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1 Samuel

Notes on 8 of 31 chapters·2 sermons·4 essays
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1 Samuel 2The Song of Hannah Hannah prayed and said, “My heart exults in the Lord; my strength is exalted in my God. My mouth derides my enemies because I rejoice in your victory.2 notes1 Samuel 5Obviously heavy with the superstition and seeing the Ark as a talisman.1 note1 Samuel 7And the people of Kiriath-jearim came and took up the ark of the Lord and brought it to the house of Abinadab on the hill. They consecrated his son, Eleazar, to have charge of the ark of the Lord.1 note1 Samuel 8Why is Samuel not punished for his son's injustice? God gives them what they want...to their own detriment The supposedly pro-David narrative starts with tons of suspicion around the idea of kingship anyway; similar to the suspicion around…1 note1 Samuel 11About a month later, Nahash the Ammonite went up and besieged Jabesh-gilead, and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”1 note1 Samuel 13two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and the hill country of Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin; the rest of the people he sent home to their tents.2 notes1 Samuel 17Goliath in our story is going to equal trauma. … Notice what Goliath does. He comes to the scene. He announces his big idea: anybody come and fight me, and if you win, then we'll be your slaves, and if I win, you'll be our slaves. And…3 notes · 1 sermon1 Samuel 29Is David actually planning on fighting against Israel? Or, more likely, is he planning on betraying the Philistines and simply playing a part (like he did when he pretended to be insane)? Verse 11 -"Ephraim added more altars to take away…1 note