel 7:11
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Then the men of Israel charged out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, striking them down all the way to an area below Beth-car.
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- 1 Samuel 7:13
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So the Philistines were subdued, and they stopped invading the territory of Israel. And the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
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- 1 Samuel 7:14
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The cities from Ekron to Gath, which the Philistines had taken, were restored to Israel, who also delivered the surrounding territory from the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between the Israelites and the Amorites.
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- 1 Samuel 7:15
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So Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
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- 1 Samuel 7:16
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Every year he would go on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all these places.
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- 1 Samuel 7:17
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Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.
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- 1 Samuel 8:1
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When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.
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- 1 Samuel 8:4
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So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.
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- 1 Samuel 8:22
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“Listen to their voice,” the LORD said to Samuel. “Appoint a king for them.” Then Samuel told the men of Israel, “Everyone must go back to his city.”
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- 1 Samuel 9:2
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And he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the people.
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- 1 Samuel 9:9
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(Formerly in Israel, a man on his way to inquire of God would say, “Come, let us go to the seer.” For the prophet of today was formerly called the seer.)
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- 1 Samuel 9:16
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“At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him ruler over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”
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- 1 Samuel 9:20
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As for the donkeys you lost three days ago, do not worry about them, for they have been found. And upon whom is all the desire of Israel, if not upon you and all your father’s house?”
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- 1 Samuel 9:21
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Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of Benjamin? So why would you say such a thing to me?”
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- 1 Samuel 10:18
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and said to the Israelites, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I brought Israel up out of Egypt, and I rescued you from the hands of the Egyptians and of all the kingdoms that oppressed you.’
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- 1 Samuel 10:20
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Thus Samuel had all the tribes of Israel come forward, and the tribe of Benjamin was selected.
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- 1 Samuel 11:2
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But Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you on one condition, that I may put out everyone’s right eye and bring reproach upon all Israel.”
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- 1 Samuel 11:3
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“Hold off for seven days,” replied the elders of Jabesh, “and let us send messengers throughout Israel. If there is no one to save us, we will surrender to you.”
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- 1 Samuel 11:7
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He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them by messengers throughout the land of Israel, proclaiming, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not march behind Saul and Samuel.” Then the terror of the LORD fell upon the people, and they came out together as one man.
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- 1 Samuel 11:8
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And when Saul numbered them at Bezek, there were 300,000 Israelites and 30,000 men of Judah.
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- 1 Samuel 11:13
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But Saul ordered, “No one shall be put to death this day, for today the LORD has worked salvation in Israel.”
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- 1 Samuel 11:15
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So all the people went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul as king in the presence of the LORD. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.
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- 1 Samuel 12:1
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Then Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to your voice in all that you have said to me, and I have set over you a king.
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- 1 Samuel 13:1
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Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.
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- 1 Samuel 13:2
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He chose for himself three thousand men of Israel: Two thousand were with Saul at Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And the rest of the troops he sent away, each to his own home.
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- 1 Samuel 13:4
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And all Israel heard the news: “Saul has attacked an outpost of the Philistines, and now Israel has become a stench to the Philistines!” Then the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.
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- 1 Samuel 13:5
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Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven.
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- 1 Samuel 13:6
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Seeing that they were in danger because their troops were hard-pressed, the men of Israel hid in caves and thickets, among the rocks, and in cellars and cisterns.
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- 1 Samuel 13:13
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“You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.
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- 1 Samuel 13:19
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And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears.”
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- 1 Samuel 13:20
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Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to sharpen their plowshares, mattocks, axes, and sickles.
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- 1 Samuel 14:12
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So the men of the outpost called out to Jonathan and his armor-bearer, “Come on up, and we will teach you a lesson!” “Follow me,” Jonathan told his armor-bearer, “for the LORD has delivered them into the hand of Israel.”
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- 1 Samuel 14:18
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Then Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring the ark of God.” (For at that time it was with the Israelites.)
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- 1 Samuel 14:21
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And the Hebrews who had previously gone up into the surrounding camps to join the Philistines now went over to the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.
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- 1 Samuel 14:22
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When all the Israelites who had been hiding in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines were fleeing, they also joined the battle in close pursuit.
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- 1 Samuel 14:23
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So the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle moved on beyond Beth-aven.
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- 1 Samuel 14:24
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Now the men of Israel were in distress that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies.” So none of the troops tasted any food.
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- 1 Samuel 14:37
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So Saul inquired of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You give them into the hand of Israel?” But God did not answer him that day.
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