Prophecy against Eli's house.

Ex.30.1, Incense.
Ex.28.4, Ephod.

See Priests' Dues, Le.2.3.

Le.19.8, Sacrilege (1).
Ge.3.17, Sin Rebuked,

[ch.13.13.

ch.3.13, Parental Indul

Ex.16.3, Carnality.
Nu.11.5, Appetites.

p.p. Ex.29.9.

altar, to burn incense, to wear time, when E'li was laid down
an ephod before me? and did I in his place, and his eyes began
give unto the house of thy fa- to wax dim, that he could not Ge.27.1, Dimness of Vision,
ther all the offerings made by see;

fire of the children of Iş'ra-el? 3 And ere the lamp of God p.p.Ex.27.20,21.
29 Wherefore kick ye at my went out in the temple of the Ex.25.8, Tabernacle.
sacrifice and at mine offering, LORD, where the ark of God Ex.25.10. Ark (3).
which I have commanded in was, and Săm'u-el was laid

my habitation; and honourest down to sleep;

thy sons above me, to make 4 That the LORD called Săm - Ge.3.8, God's Voice.
[gence. yourselves fat with the chief-u-el: and he answered, Here
est of all the offerings of Is-am I.
ra-el my people?

Ge.17.1, Walk before God.

Ps.29.2, Honor God.

[ch.4.15.

5 And he ran unto E'li, and Ep.6.5, Servants' Duty.

30 Wherefore the LORD God said, Here am I; for thou call

of Is'ra-el saith, I said indeed edst me. And he said, I called Jud.5.2, Willingness. that thy house, and the house not; lie down again. And he

of thy father, should walk be- went and lay down.

fore me for ever: but now the 6 And the LORD called yet LORD saith, Be it far from me; again, Săm'u-el. And Săm'u-el for them that honour me I will arose and went to Eli, and 1 K.3.13, Honor from God. honour, and they that despise said, Here am I; for thou didst me shall be lightly esteemed. call me. And he answered, I 31 Behold, the days come, that called not, my son; lie down I will cut off thine arm, and the again.

Pr.1.30, Despisers.

Le.26.16, Threatenings.

Jb.22.16, Wicked Cut Off.

Le.26.17, Reprobation. p.p.Zec.8.4.

Jb.4.19, Mortality.
Ge.2.17, Sin's Penalty.

ch.1.3, Hophni, ch.3.13.

Ge.3.19, Deaths Foretold. p.p.ch.7.9.

2 Chr.20.20, Established. Jb.11.18, Security.

p.p.1 K.2.27.

Jb.40.12, Abasement (1).

arm of thy father's house, that 7 Now Săm'u-el did not yet
there shall not be an old man know the LORD, neither was Jud.2.10, Ignorance of God.
in thine house.
the word of the LORD yet re- 1 Co.3.1, Spir. Immaturity.
32 And thou shalt see an ene-vealed unto him.
See Revelations, Da.2.22.
my in my habitation, in all the 8 And the LORD called Săm-
wealth which God shall give u-el again the third time. And
Iş'ra-el: and there shall not be he arose and went to Eli, and
an old man in thine house for said, Here am I; for thou didst

ever.

call me. And Eli perceived 2 S.5.12, Spir. Perception.
33 And the man of thine, that the LORD had called the
whom I shall not cut off from child.

mine altar, shall be to consume 9 Therefore Eli said unto
thine eyes, and to grieve thine Săm'u-el, Go, lie down: and it
heart: and all the increase of shall be, if he call thee, that|
thine house shall die in the thou shalt say, Speak, LORD;
flower of their age.

for thy servant heareth. So Pr.8.34, Hearing (1).
34 And this shall be a sign Săm'u-el went and lay down in
unto thee, that shall come up- his place.
on thy two sons, on Hoph'ni 10 And the LORD came, and Ge.12.7, Divine Appear-
and Phin'e-has; in one day stood, and called as at other
[ances.
Ge.12.1, Divine Call (2).
they shall die both of them. times, Săm'u-el, Sam'u-el. Then p.p.Ps.85.8; Ac.9.6.
35 And I will raise me up a Săm'u-el answered, Speak; for
faithful priest, that shall do ac- thy servant heareth.
cording to that which is in 11 And the LORD said to p.p.2 K.21.12.
mine heart and in my mind: Săm'u-el, Behold, I will do a Ge.24.50, The Lord's Doings,
and I will build him a sure thing in Iş'ra-el, at which both
house; and he shall walk be- the ears of every one that hear-
fore mine anointed for ever. eth it shall tingle.

Mt.13.23, Spir. Receptivity.

36 And it shall come to pass, 12 In that day I will perform p.p.ch.2.27-36.

[Ps.118.23.

that every one that is left in against E'li all things which Le.26.16, Threatenings. thine house shall come and I have spoken concerning his

crouch to him for a piece of house: when I begin, I will also 1 K.8.56, God's Word Sure. silver and a morsel of bread, make an end.

2 K.19.28, Humiliation (1). and shall say, Put me, I pray 13 For I have told him that I

thee, into one of the priests' will judge his house for ever for Ge.18.25, God a Judge.
offices, that I may eat à piece the iniquity which he know-
of bread.

CHAPTER 3
The Lord appears to Samuel in a
vision, 11 and reveals to him the
destruction of Eli's house.

eth; because his sons made ch.1.3, Hophni, ch.4.11.
themselves vile, and he re- p.p.ch.2.12.
strained them not.

Parental Indulgence,1K.1.6.
14 And therefore I have sworn Ge.22.16, God's Oaths.
unto the house of E'li, that the

AND the child Sam'u-el min- iniquity of Ell's house shall not p.p. Is.22.14.
istered unto the LORD be- be purged with sacrifice nor of- See Sin against "Spirit,"
fore Eli. And the word of the fering for ever.

LORD was precious in those 15 And Săm'u-el lay until p.p.1 Chr.15.23.
days; there was no open vision. the morning, and opened the

[Is.63.10.

2 And it came to pass at that doors of the house of the LORD. Ex.25.8, Tabernacle.

Israel is overcome

I SAMUEL, 4.

by the Philistines.

And Săm'u-el feared to shew 6 And when the Phi-lis'tineş
E'li the vision.
heard the noise of the shout,

16 Then E'li called Săm'u-el, they said, What meaneth the
and said, Săm'u-el, my son. noise of this great shout in the
And he answered, Here am I. camp of the Hebrews? And Ge.14.13, Hebrews.
17 And he said, What is the they understood that the ark

thing that the LORD hath said of the LORD was come into the
unto thee? I pray thee hide it camp.

See Imprecations, 2 K.1.10. not from me: God do so to thee, 7 And the Phi-lis'tines were Ge.35.5, Fear of God (4).
and more also, if thou hide any afraid, for they said, God is
thing from me of all the things come into the camp. And they
that he said unto thee.
said, Woe unto us! for there

ch.1.20, Samuel, ch.7.15.

18 And Săm'u-el told him ev- hath not been such a thing|
ery whit, and hid nothing from heretofore.

him. And he said, It is the 8 Woe unto us! who shall de

LORD: let him do what seem-liver us out of the hand of De.5.15, God's Hand.
eth him good.
these mighty Gods? these are 1 Chr.29.12, God's Power.

19 And Săm'u-el grew, and the Gods that smote the E-gyp'-
the LORD was with him, and tians with all the plagues in the Ex.7.20, Plagues (2).
did let none of his words fall wilderness.
to the ground.

9 Be strong, and quit your- 1 K.2.2, "Be Strong."
20 And all Iş'ra-el from Dăn selves like men, O ye Phi-lis ́- 2 S.10.12, Manliness.
even to Be'er-she bȧ knew that tines, that ye be not servants
Săm'u-el was established to be unto the Hebrews, as they have
a prophet of the LORD.

been to you: quit yourselves

21 And the LORD appeared like men, and fight.

again in Shiloh: for the LORD 10 And the Phi-lis'tineş

revealed himself to Săm'u-el in fought, and Iş'ra-el was smit- Jos.7.4, Defeats.
Snilōh by the word of the LORD. ten, and they fled every man Ex.14.25, Panics, ch.14.16.
into his tent: and there was a

CHAPTER 4

Israel overcome by the Philistines. 11 very great slaughter; for there
The ark taken, and Hophni and fell of Iş'ra-el thirty thousand
Phinehas slain. 12 Eli, hearing the
tidings, falls backward, and his footmen.

neck breaks, etc.

11 And the ark of God was Ex.25.10, Ark (3), v.18.

AND the word of Săm'u-el taken; and the two sons of Eli,

came to all Iş ́ra-el. Now Hoph ́ni and Phin ́e-has, were ch.1.3, Hophni. Ge.21.32, Philistines, ch.5.2. İş ́ra-el went out against the Phi- slain. Ps.37.2, Fate of the Wicked.

Eben-ezer, ch.5.1.

Jos.7.4, Defeats, v.17.

Ex.3.16, Elders.

Ex.25.10, Ark (3), v.11.
Superstition, 1 K.20.23.
Jos.18.1, Shiloh, 1 K.2.27.

Ex.25.18, Cherubim (2),

ch.1.3, Hophni.

Le.9.24, Shouting.

lis'-tines to battle, and pitched 12 ¶And there ran a man of
beside Eb ́en-e'zer: and the Phi- Ben'ja-min out of the army, and
lis'tines pitched in A'phek. came to Shi'lōh the same day
2 And the Phi-lis'tines put with his clothes rent, and with Ge.37.29, Clothes Rent.
themselves in array against earth upon his head.
See Dust (3), Jos.7.6.

Iş'ra-el: and when they joined 13 And when he came, lo, E'li
battle, Is'ra-el was smitten be- sat upon a seat by the wayside p.p.ch.1.9.
fore the Phi-lis'tineş: and they watching: for his heart trem-
slew of the army in the field bled for the ark of God. And
about four thousand men. when the man came into the

See Lamentations, Est.4.1.

3 ¶And when the people were city, and told it, all the city
come into the camp, the elders cried out.
of Is'ra-el said, Wherefore hath 14 And when E'li heard the
the LORD smitten us to day be- noise of the crying, he said,
fore the Phi-lis'tineş? Let us What meaneth the noise of
fetch the ark of the covenant this tumult? And the man
of the LORD out of Shiloh unto came in hastily, and told Eli.
us, that, when it cometh among 15 Now E'li was ninety and ch.1.9, Eli, 1 K.2.27.
us, it may save us out of the eight years old; and his eyes Ge.5.4, Longevity (2),
hand of our enemies.
were dim, that he could not see. Ge.27.1. Dimness of Vision,

4 So the people sent to Shi'- 16 And the man said unto E'li,
lōh, that they might bring from I am he that came out of the
thence the ark of the covenant army, and I fled to day out of
of the LORD of hosts, which the army. And he said, What
dwelleth between the cheru- is there done, my son?

[ch.12.2.

[Ec.12.3.

[1 K.6.35. bims: and the two sons of E'li, 17 And the messenger an-
Hoph'ni and Phin'e-has, were swered and said, Iş'ra-el is fled Jos.7.4, Defeats, ch.31.3.
there with the ark of the cov-before the Phi-lis'tines, and

5 And when the ark of the slaughter among the people,
covenant of the LORD came in- and thy two sons also, Hoph'ni

to the camp, all Iş'ra-el shouted and Phin'e-has, are dead, and Jb.22.16, Wicked Cut Off.
with a great shout, so that the the ark of God is taken.

The death of Eli.
Ex.25.10, Ark (3), ch.5.1.

Ge.15.15, Old Age.

Jud.3.9, Judges of Israel,

he made mention of the ark of said, The ark of the God of Is'-
God, that he fell from off the ra-el shall not abide with us:
seat backward by the side of for his hand is sore upon us, Ge.35.5, Fear of God (4).
the gate, and his neck brake, and upon Da'gon our god.

and he died: for he was an old 8 They sent therefore and
man, and heavy. And he had gathered all the lords of the
judged Iş'ra-el forty years. Phi-lis'tines unto them, and
[ch.7.15. 19 And his daughter in law, said, What shall we do with Pr.11.14, Counsel.
Phin'e-has' wife, was with child, the ark of the God of Is'ra-el?
near to be delivered: and when And they answered, Let the ark
she heard the tidings that the of the God of Is'ra-el be carried

ark of God was taken, and that about unto Găth. And they car-Gath, ch.6.17.
her father in law and her hus-ried the ark of the God of Is'ra-

band were dead, she bowed her-el about thither.

self and travailed; for her pains 9 And it was so, that, after
came upon her.

they had carried it about, the

20 And about the time of her hand of the LORD was against Ex.7.5, Divine Hand (2).
death the women that stood by the city with a very great de-

her said unto her, Fear not; for struction: and he smote the Nu.21.3, Destruction (3).
thou hast born a son. But she men of the city, both small and
answered not, neither did she great, and they had emerods in
regard it.
their secret parts.

Ge.4.25, Children Named, 21 And she named the child 10 ¶Therefore they sent the
[1 Chr.4.9. I'-cha-bod, saying, The glory is ark of God to Èk'ron. And it Jos.13.3, Ekron, ch.6.16.
That is, Where is the Glory?
Jud.16.20, Wicked Forsaken. departed from Is'ra-el: because came to pass, as the ark of God
the ark of God was taken, and came to Ek'ron, that the Ek'-
because of her father in law and ron-ites cried out, saying, They Le.26.36, Terror.
her husband.
have brought about the ark of

Le.26.16, Adversity. Ex.6.9, Despair. p.p.Ps.26.8; Je.2.11.

22 And she said, The glory is departed from Iş'ra-el: for the

See Israel Humbled,Ex.1.13. ark of God is taken.

B.C.1141 (?)

Ex.25.10. Ark (3), ch.6.1.
ch.4.1, Eben-ezer, ch.7.12.

Jos.11.22, Ashdod, ch.6.17.
Ge.21.32, Philistines,ch.6.1.

CHAPTER 5

The Philistines bring the ark into the

the God of Is'ra-el to us, to slay Ge.35.5, Fear of God (4). us and our people.

11 So they sent and gathered
together all the lords of the
Phi-lis'tines, and said, Send

house of Dagon. 3 Dagon falls away the ark of the God of
down. 6, 9, 12 The Philistines are Is'ra-el, and let it go again to
his own place, that it slay us not,

smitten with emerods.

AND the Philistines took the and our people; for there was a

ark of God, and brought it deadly destruction throughout Le.26.21, Plagues. from Eb ́en-e'zer unto Ash'dod. all the city; the hand of God 2 When the Phi-lis'tineş took was very heavy there. the ark of God, they brought it 12 And the men that died not Idol Temples, 1 K.12.31. into the house of Da'gon, and were smitten with the emerods: Ex.9.10, Disease Sent. Jud.16.23,Dagon,1Chr.10.10. set it by Da'gon. and the cry of the city went up p.p.Ex.12.30.

p.p.Is.46.7.

3 ¶ And when they of Ash'- to heaven.
dod arose early on the morrow,
behold, Da'gon was fallen upon
his face to the earth before the
ark of the LORD. And they took
Da'gon, and set him in his place
again.

CHAPTER 6

The Philistines counsel how to send B.C.1140 (?)
back the ark: 10 they bring it on a
new cart with an offering to Beth-
shemesh. 19 The Beth-shemites
smitten for looking into the ark.

Ge.19.27, Early Rising (1), in the country of the Phi- Ge.21.32, Philistines, ch.7.8 [ch.9.26. on the morrow morning, behold, lis'tineş seven months.

4 And when they arose early AND the ark of the LORD was Ex.25.10, Ark (3), ch 7.1.

p.p.Je.50.2.

Da'gon was fallen upon his face 2 And the Phi-lis'tineş called See Wise Men, Ge.41.8.
to the ground before the ark of for the priests and the diviners, Ge.44.15,Divination, Je. 27.9.
the LORD; and the head of Da'- saying, What shall we do to the

De.4.28, Idolatry (3).
See False Gods, 1 Chr.16.26. gon and both the palms of his ark of the LORD? tell us where-
hands were cut off upon the with we shall send it to his
threshold; only the stump of place.
Da'gon was left to him.

3 And they said, If ye send Jud.17.5, Idolatrous Priests, 5 Therefore neither the priests away the ark of the God of Is'[1 K.12.31. of Da'gon, nor any that come in-ra-el, send it not empty; but p.p.De.16.16. to Da'gon's house, tread on the in any wise return him a tres- Le.5.6, Trespass-offerings, threshold of Da'gon in Ash'dod pass offering: then ye shall be unto this day. healed, and it shall be known 6 But the hand of the LORD to you why his hand is not re[Jb.2.10. was heavy upon them of Ash'- moved from you.

Ex.7.5, Divine Hand (2),

Le.26.21, Plagues.
Ex.9.10, Disease Sent,

dod, and he destroyed them, and 4 Then said they, What shall smote them with emerods, even be the trespass offering which [2 K.5.27. Ash'dod and the coasts thereof. we shall return to him? They 7 And when the men of Ash'- answered, Five golden emerods,

[2 K.12.16.

dod saw that it was so, they and five golden mice, according Le.11.29, Mice, Is.66.17.

T

The ark brought

Le.26.21, Plagues.

Ps.22.23, Glorify God.

Ex.7.5, Divine Hand (2).

Ex.8.15, Hardness (2).

Ex.4.21, Wonders. p.p.Ex.12.31.

Carts, 2 S.6.3. p.p.Nu.19.2.

Ex.25.10, Ark (3).

Ge.24.53, Jewels.

to the number of the lords of the ark of the LORD, and the|
the Phi-lis'tineş: for one plague coffer that was with it, where-
was on you all, and on your in the jewels of gold were, and Ge.24.53, Jewels.
lords.
put them on the great stone:
5 Wherefore ye shall make and the men of Beth-she'mesh
images of your emerods, and offered burnt offerings and sac- Ex.29.18, Burnt-offerings,
images of your mice that mar rificed sacrifices the same day Ge.46.1, Sacrifices (1)
the land; and ye shall give unto the LORD.

glory unto the God of Iş'ra-el: 16 And when the five lords of p.p.Jud.3.3.
peradventure he will lighten the Phi-lis'tineş had seen it,

[ch.7.9.

[ch.11.15.

his hand from off you, and from they returned to Ek'ron the Jos.13.3, Ekron, ch.7.14. off your gods, and from off your same day.

17 And these are the golden

land.
6 Wherefore then do ye hard-emerods which the Phi-lis'tineş
en your hearts, as the E-gyp'- returned for a trespass offering Le.5.6, Trespass-offerings.
tians and Pha'raōh hardened unto the LORD; for Ash'dod Jos.11.22,Ashdod, 2 Chr.26.6.
their hearts? when he had one, for Ga'zȧ one, for As ́ke- Jud.1.18, Askelon, 2 S.1.20.
wrought wonderfully among lon one, for Gath one, for Ek'- ch.5.8, Gath, ch.21.10.
them, did they not let the peo- ron one;

ple go, and they departed? 18 And the golden mice, ac-
7 Now therefore make a new cording to the number of all
cart, and take two milch kine, the cities of the Phi-lis'tineş be-
on which there hath come no longing to the five lords, both
yoke, and tie the kine to the of fenced cities, and of country Nu.32.17, Fenced Cities.
cart, and bring their calves villages, even unto the great
home from them:
stone of A'běl, whereon they

8 And take the ark of the set down the ark of the LORD:
LORD, and lay it upon the cart; which stone remaineth unto
and put the jewels of gold, this day in the field of Josh'u-ȧ,

Le.5.6, Trespass-offerings. which ye return him for a tres- the Beth-she ́mite.

Ex.7.5, Divine Hand (2).

Ge.2.12, Gold.

Ge.8.22, Harvest.

ch.2.1, Rejoicing (2).

p.p.2 S.24.22.

Ex.29.18, Burnt-offerings.

Ex.32.26, Levites.

pass offering, in a coffer by the 19 ¶And he smote the men of p.p.Ex.19.21; Nu.4.5.
side thereof; and send it away, Beth-she'mesh, because they Curiosity, Lu.9.9.
that it may go.
had looked into the ark of the Le.10.1,Sacrilege(2),ch.13.9.
9 And see, if it goeth up by LORD, even he smote of the peo-
the way of his own coast to ple fifty thousand and three-
Beth-she'mesh, then he hath score and ten men: and the Ex.6.6, God's Judgments.

done us this great evil: but if people lamented, because the

not, then we shall know that it LORD had smitten many of the See Plagues, Le.26.21.
is not his hand that smote us; people with a great slaughter.
it was a chance that happened 20 And the men of Beth-she-

to us.

mesh said, Who is able to stand Who can Stand? Ezr.9.15. 10 ¶And the men did so; and before this holy LORD God? Ex.15.11, God's Holiness, took two milch kine, and tied and to whom shall he go up [Ps.99.9.

them to the cart, and shut up from us?

their calves at home:

21 And they sent messengers

[ch.7.2.

11 And they laid the ark of the to the inhabitants of Kir'jath- Jos.9.17, Kirjath-jearim,
LORD upon the cart, and the cof- jē'a-rim, saying, The Phi-lis'-
fer with the mice of gold and tineş have brought again the
the images of their emerods. ark of the LORD; come ye down,
12 And the kine took the and fetch it up to you.
straight way to the way of
Beth-she'mesh, and went along
the highway, lowing as they
went, and turned not aside to
the right hand or to the left;

up the ark of the LORD, and Ex.25.10, Ark (3), ch.14.18.

13 And they of Beth-she'mesh brought it into the house of
were reaping their wheat har- A-bin'a-dab in the hill, and Abinadab, 2 S.6.3.
vest in the valley: and they sanctified E-le-a'zar his son to Ex.29.9, Consecration (3).
lifted up their eyes, and saw the keep the ark of the LORD.

14 And the cart came into the the ark abode in Kir'jath-jē ́a- Jos.9.17, Kirjath-jearim, field of Josh'u-ȧ, a Bĕth-she- rim, that the time was long;

mite, and stood there, where for it was twenty years: and

[Ezr.2.25.

there was a great stone: and all the house of Is'ra-el lament- 2 Chr.15.15, Spir. Desire. they clave the wood of the cart, ed after the LORD.

and offered the kine a burnt 3 ¶ And Săm ́u-el spake unto

offering unto the LORD.

all the house of Iş'ra-el, saying, 1 K.8.48, Returning to God. 15 And the Levites took down If ye do return unto the LORD Repentance (2), 2 Chr.7.14.

The Philistines are subdued.

Ge.35.2, Idols Put Away,
[1 K.15.12.

with all your hearts, then put ra-el deliver out of the hands away the strange gods and Ash'- of the Phi-lis'tineş. And there Jud.2.13, Ashtaroth (2), [ch.31.10. ta-roth from among you, and was peace between Iş'ra-el and Jos.11.23, Peace (9). Spir. Preparation,2 Chr.19.3. prepare your hearts unto the the Am ́ôr-ites.

Undivided Service,
[2 Chr.15.15.
Jb.5.19, Deliverance (3).

Nu.22.41, Baal.

LORD, and serve him only: and 15 And Săm'u-el judged Iş- ch.1.20, Samuel, ch.8.1. he will deliver you out of the ra-el all the days of his life. Jud.3.9, Judges of Israel. hand of the Phi-lis'tineş. 16 And he went from year to 4 Then the children of Is'ra-el year in circuit to Beth'-el, and Ge.28.19, Beth-el, ch.13.2. did put away Ba ́al-im and Ash ́- Gil'găl, and Miz'peh, and judged De.11.30, Gilgal. 1K.15.12, Religious Reforms. ta-roth, and served the LORD Is'ra-el in all those places. Ex.18.13, Judges, 2 Chr.19.5. only. 17 And his return was to Ra'-p.p.ch.1.1,19. 5 And Săm'u-el said, Gather mah; for there was his house; all Isra-el to Miz'peh, and I will and there he judged Iş'ra-el; pray for you unto the LORD. and there he built an altar un- Ge.8.20, Altars (1). 6 And they gathered together to the LORD. to Miz'peh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD,

[1 K.15.22.

Jud.20.1, Mizpah (2),
Ex.32.32, Intercession (3),
[1 K.13.6.
Le.8.3, Congregation (2).
p.p.2 S.23.16.

Ex.34.28, Fasting (3),

CHAPTER 8

of Samuel's sons, the Israelites ask

a king. 19 Samuel describes how
the king would rule over them.

and fasted on that day, and said By the occasion of the ill government B.C.1112 (?) [ch.20.34. there, We have sinned against Nu.21.7, Confession of (Sin (2), Ezr.9.6. the LORD. And Săm'u-el judged Jud.3.9, Judges of Israel. the children of Isra-el in Miz-Aamu-el was old, that he ch.1.20, Samuel, ch.9.14. ND it came to pass, when p.p.De.16.18.

De.1.17, Fear of Man.

Prayer Sought, ch.12.19.
Ge.15.6, Faith (5).

Ps.27.1, Salvation of God.

peh.

7 And when the Phi-lis'tines made his sons judges over Is'- Ge.15.15, Old Age.
heard that the children of Is'-ra-el.

ra-el were gathered together to 2 Now the name of his first-
Miz' peh, the lords of the Phi- born was Jo'el; and the name
lis'tines went up against Is'- of his second, A-bi'ah: they Jud.3.9, Judges of Israel.
ra-el. And when the children were judges in Be'er-she'bȧ.
of Is'ra-el heard it, they were 3 And his sons walked not in
afraid of the Phi-lis'tines. his ways, but turned aside after
8 And the children of Iş'ra-el lucre, and took bribes, and per-
said to Săm'u-el, Cease not to verted judgment.

Ge.21.31, Beer-sheba,
[2 Chr.19.4.
(p.p.Ec.2.19; Je.22.15.
Greed, Pr.1.13.
Jud.16.5, Bribery (2),
[1 K.15.19.
Ge.39.20, Injustice (3),

cry unto the LORD our God for 4 Then all the elders of Isus, that he will save us out of ra-el gathered themselves to- Ex.3.16, Elders. Ge.21.32, Philistines,ch.10.5. the hand of the Phi-lis'tines. gether, and came to Săm'u-el p.p.Le.22.27. 9 And Săm'u-el took a suck- unto Ra'mah,

Jos.18.25, Ramah.
ing lamb, and offered it for a 5 And said unto him, Behold,
burnt offering wholly unto the thou art old, and thy sons walk p.p.Họ.13.10.
LORD: and Săm'u-el cried unto not in thy ways: now make us

[1 K.21.13.

the LORD for Is'ra-el; and the a king to judge us like all the Ex.23.2, Sinful Imitation.
LORD heard him.
nations.

And p.p.ch.15.11.

10 And as Săm'u-el was offer- 6 ¶ But the thing displeased p.p.ch.12.17.
ing up the burnt offering, the Săm'u-el, when they said, Give
Phi-lis'tines drew near to battle us a king to judge us.
against Isra-el: but the LORD Săm'u-el prayed unto the LORD. Ps.5.3, Prayerfulness.
thundered with a great thunder 7 And the LORD said unto
on that day upon the Phi-lis'- Săm'u-el, Hearken unto the
tines, and discomfited them; voice of the people in all that
and they were smitten before they say unto thee: for they
Iş'ra-el.
have not rejected thee, but they p.p.Ex.16.8.
11 And the men of Iş'ra-el have rejected me, that I should God Rejected, Ps.81.11.
Rebellion (2), Ne.9.26.
went out of Miz'peh, and pur- not reign over them.
Ex.19.8, Theocracy,ch.12.17

sued the Phi-lis'tines, and smote 8 According to all the works
them, until they came under which they have done since SeeEvilGeneration, De.32.5.
Beth'-cär.
the day that I brought them up De.8.2, Divine Leader.
12 Then Săm'u-el took a stone, out of Egypt even unto this
and set it between Miz'peh and day, wherewith they have for- De.28.20, Forsaking God (?)
Shen, and called the name of saken me, and served other

[1 K.11.

it Eb'en-ezer, saying, Hitherto gods, so do they also unto thee. Ex.32.4, Idolatry (4).
hath the LORD helped us.
9 Now therefore hearken un-

[Wicked.

13 So the Phi-lis'tines were to their voice: howbeit yet pro- 2 Chr.19.10, Warn the
subdued, and they came no test solemnly unto them, and
more into the coast of Iş'ra-el: shew them the manner of the
and the hand of the LORD was king that shall reign over
against the Phi-lis'tines all the them.

14 And the cities which the words of the LORD unto the Is.43.10, Witnessing (1). Phi-lis'tines had taken from Iş ́- people that asked of him a

ra-el were restored to Iş'ra-el, king.

from Ek'ron even unto Găth; 11 And he said, This will be p.p.De.17.16.
and the coasts thereof did Is'-the manner of the king that