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:

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 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,

Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel arose and went to Ramah.

So it came to pass in the process of time that Hannah conceived and bore a son, and called his name Samuel, saying,“ Because I have asked for him from the Lord.”

Now the Lord said to Samuel,“ How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I am sending you to Jesse the Bethlehemite. For I have provided Myself a king among his sons.”

Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, but he was the son of a harlot; and Gilead begot Jephthah.Gilead’s wife bore sons; and when his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out, and said to him,“ You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, for you are the son of another woman.”Then Jephthah fled from his brothers and dwelt in the land of Tob; and worthless men banded together with Jephthah and went out raiding with him.It came to pass after a time that the people of Ammon made war against Israel.And so it was, when the people of Ammon made war against Israel, that the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.Then they said to Jephthah,“ Come and be our commander, that we may fight against the people of Ammon.”So Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead,“ Did you not hate me, and expel me from my father’s house? Why have you come to me now when you are in distress?”And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah,“ That is why we have turned again to you now, that you may go with us and fight against the people of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”So Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead,“ If you take me back home to fight against the people of Ammon, and the Lord delivers them to me, shall I be your head?”And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah,“ The Lord will be a witness between us, if we do not do according to your words.”Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and commander over them; and Jephthah spoke all his words before the Lord in Mizpah.Now Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the people of Ammon, saying,“ What do you have against me, that you have come to fight against me in my land?”

Again the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.Now there was a certain man from Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had no children.And the Angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her,“ Indeed now, you are barren and have borne no children, but you shall conceive and bear a son.Now therefore, please be careful not to drink wine or similar drink, and not to eat anything unclean.For behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. And no razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.”So the woman came and told her husband, saying,“ A Man of God came to me, and His countenance was like the countenance of the Angel of God, very awesome; but I did not ask Him where He was from, and He did not tell me His name.And He said to me,‘ Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. Now drink no wine or similar drink, nor eat anything unclean, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.’”Then Manoah prayed to the Lord, and said,“ O my Lord, please let the Man of God whom You sent come to us again and teach us what we shall do for the child who will be born.”And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the Angel of God came to the woman again as she was sitting in the field; but Manoah her husband was not with her.Then the woman ran in haste and told her husband, and said to him,“ Look, the Man who came to me the other day has just now appeared to me!”So Manoah arose and followed his wife. When he came to the Man, he said to Him,“ Are You the Man who spoke to this woman?” And He said,“ I am.”Manoah said,“ Now let Your words come to pass! What will be the boy’s rule of life, and his work?”So the Angel of the Lord said to Manoah,“ Of all that I said to the woman let her be careful.She may not eat anything that comes from the vine, nor may she drink wine or similar drink, nor eat anything unclean. All that I commanded her let her observe.”Then Manoah said to the Angel of the Lord,“ Please let us detain You, and we will prepare a young goat for You.”And the Angel of the Lord said to Manoah,“ Though you detain Me, I will not eat your food. But if you offer a burnt offering, you must offer it to the Lord.”( For Manoah did not know He was the Angel of the Lord.)

Of this salvation the prophets have inquired and searched carefully, who prophesied of the grace that would come to you,searching what, or what manner of time, the Spirit of Christ who was in them was indicating when He testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow.To them it was revealed that, not to themselves, but to us they were ministering the things which now have been reported to you through those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven— things which angels desire to look into.

“ Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne,he, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption.

“ After that He gave them judges for about four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.

Yes, and all the prophets, from Samuel and those who follow, as many as have spoken, have also foretold these days.

for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law. For I would not have known covetousness unless the law had said,“ You shall not covet.”

To Him all the prophets witness that, through His name, whoever believes in Him will receive remission of sins.”

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

Now the boy Samuel ministered to the Lord before Eli. And the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no widespread revelation.And it came to pass at that time, while Eli was lying down in his place, and when his eyes had begun to grow so dim that he could not see,and before the lamp of God went out in the tabernacle of the Lord where the ark of God was, and while Samuel was lying down,that the Lord called Samuel. And he answered,“ Here I am!”So he ran to Eli and said,“ Here I am, for you called me.” And he said,“ I did not call; lie down again.” And he went and lay down.Then the Lord called yet again,“ Samuel!” So Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said,“ Here I am, for you called me.” He answered,“ I did not call, my son; lie down again.”( Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, nor was the word of the Lord yet revealed to him.)And the Lord called Samuel again the third time. So he arose and went to Eli, and said,“ Here I am, for you did call me.” Then Eli perceived that the Lord had called the boy.Therefore Eli said to Samuel,“ Go, lie down; and it shall be, if He calls you, that you must say,‘ speak, Lord, for Your servant hears.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.Now the Lord came and stood and called as at other times,“ Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered,“ Speak, for Your servant hears.”Then the Lord said to Samuel:“ Behold, I will do something in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.

Now the Angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth tree which was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon threshed wheat in the winepress, in order to hide it from the Midianites.

Then the Lord said to me,“ Even if Moses and Samuel stood before Me, My mind would not be favorable toward this people. Cast them out of My sight, and let them go forth.

But Samuel ministered before the Lord, even as a child, wearing a linen ephod.

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?

Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

And when He had removed him, He raised up for them David as king, to whom also He gave testimony and said,‘ I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after My own heart, who will do all My will.’From this man’s seed, according to the promise, God raised up for Israel a Savior— Jesus—after John had first preached, before His coming, the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.And as John was finishing his course, he said,‘ Who do you think I am? I am not He. But behold, there comes One after me, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.’“ Men and brethren, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to you the word of this salvation has been sent.For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they did not know Him, nor even the voices of the Prophets which are read every Sabbath, have fulfilled them in condemning Him.And though they found no cause for death in Him, they asked Pilate that He should be put to death.Now when they had fulfilled all that was written concerning Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.But God raised Him from the dead.He was seen for many days by those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are His witnesses to the people.And we declare to you glad tidings— that promise which was made to the fathers.God has fulfilled this for us their children, in that He has raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second Psalm:‘ You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.’And that He raised Him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, He has spoken thus:‘ I will give you the sure mercies of David.’Therefore He also says in another Psalm:‘ You will not allow Your Holy One to see corruption.’“ For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep, was buried with his fathers, and saw corruption;

Now the Philistines gathered their armies together to battle, and were gathered at Sochoh, which belongs to Judah; they encamped between Sochoh and Azekah, in Ephes Dammim.And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and they encamped in the Valley of Elah, and drew up in battle array against the Philistines.The Philistines stood on a mountain on one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side, with a valley between them.And a champion went out from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, from Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.He had a bronze helmet on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze.And he had bronze armor on his legs and a bronze javelin between his shoulders.Now the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and his iron spearhead weighed six hundred shekels; and a shield-bearer went before him.Then he stood and cried out to the armies of Israel, and said to them,“ Why have you come out to line up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and you the servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me.If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and serve us.”And the Philistine said,“ I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.”When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem Judah, whose name was Jesse, and who had eight sons. And the man was old, advanced in years, in the days of Saul.The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone to follow Saul to the battle. The names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.David was the youngest. And the three oldest followed Saul.But David occasionally went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem.And the Philistine drew near and presented himself forty days, morning and evening.Then Jesse said to his son David,“ Take now for your brothers an ephah of this dried grain and these ten loaves, and run to your brothers at the camp.And carry these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and see how your brothers fare, and bring back news of them.”

And the Lord sent Jerubbaal, Bedan, Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side; and you dwelt in safety.

But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unjust who inflicts wrath?( I speak as a man.)

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

But he said to him,‘ If they do not hear Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.’”

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

When Ehud was dead, the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the Lord.So the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, who dwelt in Harosheth Hagoyim.And the children of Israel cried out to the Lord; for Jabin had nine hundred chariots of iron, and for twenty years he had harshly oppressed the children of Israel.Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, was judging Israel at that time.And she would sit under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the mountains of Ephraim. And the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.Then she sent and called for Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali, and said to him,“ Has not the Lord God of Israel commanded,‘ Go and deploy troops at Mount Tabor; take with you ten thousand men of the sons of Naphtali and of the sons of Zebulun;and against you I will deploy Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude at the River Kishon; and I will deliver him into your hand’?”And 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!”So she said,“ I will surely go with you; nevertheless there will be no glory for you in the journey you are taking, for the Lord will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.” Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh.And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; he went up with ten thousand men under his command, and Deborah went up with him.Now Heber the Kenite, of the children of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, had separated himself from the Kenites and pitched his tent near the terebinth tree at Zaanaim, which is beside Kedesh.And they reported to Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor.So Sisera gathered together all his chariots, nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth Hagoyim to the River Kishon.Then Deborah said to Barak,“ Up! For this is the day in which the Lord has delivered Sisera into your hand. Has not the Lord 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 alighted from his chariot and fled away 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 a man was left.However, Sisera had fled away on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite; for there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him,“ Turn aside, my Lord, turn aside to me; do not fear.” And when he had turned aside with her into the tent, she covered him with a blanket.Then he said to her,“ Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty.” So she opened a jug of milk, gave him a drink, and covered him.And he said to her,“ Stand at the door of the tent, and if any man comes and inquires of you, and says,‘ Is there any man here?’ you shall say,‘ No.’”Then Jael, Heber’s wife, took a tent peg and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly to him and drove the peg into his temple, and it went down into the ground; for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died.And then, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said to him,“ Come, I will show you the man whom you seek.” And when he went into her tent, there lay Sisera, dead with the peg in his temple.So on that day God subdued Jabin king of Canaan in the presence of the children of Israel.And the hand of the children of Israel grew stronger and stronger against Jabin king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying:“ When leaders lead in Israel, When the people willingly offer themselves, Bless the Lord!“ Hear, O kings! Give ear, O princes! I, even I, will sing to the Lord; I will sing praise to the Lord God of Israel.“ Lord, when You went out from Seir, When You marched from the field of Edom, The earth trembled and the heavens poured, The clouds also poured water;The mountains gushed before the Lord, This Sinai, before the Lord God of Israel.“ In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath, In the days of Jael, The highways were deserted, And the travelers walked along the byways.Village life ceased, it ceased in Israel, Until I, Deborah, arose, Arose a mother in Israel.They chose new gods; Then there was war in the gates; Not a shield or spear was seen among forty thousand in Israel.My heart is with the rulers of Israel Who offered themselves willingly with the people. Bless the Lord!“ Speak, you who ride on white donkeys, Who sit in judges’ attire, And who walk along the road.Far from the noise of the archers, among the watering places, There they shall recount the righteous acts of the Lord, The righteous acts for His villagers in Israel; Then the people of the Lord shall go down to the gates.“ Awake, awake, Deborah! Awake, awake, sing a song! Arise, Barak, and lead your captives away, O son of Abinoam!“ Then the survivors came down, the people against the nobles; The Lord came down for me against the mighty.From Ephraim were those whose roots were in Amalek. After you, Benjamin, with your peoples, From Machir rulers came down, And from Zebulun those who bear the recruiter’s staff.And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; As Issachar, so was Barak Sent into the valley under his command; Among the divisions of Reuben There were great resolves of heart.Why did you sit among the sheepfolds, To hear the pipings for the flocks? The divisions of Reuben have great searchings of heart.Gilead stayed beyond the Jordan, And why did Dan remain on ships? Asher continued at the seashore, And stayed by his inlets.Zebulun is a people who jeopardized their lives to the point of death, Naphtali also, on the heights of the battlefield.“ The kings came and fought, Then the kings of Canaan fought In Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo; They took no spoils of silver.They fought from the heavens; The stars from their courses fought against Sisera.The torrent of Kishon swept them away, That ancient torrent, the torrent of Kishon. O my soul, march on in strength!Then the horses’ hooves pounded, The galloping, galloping of his steeds.‘ Curse Meroz,’ said the angel of the Lord,‘ Curse its inhabitants bitterly, Because they did not come to the help of the Lord, To the help of the Lord against the mighty.’“ Most blessed among women is Jael, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Blessed is she among women in tents.He asked for water, she gave milk; She brought out cream in a lordly bowl.She stretched her hand to the tent peg, Her right hand to the workmen’s hammer; She pounded Sisera, she pierced his head, She split and struck through his temple.At her feet he sank, he fell, he lay still; At her feet he sank, he fell; Where he sank, there he fell dead.“ The mother of Sisera looked through the window, And cried out through the lattice,‘ Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarries the clatter of his chariots?’Her wisest ladies answered her, Yes, she answered herself,‘ Are they not finding and dividing the spoil: To every man a girl or two; For Sisera, plunder of dyed garments, Plunder of garments embroidered and dyed, Two pieces of dyed embroidery for the neck of the looter?’“ Thus let all Your enemies perish, O Lord! But let those who love Him be like the sun When it comes out in full strength.” So the land had rest for forty years.Then the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord. So the Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the children of Israel made for themselves the dens, the caves, and the strongholds which are in the mountains.So it was, whenever Israel had sown, Midianites would come up; also Amalekites and the people of the East would come up against them.Then they would encamp against them and destroy the produce of the earth as far as Gaza, and leave no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep nor ox nor donkey.For they would come up with their livestock and their tents, coming in as numerous as locusts; both they and their camels were without number; and they would enter the land to destroy it.So Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites, and the children of Israel cried out to the Lord.And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried out to the Lord because of the Midianites,that the Lord sent a prophet to the children of Israel, who said to them,“ Thus says the Lord God of Israel:‘ I brought you up from Egypt and brought you out of the house of bondage;

that you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior,

So the woman bore a son and called his name Samson; and the child grew, and the Lord blessed him.

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

Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had lamented for him and buried him in Ramah, in his own city. And Saul had put the mediums and the spiritists out of the land.Then the Philistines gathered together, and came and encamped at Shunem. So Saul gathered all Israel together, and they encamped at Gilboa.When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart trembled greatly.And when Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord did not answer him, either by dreams or by Urim or by the prophets.Then Saul said to his servants,“ Find me a woman who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her.” And his servants said to him,“ In fact, there is a woman who is a medium at En Dor.”So Saul disguised himself and put on other clothes, and he went, and two men with him; and they came to the woman by night. And he said,“ Please conduct a séance for me, and bring up for me the one I shall name to you.”Then the woman said to him,“ Look, you know what Saul has done, how he has cut off the mediums and the spiritists from the land. Why then do you lay a snare for my life, to cause me to die?”And Saul swore 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!”And the king said to her,“ Do not be afraid. What did you see?” And the woman said to Saul,“ I saw a spirit ascending out of the earth.”So he said to her,“ What is his form?” And she said,“ An old man is coming up, and he is covered with a mantle.” And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground and bowed down.Now Samuel said to Saul,“ Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” And Saul answered,“ I am deeply distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God has departed from me and does not answer me anymore, neither by prophets nor by dreams. Therefore I have called you, that you may reveal to me what I should do.”Then Samuel said:“ So why do you ask me, seeing the Lord has departed from you and has become your enemy?And the Lord has done for Himself as He spoke by me. For the Lord has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor, David.Because you did not obey the voice of the Lord nor execute His fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore the Lord has done this thing to you this day.Moreover the Lord will also deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines. And tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. The Lord will also deliver the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.”Immediately Saul fell full length on the ground, and was dreadfully afraid because of the words of Samuel. And there was no strength in him, for he had eaten no food all day or all night.And the woman came to Saul and saw that he was severely troubled, and said to him,“ Look, your maidservant has obeyed your voice, and I have put my life in my hands and heeded the words which you spoke to me.Now therefore, please, heed also the voice of your maidservant, and let me set a piece of bread before you; and eat, that you may have strength when you go on your way.”But he refused and said,“ I will not eat.” So his servants, together with the woman, urged him; and he heeded their voice. Then he arose from the ground and sat on the bed.Now the woman had a fatted calf in the house, and she hastened to kill it. And she took flour and kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread from it.So she brought it before Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they rose and went away that night.

Then Elkanah went to his house at Ramah. But the child ministered to the Lord before Eli the priest.

My brethren, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of suffering and patience.