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

So the men of Kiriath Jearim came and took up the ark of the LORD. They brought it to Abinadab’s house on the hill and consecrated Eleazar his son to guard the ark of the LORD. The ark remained at Kiriath Jearim a long time - twenty years in all.Then all the people of Israel turned back to the LORD. So Samuel said to all the Israelites, If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then r...  Read More

When the ark of the LORD had been in Philistine territory for seven months, the Philistines called for the priests and diviners and saId, “What shall we do with the ark of the LORD?”...They replied… “Get a new cart ready, with two cows that have never calved and have never been yoked...Take the ark of the LORD and put it on the cart, and in a chest beside it, put the gold objects you are sending b...  Read More