1 Samuel 1:2; 1 Samuel 1:4; 1 Samuel 1:12; 1 Samuel 1:20; 1 Samuel 1:28; 1 Samuel 3:2; 1 Samuel 4:1; 1 Samuel 4:7; 1 Samuel 4:16; 1 Samuel 4:17; 1 Samuel 6:1; 1 Samuel 6:9; 1 Samuel 8:1; 1 Samuel 8:17; 1 Samuel 9:2; 1 Samuel 10:9; 1 Samuel 10:11; 1 Samuel 10:12; 1 Samuel 11:9; 1 Samuel 13:22; 1 Samuel 14:1; 1 Samuel 14:15; 1 Samuel 14:38; 1 Samuel 15:10; 1 Samuel 15:26; 1 Samuel 16:16; 1 Samuel 16:21; 1 Samuel 16:23; 1 Samuel 17:9; 1 Samuel 17:48; 1 Samuel 18:1; 1 Samuel 18:6; 1 Samuel 18:10; 1 Samuel 18:19; 1 Samuel 18:21; 1 Samuel 18:30; 1 Samuel 19:20; 1 Samuel 19:23; 1 Samuel 20:13; 1 Samuel 20:24; 1 Samuel 20:27; 1 Samuel 20:35; 1 Samuel 22:2; 1 Samuel 23:6; 1 Samuel 24:5; 1 Samuel 25:2; 1 Samuel 25:7; 1 Samuel 25:20; 1 Samuel 25:31; 1 Samuel 25:37; 1 Samuel 25:42; 1 Samuel 25:43; 1 Samuel 27:6; 1 Samuel 27:12; 1 Samuel 28:1; 1 Samuel 28:16; 1 Samuel 28:22; 1 Samuel 29:3; 1 Samuel 29:4; 1 Samuel 29:8; 1 Samuel 30:1; 1 Samuel 30:25; 1 Samuel 31:8

1 Samuel 1:2

2 He had two wives; one was called Hannah and the other Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none.

1 Samuel 1:4

4 Whenever the day came for Elkanah to sacrifice, he would give portions of the meat to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters.

1 Samuel 1:12

12 As she kept on praying to the LORD, Eli observed her mouth.

1 Samuel 1:20

20 So in the course of time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, saying, “Because I asked the LORD for him.”

1 Samuel 1:28

28 So now I give him to the LORD. For his whole life he will be given over to the LORD.” And he worshiped the LORD there.

1 Samuel 3:2

2 One night Eli, whose eyes were becoming so weak that he could barely see, was lying down in his usual place.

1 Samuel 4:1

1 And Samuel’s word came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to fight against the Philistines. The Israelites camped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines at Aphek.

1 Samuel 4:7

7 the Philistines were afraid. “A god has come into the camp,” they said. “Oh no! Nothing like this has happened before.

1 Samuel 4:16

16 He told Eli, “I have just come from the battle line; I fled from it this very day.” Eli asked, “What happened, my son?”

1 Samuel 4:17

17 The man who brought the news replied, “Israel fled before the Philistines, and the army has suffered heavy losses. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”

1 Samuel 6:1

1 When the ark of the LORD had been in Philistine territory seven months,

1 Samuel 6:9

9 but keep watching it. If it goes up to its own territory, toward Beth Shemesh, then the LORD has brought this great disaster on us. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not his hand that struck us but that it happened to us by chance.”

1 Samuel 8:1

1 When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as Israel’s leaders.

1 Samuel 8:17

17 He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.

1 Samuel 9:2

2 Kish had a son named Saul, as handsome a young man as could be found anywhere in Israel, and he was a head taller than anyone else.

1 Samuel 10:9

9 As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul’s heart, and all these signs were fulfilled that day.

1 Samuel 10:11

11 When all those who had formerly known him saw him prophesying with the prophets, they asked each other, “What is this that has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”

1 Samuel 10:12

12 A man who lived there answered, “And who is their father?” So it became a saying: “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

1 Samuel 11:9

9 They told the messengers who had come, “Say to the men of Jabesh Gilead, ‘By the time the sun is hot tomorrow, you will be rescued.’ ” When the messengers went and reported this to the men of Jabesh, they were elated.

1 Samuel 13:22

22 So on the day of the battle not a soldier with Saul and Jonathan had a sword or spear in his hand; only Saul and his son Jonathan had them.

1 Samuel 14:1

1 One day Jonathan son of Saul said to his young armor-bearer, “Come, let’s go over to the Philistine outpost on the other side.” But he did not tell his father.

1 Samuel 14:15

15 Then panic struck the whole army—those in the camp and field, and those in the outposts and raiding parties—and the ground shook. It was a panic sent by God.

1 Samuel 14:38

38 Saul therefore said, “Come here, all you who are leaders of the army, and let us find out what sin has been committed today.

1 Samuel 15:10

10 Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel:

1 Samuel 15:26

26 But Samuel said to him, “I will not go back with you. You have rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD has rejected you as king over Israel!”

1 Samuel 16:16

16 Let our lord command his servants here to search for someone who can play the lyre. He will play when the evil spirit from God comes on you, and you will feel better.”

1 Samuel 16:21

21 David came to Saul and entered his service. Saul liked him very much, and David became one of his armor-bearers.

1 Samuel 16:23

23 Whenever the spirit from God came on Saul, David would take up his lyre and play. Then relief would come to Saul; he would feel better, and the evil spirit would leave him.

1 Samuel 17:9

9 If he is able to fight and kill me, we will become your subjects; but if I overcome him and kill him, you will become our subjects and serve us.”

1 Samuel 17:48

48 As the Philistine moved closer to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him.

1 Samuel 18:1

1 After David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan became one in spirit with David, and he loved him as himself.

1 Samuel 18:6

6 When the men were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out from all the towns of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs and with timbrels and lyres.

1 Samuel 18:10

10 The next day an evil spirit from God came forcefully on Saul. He was prophesying in his house, while David was playing the lyre, as he usually did. Saul had a spear in his hand

1 Samuel 18:19

19 So when the time came for Merab, Saul’s daughter, to be given to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.

1 Samuel 18:21

21 “I will give her to him,” he thought, “so that she may be a snare to him and so that the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “Now you have a second opportunity to become my son-in-law.”

1 Samuel 18:30

30 The Philistine commanders continued to go out to battle, and as often as they did, David met with more success than the rest of Saul’s officers, and his name became well known.

1 Samuel 19:20

20 so he sent men to capture him. But when they saw a group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel standing there as their leader, the Spirit of God came on Saul’s men, and they also prophesied.

1 Samuel 19:23

23 So Saul went to Naioth at Ramah. But the Spirit of God came even on him, and he walked along prophesying until he came to Naioth.

1 Samuel 20:13

13 But if my father intends to harm you, may the LORD deal with Jonathan, be it ever so severely, if I do not let you know and send you away in peace. May the LORD be with you as he has been with my father.

1 Samuel 20:24

24 So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon feast came, the king sat down to eat.

1 Samuel 20:27

27 But the next day, the second day of the month, David’s place was empty again. Then Saul said to his son Jonathan, “Why hasn’t the son of Jesse come to the meal, either yesterday or today?”

1 Samuel 20:35

35 In the morning Jonathan went out to the field for his meeting with David. He had a small boy with him,

1 Samuel 22:2

2 All those who were in distress or in debt or discontented gathered around him, and he became their commander. About four hundred men were with him.

1 Samuel 23:6

6 (Now Abiathar son of Ahimelek had brought the ephod down with him when he fled to David at Keilah.)

1 Samuel 24:5

5 Afterward, David was conscience-stricken for having cut off a corner of his robe.

1 Samuel 25:2

2 A certain man in Maon, who had property there at Carmel, was very wealthy. He had a thousand goats and three thousand sheep, which he was shearing in Carmel.

1 Samuel 25:7

7 “ ‘Now I hear that it is sheep-shearing time. When your shepherds were with us, we did not mistreat them, and the whole time they were at Carmel nothing of theirs was missing.

1 Samuel 25:20

20 As she came riding her donkey into a mountain ravine, there were David and his men descending toward her, and she met them.

1 Samuel 25:31

31 my lord will not have on his conscience the staggering burden of needless bloodshed or of having avenged himself. And when the LORD your God has brought my lord success, remember your servant.”

1 Samuel 25:37

37 Then in the morning, when Nabal was sober, his wife told him all these things, and his heart failed him and he became like a stone.

1 Samuel 25:42

42 Abigail quickly got on a donkey and, attended by her five female servants, went with David’s messengers and became his wife.

1 Samuel 25:43

43 David had also married Ahinoam of Jezreel, and they both were his wives.

1 Samuel 27:6

6 So on that day Achish gave him Ziklag, and it has belonged to the kings of Judah ever since.

1 Samuel 27:12

12 Achish trusted David and said to himself, “He has become so obnoxious to his people, the Israelites, that he will be my servant for life.”

1 Samuel 28:1

1 In those days the Philistines gathered their forces to fight against Israel. Achish said to David, “You must understand that you and your men will accompany me in the army.”

1 Samuel 28:16

16 Samuel said, “Why do you consult me, now that the LORD has departed from you and become your enemy?

1 Samuel 28:22

22 Now please listen to your servant and let me give you some food so you may eat and have the strength to go on your way.”

1 Samuel 29:3

3 The commanders of the Philistines asked, “What about these Hebrews?” Achish replied, “Is this not David, who was an officer of Saul king of Israel? He has already been with me for over a year, and from the day he left Saul until now, I have found no fault in him.”

1 Samuel 29:4

4 But the Philistine commanders were angry with Achish and said, “Send the man back, that he may return to the place you assigned him. He must not go with us into battle, or he will turn against us during the fighting. How better could he regain his master’s favor than by taking the heads of our own men?

1 Samuel 29:8

8 “But what have I done?” asked David. “What have you found against your servant from the day I came to you until now? Why can’t I go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”

1 Samuel 30:1

1 David and his men reached Ziklag on the third day. Now the Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They had attacked Ziklag and burned it,

1 Samuel 30:25

25 David made this a statute and ordinance for Israel from that day to this.

1 Samuel 31:8

8 The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa.