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shall walke before mine Anointed for euer. 36 And doe so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any
all that are left in thine house, shall come and thing from me, of all that he said vnto thee. 18 So
bowe downe to him for a piece of siluer and a Samuel tolde him euery whit, and hid nothing
morsell of bread, and shall say, Appoint me, I pray from him. Then hee said, It is the Lord: let him
thee, to one of the priestes offices, that I may eate do what seemeth him good. 19 And Samuel grew,
a morsell of bread. and the Lord was with him, and let none of his
And all Israel from
words fall to the ground.
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3 Dan to Beer-sheba knew that faithfull Samuel was
1 Nowe the childe Samuel ministred vnto the the Lordes Prophet. 21 And the Lord appeared
Lord before Eli: and the word of the Lord was pre- againe in Shiloh: for the Lord reueiled himselfe
cious in those dayes: for there was no manifest to Samuel in Shiloh by his word.
vision. And at that time, as Eli lay in his place,
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his eyes began to waxe dimme that he could not 4
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see. And yet the light of God went out, Samuel 1 And Samuel spake vnto all Israel: and Israel
slept in the temple of the Lord, where the Arke went out against the Philistims to battel and
of God was. 4 Then the Lord called Samuel: and pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistims
hee said, Here I am. And he ranne vnto Eli, and pitched in Aphek. 2 And the Philistims put
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said, Here am I, for thou calledst me. But he said, themselues in aray against Israel: and when
I called thee not: goe againe and sleepe. And he they ioyned the battell, Israel was smitten downe
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went and slept. And the Lord called once againe, before the Philistims: who slewe of the armie in
Samuel. And Samuel arose, and went to Eli, and the fielde about foure thousand men. So when
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said, I am here: for thou diddest call me. And he the people were come into the campe, the Elders
answered, I called thee not, my sonne: go againe of Israel said, Wherefore hath the Lord smitten
and sleepe. Thus did Samuel, before hee knewe vs this day before ye Philistims? let vs bring the
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the Lord, and before the word of the Lord was Arke of the couenant of the Lord out of Shiloh
reueiled vnto him. And the Lord called Samuel vnto vs, that when it commeth among vs, it may
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againe the thirde time: and he arose, and went saue vs out of the hande of our enemies. Then
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to Eli, and said, I am here: for thou hast called the people sent to Shiloh, and brought from
me. Then Eli perceiued that the Lord had called thence the Arke of the couenant of the Lord of
the childe. 9 Therefore Eli saide vnto Samuel, hostes, who dwelleth betweene the Cherubims:
Goe and sleepe: and if he call thee, then say, and there were the two sonnes of Eli, Hophni, and
Speake Lord, for thy seruant heareth. So Samuel Phinehas, with the Arke of the couenant of God.
went, and slept in his place. 10 And the Lord 5 And when the Arke of the couenant of the Lord
came, and stoode, and called as at other times, came into the hoste, all Israel shouted a mightie
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Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speake, shoute, so that the earth rang againe. And when
for thy seruant heareth. 11 Then the Lord said the Philistims heard the noyse of the shoute, they
to Samuel, Beholde, I wil doe a thing in Israel, said, What meaneth the sound of this mightie
whereof whosoeuer shall heare, his two eares shoute in the host of the Ebrewes? and they
shall tingle. 12 In that day I will raise vp against vnderstoode, that the Arke of the Lord was come
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Eli all things which I haue spoken concerning his into the hoste. And the Philistims were afraide,
house: when I begin, I will also make an ende. and saide, God is come into the hoste: therefore
13 And I haue tolde him that I will iudge his house saide they, Wo vnto vs: for it hath not bene so
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for euer, for the iniquitie which hee knoweth, heretofore. Wo vnto vs, who shall deliuer vs out
of the hande of these mightie Gods? these are
because his sonnes ranne into a slaunder, and the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the
he stayed them not. 14 Nowe therefore I haue plagues in the wildernes. Be strong and play the
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sworne vnto the house of Eli, that the wickednes
of Elis house, shall not be purged with sacrifice men, O Philistims, that ye be not seruants vnto
nor offring for euer. 15 Afterward Samuel slept the Ebrewes, as they haue serued you: be valiant
vntil the morning, and opened the doores of the therefore, and fight. 10 And the Philistims fought,
house of the Lord, and Samuel feared to shewe and Israel was smitten downe, and fled euery
Eli the vision. 16 Then Eli called Samuel, and said, man into his tent: and there was an exceeding
Samuel my sonne. And he answered, Here I am. great slaughter: for there fell of Israel thirtie
17 Then he said, What is it, that the Lord said vnto thousand footemen. 11 And the Arke of God was
thee? I pray thee, hide it not from mee. God taken, and the two sonnes of Eli, Hophni and