Reading 1 - 1Sa 9:27 "As they were going down to the edge of the town, Samuel said to Saul, 'Tell the servant to go on ahead of us' --...

Reading 1 - 1Sa 7:12 "Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer [which means 'stone of help'],...

Reading 1 - 1Sa 5:4 "But the following morning when they rose, there was Dagon, fallen on his face on the ground before the ark of the...

Reading 1 - 1Sa 4:3 "When the soldiers returned to camp, the elders of Israel asked, 'Why did the LORD bring defeat upon us today before...

Reading 1 - 1Sa 3 "And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there...

Reading 1 - 1Sa 2:26 "And the boy Samuel continued to grow in stature and in favor with the LORD and with men" (1Sa 2:26). Surely this is...

Reading 1 - Rth 3:11 "And now, my daughter, don't be afraid. I will do for you all you ask. All my fellow townsmen know that you are a...

Reading 1 - Rth 2:1-3 "Now Naomi had a relative on her husband's side, from the clan of Elimelech, a man of standing, whose name was...

Reading 1 - Jdg 21:1,2 "The men of Israel had taken an oath at Mizpah: 'Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.'...

Reading 1 - Jdg 20:10 "We'll take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred from a thousand, and a...

Reading 1 - Jdg 19-21 A certain Levite and his concubine were traveling through the land of Benjamin, and as night approached they sought...

Reading 1 - Jdg 17-21 "The story of Samson is the proper end of the Book of Judges. With that the reader is brought almost, if not quite,...

Reading 1 - Jdg 16:1 "One day Samson went to Gaza, where he saw a prostitute. He went in to spend the night with her" (Jdg 16:1),...

Reading 1 - Jdg 14:14 "[Samson] replied, 'Out of the eater, something to eat; out of the strong, something sweet.' For three days they...

Reading 1 - Jdg 13:24,25 "The woman gave birth to a boy and named him Samson. He grew and the LORD blessed him, and the Spirit of the...

Reading 1 - Jdg 11:30-40 "As [Jephthah' approached his home [following his great victory] the maidens of the town came forth, according...

Reading 1 - Jdg 9:7-21 "Jotham's parable of the trees of the forest, quite without parallel in Scripture, is full of interest (Jdg...

Reading 1 - Jdg 7:15-24 "When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he worshiped God. He returned to the camp of Israel and...

Reading 1 - Jdg 6:19-21 "Gideon went in, prepared a young goat, and from an ephah of flour he made bread without yeast. Putting the meat...

Reading 1 - Jdg 4:14 "Then Deborah said to Barak, 'Go! This is the day the LORD has given Sisera into your hands. Has not the LORD gone...