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 \v 1 When the men of Kiriath Jearim received the message, they came to Beth Shemesh and took the sacred chest of Yahweh. They took it to the house of Abinadab, which was on a hillside. They set apart Abinadab's son Eleazar to take care of the chest.
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-\v 2 The sacred chest stayed in Kiriath Jearim for a long time. It stayed there for twenty years. During that time all the people of Israel mourned because it seemed that Yahweh had abandoned them, and they wanted to turn to him for help again.
+\v 2 The sacred chest stayed in Kiriath Jearim for a long time—it stayed there for twenty years. During that time all the people of Israel mourned because it seemed that Yahweh had abandoned them, and they wanted to turn to him for help again.
 
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-\v 3 Then Samuel said to all the Israelite people, "If you truly want to honor Yahweh again, you must get rid of your statues of the goddess Ashtoreth and the idols the Philistine people."
+\v 3 Then Samuel said to all the Israelite people, "If you truly want to honor Yahweh again, you must get rid of your statues of the goddess Ashtoreth and the idols of the Philistine people."
 \v 4 So the Israelites got rid of all their statues of the gods Baal and Ashtoreth, and they began to worship only Yahweh.
 
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 \v 5 Then Samuel told them, "All you Israelite people must gather with me at Mizpah. Then I will pray to Yahweh for you."
-\v 6 So they gathered at Mizpah, where Samuel acted as leader for the people of Israel. They had a big ceremony there. They drew water from a well, and poured the water on the ground while Yahweh watched. To show that they were sorry for having worshiped idols, they did not eat any food on that day, and they confessed that they had sinned against Yahweh.
+\v 6 So they gathered at Mizpah, where Samuel acted as leader for the people of Israel. They had a big ceremony there. They drew water from a well and poured the water on the ground while Yahweh watched. To show that they were sorry for having worshiped idols, they did not eat any food on that day, and they confessed that they had sinned against Yahweh.
 
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-\v 12 After that happened, Samuel took a large stone and set it up between the towns of Mizpah and Shen. He named the stone "Ebenezer," which means "stone of help," because he said "Yahweh has helped us until the present time."
+\v 12 After that happened, Samuel took a large stone and set it up between the towns of Mizpah and Shen. He named the stone 'Ebenezer,' which means 'stone of help,' because he said, "Yahweh has helped us until the present time."
 
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 \v 13 So the Philistine people were defeated, and for a long time they did not enter the Israelite land to attack them again. During the time that Samuel was alive, Yahweh powerfully protected the Israelite people from being attacked by the Philistine army.
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-\v 14 The Israelite army was able to capture again the Israelite towns between Ekron and Gath that the Philistine army had captured before. The Israelites were also able to take again the other areas around those cities that the Philistine army had taken from the Israelites previously. And there was peace between the Israelites and the Amor people.
+\v 14 The Israelite army was able to capture again the Israelite towns between Ekron and Gath that the Philistine army had captured before. The Israelites were also able to take back the other areas around those cities that the Philistine army had taken from the Israelites previously. And there was peace between the Israelites and the Amor people.
 
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 \v 15 Samuel continued to be the leader of the Israelite people until he died.
 \v 16 Every year he traveled among the cities of Bethel and Gilgal and Mizpah. In those cities he listened to disputes between people and made decisions about them.
-\v 17 After he made decisions in each of those cities, he returned to his home at Ramah, and he would listen to people's disputes there, also, and make decisions about them. He built an altar at Ramah to offer sacrifices to Yahweh.
+\v 17 After he made decisions in each of those cities, he returned to his home at Ramah, and he would listen to people's disputes there also and make decisions about them. He built an altar at Ramah to offer sacrifices to Yahweh.
 
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 \v 1 When Samuel became old, he appointed his two sons, Joel and Abijah, to lead the people of Israel.
 \v 2 They judged people's disputes in the town of Beersheba.
-\v 3 But they were not like their father. They wanted only to get a lot of money. They accepted bribes, and they did not make honest decisions about people's disputes.
+\v 3 But they were not like their father. They wanted only to get much money. They accepted bribes, and they did not make honest decisions about people's disputes.
 
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 \v 13 The king will take some of your daughters from you and force them to make perfumes for him and cook food for him and bake bread for him.
-\v 14 He will take your best fields and vineyards and olive tree groves, and give them to his own officials.
+\v 14 He will take your best fields, vineyards, and olive tree groves and give them to his own officials.
 \v 15 He will take a tenth of your harvests and distribute it among the officers and servants who work in his palace.
 
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-\v 16 He will take from you your male and female servants, your best cattle and donkeys, and force them to work for him.
+\v 16 He will take from you your male and female servants and your best cattle and donkeys and force them to work for him.
 \v 17 He will take one tenth of your sheep and goats. And you will become his slaves!
 \v 18 When that time comes, you will complain loudly to the king, the king that you yourselves have chosen, but Yahweh will not pay attention to you."
 
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-\v 1 Now there was a rich and influential man, whose name was Kish. He belonged to the tribe descended from Benjamin. Kish was son of Abiel and the grandson of Zeror. He was from the family of Bekorath and from the clan of Aphiah.
+\v 1 Now there was a rich and influential man whose name was Kish. He belonged to the tribe descended from Benjamin. Kish was the son of Abiel and the grandson of Zeror. He was from the family of Bekorath and from the clan of Aphiah.
 \v 2 Kish had a son whose name was Saul. He was more handsome than any of the other Israelite men, and he was a head taller than any of the other Israelite men.
 
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 \v 3 One day, some of Kish's female donkeys wandered off. So Kish told Saul, "Take one of my servants with you, and go and search for the donkeys!"
-\v 4 So Saul did that. He took a servant, and they walked through the hill country where the descendants of Ephraim lived, and then they went through the regions of Shalishah and Shaalim, and then they went through all the region belonging to the tribue of Benjamin, but they could not find the donkeys.
+\v 4 So Saul did that. He took a servant, and they walked through the hill country where the descendants of Ephraim lived, and then they went through the regions of Shalisha and Shaalim, and then they went through all the region belonging to the tribe of Benjamin, but they could not find the donkeys.
 
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 \v 5 Finally, they came to the region of Zuph. Then Saul said to the servant, "Let us go back home. If we do not do that, my father will stop worrying about the donkeys and start worrying about us."
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-\v 6 But the servant said, "I have another idea. There is one of God's prophets who lives in this town. People respect him very much, because everything he predicts comes true. Let us go and talk to him. Perhaps he can tell us where we can go to find the donkeys."
+\v 6 But the servant said, "I have another idea. There is one of God's prophets who lives in this town. People respect him very much because everything he predicts comes true. Let us go and talk to him. Perhaps he can tell us where we can go to find the donkeys."
 
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 \v 8 The servant replied, "Look at this! I have a small piece of silver. I can give this to him, and then he will tell us where to go to find the donkeys."
 
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-\v 9-11 Saul said, "Very good, let us go talk to him." So they went to the town where the prophet lived. As they were going up the hill into the town, they met some young women who were coming out of the town to get some water from a well. One of them asked the women, "Is the seer in the town today?" They said that because previously, if people in Israel wanted a message from God, they would say, "Let us go to the seer," and people who now are called prophets were at that time called seers, or "those who see visions from God."
+\v 9-11 Saul said, "Very good, let us go talk to him." So they went to the town where the prophet lived. As they were going up the hill into the town, they met some young women who were coming out of the town to get some water from a well. One of them asked the women, "Is the seer in the town today?" They said that because previously, if people in Israel wanted a message from God, they would say, "Let us go to the seer," and people who now are called prophets were at that time called 'seers' or 'those who see visions from God.'
 
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 \v 12 The women replied, "Yes, he is in the town. In fact, he is walking on the road ahead of you. He arrived in the town today because the people are going to offer a sacrifice on the altar where the people gather to worship God.
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-\v 22 Then Samuel brought Saul and the servant into the big dining room, and told them to sit at the head of the table, indicating that he was honoring them more than he was honoring the thirty people who had been invited.
+\v 22 Then Samuel brought Saul and the servant into the big dining room and told them to sit at the head of the table, indicating that he was honoring them more than he was honoring the thirty people who had been invited.
 
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 \v 23 Then Samuel told the cook, "Bring to me the special piece of meat that I told you to set aside."
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-\v 24 So the cook brought the leg and the meat that was on it; he set it in front of Saul. Samuel said to Saul, "Start eating it. I told the cook to save this for you, so that you could eat it at this time, when all these people whom I invited are here." So Saul and Samuel ate together.
+\v 24 So the cook brought the leg and the meat that was on it; he set it in front of Saul. Samuel said to Saul, "Start eating it. I told the cook to save this for you so that you could eat it at this time, when all these people whom I invited are here." So Saul and Samuel ate together.
 
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-\v 25 After they finished eating, they returned to the town. Then Samuel took Saul up to the flat roof of his house, and talked with him there.
+\v 25 After they finished eating, they returned to the town. Then Samuel took Saul up to the flat roof of his house and talked with him there.
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 \v 26 As the sun was rising the next morning, Samuel called up to Saul, "Get up! It is time for me to send you on the road back home." So Samuel got up, and later Samuel and Saul left the house together.
 
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-\v 27 When they got to the edge of the town, Samuel told Saul to send his servant ahead. After the servant left, Samuel said to Saul, "Stay here for a few minutes, in order that I can give you a message I received from God."
+\v 27 When they got to the edge of the town, Samuel told Saul to send his servant ahead. After the servant left, Samuel said to Saul, "Stay here for a few minutes so that I can give you a message I received from God."
 
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