make him inherit the throne of honour. For the end of the world is the LORD’S, and he hath set the foundation of the earth upon it.

He shall keep the feet of his saints: but the wicked shall be destroyed in darkness: for much fortune profiteth no man.

They that dispute with the LORD shall perish: upon them shall he thunder in heaven. The LORD shall judge the end of the world; he shall give power unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.

And Elkanah went to Ramath unto his house: and the lad was the LORD’S servant before Eli the priest.

But the sons of Eli were wicked men: they inquired not after the LORD, 13. Nor according to the law of the priests unto the people. And if any man would offer any thing, the priest’s lad came, because the meat was boiling, having one with three prongs in his hand;

And he thrust it into the crucible, or into the caldron, or into the pan, or into the pot: and that which he brought forth with the crucible the priest took away. So they did unto all Israel that were come to Shiloh.

And it came to pass in like manner, before they had kindled the fat, that the priest’s lad came and said unto him that offered the sacrifice, Give me the flesh to roast for the priest: for he will not take flesh of thee cooked, but raw.

And it came to pass, when any man said unto him, Let the fat be burned as it is fit to be burned to day, and afterward take that which thy heart desireth, that he said unto him, Thou shalt give it me now: if not, I will take it by force.

Therefore the sin of the children was very great in the sight of the LORD: for the people blasphemed the meat offering of the LORD.

And Samuel was a servant before the LORD: and the lad was girded with a linen ephod.

For this his mother made him a little skirt, and brought it up to him in his season, when she went up with her husband to offer the sacrifices in his season.

And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the petition which she asked of the LORD. And they went to their place.

And the LORD visited Hannah, and she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters.
And Samuel the lad increased with the LORD.

And Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel, and that they slept with the women that ministered at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

And he said unto them: Why do ye these things? For I hear your wickedness from all this people.

Not so, my children, this is not a good cry that I hear. Ye do transgress the LORD’S people.

If a man sin against a man, the judge is able to make him whole. But if any man sin against the LORD, who can plead for him? But they hearkened not unto their father’s voice: for the LORD purposed to kill them.

But the lad Samuel went and increased, and was accepted of the LORD, and of men.

And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, I have manifested myself unto thy father’s house, while they were yet in Egypt, in Pharaoh’s house, 28. And I have chosen him there for me in the sight of all the tribes of Israel for the priesthood, to offer upon mine altar, and to burn incense, and to bear the ephod before me: and I have given unto thy father’s house all the fires of the children of Israel.

Wherefore then hast thou lusted against my sacrifices and my meat offerings, which I have commanded in the tabernacle? And thou honouredst thy sons more than me, that ye should eat of the best of all the meat offerings of my people Israel.

Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have said, Thy house and thy father’s house shall walk before me for ever. But now saith the LORD, Be it far from me: but whosoever
shall honour me, him will I honour also: but whosoever shall despise me, him shall he despise again.

Behold, the days come, that I will break in twain thine arm, and the arm of thy father’s house, and there shall be no age in thine house.

And thou shalt see thine adversary in the tabernacle of all good that shall come unto Israel: and there shall be no age in thy father’s house for ever.

But I will not cut off from thee any man from off mine altar, that thine eyes may fail, and that thy soul may mourn: and all the multitude of thy house shall die, when they have become men.

And this shall be a sign unto thee, which shall come upon thy two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: in one day shall they both die.

And I will raise me up a faithful priest, which shall do according to mine heart and according to my soul: and I will build him a sure house, and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.

And he that is left of thy house shall come and fall down before him for a penny of silver and for a morsel of bread, and shall say, Let me to a priest’s portion, that I may eat a morsel of bread.
(1 Samuel)
Chapter 3
Samuel is called and made respectable.

And when Samuel the lad ministered unto the LORD under Eh, the word of the LORD was dear in those days, and there was little divination.

And it came to pass, that at that time Eli lay in his place, and his eyes began to be dark, that he could not see.

And Samuel lay in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, before the lamp of God went out.

And the LORD called Samuel. And he answered, Behold, here am I.

And he ran unto Eli, and said, Behold, here am I, thou hast called me. And he said: I called thee not; go again, and lie down to sleep. And he went and lay down to sleep.

And the LORD called again, Samuel. And Samuel arose, and went to Eli, and said, Behold, here am I, thou hast called me. And he said: I called thee not, my son: go again, and lie down.

But Samuel knew not the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him.

And the LORD called Samuel the third time. And he arose, and went to Eli, and said, Behold, here am I, thou hast called me. And Eh perceived that the LORD called unto the lad, 9. And he said unto him, Return, and lie down; and when thou art called, say, Speak, O LORD: for thy servant heareth. And Samuel went and lay down in his place.

And the LORD came and stood there, and cried as before, Samuel, Samuel. And Samuel said, Speak; for thy servant heareth.

And the LORD said unto Samuel, Behold, I do a thing in Israel, that whosoever shall hear it, both his ears shall ring.

In that day will I raise up against Eh that which I have spoken against his house; I will begin it, and I will finish it.

For I told him, that I would be a judge of his house for ever for iniquity: for he knew the wickedness of his children, and saw not that they were wicked.

Therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of the house of Eli shall not be atoned for, neither with sacrifice, nor with meat offering for ever.

And Samuel lay till the morning, and opened the door of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to tell the vision of Eli.

And Eli called unto him, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Behold, here am I.

And he said, What is the word that is spoken unto thee? Do not conceal anything from me.
God do you this and that, where you keep from me something that is told you!

And Samuel told him all things, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD; do
that which is good in his sight.

And Samuel increased, and the LORD was with him: and none of his words fell to the ground.

And all Israel, from Dan even unto Beer-sheba, knew that Samuel was a faithful prophet of the LORD.

And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD was revealed unto Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.
Ch. 4, v. 1. And Samuel began to preach unto all Israel.
(1 Samuel)
Chapter 4
Israel’s defeat. Kidnapping of the ark of the covenant. Death of Eli and his sons.
And Israel went out to meet the Philistines to battle, and encamped at Eben-Ezer. And the Philistines encamped at Aphek.

And they armed themselves against Israel. And the battle was far divided. And Israel was smitten before the Philistines, and they smote in order in the field about four thousand men.

And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Why hath the LORD
smitten us this day before the Philistines? Let us take unto us the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, and let it come among us, that it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.

And the people sent to Shiloh, and brought thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which sitteth over the cherubims. And there were the two sons of Eli