Strong's H1961: הָיָה (hâyâh) Definition

1 Samuel 4:13 - And when he came lo Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching for his heart trembled for the ark of God And when the man And when he came and told into the city cried out into the city

1 Samuel 4:16 - And he said And the man unto Eli I am he that came out of the army out of the army and I fled to day And he said What is there done my son

1 Samuel 4:17 - answered And the messenger and said is fled Israel before the Philistines slaughter and there hath been also a great among the people and thy two sons are dead also Hophni and Phinehas and the ark of God is taken

1 Samuel 4:18 - And it came to pass when he made mention of the ark of God that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate brake and his neck and he died for he was an old man And he had judged Israel forty years

1 Samuel 5:9 - And it was so that after they had carried it about the hand of the LORD of the city destruction and great with a very and he smote of the city both small and great in their secret parts

1 Samuel 5:10 - Therefore they sent And it came to pass as the ark of God to Ekron came And it came to pass as the ark of God to Ekron cried out that the Ekronites saying They have brought about And it came to pass as the ark of God of Israel to us to slay us and our people

1 Samuel 5:11 - Send away and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines and said Send away the ark of God of Israel and let it go again to his own place that it slay us not and our people destruction for there was a deadly throughout all the city heavy was very the hand of God

1 Samuel 6:1 - And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months

1 Samuel 6:9 - And see by the way of his own coast if it goeth up to Bethshemesh then he hath done evil us this great but if not then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us it was a chance that happened to us

1 Samuel 7:2 - And it came to pass while abode the ark in Kirjathjearim was long And it came to pass while for it was twenty years lamented and all the house of Israel after the LORD

1 Samuel 7:10 - And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering the Philistines drew near to battle Israel thundered but the LORD thunder with a great on that day the Philistines and discomfited them and they were smitten before Israel

1 Samuel 7:13 - were subdued So the Philistines no more and they came into the coast of Israel and the hand of the LORD So the Philistines all the days of Samuel

1 Samuel 7:14 - were restored And the cities had taken of the Philistines between Israel between Israel from Ekron even unto Gath and the coasts deliver between Israel out of the hands of the Philistines And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites

1 Samuel 8:1 - was old And it came to pass when Samuel that he made his sons judges over Israel

1 Samuel 8:2 - Now the name of his firstborn was Joel Now the name of his second Abiah they were judges in Beersheba

1 Samuel 8:11 - And he said This will be the manner of the king that shall reign your sons over you He will take and appoint his chariots and to be his horsemen and some shall run before his chariots

1 Samuel 8:17 - of your sheep He will take the tenth and ye shall be his servants

1 Samuel 8:19 - refused Nevertheless the people to obey the voice of Samuel and they said Nay but we will have a king

1 Samuel 8:20 - That we also may be like all the nations may judge and that our king us and go out before us and fight our battles

1 Samuel 9:1 - Now there was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish the son of Abiel the son of Zeror the son of Bechorath the son of Aphiah the son Now there was a man a mighty of power