1 Samuel

Although Samuel never ceased to judge Israel throughout the rest of his lifetime, yet his official work in that capacity had now come to an end...

Under the mutual obligations that were made between king and people at the end of the last chapter, Samuel sent everyone to their homes. Saul...

Early the next morning, Samuel awoke the farmer’s son who was destined to be Israel’s king. And in those early sunrise hours of that eventful...

This next period in Israel’s history transpires in 1095 BC, about 27 years after the death of Eli, and about 6 years after the death of Samson...

As Samuel advanced in years, he associated his two sons with himself as Judges in Israel. But these young men – far from imitating their...

The men of Kirjath-jearim answered the summons of the men of Bethshemesh, and came down to fetch the Ark of the Covenant. They took it to the...

The Ark of the Lord’s Covenant was absent from the land of Israel from November or December of 1122 BC, to May or June of 1121. For seven long...

The year 1122 BC did not close well for the people of Israel. The last chapter detailed how the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant was captured, how...

The doom of the wicked household of Eli was not confined to the priestly family alone. Notwithstanding the resumption of the Lord’s revelations...

For some years after the prophecy recorded in the last chapter, no further communications were given to Israel. The warning contained therein...

This chapter opens with the song of Hannah; and by its noble and elevated strains, it abundantly shows that although “there was no open vision”...

The First Book of Samuel comprises the transitional history of the nation of Israel between the close of the period of the Judges and the rise...