strength unto his King, and exalt the horn of trines of Israel lo be iny priest, to offer upon bis Anointed.

mine alar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod 11 And Elkanah went to Ramah 10 his before me? and did I give unto the house of house: and the child did ininis:er unto the thy father all the offerings made by fire of Lord belore Eli the priest.

the childrer. of Israel? 1? 4 Now the sons of Eli were sons of 29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice, and Belial; they knew not the LORD.

at mire offering, which I have commanded 13 And tie priest's custom with the people in my hubitation; and honourest thy sons above ris, that, when any man offered sacrifice, me, to make yourselves fal with the chiefest ine priest's servant came, while the flesh was of all the offerings of Israel my people? in seething, with a flesh-hook of three teeth 30 Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, in his handl;

I said indeed, that thy house, and the house o 14 And he struck il into the pan, or kettle, thy father, should walk before me for ever or caldren, or pol; all that the Aesh-hook but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me brought up the priest took for himself. So for them that honour ine I will honour, and they died in Shiloh unto all the Israelies that they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. came thither.

31 Behold, the days coine that I will cut 15 Also, before they burnt the fat,the priest's off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's jerrant came, and said to the man thai sacri- house, that there shall not be an old man in heed, Give tiesh to roast for the priest ; for he thine house. will not have sodden tlesh of thee, but raw. 32 And thou shalt see an enemy in my ha

16 And if any man said unto him, Let them bitaiion, in all the wealth which God shall ut fail to burn the lat presently, and then give Israel: and there shall nol be an old ake us inuch as thy soul desireih; then he man in thine house for ever. Aould answer him, Nun; but thou shalt give 33 And the man of thine, rehom I shall not il me now: and if not, I will take it by force. cut off from mine allar, shall be to consume

17 Wherefore the sin of the young men thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all was very great before the Lond; for men the increase of thine house shall die in the abhorred the offering of the Lord. flower of their age. 18 | But Samuel ministered before the Lord, 34 And this shall be a sign unto thee, that ring a child, girded with a linen ephod. shall come upon ty two sons, on Hopi:ni

19 Moreover, his mother made híin a little and Phinehas; in one day, they shall die coat, and brought il to him from year to year, both of them. when she came up with her husband to offer 35 And I will raise me up a faithful priest; he yearly sacrifice.

that shall do according to that which is in 2011 And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, mine heart, and in my mind: and I will build and said, The Lord give thee seed of this him a sure house; and he shall walk before woman, for the loan which is lens to the mine Anointed for ever. LORD. And they went unto their own home. 36 And it shall come to pass, thut every

21 And the Lord visited Hannah, so that one that is left in thine house shall come he conceived, and bare three sons and two and crouch to him for a piece of silver, and laughlers. And the child samuel grew be- a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, öre the LORD.

I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, 22 Now Eli was very old, and heard all that I may eat a piece of bread. what his sons did unto all Israel; and how they

CHAP. III. lay with assembled der is of the tabernacle of the congregation. A nie the child Samuel ministered unto

the 23 And he said unto them, Why do ye such the Lord was precious in those days; there nings? for I hear of your evil dealings by was no open vision. all this people.

3 And it came to pass at that time, when 24 Nay, my sons; for it is no good report Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes that I hear: ye make the Lord's people to began to wax dim, thut he could not see; transgress.

3 And ere the lamp of God went out in the 25 If one man sin against another, the temple of the LORI), where the ark of God judge shall judge lim; but if a man sin was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep; against the LORD, who shall entreat for him? 4 That the LORD called Samuel: and he Notwithstanding, they hearkened not unto, answered, Here um 1, the voice of their faiber, because the LORD 5 And he ran into Eli, and said, Here am 1; would slay them.

for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not 26 And the child Samuel grew on, and lie down again. And he went and lay dowr. was in favour both with the LORD, and also 6 And the Lord called yet again, Šamuei. with men.

And Samuel arose,and went to Eli, and said, 27 1 And there came a man of God unto Here am I; for thou didst call me. And be Ei, and said unto him, Thus saith ine LORD, answered, I called nov,my son; lie down again Did I plainly appear onto the house of thy 7 Now Sanuel did not yet know the LORD, Tather, when they were in Egypt in Pha- neither was the word of the Lord yet re. raoli's house?

vealed unto hin 29 Aud did I choose him out of all tie 3 And the LORD called Samuel agaiu die

bird time. And lie arose, and went to Eli, enant of the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth Rud said. Here am l; for thou didst call me. betroeen the cherubims: and the two sors of And El perceived that the LORD had called Eli, Hoplini and Phinehas, were there with Le cluild.

the ark of the covenant of God. a Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie 5 And when the ark of the covenant of the down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that Lord came into the camp, all Israel shouted ibou shall say. Speak, LORD; for thy servant with a great shoul,so thattheeartlı rang again heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in 6 And wiien the Philistines beard the noise his place

of the shoul, they said, What mearth the 10. And the LORD came, and stood, and noise of this great shout in the camp of the called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Hebrews ? and bey understood that the ark Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy ser- of the Lord was come into the camp: van heareth.

7 And the Philistines were afraid : for they ils dod the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, said, God is come into the camp. And they will do alling in Israel, at which both the said, loe unto us! for there hath not beca vars of every one that heareth it shall tingle. such a thing heretofore.

12 In that day I will perform again-i Eli 8 Woc iuto us! who shall deliver is ont all things which 'Thave spoken concerning his of the hand of these mighty Gods: these are buvuse : wheal begin, I will also make aa end. the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all

13 For I have told him, that I will judge the plagues in the wilderness. his house for ever, for the iniquiry which he 9 Be strong, and quit yourseives like inen, knoweth: because his sous made inemselves O ye Philistines, tai ye be not servants onto vile, and he restrained them not.

the Hebrews, as they have been to you: 11 And therefore I have sworn into the quit yourselves like men, and figlit. house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house 10'11 And the Philistines fought, and 'srae! shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offer- was smilten, and they fled every man into fois ing for ever.

tent; and there was a very great slaugliter 15 And Samuellaruntil the morning, and for there fell of Israel thirty dhousaridi foormen opened the doors of the house of the LORD. 11 And the ark of God was taken; and the And Samuel feared to show Eli :he vision. two sons of Cli, Hophni and Phinehas, were

16 Then Eli'called Samuel, aud said Sa- slain. muel, my sen. And he answered. Here aml. 12 And there ran a man of Benjamin out

17 And le said, What is the thing that the of the army, and came to Shiloh the same LORD hath said unto thee? I pray thee day, with his clothes rent, and with earth hide it nol from me: God do so to thee, and upon his liead. more also, if thou hide any thing from ine of 13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a all the things that he said unto thee. seat by the way-side waching: for his heart

18 And Samuel told him every whit, and irembled for tlie ark of God. And when the hid nothing from him. And he said. It is the man came into the city, and told it, all die LORD; let luim do what seemeth bin good. city cried out.

19 1 And Samurl grew, and the Lord 14 And when Eli heard the noise of ine was with him, and did let none of his words crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of fall to the ground.

this tumult? And, the man came in hastily, 20. And all israel, from Dan even to Beer- and told Eli. wheba, knew that Samuel was estaviished lo 15 Vow Eliu as ninety and eight years old; be a prophet of the Lord.

and his eyes were clim, that he could not see. 21 And the Lord appeared again in Shi- 16 And the man said unto Eli. I am lie that boh: for the LORD revealed hiinsell to Sacaine out of the ariny; and Aed to das out muel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.

of the army

A:nd be said, Kilat is there CHAP. IV.

done, my son ? A padle word of Samuel came to all 17. Su the inessenger ariswered and said,

Israel. Now Israel went out against the Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Fhen- hath been also a great slauginer among the ezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek. people, and tlıy two sons also, llophai and

2 And the Philistines put themselves in ar- Phinelias, are dead, and the ark o: Gou is ray against Israel: and when they joined taken. balile, Israel was smitten before the Philis- 18 And it came to pass, when he made mene tines; and they slew of the army in the field tion of the ark of God, that he fell from off aboui four thousand inen.

the seat backward by the sile of the gate, 31 And when the people were come into and liis neck brake, and he died; for be wai tne camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefire an old man, and beavy: and he had judged hath the LORD smitten us today before the Israel turty years, Philistines? Let us setcl, the ark of the core- 194 Aid liis daugt.t.»-in-law, Phinchas pant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, wile, was widichid, raut wo be delivered and when it cometh anong us, il may save us aslien steheanliletidingstila: the aik of God out of the hand of our enemies.

was taken and that lier latver-in-law and he 4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that they lusbanci were dead, she berred hersell and

:

And, about the time of her death, the with the emerods : and the cry of the city
women that stood by her said unto her, Fear went up to heaven.
sot; for thou hast born a son. But she an-

CHAP. VI.
wered not, neither did she regard it.
21 And she named the child l-chalod, sav-

coun

try of the Piuilistines seven months. ing, The glory is departeil from Israel : (bc- 2 And the Philistines called for the priests cause the ark of God was taken, and because and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to of her father-in-law, and her liusband :) the ark of the Lord ? tell us wherewith we

20 Ind she said, l'he glory is departed shall send it to his place. froin Israel; for the ark of God is taken. 3 And they said, If ye send away the ark of CHAP. V.

the God of Israel send it not empty; but in any and brought it from Eben-ezer unto shall be healed, and it shall be known to you Ashdod.

why his hand is not removed from you. 2 When the Philistines took the ark of 4 Then said they, What shrill be the trespassGod, they brought it into the house of Da- offering which we shall return to him? They gon, and set it bv Dagon.

answered, Five golden emerods, and five goi3 1 And when tliey of Aslıdod arose early den mice.according to the nunhcrofthe lords on the morrow, behold, Dagon was falien of the Philistines: for one plague was on you upon liis face to the earth before the ark of all, and on your lords. the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set 5 Wherefore ye shall make inages of your him in his place again.

emerods, and images of your mice that mar And when they arose early on the mor- the land ; and ye shall give glory unto the ow morning, behóll, Dagon was fallen up- God of Israel : peradventure be will lighten on his face to the ground before the ark of his hand from off you, and from off your gods, tbe Lond; and the head of Dagon, and both and from off your land. the palms of liis hands, were cui sit upon fi Wherefore then do ye harcen your the threshold; only the stump of Digon was hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardJest to him

ened their hearts? When he had wronglut 5 Therefore neither the priesis of Dagon, wonderfully among them, did they not ler por any that come into Dagon's louse, tread the people go, and they departed ? on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto 7 Now therefore make a new cart, and this day.

take two milch-kine, on which there hath 61 But the hand of the Lord was heavy come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed and bring their calves home from them: them, and smote them with emerods, even 8 And take the ark of the LORD, and lay Ashdod, and the coasts thereof.

it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, 7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that it whiclı ye return him for a trespass-offering, mous so, they said, The ark of the God of Is- in a coffer by the sile thereof; and send it rael siiall not abide with us : for his band is away, that ii

may go. sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god. 9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his

8 1 They sent therefore, and gathered all own coast to Beth-shemesli, then he hath done the lords of the Philistines unto them, and us this great evil : but if not, then we shall raid, that shall we do with the ark of the know it is not his hand hal smote us; it God of Israel? And they answered, Let the was a chance thot happened to us. ark of the God of Israel be carried about 10 1 And the men did so; and took two unto (ath. And they carried the ark of the milch-line, and tied them tó the cart, and God of Israel about thither.

shut up their calves at home: 9 And it was so, that, after they liad car- 11 And they laid the ark of the Lord upon ned it about, the hand of the loan was the cart, and he coffer with the mice of gold against the city with a very great destruc- and the images of their emerods. Lion : and le sinote the men of the city, both 12. And the kine lock the straight way to oloall and great, and they had emerods in the way of Beth-shemesh, and wentualong the their secret parts.

highway, lowing as they went, and turned 10 1 Therefore they sent the ark of Gallo noi aside to the right land or to the left; and Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of the lords of the Philistines went after liem God caine to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried unto the border of Beth-shemesh, out, saving, They have brought about the 13 And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping ark of the God ol' Israel to us, io slay us and their wheat-harvest in the valley; and they ou people.

lified up their eyes, and saw ilié ark, and 11 So they sent and gathered together all rejoiced to see it. the lords on the Philistines, and said, Send 11 And the cart came into the field of Joaway the ark of the God of Israel, and let it shua, a Beth-shemite, and stood there, where go again to his own place, that it slay us not, there was a great stone: and they clave the and our people : for there was a deadly de- wood of the cart, and offered ibe kine a struction througbout all the city; the band burnt-offering unto LORD. of God was very heavy there.

15 And the Levites look down the ark ostke 14. And the men that ied not were snitten' Lord, and the coffer that was with it, wnere

Bird time. And lie arose, and went to Eli, lenant of the Lord of liosts, which dwelleih Ruid said. Here am !; for thou didst call me. betroeen the cherubims: and the wo sons of And Eli perceived tha! the Lord bad called Eli, Hoplini and Phinehas, were there with re child.

the ark of the covenant of God. a Toerefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie 5 And when the ark of the covenant of the down: and is shall be, if he call thee, that LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted ibou shalt say. Speak, LORD; for thy servant with a great shout,so that the earth rang again heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in 6 And wiien the Philistines lieard the noise his place

of the shoul, they said, What mearth the 10 And the LORD came, and stood, and noise of this great shout in the camp of the called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Hebrews ? and bey understood that the ark I'hen Samuel answered, Speak; for thy ser- of the Lord was come into the camp, vant heareth.

7 And the Philistines were afraid : for they Ulf and the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, said, God is come into the camp. And they will do a thing in Israel, at which both the said, Woe unto us! for there hath not beeo ears of every one that beareti il shall tingle, such a thing heretofore.

12 In that day I will perform against Eli 8 Woe uunto us! who shall deliver is ont all things which I have spoken concerning liis of the hand of these miglity Gods: these are house : whea I begin, I will also make an end the Gods that sinote the Egyptians with all

13 For I have told him, that I will judge the plagues in the wilderness. his house for ever, for the iniquity which he 9 Be strong, and quit yourseives like inen, knoweth; because his sons made themselves O ye Philistines, tai ye he not servant into vile, and he restrained them not.

the Hebrews, as they have been to you: 14 And therefore I have sworn into the quit yourselves like men, and fight. house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house 10' || And the Philistines fought, and 'srael shall not be purged with sacrifice nor otler- was smilten, and they fled every man into his ing for ever.

tent; and there was a very great slanghter 15 Land Samuel lar until the morning, and for there fell of Israel thirty clousandi footmen opened the doors of the house of the LORD. 11 And the ark of God was taken ; and the And Samuel feared to shew Eli :he vision. two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were

16 Then Eli'called Samuel, and said Sa- slain. muel, my son. And he answered, Here am I. 12 11 And there ran a man of Benjamin out

17 And be said, What is the thing that the of the army, and came to Shiloh the saine LORD hath said unto thee? I pray thee day, with lis clothes rent, and with earth hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and upon his head. more also, if thou hide any thing froin ine of 13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a all the things that he said unto thee. seat by the way-side watching: for his heart

18 And Samuel told him every whit, and trembled for the ark of God. And when the hid nothing from him. And he said. li is the man came into the city, and told it, all the LORD ; let him do what seemeth hin good. city cried out.

19 1 And Samuel grew, and the LORD 14 And when Eli heard the noise of ine was with him, and did let none of his words crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of fall to the ground.

thuis tumult. And, the man caine in hastily, 20 And all Israel, from Dan even to Beer- and cold Eli. sheba, knew that Samuel was established to 15 Now Eli was ninely and eight years old: be a prophet of the Lord.

and his eyes were diin, that he could not see. 21 And the Lord appeared again in Shi- 16 And the man said uato Eli. I am lieliat bob: for the LORD revealed himself to Sa came out of the ariny, and I led to day out muel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.

Asd he said, that is there CHAP. IV.

done, my son ? ND the of Samuel came all 17 And the messenger answered , Philistines to battle, and pitched heside Eben- bath heen also a great slauginer among thie ezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek. people, and iliy iwo sons also, Ilophuni and

2 And the Philistines put themselves in ar- Phinehas, are dead, and the art of Crou is ray against Israel: and when they joined taken. balle, Israel was smitten before the Philis- 18 And it came to pass, when he made meir. tines; and they slew of the army in the field tion of the ark of God, that he fell from off about four thousand inen.

the seat backward by the sile of the gate, 31 And when the people were come into and liis neck brake, and he died; for be wai the camp, the e'ders of Israel said, Wierelore an old man, and heavy: and he had judged hath the LORD smitten us today helore the Israel tirry years. Philistines ? Let us fetch the ark of the cove. 19 si Avd his daught»-in-law, Phinchas nant of the LORD Out of Shiloh unto us, that, wile, was with child, neurwbe delivered: and when it cometh anong us, il inay save us when she dicariletidings tha: the aik of God out of the hand of our enemies.

was taken and that lier latver-in-law and be 4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that thiey busband were dead, she bored herself and

of the army

A ,

20 And, about the time of her death, the with the emerods : and the cry of the city women that stood by her said unto her, Fear went up to heaven. *); for thou hast horn a son. But she an

CHAP. VI.
Iwered not, neither did she regard it.
SI And she named the child l-chabod, say-

of coun

try of the Pinilistines seven months. ing, The glory is departed from Israel: (be- 2 And the Philistines called for the priests cause the ark of Gxl was taken, and beciuse and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to oiher fa:her-in-law, and her husband :) the ark of the Lorý? Tell us wherewith we

7. And she said, the glory is departed shall send it to his place." frrin Israel; for the ark of God is taken. 3 And they said, If ye send away the ark of CHAP. V.

tbe God of Israel send it not empty; but in any ND the Philistines took the ark of God, wise return him a trespass-offering : then ye Ashdod.

why his hand is not reinoved from you. 2 When the Philistines took the ark of 4 Then said they, What shıl be the trespass. God, they brought it into the house of Da-offering which we shall return to him? They gon, and set it bv Dagon.

answered, Five golden emerods, and five goi3 1 And when they of Aslıdod arose early den mice according to the number ofthe lords on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen of the Philistines: for one plague was on you upon liis face to the earth before the ark of all, and on your lords. the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set 5 Wherefore ye shall make inages of your him in his place again.

emerods, and images of your mice that mar $ And when they arose early on the mor- the land ; and ye shall give glory unto the ow morning, beholl, Dagon was fallen up- God of Israel : peradventure lie will lighten on his face to the ground before the ark of his hand from off you, and from off your gods, be LORD ; and the head of Dagon, and both and from off your land. the palms of his hands, were cu: un upon 6. Wherefore then do ye harc!en your the dreshold; only the stump of Dagon was hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh liardleft to him

ened their hearts? When he had wronglu 5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, wonderfully among them, did they not let por any that come into Dagon's house, tread the people go, and they departed ?" on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto 7 Now therefore make a new cart, and this day.

take two mildli-kine, on which there hath 61 But the hand of the LORD was beavy come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed and bring their calves noine from them: them, and smote them with emerods, even 8 And take the ark of the LORD, and lay Ashdod, and the coasts thereof.

il upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, 7 And when the men of Ashdod saw that it whiclı ye return him for a trespass-offering, was so, they said. The ark of the God of Is- in a coffer by the sile thereof; and send it rael shall not abide with us : for his band is away, that it

may go. vore upon us, and upon Dagon our god. 9 And see, if it goeti up by the way of his 8 4 'They sent therefore, and gathered all own coast to Beth-shemesli

, then he bath done the lords of the Puili-tines unto them, and us this great evil : but if not, then we shall said. That shall we do with the ark of the know that it is not his hand that smote us; it God of Israel? And they answered, Let the was a chance that happened to us. ark of the God of Israel be carried about 10 9 And the mou did so; and took two unto (iath. And they carried the ark of the milel-kine, and tied them to the cart, and God of Israel about thither.

shut up their calves at home: 9 And it was so, that, after they had car- 11 And they laid the ark of the Lord upon med it about, the hand of the Lorn was the cart, antihe coffer with the mice of gold against the city with a very great destruc-land the images of their emerods. in: and lie sinote the men at the city, both 1.2. sud the kine lock the straight way to anall and grent, and they had emerods in the way of Beth-shemesh, and wentalong the their secret parts.

highway, lowing as they went, and turned 10 1 Therefore they sent the ark of Golto not aside to the right land or to the left; and Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of the lords of the Philistines went afier tiem God caine to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried unto the border of Beth-shemesh, out. saving, They have brought about the 13 And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping ark ofilie God ol' Israel to us, to elay us and their wheat-harvest in the valley; and ihey om people,

litied up their eyes, and saw the ark, and 11 So :hey sent and gathered together all rejoiced to see it. the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send 1.1 Aud the cart came into the field of Joaway the ark of the God of Israel, and let it shua, a Beth-chemite, and stood there, where go again to his own place, that it slay us not, there was a great stune: and they clave the ard our people : for there was a deadly de- wood of the cart, and offered ibe kine a struction througbout all the city; the band, burnt-offering unto LORD. ol to was very heavy there.

Jj And the Levites look down the ark ofika 22 And the men that did not were smitten Lorn, and therefter that was with it, where.