Then Nahash the Ammonite went up and besieged Jabesh-gilead, and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.” But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “On this condition I will make a treaty with you, that I gouge out all your right eyes, and thusContinue reading “1 Samuel 11: 1-5…. A city attacked.”
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1 Samuel 10: 23-27…Plucked from the baggage.
Then they ran and took him from there. And when he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward. And Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see him whom the LORD has chosen? There is none like him among all the people.” And all theContinue reading “1 Samuel 10: 23-27…Plucked from the baggage.”
1 Samuel 10: 17-22….Where is the man of the moment!
Now Samuel called the people together to the LORD at Mizpah. And he said to the people of Israel, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all the kingdoms that were oppressingContinue reading “1 Samuel 10: 17-22….Where is the man of the moment!”
1 Samuel 9: 26- 10: 1a…..The king anointed.
Then at the break of dawn Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Up, that I may send you on your way.” So Saul arose, and both he and Samuel went out into the street.As they were going down to the outskirts of the city, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the servant to pass onContinue reading “1 Samuel 9: 26- 10: 1a…..The king anointed.”
1 Samuel 9: 3-10….Donkeys lead Saul to Samuel.
Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul’s father, were lost. So Kish said to Saul his son, “Take one of the young men with you, and arise, go and look for the donkeys.” And he passed through the hill country of Ephraim and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they did not find them. AndContinue reading “1 Samuel 9: 3-10….Donkeys lead Saul to Samuel.”
1 Samuel 8: 19-9; 2….A decision made.
But the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel. And they said, “No! But there shall be a king over us, that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.” And when Samuel had heard all the wordsContinue reading “1 Samuel 8: 19-9; 2….A decision made.”
1 Samuel 8: 10-18…. The demands of a king.
So Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking for a king from him. He said, “These will be the ways of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen and to run beforeContinue reading “1 Samuel 8: 10-18…. The demands of a king.”
1 Samuel 8: 6-9…. An upset Samuel goes to God
But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” And Samuel prayed to the LORD. And the LORD said to Samuel, “Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king overContinue reading “1 Samuel 8: 6-9…. An upset Samuel goes to God”
As I read it! 