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A man of God came to Eli and said, "The Lord says, ‘I appeared to your ancestors when they were slaves of Pharaoh.

"The Lord , the God of Israel, promised that your father's family would serve him forever. But now the Lord says, ‘That will never be! I will honor people who honor me, but bad things will happen to those who refuse to respect me.

Samuel told the Israelites, "The Lord , the God of Israel says, ‘I led Israel out of Egypt. I saved you from Egypt's control and from the other kingdoms that tried to hurt you.'

But if you don't listen to the Lord , if you refuse to do what the Lord says, he will be against you. The Lord will destroy you and your king.

The Lord All-Powerful says: ‘When the Israelites came out of Egypt, the Amalekites tried to stop them from going to Canaan. I saw what the Amalekites did.