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Bible Commentaries
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Hannah's Prayer; Samuel's Birth and Dedication.Chapter 2
Hannah's Song; Eli's Wicked Sons Rebuked.Chapter 3
God Calls Samuel; Prophecy Against Eli's House.Chapter 4
Ark Captured by Philistines; Eli's Death.Chapter 5
Ark Brings Plagues Upon the Philistines.Chapter 6
Ark Returned to Israel With Offerings.Chapter 7
Samuel Judges Israel; Philistines Subdued.Chapter 8
Israel Demands a King; Samuel's Warning.Chapter 9
Saul Chosen as Israel's First King.Chapter 10
Saul Anointed by Samuel; Publically Chosen King.Chapter 11
Saul Defeats Ammonites; Confirmed as King.Chapter 12
Samuel's Farewell Speech and Warning to Israel.Chapter 13
Saul's Unlawful Sacrifice; Philistines Threaten Israel.Chapter 14
Jonathan's Victory; Saul's Rash Oath.Chapter 15
Saul's Disobedience; Rejected as King by God.Chapter 16
David Anointed as King; Serves Saul.Chapter 17
David Defeats Goliath With God's Help.Chapter 18
David's Success; Saul's Jealousy Grows.Chapter 19
Saul Tries to Kill David; David Flees.Chapter 20
David and Jonathan's Covenant of Friendship.Chapter 21
David's Flight to Nob; Eats Consecrated Bread.Chapter 22
Saul Kills Priests at Nob; David Gathers Followers.Chapter 23
David Saves Keilah; Saul Continues Pursuit.Chapter 24
David Spares Saul in the Cave.Chapter 26
David Spares Saul Again; Takes His Spear.Chapter 28
Saul Consults the Witch of Endor.Chapter 31
Saul and His Sons Die in Battle.
- 1 Samuel
by Editor - James Nisbet
1 Samuel 1:27 The Child of Godly Parents
1 Samuel 2:12-26‘Look on this Picture and on that’
1 Samuel 2:26 In Favour with God and Men
1 Samuel 3:1 God’s Voice
1 Samuel 4:21 The Ark—no Defence
1 Samuel 5:7 The Fish-God
1 Samuel 6:4 The Talismans
1 Samuel 7:12 The Stone of Help
1 Samuel 8:4-8 Wanted—a King!
1 Samuel 9:2 The King after Man’s Heart
1 Samuel 10:26 Hearts Divinely Touched
1 Samuel 11:6 Courage and Forbearance
1 Samuel 12:20 The Only Way to National Prosperity
1 Samuel 12:24 A Forgotten Duty
1 Samuel 13:1 The End of a Young Man of Promise
1 Samuel 14:12 A Real Hero
1 Samuel 15:1 A Shipwrecked Life
1 Samuel 15:20-21 Truth in the Inward Parts
1 Samuel 16:11 Israel’s Second King
1 Samuel 17:28 An Unbrotherly Brother
1 Samuel 17:37 The Faith of Experience
1 Samuel 18:5; 1 Samuel 18:14-15 A Wise Young King
1 Samuel 19:24 In Unlikely Company
1 Samuel 20:17‘My Familiar Friend’
1 Samuel 20:42 The Best of Friends must Part
1 Samuel 21:8-9 Goliath’s Sword
1 Samuel 22:1 The Cave of Adullam
1 Samuel 23:12; 1 Samuel 23:14‘In Perils among False Brethren’
1 Samuel 24:13 Magnanimity
1 Samuel 26:11 Kingly Behaviour
1 Samuel 28:15 In the Witch’s Cave
1 Samuel 31:8 A Tragic End
