“LORD Almighty, if you will only look on your servant’s misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but  give her a son, then I will give him to the LORD for all the days of his life, and no razor will ever be used on his head....After the boy was weaned, she took the boy with her, young as he was...and brought him to the house of the LORD at Shiloh...they brought the boy to Eli, and she s...  Read More

There was a certain man from Ramathaim...whose name was Elkanah...He had two wives...Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none...Because the LORD had closed Hannah’s womb, her rival kept provoking her in order to irritate her. This went on year after year...In her deep anguish, Hannah prayed to the LORD, weeping bitterly... Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her voice w...  Read More

Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers, saying to them, "Go and consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron, to see if I will recover from this injury."But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, "Go up and meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, 'Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are go...  Read More

So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up to Ramoth Gilead. The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat,  "I will enter the battle in disguise, but you wear your royal robes." So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into battle. Now the king of Aram had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, "Do not fight with anyone , small or great, except the king of Israel." When the ...  Read More

When he arrived, the king asked him, "Micaiah, shall we go to war against Ramoth Gilead, or not?". . . Then Micaiah answered, "I saw all Israel scattered on the hills like sheep without a shepherd, and the LORD said, 'These people have no master. Let each one go home in peace.' "The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Didn't I tell you that he never prophesies anything good about me, but only bad...  Read More

But Jehoshaphat asked, "Is there no longer a prophet of the Lord here whom we can inquire of?" The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, "There is still one prophet through whom we can inquire of the LORD, but I Hate him because he never prophesies anything good about me, but always bad. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.". . . So the king of Israel called one of his officials and said, "Bring Micaiah son...  Read More