All the Stories of the Bible - Full Length

https://www.btstories.com/protecting-david/ Saul wanted David dead. So he told his servants and Jonathan to find him and kill him. Jonathan rushed and told David, “Go and hide. I’ll talk to my father and see if I can reason with him. I’ll let you know if I’m successful.” Jonathan talked to his father and told him that David was a loyal servant and would do nothing to harm the king. Saul listened t...

https://www.btstories.com/david-earns-a-wife/ After the death of Goliath, Saul’s son, Jonathan, became a close friend to David. The love between these two men was great. Jonathan gave David everything he needed to fight on the battlefield, and also what he needed for working in the king’s court. David was successful as a commander in the army. All the people admired him, and his men became loyal t...

https://www.btstories.com/goliath/ The Philistines once again invaded Israel. Both armies faced one another across a ravine. Suddenly a large Philistine stepped forward. His name was Goliath, and he was 9 feet, 9 inches tall. He yelled, “Why are you preparing for battle? Let two of us settle this. Send someone out and we’ll fight. If your man kills me, we’ll be your slaves. But if I kill your man,...

https://www.btstories.com/anointing-david/ Samuel couldn’t stop thinking about how God rejected Saul as king over Israel. The Lord said to Samuel, “Stop brooding about Saul! Take some anointing oil and go to the home of Jesse at Bethlehem. I’ve selected one of his sons to become king.” Samuel said, “Lord, King Saul will kill me if he finds out.”

https://www.btstories.com/sauls-disobedience/ One day Samuel went to Saul with instructions from God. “The Amalekites attacked my people when I brought them out of Egypt. Therefore, go to battle with them and destroy everything. Kill all the people and all of their livestock. Don’t leave anything alive.” So Saul took his army and attacked the Amalekites. He defeated them, but didn’t kill everythin...

https://www.btstories.com/jonathans-victory/ Continued from the previous story - Jonathan looked at the Philistines’ camp on the other side of the pass. He said to his armor bearer, “Let’s go over there and kill a few Philistines. The Lord just might help us. He’s not limited by how many of us there are.” The man said, “If you go, I’ll go with you.”

https://www.btstories.com/saul-failing-the-test/ When Saul became king of Israel, the people had to go to the Philistines to buy iron farm tools. When these tools became dull, the people had to go back to the Philistines to have them sharpened since they weren’t allowed to have blacksmiths. But the Philistines wouldn’t sell weapons of war to the people of Israel. The only ones to have modern sword...

https://www.btstories.com/peace-for-an-eye/ Saul went back to his hometown after he was made king and the ceremony was over. God moved several fighting men to go with him. Others laughed at the thought of him being their king. They showed their disgust by refusing to give him a gift. Saul ignored this and went back to work on the family farm. At that same time, the Ammonite army went to fight agai...

https://www.btstories.com/king-saul/ Saul was from the tribe of Benjamin. He was tall and handsome and stood head and shoulders above everyone else. One day, his father asked him to go find their lost donkeys, so he took some servants and went looking for them. After a long search, they were about to give up and go home. Then one of the servants pointed to a nearby town and said, “There’s a man of...

https://www.btstories.com/ebenezer/ The people of Israel slowly turned back to God. This was a process that took twenty years. Finally Samuel said, “If it’s true you want to serve God, get rid of all your idols. Dedicate yourself to the Lord and serve him only. Do this, and he’ll give you victory over the Philistines.” The people did what Samuel said and got rid of their idols. So he told them to...

https://www.btstories.com/ark-of-god-returned/ Continued from the previous story - After the Philistines captured the Ark of God, they put it in the temple of their god. The next morning, they found their idol face down in front of the Ark. They set the idol back up, but the next morning it was on the ground again. This time, the head and hands were broken off. Suddenly the city was overrun with m...

https://www.btstories.com/ark-of-god-captured/ God was not pleased with Eli. The high priest knew his two sons were sinning in the sanctuary of the Lord. They didn’t even try to hide it. Still Eli hadn’t stopped them. God told him that his family would be judged. The Lord said, “I will do something that will cause people to shudder when they hear about it.” When Eli was 98 years old, the Philistin...

https://www.btstories.com/call-of-samuel/ Hannah couldn’t have children. This tormented her so much that she went to the Tabernacle and begged God for a child. She said, “Oh Lord, if you’ll give me a son, I’ll give him back to you and he’ll serve you for the rest of his life.” Eli, the high priest, noticed that Hannah was moving her mouth but she wasn’t saying anything. He thought she was drunk. “...

https://www.btstories.com/boaz-ruth/ Continued from the previous story. - At the end of harvest, Naomi said to Ruth, “I am going to make sure you’re cared for. Here’s what you’re to do. Take a bath and put on some perfume. Dress in your best clothes. Boaz and his men will be working late tonight at the threshing floor. When they’re done, they’ll eat and drink, and then sleep on the threshing floor...

https://www.btstories.com/ruth/ During the time of the judges, a man decided to leave his home in Bethlehem. He took this wife Naomi and their two sons and went to the country of Moab. Things did not go well there. They lived in Moab for ten years. During that time, the man died, the two sons married Moabite women, and then the sons died. Naomi was left alone with her two daughters-in-law.

https://www.btstories.com/brides-for-benjamin/ Continued from the previous story - The entire nation of Israel prepared for civil war. All the tribes united against the tribe of Benjamin. They declared that no city was exempt from this war. Any that violated this would be destroyed. They also swore an oath that no man would give his daughter to marry a Benjaminite.

https://www.btstories.com/prelude-to-war/ Once, during the time of the judges, civil war broke out throughout the nation of Israel. All the tribes united against the tribe of Benjamin and almost eliminated them. It all started with a woman leaving a man. A certain Levite got a woman to become his concubine. One day she left him and went back to the home of her parents. After four months, the man d...

https://www.btstories.com/grandson-of-moses/ During the time of the Judges, a man named Micah stole 1,100 pieces of silver from his mother. Then he found out that she had put a curse on whoever took it. So he gave it back. She said, “Oh, son. I didn’t know it was you. I was going to give it to you anyway. But he refused to keep it. So she took some of it and made an idol for her son to put in his...

https://www.btstories.com/samson-delilah/ In time, Samson fell in love with a woman named Delilah. When the Philistines found out about this, a group of their leaders met with her. They said, “Each of us will pay you 1,100 pieces of silver if you can find out the secret of his strength. Once we know that, we’ll be able to kill him.” So she asked Samson, “How can someone tie you up in a way that ma...

https://www.btstories.com/foxes-and-a-jawbone/ Samson’s father-in-law gave his daughter to a man who attended the wedding party. He figured Samson didn’t want her any more since he went home without her. Later, Samson went back to visit his wife with a gift. His father-in-law said, “What do you want?”“I’ve come to visit my wife in her room.”

https://www.btstories.com/strong-sweet/ When Samson was a young man, he saw a particular Philistine woman. He went to his parents and said, “Arrange a marriage between me and that woman.” They were shocked. “The Philistines are pagan. You need to find a woman from the people of Israel.”

https://www.btstories.com/the-birth-of-samson/ There was a man from the tribe of Dan whose wife couldn’t have children. This was during the time when the Philistines had taken control of Israel. The angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said, “Soon you’ll become pregnant. The child you’ll be carrying is going to have the vow of a Nazirite from the time he’s born. So be careful. Don’t drink a...

https://www.btstories.com/jephthahs-vow/ Jephthah’s mother was a prostitute, but his father was a prominent man in Israel. Jephthah was raised in his father’s house, but when his half-brothers were old enough they said, “Get out! You’re not a son of our mother, and you’re not going to inherit anything from our father.” So Jephthah left the area. He became a great warrior and organized a gang of th...

https://www.btstories.com/king-of-trees/ Gideon and his many wives produced seventy sons. He also had a son by a concubine in the town of Shechem. His name was Abimelech. After the death of Gideon, Abimelech went to his uncles in Shechem. He said, “Talk to the officials of the city and say, ‘Do you want the seventy sons of Gideon to rule over you? Instead of them, select me. I’m a son of Gideon, b...

https://www.btstories.com/three-hundred-men/ Gideon gathered a troop of 32,000 men. He took them and camped south of the Midianites. The Lord said to Gideon, “You have too many men with you. If I give the Midianites to you now, Israel will say, ‘We won this victory by our own power.’ Tell them, ‘If you’re afraid, go home.’ ” Gideon said this to the people, and 22,000 people left, leaving 10,000 me...