1 Samuel 19 – 21 | King Saul is like any other parent and wants a bright future for his children. But, in protecting the future kingship of his son Jonathan, Saul runs into the buzz saw of the tight friendship of David and Jonathan. Saul will ask Jonathan to choose sides.
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1 Samuel 19 | King Saul really wants David dead. So, he has him marry his daughter Michal. I know, it just doesn’t sound like a good plan, but he did think it through!
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1 Samuel 12 – 13 | Have you ever been talking to someone who is trying to sell you on something or someone, and you can’t figure out the motivation behind it? Saul has a growing credibility problem. God sees that Saul just won’t follow directions because he is worried about how the people around him are reacting. Perhaps Saul should be more worried about what God thinks!
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1 Samuel 10 – 11 | Last week we learned that God chose Saul to be the first king of Israel. Samuel the prophet told Saul as such, but they are the only two people on earth that knew it. Saul goes home and goes back to his work on his father’s farm. This week we learn how Samuel announces the news to the 12 Tribes of Israel and how Saul earns the respect a king deserves.
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1 Samuel 9 – 10 |The tribes of Israel have made it known that they want to be a real country like everyone else – specifically, they want their own king that will provide central leadership and provide for a common defense. The young man who would be king will wonder into the Prophet Samuel’s life.
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1 Samuel Chapter 8 | As Samuel grows old, the elders of the 12 Tribes of Israel get nervous. They appreciate Samuel’s leadership, but they are worried about the leadership vacuum when he is gone. Samuel has appointed his own sons to prominent positions, but, as it turns out, they don’t follow well in Samuel’s footsteps. They believe it is time for a permanent change in governing.
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1 Samuel Chapters 4 to 7 | The Israelites get their collective cans kicked by the Philistines and looks the Ark of the Covenant – their most precious symbol of God’s presence. Now, they wrestle with the reasons why they lost in battle while the Philistines deal with an unhappy symbol of Israel’s God in their cities.
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1 Samuel Chapters 2&3 | As a young boy living in the temple with Eli the Chief Priest, Samuel will first hear the voice of God calling him by name. God will speak to Samuel about the events that will happen – events already known to Eli about his own family. From then on, Samuel will gain the reputation as the one in Israel that speaks for God.
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1st Samuel Chapters 1&2 | Samuel is born to a special purpose. His childless mother prayed before God for a son – even promising to give him as a gift to the temple is God would bless her this way. She did become pregnant and followed through by dropping Samuel off at the temple when he was three or four years of age. These two chapters are filled with the cultural background of tithes and offerings in Israel in the time before the kings.
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