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And the L
ORD
said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of
every one that heareth it shall tingle.
12
In that day I will perform against Eli all
things
which I have
spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.
13
For I have told him that I
will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves
vile, and he restrained them not.
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And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity
of Eli’s house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever.
15
And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the L
ORD
. And Samuel
feared to shew Eli the vision.
16
Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered,
Here
am
I.
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And he said, What
is
the thing that
the L
ORD
hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide
it
not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide
any
thing from me of all the things that
he said unto thee.
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And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It
is
the L
ORD
: let him do what seemeth him good.
19
And Samuel grew, and the L
ORD
was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground.
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And all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel
was
established
to be
a prophet of
the L
ORD
.
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And the L
ORD
appeared again in Shiloh: for the L
ORD
revealed himself to Samuel in
Shiloh by the word of the L
ORD
.
CHAPTER SAMUEL 4
And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle,
and pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek.
2
And the Philistines put
themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the
Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men.
3
And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the
L
ORD
smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the L
ORD
out
of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.
4
So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the L
ORD
of hosts, which dwelleth
between
the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas,
were
there with the ark of the covenant of God.
5
And when the ark of the covenant of the L
ORD
came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.
6
And when
the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What
meaneth
the noise of this great shout
in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the L
ORD
was come into the camp.
7
And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe
unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.
8
Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of
the hand of these mighty Gods? these
are
the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues
in the wilderness.
9
Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants
unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.
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