And what more can I say? Time is too short for me to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,

我又何必再说呢？若要一一细说，基甸、巴拉、参孙、耶弗他、大卫、撒母耳，和众先知的事，时候就不够了。

我还要说什么呢？若要一一细说基甸、巴拉、参孙、耶弗他、大卫、撒母耳和众先知的事，时间就不够了。

我还要说什么呢？若要一一细说基甸、巴拉、参孙、耶弗他、大卫、撒母耳和众先知的事，时间就不够了。

我还要再说下去吗？我没有时间一一细说基甸、巴拉、参孙、耶弗他、大卫、撒母耳和众先知的事了。

我还要再说什么呢？如果再要述说基甸、巴拉、参孙、耶弗他、大卫、撒母耳和众先知的事，时间就不够了。

我还要再说什么呢？如果我一一述说基甸、巴拉克、叁孙、耶弗达、大卫、撒母耳和先知们的事，时间就不够了。

我又何必再說呢？若要一一細說，基甸、巴拉、參孫、耶弗他、大衛、撒母耳，和眾先知的事，時候就不夠了。

我還要說甚麼呢？若要一一細說基甸、巴拉、參孫、耶弗他、大衛、撒母耳和眾先知的事，時間就不夠了。

我還要說甚麼呢？若要一一細說基甸、巴拉、參孫、耶弗他、大衛、撒母耳和眾先知的事，時間就不夠了。

我還要再說下去嗎？我沒有時間一一細說基甸、巴拉、參孫、耶弗特、大衛、撒母耳和眾先知的事了。

我還要再說甚麼呢？如果再要述說基甸、巴拉、參孫、耶弗他、大衛、撒母耳和眾先知的事，時間就不夠了。

我還要說甚麼呢？要敘說基甸、巴拉、參孫、耶弗他、大衛、和撒母耳、以及眾神言人的事，時間就不夠了。

我還要再說什麼呢？如果我一一述說基甸、巴拉克、叄孫、耶弗達、大衛、撒母耳和先知們的事，時間就不夠了。

我又何言哉、如基甸、巴拉、參孫、耶弗他、大衛、撒母耳、與諸先知、若言之、時則不足矣、

是豈言之可盡哉、有若其田、巴勒、參孫、耶弗大、大闢撒母耳、及諸先知、如欲言之、日亦不足、

我何必盡言、有若基甸、巴拉、參孫、耶弗他、大衛、撒母耳、及諸先知、如歷敘之、則時有不足也、

雖然、吾亦何用多說。若夫基甸巴拉桑生耶弗德大維撒母耳以及眾先知之事、實不勝縷述也。

And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah, about David and Samuel and the prophets,

What more can I say? I don’t have time to tell about all the others. I don’t have time to talk about Gideon, Barak, Samson and Jephthah. I don’t have time to tell about David and Samuel and the prophets.

And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets—

How much more do I need to say? It would take too long to recount the stories of the faith of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and all the prophets.

And what more can I say? Time is too short for me to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,

And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets,

And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets:

And what shall I more say? for the time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah; of David and Samuel and the prophets:

And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and[ of] Barak, and[ of] Samson, and[ of] Jephthae;[ of] David also, and Samuel, and[ of] the prophets:

And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets.

What more shall I say? For the time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,

So Samuel took the horn of oil, anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the Lord took control of David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to Ramah.

After some time, Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, because she said,“ I requested him from the Lord.”

The Lord said to Samuel,“ How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem because I have selected a king from his sons.”

Jephthah the Gileadite was a great warrior, but he was the son of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father.Gilead’s wife bore him sons, and when they grew up, they drove Jephthah out and said to him,“ You will have no inheritance in our father’s house, because you are the son of another woman.”So Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob. Then some lawless men joined Jephthah and traveled with him.Some time later, the Ammonites fought against Israel.When the Ammonites made war with Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.They said to him,“ Come, be our commander, and let’s fight against the Ammonites.”Jephthah replied to the elders of Gilead,“ Didn’t you hate me and drive me from my father’s house? Why then have you come to me now when you’re in trouble?”They answered Jephthah,“ Since that’s true, we now turn to you. Come with us, fight the Ammonites, and you will become leader of all the inhabitants of Gilead.”So Jephthah said to them,“ If you are bringing me back to fight the Ammonites and the Lord gives them to me, I will be your leader.”The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah,“ The Lord is our witness if we don’t do as you say.”So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead. The people put him over themselves as leader and commander, and Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the Lord at Mizpah.Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, saying,“ What do you have against me that you have come to fight against me in my land?”

The Israelites again did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, so the Lord handed them over to the Philistines 40 years.There was a certain man from Zorah, from the family of Dan, whose name was Manoah; his wife was unable to conceive and had no children.The Angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her,“ It is true that you are unable to conceive and have no children, but you will conceive and give birth to a son.Now please be careful not to drink wine or beer, or to eat anything unclean;for indeed, you will conceive and give birth to a son. You must never cut his hair, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from birth, and he will begin to save Israel from the power of the Philistines.”Then the woman went and told her husband,“ A man of God came to me. He looked like the awe-inspiring Angel of God. I didn’t ask Him where He came from, and He didn’t tell me His name.He said to me,‘ You will conceive and give birth to a son. Therefore, do not drink wine or beer, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from birth until the day of his death.’”Manoah prayed to the Lord and said,“ Please Lord, let the man of God you sent come again to us and teach us what we should do for the boy who will be born.”God listened to Manoah, and the Angel of God came again to the woman. She was sitting in the field, and her husband Manoah was not with her.The woman ran quickly to her husband and told him,“ The man who came to me today has just come back!”So Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he asked,“ Are You the man who spoke to my wife?”“ I am,” He said.Then Manoah asked,“ When Your words come true, what will the boy’s responsibilities and mission be?”The Angel of the Lord answered Manoah,“ Your wife needs to do everything I told her.She must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine or drink wine or beer. And she must not eat anything unclean. Your wife must do everything I have commanded her.”“ Please stay here,” Manoah told Him,“ and we will prepare a young goat for You.”The Angel of the Lord said to him,“ If I stay, I won’t eat your food. But if you want to prepare a burnt offering, offer it to the Lord.” For Manoah did not know He was the Angel of the Lord.

Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that would come to you searched and carefully investigated.They inquired into what time or what circumstances the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when He testified in advance to the messianic sufferings and the glories that would follow.It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you. These things have now been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Angels desire to look into these things.

“ Brothers, I can confidently speak to you about the patriarch David: He is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.Since he was a prophet, he knew that God had sworn an oath to him to seat one of his descendants on his throne.Seeing this in advance, he spoke concerning the resurrection of the Messiah: He was not left in Hades, and His flesh did not experience decay.

This all took about 450 years. After this, He gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.

“ In addition, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and those after him, have also announced these days.

because no prophecy ever came by the will of man; instead, men spoke from God as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

What should we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin if it were not for the law. For example, I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, Do not covet.

All the prophets testify about Him that through His name everyone who believes in Him will receive forgiveness of sins.”

What then can we say that Abraham, our physical ancestor, has found?

The boy Samuel served the Lord in Eli’s presence. In those days the word of the Lord was rare and prophetic visions were not widespread.One day Eli, whose eyesight was failing, was lying in his room.Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the tabernacle of the Lord, where the ark of God was located.Then the Lord called Samuel, and he answered,“ Here I am.”He ran to Eli and said,“ Here I am; you called me.”“ I didn’t call,” Eli replied.“ Go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down.Once again the Lord called,“ Samuel!” Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said,“ Here I am; you called me.”“ I didn’t call, my son,” he replied.“ Go back and lie down.”Now Samuel had not yet experienced the Lord, because the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him.Once again, for the third time, the Lord called Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said,“ Here I am; you called me.” Then Eli understood that the Lord was calling the boy.He told Samuel,“ Go and lie down. If He calls you, say,‘ Speak, Lord, for Your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.The Lord came, stood there, and called as before,“ Samuel, Samuel!” Samuel responded,“ Speak, for Your servant is listening.”The Lord said to Samuel,“ I am about to do something in Israel that everyone who hears about it will shudder.On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I said about his family, from beginning to end.

The Angel of the Lord came, and He sat under the oak that was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash, the Abiezrite. His son Gideon was threshing wheat in the wine vat in order to hide it from the Midianites.

Then the Lord said to me:“ Even if Moses and Samuel should stand before Me, My compassions would not reach out to these people. Send them from My presence, and let them go.

The boy Samuel served in the Lord’s presence and wore a linen ephod.

What should we say then? Should we continue in sin so that grace may multiply?

Be glad and rejoice, because your reward is great in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

After removing him, He raised up David as their king and testified about him:‘ I have found David the son of Jesse, a man loyal to Me, who will carry out all My will.’“ From this man’s descendants, according to the promise, God brought the Savior, Jesus, to Israel.Before He came to public attention, John had previously proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.Then as John was completing his life’s work, he said,‘ Who do you think I am? I am not the One. But look! Someone is coming after me, and I am not worthy to untie the sandals on His feet.’“ Brothers, sons of Abraham’s race, and those among you who fear God, the message of this salvation has been sent to us.For the residents of Jerusalem and their rulers, since they did not recognize Him or the voices of the prophets that are read every Sabbath, have fulfilled their words by condemning Him.Though they found no grounds for the death penalty, they asked Pilate to have Him killed.When they had fulfilled all that had been written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and put Him in a tomb.But God raised Him from the dead,and He appeared for many days to those who came with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now His witnesses to the people.And we ourselves proclaim to you the good news of the promise that was made to our ancestors.God has fulfilled this for us, their children, by raising up Jesus, as it is written in the second Psalm: You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.Since He raised Him from the dead, never to return to decay, He has spoken in this way, I will grant you the faithful covenant blessings made to David.Therefore He also says in another passage, You will not allow Your Holy One to see decay.For David, after serving his own generation in God’s plan, fell asleep, was buried with his fathers, and decayed.

The Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah and camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.Saul and the men of Israel gathered and camped in the Valley of Elah; then they lined up in battle formation to face the Philistines.The Philistines were standing on one hill, and the Israelites were standing on another hill with a ravine between them.Then a champion named Goliath, from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was nine feet, nine inches talland wore a bronze helmet and bronze scale armor that weighed 125 pounds.There was bronze armor on his shins, and a bronze sword was slung between his shoulders.His spear shaft was like a weaver’s beam, and the iron point of his spear weighed 15 pounds. In addition, a shield-bearer was walking in front of him.He stood and shouted to the Israelite battle formations:“ Why do you come out to line up in battle formation?” He asked them,“ Am I not a Philistine and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against me.If he wins in a fight against me and kills me, we will be your servants. But if I win against him and kill him, then you will be our servants and serve us.”Then the Philistine said,“ I defy the ranks of Israel today. Send me a man so we can fight each other!”When Saul and all Israel heard these words from the Philistine, they lost their courage and were terrified.Now David was the son of the Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah named Jesse. Jesse had eight sons and during Saul’s reign was already an old man.Jesse’s three oldest sons had followed Saul to the war, and their names were Eliab, the firstborn, Abinadab, the next, and Shammah, the third,and David was the youngest. The three oldest had followed Saul,but David kept going back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s flock in Bethlehem.Every morning and evening for 40 days the Philistine came forward and took his stand.One day Jesse had told his son David:“ Take this half-bushel of roasted grain along with these 10 loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.Also take these 10 portions of cheese to the field commander. Check on the welfare of your brothers and bring a confirmation from them.

So the Lord sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel. He rescued you from the power of the enemies around you, and you lived securely.

But if our unrighteousness highlights God’s righteousness, what are we to say? I use a human argument: Is God unrighteous to inflict wrath?

Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel also was among those calling on His name. They called to Yahweh and He answered them.

“ But he told him,‘ If they don’t listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded if someone rises from the dead.’”

And there are also many other things that Jesus did, which, if they were written one by one, I suppose not even the world itself could contain the books that would be written.

The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord after Ehud had died.So the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera who lived in Harosheth of the Nations.Then the Israelites cried out to the Lord, because Jabin had 900 iron chariots, and he harshly oppressed them 20 years.Deborah, a woman who was a prophetess and the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.It was her custom to sit under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went up to her for judgment.She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him,“ Hasn’t the Lord, the God of Israel, commanded you:‘ Go, deploy the troops on Mount Tabor, and take with you 10,000 men from the Naphtalites and Zebulunites?Then I will lure Sisera commander of Jabin’s forces, his chariots, and his army at the Wadi Kishon to fight against you, and I will hand him over to you.’”Barak said to her,“ If you will go with me, I will go. But if you will not go with me, I will not go.”“ I will go with you,” she said,“ but you will receive no honor on the road you are about to take, because the Lord will sell Sisera into a woman’s hand.” So Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh.Barak summoned Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; 10,000 men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.Now Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the sons of Hobab, Moses’ father-in-law, and pitched his tent beside the oak tree of Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh.It was reported to Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up Mount Tabor.Sisera summoned all his 900 iron chariots and all the people who were with him from Harosheth of the Nations to the Wadi Kishon.Then Deborah said to Barak,“ Move on, for this is the day the Lord has handed Sisera over to you. Hasn’t the Lord gone before you?” So Barak came down from Mount Tabor with 10,000 men following him.The Lord threw Sisera, all his charioteers, and all his army into confusion with the sword before Barak. Sisera left his chariot and fled on foot.Barak pursued the chariots and the army as far as Harosheth of the Nations, and the whole army of Sisera fell by the sword; not a single man was left.Meanwhile, Sisera had fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the family of Heber the Kenite.Jael went out to greet Sisera and said to him,“ Come in, my lord. Come in with me. Don’t be afraid.” So he went into her tent, and she covered him with a rug.He said to her,“ Please give me a little water to drink for I am thirsty.” She opened a container of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him again.Then he said to her,“ Stand at the entrance to the tent. If a man comes and asks you,‘ Is there a man here?’ say,‘ No.’”While he was sleeping from exhaustion, Heber’s wife Jael took a tent peg, grabbed a hammer, and went silently to Sisera. She hammered the peg into his temple and drove it into the ground, and he died.When Barak arrived in pursuit of Sisera, Jael went out to greet him and said to him,“ Come and I will show you the man you are looking for.” So he went in with her, and there was Sisera lying dead with a tent peg through his temple!That day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan before the Israelites.The power of the Israelites continued to increase against Jabin king of Canaan until they destroyed him.On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang:When the leaders lead in Israel, when the people volunteer, praise the Lord.Listen, kings! Pay attention, princes! I will sing to the Lord; I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel.Lord, when You came from Seir, when You marched from the fields of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured rain, and the clouds poured water.The mountains melted before the Lord, even Sinai before the Lord, the God of Israel.In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the main ways were deserted because travelers kept to the side roads.Villages were deserted, they were deserted in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.Israel chose new gods, then war was in the gates. Not a shield or spear was seen among 40,000 in Israel.My heart is with the leaders of Israel, with the volunteers of the people. Praise the Lord!You who ride on white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and who travel on the road, give praise!Let them tell the righteous acts of the Lord, the righteous deeds of His warriors in Israel, with the voices of the singers at the watering places. Then the Lord’s people went down to the gates.“ Awake! Awake, Deborah! Awake! Awake, sing a song! Arise, Barak, and take hold of your captives, son of Abinoam!”The survivors came down to the nobles; the Lord’s people came down to me with the warriors.Those with their roots in Amalek came from Ephraim; Benjamin came with your people after you. The leaders came down from Machir, and those who carry a marshal’s staff came from Zebulun.The princes of Issachar were with Deborah; Issachar was with Barak. They set out at his heels in the valley. There was great searching of heart among the clans of Reuben.Why did you sit among the sheepfolds listening to the playing of pipes for the flocks? There was great searching of heart among the clans of Reuben.Gilead remained beyond the Jordan. Dan, why did you linger at the ships? Asher remained at the seashore and stayed in his harbors.Zebulun was a people risking their lives, Naphtali also, on the heights of the battlefield.Kings came and fought. Then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no spoil of silver.The stars fought from the heavens; the stars fought with Sisera from their courses.The river Kishon swept them away, the ancient river, the river Kishon. March on, my soul, in strength!The horses’ hooves then hammered— the galloping, galloping of his stallions.“ Curse Meroz,” says the Angel of the Lord,“ Bitterly curse her inhabitants, for they did not come to help the Lord, to help the Lord against the mighty warriors.”Jael is most blessed of women, the wife of Heber the Kenite; she is most blessed among tent-dwelling women.He asked for water; she gave him milk. She brought him curdled milk in a majestic bowl.She reached for a tent peg, her right hand, for a workman’s mallet. Then she hammered Sisera— she crushed his head; she shattered and pierced his temple.He collapsed, he fell, he lay down at her feet; he collapsed, he fell at her feet; where he collapsed, there he fell— dead.Sisera’s mother looked through the window; she peered through the lattice, crying out:“ Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why don’t I hear the hoofbeats of his horses?”Her wisest princesses answer her; she even answers herself:“ Are they not finding and dividing the spoil— a girl or two for each warrior, the spoil of colored garments for Sisera, the spoil of an embroidered garment or two for my neck?”Lord, may all your enemies perish as Sisera did. But may those who love Him be like the rising of the sun in its strength. And the land was peaceful 40 years.The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. So the Lord handed them over to Midian seven years,and they oppressed Israel. Because of Midian, the Israelites made hiding places for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.Whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the Qedemites came and attacked them.They encamped against them and destroyed the produce of the land, even as far as Gaza. They left nothing for Israel to eat, as well as no sheep, ox or donkey.For the Midianites came with their cattle and their tents like a great swarm of locusts. They and their camels were without number, and they entered the land to waste it.So Israel became poverty-stricken because of Midian, and the Israelites cried out to the Lord.When the Israelites cried out to Him because of Midian,the Lord sent a prophet to them. He said to them,“ This is what the Lord God of Israel says:‘ I brought you out of Egypt and out of the place of slavery.

so that you can remember the words previously spoken by the holy prophets and the command of our Lord and Savior given through your apostles.

So the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the Lord blessed him.

There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth in that place, when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves thrown out.

By this time Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his city, and Saul had removed the mediums and spiritists from the land.The Philistines came together and camped at Shunem. So Saul gathered all Israel, and they camped at Gilboa.When Saul saw the Philistine camp, he was afraid and trembled violently.He inquired of the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him in dreams or by the Urim or by the prophets.Saul then said to his servants,“ Find me a woman who is a medium, so I can go and consult her.” His servants replied,“ There is a woman at En-dor who is a medium.”Saul disguised himself by putting on different clothes and set out with two of his men. They came to the woman at night, and Saul said,“ Consult a spirit for me. Bring up for me the one I tell you.”But the woman said to him,“ You surely know what Saul has done, how he has killed the mediums and spiritists in the land. Why are you setting a trap for me to get me killed?”Then Saul swore to her by the Lord:“ As surely as the Lord lives, nothing bad will happen to you because of this.”“ Who is it that you want me to bring up for you?” the woman asked.“ Bring up Samuel for me,” he answered.When the woman saw Samuel, she screamed, and then she asked Saul,“ Why did you deceive me? You are Saul!”But the king said to her,“ Don’t be afraid. What do you see?”“ I see a spirit form coming up out of the earth,” the woman answered.Then Saul asked her,“ What does he look like?”“ An old man is coming up,” she replied.“ He’s wearing a robe.” Then Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed his face to the ground and paid homage.“ Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” Samuel asked Saul.“ I’m in serious trouble,” replied Saul.“ The Philistines are fighting against me and God has turned away from me. He doesn’t answer me anymore, either through the prophets or in dreams. So I’ve called on you to tell me what I should do.”Samuel answered,“ Since the Lord has turned away from you and has become your enemy, why are you asking me?The Lord has done exactly what He said through me: The Lord has torn the kingship out of your hand and given it to your neighbor David.You did not obey the Lord and did not carry out His burning anger against Amalek; therefore the Lord has done this to you today.The Lord will also hand Israel over to the Philistines along with you. Tomorrow you and your sons will be with me, and the Lord will hand Israel’s army over to the Philistines.”Immediately, Saul fell flat on the ground. He was terrified by Samuel’s words and was also weak because he hadn’t had any food all day and all night.The woman came over to Saul, and she saw that he was terrified and said to him,“ Look, your servant has obeyed you. I took my life in my hands and did what you told me to do.Now please listen to your servant. Let me set some food in front of you. Eat and it will give you strength so you can go on your way.”He refused, saying,“ I won’t eat,” but when his servants and the woman urged him, he listened to them. He got up off the ground and sat on the bed.The woman had a fattened calf at her house, and she quickly slaughtered it. She also took flour, kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread.She served it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. Afterward, they got up and left that night.

Elkanah went home to Ramah, but the boy served the Lord in the presence of Eli the priest.

Brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the Lord’s name as an example of suffering and patience.