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Eli Hears About His Sons’ Evils
22 Now Eli was very old; and he heard (A)all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with (B)the women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting. 23 So he said to them, “Why do you do such things, the evil things that I hear from all these people? 24 No, my sons; for the report is not good (C)which I hear the people of Yahweh [a]passing about. 25 If one man sins against another, (D)God will mediate for him; but (E)if a man sins against Yahweh, who can pray for him?” But they would not listen to the voice of their father, for (F)Yahweh desired to put them to death.
26 Now the young boy (G)Samuel [b]was growing in stature and in favor both with Yahweh and with men.
Eli Honors His Sons Above Yahweh
27 Then (H)a man of God came to Eli and said to him, “Thus says Yahweh, ‘(I)Did I not indeed reveal Myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt, enslaved to Pharaoh’s house? 28 (J)And did I not choose them from all the tribes of Israel to be My priests, to go up to My altar, to burn incense, to carry an ephod before Me; and did I not (K)give to the house of your father all the fire offerings of the sons of Israel? 29 Why do you (L)kick at My sacrifice and at My offering (M)which I have commanded in My (N)habitation, and (O)honor your sons above Me, by making yourselves fat with the [c]choicest of every offering of My people Israel?’ 30 Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, declares, ‘(P)I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father should walk before Me forever’; but now Yahweh declares, ‘Far be it from Me—for (Q)those who honor Me I will honor, and those (R)who despise Me will be cursed. 31 Behold, (S)the days are coming, and I will break your [d]strength and the [e]strength of your father’s house so that there will not be an old man in your house. 32 And you will look upon (T)the distress of My habitation, in spite of all the good that [f]I do for Israel; and an (U)old man will not be in your house all the days. 33 Yet I will not cut off every man of yours from My altar [g]so that your eyes will fail from weeping and your soul grieve, and all the increase of your house will be put to death [h]in the prime of life. 34 Now this will be (V)the sign to you which will come concerning your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: (W)on the same day both of them will be put to death. 35 But (X)I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who will do according to what is in My heart and in My soul; and (Y)I will build him a faithful house, and he will walk before (Z)My anointed always. 36 And it will be that everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him for a [i]piece of silver or a loaf of bread and say, “Please [j]assign me to one of the priest’s offices so that I may eat a piece of bread.”’”
Yahweh Calls Samuel
3 Now (AA)the young boy Samuel was ministering to Yahweh before Eli. And (AB)word from Yahweh was rare in those days; [k]visions were infrequent.
2 And it happened at that time as Eli was lying down in his place (now (AC)his eyesight had begun to fade, and he could not see well), 3 and (AD)the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of Yahweh where the ark of God was, 4 that Yahweh called Samuel; and he said, “(AE)Here I am.” 5 Then he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he said, “I did not call; go back, lie down.” So he went and lay down. 6 Then Yahweh called yet again, “Samuel!” So Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But he [l]answered, “I did not call, my son; go back, lie down.” 7 (AF)Now Samuel did not yet know Yahweh, nor had the word of Yahweh yet been revealed to him. 8 So Yahweh called Samuel again for the third time. And he arose and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Then Eli discerned that Yahweh was calling the young boy. 9 And Eli said to Samuel, “Go lie down, and it shall be if He calls you, that you shall say, ‘Speak, Yahweh, for Your slave is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
10 Then Yahweh came and stood and called as at other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said, “Speak, for Your slave is listening.” 11 And Yahweh said to Samuel, “Behold, (AG)I am about to do a thing in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle. 12 In that day (AH)I will establish against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end. 13 And (AI)I have told him that I am about to judge his house forever for (AJ)the iniquity which he knew because (AK)his sons have been bringing a curse on themselves, but (AL)he did not rebuke them. 14 Now therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that (AM)the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever.”
15 So Samuel lay down until morning. Then he (AN)opened the doors of the house of Yahweh. But Samuel was afraid to tell (AO)the vision to Eli. 16 Then Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son.” And he said, “Here I am.” 17 And he said, “What is the word that He spoke to you? Please do not hide it from me. (AP)May God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the words that He spoke to you.” 18 So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. And he said, “(AQ)It is Yahweh; let Him do what seems good in His eyes.”
19 Thus (AR)Samuel grew, and (AS)Yahweh was with him and (AT)let none of his words fall to the ground. 20 So all Israel (AU)from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of Yahweh. 21 And (AV)Yahweh appeared again at Shiloh, (AW)because Yahweh revealed Himself to Samuel at Shiloh by the word of Yahweh.
The Philistines Take the Ark
4 Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped beside (AX)Ebenezer, and the Philistines camped in (AY)Aphek. 2 And the Philistines arranged themselves to meet Israel. Then the battle spread, and Israel was [m]defeated before the Philistines who struck down about 4,000 men on the battlefield. 3 Then the people came into the camp, and the elders of Israel said, “(AZ)Why has Yahweh [n]defeated us today before the Philistines? (BA)Let us take to ourselves from Shiloh the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, that [o]it may come among us and save us from the power of our enemies.” 4 So the people sent to Shiloh, and from there they carried the ark of the covenant of Yahweh of hosts (BB)who sits above the cherubim; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
5 And it happened that as the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came into the camp, (BC)all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth was thrown into confusion. 6 Then the Philistines heard the noise of the shout and said, “What does the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews mean?” Then they knew that the ark of Yahweh had come into the camp. 7 And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, “God has come into the camp.” And they said, “(BD)Woe to us! For nothing like this has happened before. 8 Woe to us! Who shall deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness. 9 (BE)Be strong and become men, O Philistines, lest you become slaves to the Hebrews, (BF)as they have been slaves to you; therefore, become men and fight.”
10 So the Philistines fought, and (BG)Israel was [p]defeated, and (BH)every man fled to his tent; and the slaughter was very great, for there fell of Israel 30,000 foot soldiers. 11 And the ark of God was taken; and (BI)the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
The Death of Eli
12 Now a man of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh the same day with (BJ)his robes torn and [q]dust on his head. 13 And he came, and behold, (BK)Eli was sitting on his seat [r]by the road eagerly watching because his heart was trembling for the ark of God. Now the man came to tell it in the city, and all the city cried out. 14 Then Eli heard the noise of the outcry, and he said, “What does the noise of this commotion mean?” So the man came hurriedly and told Eli. 15 Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and (BL)his eyes had set so that he could not see. 16 And the man said to Eli, “I am the one who came from the battle line. Indeed, I fled from the battle line today.” And he said, “(BM)How did things go, my son?” 17 Then the one who brought the news answered and said, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has also been a great slaughter among the people, and your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been taken.” 18 And it happened that when he mentioned the ark of God, [s](BN)Eli fell off the seat backward beside the gate, and his neck was broken, and he died, for the man was old and heavy. Thus he judged Israel forty years.
19 Now his daughter-in-law, Phinehas’s wife, was with child and about to give birth. And she heard the report that the ark of God was taken and that her father-in-law and her husband had died, so she kneeled down and gave birth, for her pains came upon her. 20 And about the time of her death the women who stood by her said to her, “(BO)Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son.” But she did not answer or pay attention. 21 And she called the boy [t]Ichabod, saying, “(BP)The glory has departed from Israel,” because (BQ)the ark of God was taken and because of her father-in-law and her husband. 22 And she said, “The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God was taken.”
24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and (A)believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and (B)does not come into judgment, but has (C)passed out of death into life.
Two Resurrections
25 Truly, truly, I say to you, (D)an hour is coming and now is, when (E)the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who (F)hear will live. 26 For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He (G)gave to the Son also to have life in Himself; 27 and He gave Him authority to (H)execute judgment, because He is [a]the Son of Man. 28 Do not marvel at this; for (I)an hour is coming, in which (J)all who are in the tombs will hear His voice, 29 and will come forth; (K)those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment.
30 “(L)I can do nothing from Myself. As I hear, I judge; and (M)My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will, but (N)the will of Him who sent Me.
31 “(O)If I alone bear witness about Myself, My witness is not [b]true. 32 There is (P)another who bears witness about Me, and I know that the witness which He gives about Me is true.
Witnesses to Jesus: The Father and the Scriptures
33 You have sent to John, and he (Q)has borne witness to the truth. 34 But (R)the witness I receive is not from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved. 35 He was (S)the lamp that was burning and shining and you (T)were willing to rejoice for [c]a while in his light. 36 But the witness I have is greater than the witness of John; for (U)the works which the Father has given Me (V)to finish—the very works that I do—bear witness about Me, that the Father (W)has sent Me. 37 And the Father who sent Me, (X)He has borne witness about Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time nor seen His form. 38 And you do not have (Y)His word abiding in you, for you do not believe Him whom He (Z)sent. 39 [d](AA)You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is (AB)these that bear witness about Me; 40 and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life. 41 (AC)I do not receive glory from men; 42 but I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves. 43 I have come in My Father’s name, and you do not receive Me; (AD)if another comes in his own name, you will receive him. 44 How can you believe, when you (AE)receive [e]glory from one another and you do not seek (AF)the [f]glory that is from (AG)the only God? 45 Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father; the one who accuses you is (AH)Moses, in whom you have set your hope. 46 For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for (AI)he wrote about Me. 47 But (AJ)if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?”
Remember Me, O Yahweh
106 [a]Praise Yah!
Oh (A)give thanks to Yahweh, for He (B)is good;
For (C)His lovingkindness endures forever.
2 Who can speak of the (D)mighty deeds of Yahweh,
Or can make all His praise to be heard?
3 How blessed are those who keep [b]justice,
[c]And he who (E)does righteousness at all times!
4 Remember me, O Yahweh, in Your (F)favor [d]toward Your people;
Visit me with Your salvation,
5 That I may see the (G)goodness of Your chosen ones,
That I may (H)rejoice in the gladness of Your nation,
That I may (I)boast with Your [e]inheritance.
6 (J)We have sinned (K)with our fathers,
We have committed iniquity, we have acted wickedly.
7 Our fathers in Egypt did not consider Your wondrous deeds;
They (L)did not remember Your abundant lovingkindnesses,
But they (M)rebelled by the sea, at the [f]Red Sea.
8 Yet He saved them (N)for the sake of His name,
That He might (O)make His might known.
9 Thus He (P)rebuked the [g]Red Sea and it (Q)dried up,
And He (R)led them through the deeps, as through the wilderness.
10 So He (S)saved them from the [h]hand of the one who hated them,
And (T)redeemed them from the [i]hand of the enemy.
11 (U)The waters covered their adversaries;
Not one of them was left.
12 Then they (V)believed His words;
They (W)sang His praise.
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