Study Desk

Hannah prayed, "My heart rejoices in the Lord ; my horn is exalted high because of the Lord . I loudly denounce my enemies, for I am happy that you delivered me.

You should tell him that I am about to judge his house forever because of the sin that he knew about. For his sons were cursing God, and he did not rebuke them.

The Philistines were scared because they thought that gods had come to the camp. They said, "Too bad for us! We've never seen anything like this!

She said, "The glory has departed from Israel, because the ark of God has been captured."

But the Lord struck down some of the people of Beth Shemesh because they had looked into the ark of the Lord ; he struck down 50,070 of the men. The people grieved because the Lord had struck the people with a hard blow.

Then he would return to Ramah, because his home was there. He also judged Israel there and built an altar to the Lord there.

In that day you will cry out because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord won't answer you in that day."

The Lord will not abandon his people because he wants to uphold his great reputation. The Lord was pleased to make you his own people.

The men of Israel realized they had a problem because their army was hard pressed. So the army hid in caves, thickets, cliffs, strongholds, and cisterns.

For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and presumption is like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord , he has rejected you as king."

So Saul feared David, because the Lord was with him but had departed from Saul.

Jonathan once again took an oath with David, because he loved him. In fact Jonathan loved him as much as he did his own life.

Then David said, "O Lord God of Israel, your servant has clearly heard that Saul is planning to come to Keilah to destroy the city because of me.

Afterward David's conscience bothered him because he had cut off an edge of Saul's robe.

Please forgive the sin of your servant, for the Lord will certainly establish the house of my lord, because my lord fights the battles of the Lord . May no evil be found in you all your days!

Saul quickly fell full length on the ground and was very afraid because of Samuel's words. He was completely drained of energy, not having eaten anything all that day and night.

So he took David down, and they found them spread out over the land. They were eating and drinking and enjoying themselves because of all the loot they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.

Saul said to his armor bearer, "Draw your sword and stab me with it! Otherwise these uncircumcised people will come, stab me, and torture me." But his armor bearer refused to do it, because he was very afraid. So Saul took his sword and fell on it.

They lamented and wept and fasted until evening because Saul, his son Jonathan, the Lord 's people, and the house of Israel had fallen by the sword.

So David sent messengers to the people of Jabesh Gilead and told them, "May you be blessed by the Lord because you have shown this kindness to your lord Saul by burying him.