Hello, and welcome
to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer, and
today we're going to finish
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in the book of Ruth and
move on to First Samuel.
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But before we start
together, Let's pray.
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Dear God, please be with
us now as we read the next few
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chapters. And may the story of
history come alive in our life
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to your glory. Write
you word on our hearts
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and may it bear
fruit. We love you so much.
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And thank you
for loving us. Amen
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We're reading in the book
of Ruth the story of how she
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came from Moab, left her family
and went with her mother in law,
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Naomi, to a foreign country;
to be with her mother in law
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and to take care of her.
And because of Ruth's kindness
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to her mother in law, and her
obedience to her, God honored
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Ruth through her marriage to
Boaz. And out of their family
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Jesus eventually was
born, in the line of David.
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We're going to read that
last part of Ruth, chapter four,
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and beginning with verse 16.
This is the King James Version.
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And Naomi took the child and
laid it in her bosom and became
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nurse unto it. And the women,
her neighbors, gave it a name,
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saying, There is a son
born to Naomi; and they called
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his name Obed: he is the father
of Jesse, the father of David.
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Now these are the generations
of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,
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And Hezron begat Ram,
and Ram begat Amminadab,
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and Amminadab begat Nahshon,
Nahshon begat Salmon, and
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Salmon begat Boaz, and
Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat
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Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
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Continuing now in the old
testament, the first book of
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Samuel, chapter one. This
is the King James Version.
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Now there was a certain man
of Ramathaimzophim, of mount
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Ephraim, and his name was
Elkanah, the son of Jeroham,
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the son of Elihu, the
son of Tohu, the son of Zuph,
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an Ephrathite: and he had
two wives, the name of the one
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was Hannah, and the
name of the other Peninnah:
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and Peninnah had children,
but Hannah had no children.
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And this man went up out of his
city yearly to worship and to
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sacrifice unto the
Lord of hosts in Shiloh.
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And the two sons of
Eli, Hophni and Phinehas,
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the priests of the Lord were
there. And when the time was
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that Elkanah offered, he
gave to Peninnah his wife,
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and to all her sons and
her daughters, portions:
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But unto Hannah he
gave a worthy portion;
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for he loved Hannah: but
the Lord had shut up her womb.
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And her adversary also provoked
her sore, for to make her fret,
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because the Lord
had shut up her womb.
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And as he did so year by year,
when she went up to the house
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of the Lord, so she provoked
her; therefore she wept,
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and did not eat. Then said
Elkanah her husband to her,
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Hannah, why weepest
thou? and why eatest thou not?
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and why is thy heart
grieved? am not I better to thee
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than ten sons? So Hannah
rose up after they had eaten
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in Shiloh, and
after they had drunk.
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Now Eli the priest sat upon
a seat by a post of the temple
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of the Lord. And she
was in bitterness of soul,
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and prayed unto the Lord, and
wept sore. And she vowed a vow,
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and said, O Lord of
hosts, if thou wilt indeed
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look on the affliction of
thine handmaid, and remember me,
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and not forget thine
handmaid, but wilt give
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unto thine handmaid a man
child, then I will give him
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unto the Lord all the days
of his life, and there shall
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no razor come upon his
head. And it came to pass,
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as she continued
praying before the Lord,
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that Eli marked
her mouth. Now Hannah,
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she spake in her heart; only
her lips moved, but her voice
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was not heard: therefore
Eli thought she had been
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drunken. And Eli said unto her,
How long wilt thou be drunken?
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put away thy wine from thee.
And Hannah answered and said,
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No, my lord, I am a woman of
a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk
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neither wine nor strong drink,
but have poured out my soul
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before the Lord. Count not
thine handmaid for a daughter
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of Belial: for out of
the abundance of my complaint
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and grief have
I spoken hitherto.
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And Eli answered and said, Go
in peace: and the God of Israel
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grant the thy petition
that thou has asked of him.
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And she said, Let
thine handmaid find grace
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in thy sight. So the
woman went her way, and did eat,
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and her
countenance was no more sad.
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And they rose up in the morning
early, and worshipped before
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the Lord and returned, and
came to their house to Ramah:
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And Elkanah knew Hannah his
wife; and the Lord remembered
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her. Wherefore it came to pass,
when the time was come about
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after Hannah had conceived,
that she bare a son, and called
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his name Samuel, saying, Because
I have asked him of the Lord.
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And the man Elkanah, and
all his house went up to offer
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unto the Lord the
yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
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But Hannah went not up;
for she said unto her husband,
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I will not go up until the
child be weaned, and then I will
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bring him, that he may appear
before the Lord, and there abide
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forever. And Elkanah
her husband, said unto her,
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Do what seemeth thee good; tarry
until thou have weaned him;
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only the Lord establish
his word. So the woman abode,
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and gave her son
suck until she weaned him.
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And when she had weaned
him, she took him up with her,
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with three bullocks, and
one ephah of flour, and a bottle
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of wine, and brought him unto
the house of the Lord in Shiloh:
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and the child was
young. And they slew a bullock
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and brought the child to
Eli. And she said, Oh my lord,
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as thy soul liveth, my
lord, I am the woman that stood
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by thee here,
praying unto the Lord.
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For this child I prayed;
and the Lord hath given me
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my petition which I asked
of him: Therefore also I have
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lent him to the Lord: as long
as he liveth he shall be lent
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to the Lord. And he
worshipped the Lord there.
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Continuing now in the book
of First Samuel, chapter two,
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This is the King James Version.
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And Hannah prayed, and said,
My heart rejoiceth in the Lord,
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mine horn is exalted in
the Lord: my mouth is enlarged
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over mine enemies; because
I rejoice in thy salvation.
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There is none holy as the Lord:
for there is none beside thee:
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neither is there
any rock like our God.
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Talk no more so exceeding
proudly; let not arrogancy
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come out of your mouth: for
the Lord is a God of knowledge,
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and by him actions are weighed.
The bows of the mighty men
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are broken, and
they that stumbled
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are girded with
strength. They that were full
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have hired out themselves for
bread; and they that were hungry
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ceased: so that the
barren hath born seven;
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and she that hath many
children is waxed feeble.
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The Lord
killeth, and maketh alive:
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He bringeth down to
the grave, and bringeth up.
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The Lord maketh
poor, and maketh rich:
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He bringeth low, and lifteth up.
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He raiseth up the
poor out of the dust,
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and lifteth up the
beggar from the dunghill,
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to set them among princes, and
to make them inherit the throne
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of glory: for the pillars
of the earth are the Lord's,
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and He hath set
the world upon them.
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He will keep the feet of
his saints, and the wicked
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shall be silent in darkness; for
by strength shall no man prevail
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The adversaries of the
Lord shall be broken to pieces;
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out of heaven shall he thunder
upon them: the Lord shall judge
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the ends of the earth;
and he shall give strength
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unto his king, and exalt
the horn of his anointed.
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And Elkanah went
to Ramah to his house.
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And the child did minister unto
the Lord before Eli the priest.
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Now the sons of Eli
were sons of Belial;
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they knew not the Lord. And the
priests' custom with the people
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was, that, when any man offered
sacrifice, the priest's servant
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came, while the flesh was
in seething, with a fleshhook
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of three teeth in his hand;
and he struck it into the pan,
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or kettle, or caldron, or pot;
all that the fleshhook brought
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up the priest took for
himself. So they did in Shiloh,
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unto all the
Israelites that came thither.
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Also before they burnt the
fat, the priest's servant came,
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and said to the man that
sacrificed, Give flesh to roast
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for the priest; for he will
not have sodden flesh of thee,
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but raw. And if any man
said unto him, Let them not fail
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to burn the fat presently, and
then take as much as thy soul
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desireth; then he would answer
him, Nay; but thou shalt give it
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me now: and if not, I
will take it by force.
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Wherefore the sin of
the young men was very great
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before the Lord: for
men abhorred the offering
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of the Lord. But Samuel
ministered before the Lord,
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being a child,
girded with a linen ephod.
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Moreover his mother
made him a little coat,
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and brought it to
him from year to year,
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when she came up with her
husband to offer the yearly
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sacrifice. And Eli
blessed Elkanah and his wife,
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and said, The Lord give thee
seed of this woman for the loan
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which is lent to the Lord. And
they went unto their own home.
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And the Lord visited
Hannah, so that she conceived,
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and bear three
sons and two daughters.
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And the child Samuel
grew before the Lord.
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Now Eli was very old, and heard
all that his sons did unto all
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Israel; and how they lay
with the women that assembled
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at the door of the
tabernacle of the congregation.
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And he said unto
them, Why do ye such things?
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for I hear of your evil
dealings by all this people.
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Nay, my sons; for it is
no good report that I hear:
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ye make the Lord's
people to transgress.
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If one man sin against another,
the judge shall judge him: but
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if a man sin against the
Lord, who shall entreat for him?
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Notwithstanding they hearkened
not unto the voice of their
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father, because the
Lord would slay them.
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And the child Samuel grew on and
was in favor both with the Lord,
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and also with men. And there
came a man of God unto Eli,
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and said unto him, Thus saith
the Lord, Did I plainly appear
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unto the house of thy
father, when they were in Egypt
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in Pharaoh's house? And did
I choose out of all the tribes
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of Israel to be my priest,
to offer upon mine altar,
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to burn incense, to
wear an ephod before me?
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and did I give unto the house
of thy father all the offerings
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made by fire of
the children of Israel?
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Wherefore kick ye at my
sacrifice and at mine offering,
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which I have commanded in
my habitation; and honourest
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thy sons above me, to make
yourselves fat with the chiefest
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of all the
offerings of Israel my people?
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Wherefore the Lord God of
Israel saith, I said indeed
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that thy house, and the
house of thy father, should walk
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before me forever: but now the
Lord saith, Be it far from me;
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for them that
honour me I will honour,
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and they that despise me
shall be lightly esteemed.
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Behold, the days come,
that I will cut off thine arm,
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and the arm of thy father's
house, that there shall not
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be an old man in thine house.
And thou shalt see an enemy
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in my habitation, in all
the wealth which God shall give
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Israel and there shall not be an
old man in thine house forever.
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And the name of thine,
whom I shall not cut off
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mine altar, shall be to consume
thine eyes, and to grieve
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thine heart: and all
the increase of thine house
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shall die in the flower of their
age. And this shall be a sign
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unto thee, that shall
come upon thy two sons,
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on Hophni and Pninehas; in one
day they shall die both of them.
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And I will raise me
up a faithful priest,
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that shall do according to
that which is in mine heart
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and in my mind: and I
will build him a sure house;
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and he shall walk
before mine anointed for ever.
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And it shall come to
pass, that every one who is left
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in thine house shall come
and crouch to him for a piece
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of silver and a morsel of
bread and shall say, Put me,
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I pray the into one
of the priests' offices,
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that I may eat a piece of bread.
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Continuing in 1
Samuel, chapter three.
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And the child Samuel ministered
unto the Lord before Eli.
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And the word of the Lord
was precious in those days;
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there was no open vision. And
it came to pass at that time,
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when Eli was laid down in
his place, and his eyes began
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to wax dim, that he could
not see; and ere the lamp of God
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went out in the temple of the
Lord, where the ark of God was,
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and Samuel was
laid down to sleep;
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That the Lord called Samuel:
and he answered, Here am I.
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And he ran unto Eli, and said,
Here am I; for thou calledst me.
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And he said, I called not;
lie down again. And he went
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and lay down. And the
Lord called yet again, Samuel.
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And Samuel arose and went
to Eli, and said, Here am I;
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for thou didst call me. And he
answered, I called not, my son;
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lie down again. - Thank
you for joining with me today
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to read the word of God. We'll
pick up the story of Samuel
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the next time we're together.
But until then may God tune
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our ears to hear him as he
speaks to us and our hearts
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to be quick to answer
him. Thank you. God bless.
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