Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to everything you said to me and set a king over you. Now you have a king as your leader. As for me, I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have been your leader from my youth until this day. Here I stand. Testify against me in the presence of the LORD and His anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated on...  Read More

When Samuel had all Israel come forward by tribes, the tribe of Benjamin was taken by lot...Finally, Saul, son of Kish was taken…Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the man the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” The people shouted, “Long live the King!”Samuel explained to the people the rights  and duties of kingship. He wrote them down on a scroll and deposite...  Read More

And the LORD told him: “Listen to all that the people are saying to you; it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected me as their king. As they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you. Now listen to them but warn them solemnly and let know what the king who will reign over them will claim as his...  Read More

When Samuel grew old, he appointed his two sons as Israel’s leaders.  The name of his first born was Joel and the name of the second was Abijah, and they all served at Beersheba. But his sons did not follow his ways. They turned aside after dishonest gain and accepted bribes and perverted justice.So all the leaders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.They said to him, “You are ...  Read More

So the Philistines were subdued and they stopped invading Israel’s territory. Throughout Samuel’s lifetime, the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines. The towns from Ekron to Gath that the Philistines had captured from Israel, were restored to Israel and Israel delivered the neighboring territory from the hands of the Philistines.And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.Samuel co...  Read More

When the Philistines heard that Israel had assembled at Mizpah, the rulers of the Philistines came up to attack them. When the Israelites heard it...They said to Samuel, “Do not stop crying out to the LORD our God for us, that He may rescue us from the hand of the Philistines.”Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and sacrificed it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on Isra...  Read More