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,

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 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 more can I say? Time is too short for me to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, 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 and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day forward. And Samuel set out and went to Ramah.

It came about in due time, after Hannah had conceived, that she gave birth to a son; and she named him Samuel, saying,“ Because I have asked for him of the Lord.”

Now the Lord said to Samuel,“ How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, because I have chosen a king for Myself among his sons.”

Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a valiant warrior, but he was the son of a prostitute. And Gilead had fathered Jephthah.Gilead’s wife bore him sons; and when his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out and said to him,“ You shall not have an inheritance in our father’s house, for you are the son of another woman.”So Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob; and worthless men gathered around Jephthah, and they went wherever he did.Now it came about, after a while, that the sons of Ammon fought against Israel.When the sons of Ammon fought against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob;and they said to Jephthah,“ Come and be our leader, that we may fight against the sons of Ammon.”But Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead,“ Did you not hate me and drive me from my father’s house? So why have you come to me now when you are in trouble?”The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah,“ For this reason we have now returned to you, that you may go with us and fight the sons of Ammon, and become our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”So Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead,“ If you bring me back to fight against the sons of Ammon and the Lord gives them up to me, will I become your head?”And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah,“ The Lord is witness between us; be assured we will do as you have said.”Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and leader over them; and Jephthah spoke all his words before the Lord at Mizpah.So Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the sons of Ammon, saying,“ What conflict do you and I have, that you have come to me to fight against my land?”

Now the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord handed them over to the Philistines for forty years.And there was a man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was infertile and had not given birth to any children.Then the angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her,“ Behold now, you are infertile and have not given birth; but you will conceive and give birth to a son.And now, be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing.For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and no razor shall come upon his head, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he will begin to save Israel from the hands of the Philistines.”Then the woman came and told her husband, saying,“ A man of God came to me, and his appearance was like the appearance of the angel of God, very awesome. So I did not ask him where he came from, nor did he tell me his name.But he said to me,‘ Behold, you shall conceive and give birth to a son, and now you shall not drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.’ ”Then Manoah pleaded with the Lord and said,“ Lord, please let the man of God whom You have sent come to us again so that he may teach us what we are to do for the boy who is to be born.”And God listened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again to the woman as she was sitting in the field, but Manoah her husband was not with her.So the woman hurried and ran, and told her husband,“ Behold, the man who came the other day has appeared to me!”So Manoah got up and followed his wife, and when he came to the man he said to him,“ Are you the man who spoke to the woman?” And he said,“ I am.”Then Manoah said,“ Now when your words are fulfilled, what shall be the boy’s way of life and his vocation?”And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah,“ The woman shall pay attention to all that I said.She shall not eat anything that comes from the vine nor drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing; she shall keep all that I commanded.”Then Manoah said to the angel of the Lord,“ Please let us detain you so that we may prepare a young goat for you.”But the angel of the Lord said to Manoah,“ Though you detain me, I will not eat your food, but if you prepare a burnt offering, offer it to the Lord.” For Manoah did not know that he was the angel of the Lord.

As to this salvation, the prophets who prophesied of the grace that would come to you made careful searches and inquiries,seeking to know what person or time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating as He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, in these things which now have been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven— things into which angels long to look.

“ Brothers, I may confidently say to you regarding the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.So because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants on his throne,he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that He was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did His flesh suffer decay.

After these things He gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.

And likewise, all the prophets who have spoken from Samuel and his successors onward, have also announced these days.

for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.

What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? Far from it! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said,“ You shall not covet.”

All the prophets testify of Him, that through His name everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins.”

What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has found?

Now the boy Samuel was attending to the service of the Lord before Eli. And word from the Lord was rare in those days; visions were infrequent.But it happened at that time as Eli was lying down in his place( now his eyesight had begun to be poor and he could not see well),and the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the Lord where the ark of God was,that the Lord called Samuel; and he said,“ Here I am.”Then he ran to Eli and said,“ Here I am, for you called me.” But he said,“ I did not call, go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down.And the Lord called yet again,“ Samuel!” So Samuel got up and went to Eli and said,“ Here I am, for you called me.” But he said,“ I did not call, my son, go back and lie down.”Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, nor had the word of the Lord yet been revealed to him.So the Lord called Samuel again for the third time. And he got up and went to Eli and said,“ Here I am, for you called me.” Then Eli realized that the Lord was calling the boy.And Eli said to Samuel,“ Go lie down, and it shall be if He calls you, that you shall say,‘ Speak, Lord, for Your servant is listening.’ ” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.Then the Lord came and stood, and called as at the other times:“ Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel said,“ Speak, for Your servant is listening.”Then the Lord said to Samuel,“ Behold, I am going to do a thing in Israel, and both ears of everyone who hears about it will ring.On that day I will carry out against Eli everything that I have spoken in regard to his house, from beginning to end.

Then the angel of the Lord came and sat under the oak that was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, as his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press in order to save it from the Midianites.

Then the Lord said to me,“ Even if Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me, My heart would not be with this people. Send them away from My presence and have them go!

Now Samuel was ministering before the Lord, as a boy wearing a linen ephod.

What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase?

Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in this same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

After He had removed him, He raised up David to be their king, concerning whom He also testified and said,‘ I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after My heart, who will do all My will.’From the descendants of this man, according to promise, God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus,after John had proclaimed, before His coming, a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.And while John was completing his course, he kept saying,‘ What do you suppose that I am? I am not He. But behold, one is coming after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’“ Brothers, sons of Abraham’s family, and those among you who fear God, to us the message of this salvation has been sent.For those who live in Jerusalem, and their rulers, recognizing neither Him nor the declarations of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled these by condemning Him.And though they found no grounds for putting Him to death, they asked Pilate that He be executed.When they had carried out everything that was written concerning Him, they took Him down from the cross and laid Him in a tomb.But God raised Him from the dead;and for many days He appeared to those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, the very ones who are now His witnesses to the people.And we preach to you the good news of the promise made to the fathers,that God has fulfilled this promise to those of us who are the descendants by raising Jesus, as it is also written in the second Psalm:‘ You are My Son; today I have fathered You.’As for the fact that He raised Him from the dead, never again to return to decay, He has spoken in this way:‘ I will give you the holy and faithful mercies of David.’Therefore, He also says in another Psalm:‘ You will not allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.’For David, after he had served God’s purpose in his own generation, fell asleep, and was buried among his fathers and underwent decay;

Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle; and they were gathered at Socoh which belongs to Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes dammim.Saul and the men of Israel were assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, and they drew up in battle formation to confront the Philistines.The Philistines were standing on the mountain on one side, while Israel was standing on the mountain on the other side, with the valley between them.Then a champion came forward from the army encampment of the Philistines, named Goliath, from Gath. His height was six cubits and a span.And he had a bronze helmet on his head, and he wore scale armor which weighed five thousand shekels of bronze.He also had bronze greaves on his legs and a bronze saber slung between his shoulders.The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and the head of his spear weighed six hundred shekels of iron; and his shield carrier walked in front of him.He stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel and said to them,“ Why do you come out to draw up in battle formation? Am I not the Philistine, and you the servants of Saul? Choose a man as your representative and have him come down to me.If he is able to fight me and kill me, then we will become your servants; but if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall become our servants and serve us.”Then the Philistine said,“ I have defied the ranks of Israel this day! Give me a man, so that we may fight together.”When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and very fearful.Now David was the son of the Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, the man whose name was Jesse, and he had eight sons. And Jesse was old in the days of Saul, advanced in years among men.The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul to the battle. And the names of his three sons who had gone into the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and second to him, Abinadab, and the third, Shammah.So David was the youngest. Now the three oldest followed Saul,but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s flock at Bethlehem.And the Philistine came forward morning and evening, and took his stand for forty days.Then Jesse said to his son David,“ Take now for your brothers an ephah of this roasted grain and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to your brothers.Bring also these ten slices of cheese to the commander of their thousand, and look into the well being of your brothers and bring back confirmation from them.

Then the Lord sent Jerubbaal, Bedan, Jephthah, and Samuel, and saved you from the hands of your enemies all around, so that you lived in security.

But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is He?( I am speaking from a human viewpoint.)

Moses and Aaron were among His priests, And Samuel was among those who called on His name; They called upon the Lord and He answered them.

But he said to him,‘ If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’ ”

But there are also many other things which Jesus did, which, if they were written in detail, I expect that even the world itself would not contain the books that would be written.

Then the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord, after Ehud died.So the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; and the commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth hagoyim.The sons of Israel cried out to the Lord; for he had nine hundred iron chariots, and he oppressed the sons of Israel severely for twenty years.Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.She used to sit under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim; and the sons of Israel went up to her for judgment.Now she sent word and summoned Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh naphtali, and said to him,“ The Lord, the God of Israel, has indeed commanded,‘ Go and march to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men from the sons of Naphtali and from the sons of Zebulun.I will draw out to you Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his many troops to the river Kishon, and I will hand him over to you.’ ”Then Barak said to her,“ If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.”She said,“ I will certainly go with you; however, the fame shall not be yours on the journey that you are about to take, for the Lord will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Then Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh.Barak summoned Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and ten thousand men went up with him; Deborah also went up with him.Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, from the sons of Hobab the father in law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far away as the oak in Zaanannim, which is near Kedesh.Then they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor.Sisera summoned all his chariots, nine hundred iron chariots, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth hagoyim to the river Kishon.Then Deborah said to Barak,“ Arise! For this is the day on which the Lord has handed Sisera over to you; behold, the Lord has gone out before you.” So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him.And the Lord routed Sisera and all his chariots and all his army with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera got down from his chariot and fled on foot.But Barak pursued the chariots and the army as far as Harosheth hagoyim, and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; not even one was left.Now Sisera fled on foot to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him,“ Turn aside, my master, turn aside to me! Do not be afraid.” So he turned aside to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug.And he said to her,“ Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a leather bottle of milk and gave him a drink; then she covered him.And he said to her,“ Stand in the doorway of the tent, and it shall be if anyone comes and inquires of you, and says,‘ Is there anyone here?’ that you shall say,‘ No.’ ”But Jael, Heber’s wife, took a tent peg and a hammer in her hand, and went secretly to him and drove the peg into his temple, and it went through into the ground; for he was sound asleep and exhausted. So he died.And behold, while Barak was pursuing Sisera, Jael came out to meet him and said to him,“ Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking.” So he entered with her, and behold, Sisera was lying dead with the tent peg in his temple.So God subdued Jabin the king of Canaan on that day before the sons of Israel.And the hand of the sons of Israel pressed harder and harder upon Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had eliminated Jabin the king of Canaan.Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying,“ For the leaders leading in Israel, For the people volunteering, Bless the Lord!Hear, you kings; listen, you dignitaries! I myself— to the Lord, I myself will sing, I will sing praise to the Lord, the God of Israel!Lord, when You went out from Seir, When You marched from the field of Edom, The earth quaked, the heavens also dripped, The clouds also dripped water.The mountains flowed with water at the presence of the Lord, This Sinai, at the presence of the Lord, the God of Israel.“ In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the roads were deserted, And travelers went by roundabout ways.The peasantry came to an end, they came to an end in Israel, Until I, Deborah, arose, Until I arose, a mother in Israel.New gods were chosen; Then war was in the gates. Not a shield or a spear was seen Among forty thousand in Israel.My heart goes out to the commanders of Israel, The volunteers among the people; Bless the Lord!You who ride on white donkeys, You who sit on rich carpets, And you who travel on the road— shout in praise!At the sound of those who distribute water among the watering places, There they will recount the righteous deeds of the Lord, The righteous deeds for His peasantry in Israel. Then the people of the Lord went down to the gates.“ Awake, awake, Deborah; Awake, awake, sing a song! Arise, Barak, and lead away your captives, son of Abinoam.Then survivors came down to the nobles; The people of the Lord came down to me as warriors.From Ephraim those whose root is in Amalek came down, Following you, Benjamin, with your peoples; From Machir commanders came down, And from Zebulun those who wield the staff of office.And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; As was Issachar, so was Barak; Into the valley they rushed at his heels; Among the divisions of Reuben There were great determinations of heart.Why did you sit among the sheepfolds, To hear the piping for the flocks? Among the divisions of Reuben There were great searchings of heart.Gilead remained across the Jordan; And why did Dan stay on ships? Asher sat at the seashore, And remained by its landings.Zebulun was a people who risked their lives, And Naphtali too, on the high places of the field.“ The kings came and fought; Then the kings of Canaan fought At Taanach near the waters of Megiddo; They took no plunder in silver.The stars fought from heaven, From their paths they fought against Sisera.The torrent of Kishon swept them away, The ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon. My soul, march on with strength!Then the horses’ hoofs beat From the galloping, the galloping of his mighty stallions.‘ Curse Meroz,’ said the angel of the Lord,‘ Utterly curse its inhabitants, Because they did not come to the help of the Lord, To the help of the Lord against the warriors.’“ Most blessed of women is Jael, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Most blessed is she of women in the tent.He asked for water, she gave him milk; In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds.She reached out her hand for the tent peg, And her right hand for the workmen’s hammer. Then she struck Sisera, she smashed his head; And she shattered and pierced his temple.Between her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay; Between her feet he bowed, he fell; Where he bowed, there he fell dead.“ Out of the window she looked and wailed, The mother of Sisera through the lattice,‘ Why does his chariot delay in coming? Why do the hoofbeats of his chariots delay?’Her wise princesses would answer her, Indeed she repeats her words to herself,‘ Are they not finding, are they not dividing the spoils? A concubine, two concubines for every warrior; To Sisera a spoil of dyed cloth, A spoil of dyed cloth embroidered, Dyed cloth of double embroidery on the neck of the plunderer?’May all Your enemies perish in this way, Lord; But may those who love Him be like the rising of the sun in its might.” And the land was at rest for forty years.Then the sons of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord handed them over to Midian for seven years.The power of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of Midian the sons of Israel made for themselves the dens which were in the mountains and the caves and the strongholds.For whenever Israel had sown, the Midianites would come up with the Amalekites and the people of the east and march against them.So they would camp against them and destroy the produce of the earth as far as Gaza, and leave no sustenance in Israel, nor a sheep, ox, or donkey.For they would come up with their livestock and their tents, they would come in like locusts in number, and both they and their camels were innumerable; and they came into the land to ruin it.So Israel was brought very low because of Midian, and the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord.Now it came about, when the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord on account of Midian,that the Lord sent a prophet to the sons of Israel, and he said to them,“ This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says:‘ It was I who brought you up from Egypt, and brought you out of the house of slavery.

to remember the words spoken beforehand by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior spoken by your apostles.

So the woman gave birth to a son, and named him Samson; and the child grew up and the Lord blessed him.

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

Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had mourned him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had removed the mediums and spiritists from the land.So the Philistines assembled and came and camped in Shunem; and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they camped in Gilboa.When Saul saw the camp of the Philistines, he was afraid and his heart trembled greatly.So Saul inquired of the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him, either in dreams, or by the Urim, or by the prophets.Then Saul said to his servants,“ Find for me a woman who is a medium, so that I may go to her and inquire of her.” And his servants said to him,“ Behold, there is a woman who is a medium at En dor.”Then Saul disguised himself by putting on different clothes, and went, he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night; and he said,“ Consult the spirit for me, please, and bring up for me the one whom I shall name for you.”But the woman said to him,“ Behold, you know what Saul has done, that he has eliminated the mediums and spiritists from the land. Why are you then setting a trap for my life, to bring about my death?”So Saul swore an oath to her by the Lord, saying,“ As the Lord lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing.”Then the woman said,“ Whom shall I bring up for you?” And he said,“ Bring up Samuel for me.”When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice; and the woman spoke to Saul, saying,“ Why have you deceived me? For you are Saul!”But the king said to her,“ Do not be afraid; but what do you see?” And the woman said to Saul,“ I see a divine being coming up from the earth.”He said to her,“ How does he appear?” And she said,“ An old man is coming up, and he is wrapped in a robe.” Then Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground and paid homage.And Samuel said to Saul,“ Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” Saul replied,“ I am very distressed, for the Philistines are waging war against me, and God has abandoned me and no longer answers me, either through prophets or in dreams; therefore I have called you, so that you may let me know what I should do.”Samuel said,“ But why ask me, since the Lord has abandoned you and has become your enemy?And the Lord has done just as He spoke through me; for the Lord has torn the kingdom from your hand and given it to your neighbor, to David.Just as you did not obey the Lord and did not execute His fierce wrath on Amalek, so the Lord has done this thing to you this day.Furthermore, the Lord will also hand Israel along with you over to the Philistines; so tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. Indeed, the Lord will hand the army of Israel over to the Philistines!”Then Saul immediately fell full length to the ground and was very afraid because of Samuel’s words; there was no strength in him either, because he had eaten no food all day and all night.The woman came to Saul and saw that he was utterly horrified, and she said to him,“ Behold, your servant has obeyed you, and I have taken my life in my hand and have listened to your words which you spoke to me.So now you too, please listen to the voice of your servant, and let me serve you a piece of bread, and eat it, so that you will have strength when you go on your way.”But he refused and said,“ I will not eat.” However, his servants together with the woman urged him, and he listened to them. So he got up from the ground and sat on the bed.Now the woman had a fattened calf in the house, and she quickly slaughtered it; then she took flour, kneaded it and baked unleavened bread from it.She then served it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they got up and left that night.

Then Elkanah went to his home at Ramah. But the boy continued to attend to the service of the Lord before Eli the priest.

As an example, brothers and sisters, of suffering and patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.