GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Samuel - Part 7

1 Samuel 16:15-16

    Saul's attendants said to him, "See, an evil spirit from God is tormenting you. 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 16:23  

    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. 

(see all 1 Samuel 16)

 

1 Samuel 17:26  

    David asked the men standing near him, "What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?"

 

1 Samuel 17:36  

"Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, because he has defied the armies of the living God."

 

1 Samuel 17:45-47  

    David said to the Philistine, "You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD Almighty, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. This day the LORD will deliver you into my hands, and I'll strike you down and cut off your head. This very day I will give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds and the wild animals, and the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel. All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give all of you into our hands."

(see all 1 Samuel 17)

 

1 Samuel 18:10-11  

    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 and he hurled it, saying to himself, "I'll pin David to the wall." But David eluded him twice. 

(see all 1 Samuel 18)

 

1 Samuel 19:18-21  

    When David had fled and made his escape, he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there. Word came to Saul: "David is in Naioth at Ramah"; 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. Saul was told about it, and he sent more men, and they prophesied too. Saul sent men a third time, and they also prophesied.

 

1 Samuel 19:23  

    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.

(see all 1 Samuel 19) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Samuel - Part 6

1 Samuel 13:13-14

    "You have done a foolish thing," Samuel said. "You have not kept the command the LORD your God gave you; if you had, he would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time. but now your kingdom will not endure; the LORD has sought out a man after his own heart and appointed him ruler of his people, because you have not kept the LORD's command."

[see all 1 Samuel 13] 

 

1 Samuel 14:15  

    Then panic struck the whole [Philistine] 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 14:18  

    Saul said to Ahijah, "Bring the ark of God." (At that time it was with the Israelites.)

 

1 Samuel 14:36-37  

    Saul said, "Let us go down and pursue the Philistines by night and plunder them until dawn, and let us not leave one of them alive."

    "Do whatever seems best to you," they replied.

    "But the priest said, "Let us inquire of God here."

    So Saul asked God, "Shall I go down and pursue the Philistines? Will you give them into Israel's hand?" But God did not answer him that day.

 

1 Samuel 14:41-45  

    Then Saul prayed to the LORD, the God of Israel. "Why have you not answered your servant today? If the fault is in me or in my son Jonathan, respond with Urim, but if the men of Israel are at fault, respond with Thummin." Jonathan and Saul were taken by lot, and the men were cleared. Saul said, "Cast the lot between me and Jonathan my son." And Jonathan was taken.

    Then Saul said to Jonathan, "Tell me what you have done."

    So Jonathan told him, "I tasted a little honey with the end of my staff. And now I must die!"

    Saul said, "May God deal with me, be it ever so severely, if you do not die, Jonathan."

    But the men said to Saul, "Should Jonathan die--he who has brought about this great deliverance in Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for he did this today with God's help." So the men rescued Jonathan and he was not put to death.

[see all 1 Samuel 14]

 

1 Samuel 15:14-15  

    But Samuel said, "What then is this bleating of sheep in my ears? What is this lowing of cattle I hear?"

    Saul answered, "The soldiers brought them from the Amelekites; they spared the best of the sheep and the cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but we totally destroyed the rest." 

 

1 Samuel 15:21  

"The soldiers took the sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of what was devoted to God, in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God at Gilgal." 

 

1 Samuel 15:30  

    Saul replied, "I have sinned. But please honor me before the elders of my people and before Israel; come back with me, so I may worship the LORD your God." 

[see all 1 Samuel 15] 

 

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Samuel - Part 5

1 Samuel 10:9-10  (continued)

    As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul's heart, and all these signs were fulfilled that day. When he and his servant arrived at Gibeah, a procession of prophets met him; the Spirit of God came powerfully upon him, and he joined in their prophesying.

 

1 Samuel 10:17-19  

    Samuel summoned the people of Israel to the LORD at Mizpah and said to them, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'I brought Israel up out of Egypt, and I delivered you from the power of Egypt and all the kingdoms that oppressed you.' But you have now rejected your God, who saves you out of all your disasters and calamities. And you have said, 'No, appoint a king over us.' So now present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans."

(see all 1 Samuel 10)

 

1 Samuel 11:5-7  

Just then Saul was returning from the fields, behind his oxen, and he asked, "What is wrong with everyone? Why are they weeping?" Then they repeated to him what the men of Jabesh had said.

     When Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God came powerfully upon him, and he burned with anger. He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent the pieces by messengers throughout Israel, proclaiming, "This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not follow Saul and Samuel." Then the terror of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out together as one.

(see all 1 Samuel 11)

 

1 Samuel 12:8-9  

    "After Jacob entered Egypt, they cried to the LORD for help, and the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place.

    "But they forgot the LORD their God; so he sold them into the hand of Sisera, the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them."

 

1 Samuel 12:12-15  

    "But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, 'No, we want a king to rule over us'--even though the LORD your God was your king. Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you asked for; see the LORD has set a king over you. If you fear the LORD and serve and obey him and do not rebel against his commands, and if both you and the king who reigns over you follow the LORD your God--good! But if you do not obey the LORD, and if you rebel against his commands, his hand will be against you, as it was against your ancestors."

 

1 Samuel 12:19  

    The people all said to Samuel, "Pray to the LORD your God for your servants so that we will not die, for we have added to all our other sins the evil of asking for a king."

(see all 1 Samuel 12)  

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Samuel - Part 4

1 Samuel 7:7-9

    When the Philistines heard that Israel had assembled at Mizpah, the rulers of the Philistines came up to attack them. When the Israelites heard of it, they were afraid because of the Philistines. They said to Samuel, "Do not stop crying out to the LORD our God for us, that he may rescue us from the hand of the Philistines." Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and sacrificed it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on Israel's behalf, and the LORD answered him.

[see all 1 Samuel 7 - 8]

 

1 Samuel 9:5-10  

    When they reached the district of Zuph, Saul said to the servant who was with him, "Come, let's go back, or my father will stop thinking about the donkeys and start worrying about us."

    But the servant replied, "Look, in this town there is a man of God; he is highly respected, and everything he says comes true. Let's go there now. Perhaps he will tell us what way to take."

    Saul said to his servant, "If we go, what can we give the man? The food in our sacks is gone. We have no gift to take to the man of God. What do we have?"

    The servant answered him again. "Look," he said, "I have a quarter of a shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God so that he will tell us what way to take." (Formerly, in Israel, if someone went to inquire of God, they would say, "Come, let us go the seer," because the prophet of today used to be called a seer.)

    "Good," Saul said to his servant. "Come, let us go." So they set out for the town where the man of God was.

1 Samuel 9:27  

As they were going down to the edge of the town, Samuel said to Saul, "Tell the servant to go on ahead of us"--and the servant did so--"but you stay here for awhile, so that I may give you a message from God."

[see all 1 Samuel 9]

 

1 Samuel 10:3-7  

    "Then you will go on from there until you reach the great tree of Tabor. Three men going up to worship God at Bethel will meet you there. One will be carrying three young goats, another three loaves of bread, and another a skin of wine. They will greet you and offer you two loaves of bread, which you will accept from them.

     "After that you will go to Gibeah of God, where there is a Philistine outpost. As you approach the town, you will meet a procession of prophets coming down from the high place with lyres, timbrels, pipes and harps being played before them, and they will be prophesying. The Spirit of the LORD will come powerfully upon you and you will prophesy with them; and you will be changed into a different person. Once these signs are fulfilled, do whatever your hand finds to do, for God is with you."

[1 Samuel 10 continues tomorrow] 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Samuel - Part 3

1 Samuel 4:19-20  (continued)

    His daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and near the time of delivery. When she heard the news that the ark of God had been captured and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she went into labor and gave birth, but was overcome by her labor pains. As she was dying the women attending her said, "Don't despair; you have given birth to a son." But she did not respond or pay attention.

    She named the boy Ichabod ("no glory"), saying, "The Glory has departed from Israel"--because of the capture of the ark of God and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband. She said, "The Glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God has been captured."

(see all 1 Samuel 4)

 

1 Samuel 5:6-12  

    The LORD's hand was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity; he brought devastation on them and afflicted them with tumors. When the people of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, "The ark of the god of Israel must not stay here with us, because his hand is heavy on us and on Dagon our god." So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and asked them, "What shall we do with the ark of the god of Israel?"

    They answered, "Have the ark of the god of Israel moved to Gath." So they moved the ark of the God of Israel.

    But after they had moved it, the LORD's hand was against that city, throwing it into a great panic. He inflicted the people of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors. So they sent the ark of God to Ekron.

    As the ark of God was entering Ekron, the people of Ekron cried out, "They have brought the ark of the god of Israel around to kill us and our people." So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, "Send the ark of the god of Israel away; let it go back to its own place, or it will kill us and our people." For death had filled the city with panic; God's hand was very heavy on it. Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.

(see all 1 Samuel 5)

 

1 Samuel 6:5-6  

"Make models of the tumors and of the rats that are destroying the country and give glory to Israel's god. Perhaps he will lift his hand from you and your gods and your land. Why do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh did? When Israel's god dealt harshly with them, did they not send the Israelites out so they could go on their way?"

 

1 Samuel 6:19-20  

    But God struck down some of the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh, putting seventy of them to death because they looked into the ark of the LORD. The people mourned because of the heavy blow the LORD had dealt them. And the people of Beth Shemesh asked, "Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? To whom will the ark go up from here?"

(see all 1 Samuel 6) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Samuel - Part 2

1 Samuel 3:3-4  

The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the house of the LORD, where the ark of God was. Then the LORD called Samuel.

    Samuel answered, "Here I am." 

 

1 Samuel 3:10-14  

    The LORD came and stood there, calling as at the other times, "Samuel! Samuel!"

    Then Samuel said, "Speak, for your servant is listening."

    And the LORD said to Samuel: "See, I am about to do something in Israel that will make the ears of everyone who hears about it tingle. At that time I will carry out against Eli everything I spoke against his family--from beginning to end. For I told him that I would judge his family forever because of the sin he knew about; his sons blasphemed God, and he failed to restrain them. Therefore I swore to the house of Eli, 'The guilt of Eli's house will never be atoned for by sacrifices or offering.'" 

 

1 Samuel 3:17-18  

    "What is it he said to you?" Eli asked. "Do not hide it from me. May God deal with you, be it ever so severely, if you hide from me anything he told you." So Samuel told him everything, hiding nothing from him. Then Eli said, "He is the LORD; let him do what is good in his eyes."

(see all 1 Samuel 3)

 

1 Samuel 4:4  

    So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD Almighty, who is enthroned between the cherubim. And Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. 

 

1 Samuel 4:10-11  

    So the Philistines fought, and the Israelites were defeated and every man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great; Israel lost thirty thousand foot soldiers. The ark of God was captured, and Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died. 

 

1 Samuel 4:13  

When he arrived, there was Eli sitting on his chair by the side of the road, watching, because his heart feared for the ark of God. When the man entered the town and told what had happened, the whole town sent up a cry.

 

1 Samuel 4:17-18  

    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." 

    When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward off his chair by the side of the gate. His neck was broken and he died, for he was an old man, and he was heavy. He had led Israel forty years.

(1 Samuel 4 continues tomorrow) 

    

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GOD in the Old Testament - 1 Samuel - Part 1

1 Samuel 1:12-17

    As she kept on praying to the LORD, Eli observed her mouth. Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her voice was not heard. Eli thought she was drunk and said to her, "How long are you going to stay drunk? Put away your wine."

    "Not so, my lord," Hannah replied, "I am a woman who is deeply troubled. I have not been drinking wine or beer; I was pouring out my soul to the LORD. Do not take your servant for a wicked woman; I have been praying here out of my great anguish and grief."

    Eli answered, "Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant you what you have asked of him."

(see all 1 Samuel 1) 

 

1 Samuel 2:1-3  

    Then Hannah prayed and said:

 

    "My heart rejoices in the LORD;

        in the LORD my horn (strength) is lifted high.

    My mouth boasts over my enemies,

        for I delight in your deliverance.

 

    "There is no one holy like the LORD;

        there is no one besides you;

        there is no Rock like our God.

 

    "Do not keep talking so proudly

        or let your mouth speak such arrogance,

    for the LORD is a God who knows,

        and by him deeds are weighed."

 

1 Samuel 2:22-25  

    Now Eli, who was very old, heard about everything his sons were doing to all Israel and how they slept with women who served at the entrance to the tent of meeting. So he said to them, "Why do you do such things? I hear from all the people about these wicked deeds of yours. No, my sons; the report I hear spreading among the LORD's people is not good. If one person sins against another, God may mediate for the offender; but if anyone sins against the LORD, who will intercede for them?" His sons, however, did not listen to their father's rebuke, for it was the LORD's will to put them to death.

 

1 Samuel 2:27-30  

    Now a man of God came to Eli and said to him, "This is what the LORD says: 'Did I not clearly reveal myself to your ancestor's family when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh? I chose your ancestor out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in my presence. I also gave your ancestor's family all the food offerings presented by the Israelites. Why do you scorn my sacrifice and offering that I prescribed for my dwelling? Why do you honor your sons more than me by fattening yourselves on the choice parts of every offering made by my people Israel?'

    "Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: 'I promised that members of your family would minister before me forever.' But now the LORD declares: 'Far be it from me! Those who honor me I will honor, but those who despise me will be disdained.' " 

(see all 1 Samuel 2) 

    

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