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Hello, this is Father Paul, and I'm glad we're

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taking this journey together to read the Bible

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in a year. Today we begin the first book of Samuel,

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and we're reading chapters 1 to 3. Chapter 1.

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Now there was a certain man of Ramatim, Zophim,

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of the mountains of Ephraim, and his name was

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Elkanah the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu,

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the son of Tohu, the son of Zuth, and Ephraimite.

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And he had two wives. The name of one was Hannah,

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and the name of the other was Peninnah. Peninnah

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had children, but Hannah had no children. This

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man went up from his city yearly to worship and

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sacrifice to the Lord of Hosts in Shiloh. Also

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the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the

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priests of the Lord, were there. And whenever

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the time came for Elkanah to make an offering,

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he would give portions to Peninnah his wife and

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to all her sons and daughters, but to Hannah

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he would give a double portion, for he loved

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Hannah, although the Lord had closed her womb.

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And her rival also provoked her severely to make

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her miserable, because the Lord had closed her

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womb. So it was year by year when she went up

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to the house of the Lord that she provoked her.

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Therefore she wept and did not eat. Then Elkanah

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her husband said to her, Hannah, why do you weep?

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Why do you not eat? And why is your heart grieved?

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Am I not better to you than ten sons? So Hannah

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arose after they had finished eating and drinking

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in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on

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the seat by the doorpost of the tabernacle of

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the Lord, and she was in bitterness of soul and

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prayed to the Lord and wept in anguish. Then

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she made a vow and said, O Lord of hosts, if

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you will indeed look on affliction of your maidservant

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and remember me, and not forget your maidservant,

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but will give your maidservant a male child,

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then I will give him to the Lord all the days

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of his life, and no razor shall come upon his

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head. And it happened as she continued praying

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before the Lord, that Eli watched her mouth.

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Now Hannah spoke in her heart, only her lips

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moved, but her voice was not heard. Therefore

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Eli thought she was drunk. So Eli said to her,

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How long will you be drunk? Put your wine away

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from you. But Hannah answered and said, No, my

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lord, I am a woman of sorrowful spirit. I have

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drunk neither wine nor intoxicating drink, but

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have poured out my soul before the Lord. Do not

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consider your maidservant a wicked woman, for

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out of the abundance of my complaint and grief

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I have spoken until now. Then Eli answered and

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said, Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant

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your petition, which you have asked of him. And

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she said, Let your maidservant find favor in

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your sight. So the woman went her way and ate,

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and her face was no longer sad. Then he rose

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early in the morning and worshipped before the

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Lord, and returned and came to their house at

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Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and

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the Lord remembered her. So it came to pass,

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in the process of time, that Hannah conceived

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and bore a son, and called his name Samuel, saying,

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Because I have asked for him from the Lord. Now

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the man Elkanah and all his house went up to

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offer to the Lord the yearly sacrifice and his

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vow. But Hannah did not go up, for she said to

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her husband, Not until the child is weaned, then

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I will take him, that he may appear before the

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Lord and remain there forever. So Elkanah her

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husband said to her, Do what seems best to you,

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wait until you have weaned him, only let the

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Lord establish his word. And the woman stayed

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and nursed her son until she had weaned him.

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Now when she had weaned him, she took him up

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with her, with three bulls, one ephah of flour,

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and a skin of wine, and brought him to the house

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of the Lord in Shiloh. And the child was young.

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Then they slaughtered the bull and brought the

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child to Eli. And she said, O my Lord, as your

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soul lives, my Lord, I am the woman who stood

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by you here, praying to the Lord. For this child

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I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition,

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which I asked of him. Therefore I also have lent

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him to the Lord. As long as he lives, he shall

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be lent to the Lord. So they worshipped the Lord

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there. And Hannah prayed and said, My heart rejoices

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in the Lord, my horn is exalted in the Lord,

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I smile at my enemies, because I rejoice in your

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salvation. No one is holy like the Lord, for

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there is none besides you, nor is there any rock

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like our God. Talk no more so very proudly, let

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no arrogance come from your mouth, for the Lord

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is the God of knowledge, and by him actions are

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weighed. The bows of the mighty men are broken,

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and those who stumbled are girded with strength.

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Those who were full have hired themselves out

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for bread, and the hungry have ceased to hunger.

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Even the barren has born seven, and she who has

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many children has become feeble. The Lord kills

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and makes alive. He brings down to the grave

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and brings up. The Lord makes poor and makes

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rich. He brings low and lifts up. He raises the

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poor from the dust and lifts the beggar from

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the ash heap. to set them among princes and make

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them inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars

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of the earth are the Lord's, and he has set the

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world upon them. He will guard the feet of his

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saints, but the wicked shall be silent in darkness.

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For by strength no man shall prevail, the adversaries

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of the Lord shall be broken in pieces. From heaven

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he will thunder against them, the Lord will judge

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the ends of the earth. He will give strength

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to his king and exalt the horn of his anointed.

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Then Elkanah went to his house at Ramah. But

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the child ministered to the Lord before Eli the

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priest. Now the sons of Eli were corrupt. They

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did not know the Lord. And the priest's custom

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with the people was that when any man offered

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a sacrifice, the priest's servant would come

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with a three -pronged flesh hook in his hand

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while the meat was boiling. Then he would thrust

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it into the pan or kettle or cauldron or pot.

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And the priest would take for himself all that

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the flesh hook brought up. So they did in Shiloh

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to all the Israelites who came there. Also before

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they burned the fat, the priest's servant would

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come and say to the man who sacrificed, Give

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meat for roasting to the priest, for he will

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not take boiled meat from you, but raw. And if

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the man said to him, They should really burn

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the fat first, then you may take as much as your

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heart desires. He would then answer him, No,

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but you must give it now, and if not, I will

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take it by force. Therefore the sin of the young

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men was very great before the Lord, for men abhorred

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the offering of the Lord. But Samuel ministered

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before the Lord even as a child, wearing a linen

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ephod. Moreover, his mother used to make him

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a little robe and bring it to him year by year

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when she came up with her husband to offer the

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yearly sacrifice. And Eli would bless Elkanah

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and his wife and say, The Lord give you descendants

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from this woman for the loan that was given to

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the Lord. Then they would go to their own home.

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And the Lord visited Hannah so that she conceived

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and bore three sons and two daughters. Meanwhile,

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the child Samuel grew before the Lord. Now Eli

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was very old, and he heard everything his sons

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did to all Israel, and how they lay with the

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women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle

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of meeting. So he said to them, Why do you do

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such things? For I hear of your evil dealings

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with all the people. No, my sons, for it is not

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a good report that I hear. You make the Lord's

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people transgress. If one man sins against another,

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God will judge him. But if a man sins against

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the Lord, who will intercede for him? Nevertheless,

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they did not heed the voice of their father,

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because the Lord desired to kill them. And the

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child Samuel grew in stature and in favor, both

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with the Lord and men. Then a man of God came

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to Eli and said to him, Thus says the Lord, Did

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I not clearly reveal myself to the house of your

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father when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?

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Did I not choose him out of all the tribes of

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Israel to be my priest, to offer upon my altar,

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to burn incense, and to wear an ephod before

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me? And did I not give to the house of your father

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all the offerings of the children of Israel made

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by fire? Why do you kick at my sacrifice and

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my offering, which I commanded in my dwelling

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place, and honor your sons more than me, to make

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yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings

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of Israel my people? Therefore the Lord God of

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Israel says, I said indeed that your house and

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the house of your father would walk before me

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forever. and now the lord says far be it from

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me for those who honor me i will honor and those

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who despise me shall be lightly esteemed behold

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the days are coming that i will cut off your

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arm and the arm of your father's house so that

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there will not be an old man in your house and

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you will see an enemy in my dwelling place despite

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all the good which god does for israel and there

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shall not be an old man in your house forever

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But any of your men, whom I do not cut off from

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my altar, shall consume your eyes and grieve

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your heart, and all the descendants of your house

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shall die in the flower of their age. Now this

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shall be a sign to you that will come upon your

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two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas. In one day

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they shall die, both of them. Then I will raise

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up for myself a faithful priest, who shall do

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according to what is in my heart and in my mind.

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I will build him a sure house, and he shall walk

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before my anointed forever. And it shall come

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to pass that everyone who is left in your house

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will come and bow down to him for a piece of

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silver and a morsel of bread and say, Please

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put me in one of the priestly positions that

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I may eat a piece of bread. Chapter 3 Now the

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boy Samuel ministered to the Lord before Eli,

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and the word of the Lord was rare in those days.

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There was no widespread revelation. And it came

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to pass at that time, while Eli was lying down

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in his place, and when his eyes had begun to

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grow so dim that he could not see, and before

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the lamp of God went out in the tabernacle of

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the Lord, where the ark of God was, and while

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Samuel was lying down, that the Lord called Samuel,

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and he answered, Here I am. So he ran to Eli

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and said, Here I am, for you called me. And he

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said, I did not call. Lie down again. And he

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went and lay down. Then the Lord called yet again,

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Samuel. So Samuel arose and went to Eli and said,

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Here I am, for you called me. He answered, I

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did not call my son. Lie down again. Now Samuel

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did not yet know the Lord, nor was the word of

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the Lord yet revealed to him. And the Lord called

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Samuel again a third time. So he arose and went

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to Eli and said, Here I am, for you did call

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me. Then Eli perceived that the Lord had called

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a boy. Therefore Eli said to Samuel, Go lie down,

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and it shall be, if he calls you, that you must

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say, Speak, Lord, for your servant hears. So

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Samuel went and lay down in his place. Now the

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Lord came and stood and called as at other times,

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Samuel, Samuel. And Samuel answered, Speak, for

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your servant hears. Then the Lord said to Samuel,

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Behold, I will do something in Israel, at which

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both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.

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In that day I will perform against Eli all that

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I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning

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to end. For I have told him that I will judge

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his house forever for the iniquity which he knows,

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because his sons made themselves vile, and he

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did not restrain them. And therefore I have sworn

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to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli's

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house shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or

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offering forever. So Samuel lay down until morning

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and opened the doors of the house of the Lord,

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and Samuel was afraid to tell Eli the vision.

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Then Eli called Samuel and said, Samuel, my son.

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He answered, Here I am. And he said, What is

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the word that the Lord spoke to you? Please do

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not hide it from me. God do so to you, and more

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also, if you hide anything from me of all the

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things that he said to you. Then Samuel told

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him everything and hid nothing from him. And

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he said, It is the Lord. Let him do what seems

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good to him. So Samuel grew, and the Lord was

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with him, and let none of his words fall to the

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ground. And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba

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knew that Samuel had been established as a prophet

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of the Lord. Then the Lord appeared again in

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Shiloh, for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel

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in Shiloh by the word of the Lord. I hope you

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enjoyed today's reading as much as I did, and

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I look forward to seeing you again tomorrow to

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continue on our journey. God bless you and have

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a great day.