As 1 Samuel comes to a close we read about the death of Samuel, of Saul and his sons, and the rise of David. The culmination of these chapters leads into the book of 2 Samuel, which talks primarily about David’s time as King of Israel. For the time being, I am going to skip [...]
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1 Samuel Chapters 24-31
Posted in Scripture Summary on January 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
1 Samuel Chapters 16-23
Posted in Scripture Summary on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
These chapters hold some of the great stories of the Bible: David slaying Goliath, the friendship of David and Jonathan, and Saul’s descent into insanity. Through these stories we gain a greater understanding of the life and times of these historical figures. In many ways, it reads a lot like a modern day soap opera: [...]
1 Samuel Chapters 8-15
Posted in Scripture Summary on January 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In these 8 chapters of the book of 1st Samuel the Israelites demand a King and suffer the consequences of getting exactly what they ask for. The Israelites request stems from 2 concerns: first, they are afraid of what will become of them when Samuel dies; second, they want to be like the “other nations” [...]
1 Samuel Chapters 1-7
Posted in Scripture Summary on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Since I am in an Old Testament class right now I’ll be posting often from readings I’m doing in that class. We are starting out in the book of 1 Samuel and today I was reading chapters 1- 7. Here is a link to the text if you’d like to read any of these chapters: http://www.ibsstl.org/bible/verse/index.php?q=1+samuel&tniv=yes [...]
