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Beyond Today Bible Commentary: 1 Samuel

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Bible Commentary: 1 Samuel 1

Hannah's vow and the birth of Samuel

Bible Commentary: 1 Samuel 2

Hannah's prophetic prayer, Eli's wicked sons

Bible Commentary: 1 Samuel 3

The Lord calls Samuel

Bible Commentary: 1 Samuel 4

The Philistines capture the ark, the death of Eli, Ichabod

Bible Commentary: 1 Samuel 5:1-7:1

The ark in Philistia, Dagon broken and the plague

Bible Commentary: 1 Samuel 7:2-8:22

Ark returned, Samuel judges Israel, Israel asks for a king

Bible Commentary: 1 Samuel 9:1-26

Saul chosen as king

Bible Commentary: 1 Samuel 9:27-10:27

Saul anointed and proclaimed king

Bible Commentary: 1 Samuel 11

Saul defends Jabesh Gilead, Israel accepts Saul as king

Bible Commentary: 1 Samuel 12

Samuel's address to the people

Bible Commentary: 1 Samuel 13

War with the Philistines, Saul's sinful sacrifice

Bible Commentary: 1 Samuel 14:1-23

Jonathan defeats the Philistines

Bible Commentary: 1 Samuel 14:24-52 and Related

Saul's rash curse, continuing wars

Bible Commentary: 1 Samuel 15

War with Amalek, Agag spared, God rejects Saul as king

Bible Commentary: 1 Samuel 16

David anointed king, distressing spirit troubles Saul

Bible Commentary: 1 Samuel 17:1-30

Israel faces Goliath

Bible Commentary: 1 Samuel 17:31-58

David defeats Goliath

Bible Commentary: 1 Samuel 18

Jonathan and David, Saul resents David, David marries Michal

Bible Commentary: 1 Samuel 19 and Related

Saul still tries to have David killed, judgement on the wicked

Bible Commentary: 1 Samuel 20

Jonathan's loyalty

Bible Commentary: 1 Samuel 21:1-12 and Related

David and the showbread, flees to Gath, prays for relief

Bible Commentary: 1 Samuel 21:13-15 and Related

David feigns madness, happiness from trusting in God

Bible Commentary: 1 Samuel 22:1-5 and Related

David escapes to the cave of Adullam, David's 400 men, prayer for relief from persecutors

Bible Commentary: 1 Samuel 22:6-23 and Related

Saul murders the priests, end of wicked and peace for the godly

Bible Commentary: 1 Samuel 23:1-14 and Related

David saves Keilah, into wilderness, joy in God's fellowship

Bible Commentary: 1 Samuel 23:15-29 and Related

David in the wilderness, God answers prayer for deliverance

Bible Commentary: 1 Samuel 24 and Related

Prayer for safety from enemies, David spares Saul

Bible Commentary: 1 Samuel 25

Death of Samuel, Nabal and Abigail, David marries Abigail

Bible Commentary: 1 Samuel 26

David spares Saul again

Bible Commentary: 1 Samuel 27:1-28:2 and Related

David joins the Philistines, David's army grows, Philistines reject David, Manassites defect to him

Bible Commentary: 1 Samuel 28:3-25 and Related

Saul consults the medium of En Dor

Bible Commentary: 1 Samuel 29 and Related

David joins the Philistines, David's army grows, Philistines reject David, Manassites defect to him

Bible Commentary: 1 Samuel 30

David defeats the Amalekites

Bible Commentary: 1 Samuel 31 and Related

Saul consults the medium of En Dor, death of Saul and his sons