Joan

So the Israelites got rid of their images of Baal and Ashtoreth and worshiped only the LORD.

almost 10 years ago

Then Samuel said to all the people of Israel, “If you want to return to the LORD with all your hearts, get rid of your foreign gods and your images of Ashtoreth. Turn your hearts to the LORD and obey him alone; then he will rescue you from the Philistines.”

almost 10 years ago

Joan

highlighted 1 Samuel 7:1-2 NLT

So the men of Kiriath-jearim came to get the Ark of the LORD. They took it to the hillside home of Abinadab and ordained Eleazar, his son, to be in charge of it.

almost 10 years ago

Joan

highlighted 1 Samuel 6:20-21 NLT

“Who is able to stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God?” they cried out. “Where can we send the Ark from here?”

almost 10 years ago

Joan

highlighted 1 Samuel 6:19 NLT

But the LORD killed seventy men from Beth-shemesh because they looked into the Ark of the LORD. And the people mourned greatly because of what the LORD had done.

almost 10 years ago

Joan

highlighted 1 Samuel 6:17-18 NLT

The five gold tumors sent by the Philistines as a guilt offering to the LORD were gifts from the rulers of Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.

almost 10 years ago

Joan

highlighted 1 Samuel 6:11-12 NLT

Then the Ark of the LORD and the chest containing the gold rats and gold tumors were placed on the cart.

almost 10 years ago

Joan

highlighted 1 Samuel 6:10 NLT

So these instructions were carried out. Two cows were hitched to the cart, and their newborn calves were shut up in a pen.

almost 10 years ago

Joan

highlighted 1 Samuel 6:8-9 NLT

Put the Ark of the LORD on the cart, and beside it place a chest containing the gold rats and gold tumors you are sending as a guilt offering. Then let the cows go wherever they want.

almost 10 years ago

Joan

highlighted 1 Samuel 6:3-4 NLT

“Send the Ark of the God of Israel back with a gift,” they were told. “Send a guilt offering so the plague will stop. Then, if you are healed, you will know it was his hand that caused the plague.”

almost 10 years ago

Joan

highlighted 1 Samuel 6:2 NLT

Then the Philistines called in their priests and diviners and asked them, “What should we do about the Ark of the LORD? Tell us how to return it to its own country.”

almost 10 years ago

Joan

highlighted 1 Samuel 6:1 NLT

The Ark of the LORD remained in Philistine territory seven months in all.

almost 10 years ago

Joan

highlighted 1 Samuel 5:7 NLT

When the people realized what was happening, they cried out, “We can’t keep the Ark of the God of Israel here any longer! He is against us! We will all be destroyed along with Dagon, our god.”

almost 10 years ago

Joan

highlighted 1 Samuel 5:4-5 NLT

But the next morning the same thing happened—Dagon had fallen face down before the Ark of the LORD again. This time his head and hands had broken off and were lying in the doorway. Only the trunk of his body was left intact.

almost 10 years ago

Joan

highlighted 1 Samuel 5:3 NLT

But when the citizens of Ashdod went to see it the next morning, Dagon had fallen with his face to the ground in front of the Ark of the LORD! So they took Dagon and put him in his place again.

almost 10 years ago

Joan

highlighted 1 Samuel 5:2 NLT

They carried the Ark of God into the temple of Dagon and placed it beside an idol of Dagon.

almost 10 years ago

Joan

highlighted 1 Samuel 4:20-21 NLT

She died in childbirth, but before she passed away the midwives tried to encourage her. “Don’t be afraid,” they said. “You have a baby boy!” But she did not answer or pay attention to them.

almost 10 years ago

Joan

highlighted 1 Samuel 4:19 NLT

Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and near her time of delivery. When she heard that the Ark of God had been captured and that her father-in-law and husband were dead, she went into labor and gave birth.

almost 10 years ago

Joan

highlighted 1 Samuel 4:22 NLT

Then she said, “The glory has departed from Israel, for the Ark of God has been captured.”

almost 10 years ago

Joan

highlighted 1 Samuel 4:18 NLT

When the messenger mentioned what had happened to the Ark of God, Eli fell backward from his seat beside the gate. He broke his neck and died, for he was old and overweight. He had been Israel’s judge for forty years.

almost 10 years ago

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