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«Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons? / So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: Eli, Hannah, Shiloh, Temple of
«And David girded his sword upon his armour, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: armour, assay, assayed, assaying, girded
«And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner: / Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: Abner, guiltless, leper, Ner
«And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: beat down, Benjamin, Gibeah, melted, watchmen
«Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: Saul
«Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.»
Author: Bible
«How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: slain
«Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? / And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days.»
«When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;) / Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds; / That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? / Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.»
«Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be? / So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings.»
Author: Bible | Keywords: shearer, shearers