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1 Samuel 14:24-46

1 Samuel 14:24-46

Saul's rash oath leaves Israel exhausted, leads the soldiers into eating blood, and nearly costs Jonathan his life for unknowingly tasting honey after...

1 Samuel 14:1-23

1 Samuel 14:1-23

Jonathan and his armor-bearer trust God and attack a Philistine garrison despite impossible odds. God turns the enemy against itself, brings frightene...

1 Samuel 13:16-23

1 Samuel 13:16-23

The Philistines control Israel's metalwork so thoroughly that Israel has no blacksmith and must pay Philistines even to sharpen farm tools. As battle ...

1 Samuel 13:1-15

1 Samuel 13:1-15

Facing an enormous Philistine army and watching his frightened people scatter, Saul refuses to wait for Samuel and offers the sacrifice himself. His f...

1 Samuel 12

1 Samuel 12

At the renewal of Saul's kingdom, Samuel establishes his own integrity and recounts the Lord's faithful deliverances despite Israel's repeated sin. A ...

1 Samuel 11

1 Samuel 11

Nahash threatens to mutilate and enslave Jabesh Gilead, but God's Spirit comes upon Saul, who summons Israel and decisively defeats the Ammonites. Sau...

1 Samuel 10:17-27

Accepting God’s True King - 1 Samuel 10:17-27

Samuel publicly identifies Saul as Israel's chosen king, even though Saul hides among the equipment. The people admire his extraordinary height and pr...

1 Samuel 9:27-10:16

1 Samuel 9:27-10:16

Samuel privately anoints Saul as commander over God's inheritance and gives him several detailed signs that all come true. The anointing commissions S...

1 Samuel 9:17-26

1 Samuel 9:17-26

In this Coffee and Devotions episode, we study 1 Samuel 9:17–27, where Saul meets Samuel for the first time. Discover how God sovereignly prepares His...

1 Samuel 9:17-26

Chosen Yet Unaware

Samuel and Saul meet for the first time as God directs the events that will lead to Saul's anointing. Samuel's supernatural knowledge, the place of ho...

1 Samuel 9:1-16

1 Samuel 9:1-16

While searching unsuccessfully for his father's lost donkeys, Saul follows his servant's counsel to seek the man of God and arrives just as Samuel com...

1 Samuel 8

1 Samuel 8

Israel reasonably rejects Samuel's corrupt sons but hard-heartedly demands a king so it can resemble other nations. God explains that the people are r...

1 Samuel 6:20-7:17

1 Samuel 6:20-7:17

After the ark is entrusted to Eleazar, Israel laments and heeds Samuel's call to put away Baal and Asherah, return wholeheartedly to the Lord, fast, a...

1 Samuel 6:1-19

1 Samuel 6:1-19

The Philistines test whether their plague truly came from Israel's God by returning the ark with golden guilt offerings on a cart drawn by untrained n...

1 Samuel 5

1 Samuel 5

The Philistines place the captured ark beside Dagon, but their idol repeatedly falls before the Lord and is broken. As the ark moves from Ashdod to Ga...

1 Samuel 4:19-22

1 Samuel 4:19-22

Phinehas's pregnant wife hears that the ark has been captured and that her husband and father-in-law are dead. The shock brings on labor and death; un...

1 Samuel 4:12-18

1 Samuel 4:12-18

A messenger reports Israel's defeat, the deaths of Hophni and Phinehas, and the capture of the ark. When Eli hears about the ark, he falls backward, b...

1 Samuel 4:1-11

Reverence, Not Ritual - 1 Samuel 4:1-11

1 Samuel 3

1 Samuel 3

In a time when revelation is rare, the Lord repeatedly calls the boy Samuel until Eli teaches him how to answer. God gives Samuel the hard message of ...

1 Samuel 4:1-11

Reverence, Not Ritual

Israel treats the Ark of the Covenant like an idol that can force God to deliver them. The Philistines defeat Israel, capture the Ark, and Hophni and ...

1 Samuel 2:22-36

1 Samuel 2:22-36

Eli rebukes his sons for sexual sin and for making the Lord's people transgress, but they will not listen and Eli has honored them above God. A man of...

1 Samuel 2:12-21

1 Samuel 2:12-21

Eli's sons do not know the Lord and abuse both worshipers and the sacrificial system for their own appetite, making people despise the Lord's offering...

1 Samuel 2:1-11

1 Samuel 2:1-11

Hannah praises the uniquely holy Lord who answered her prayer and reverses human fortunes: the mighty fall, the weak rise, the hungry are filled, and ...

1 Samuel 1:21-28

1 Samuel 1:21-28

In this Coffee and Devotions episode, we explore 1 Samuel 1:21–28 and Hannah’s faithfulness in keeping her vow to God. Learn what it means to trust th...