Summary: Goliath shows up and threatens the Israelite army for 40 days. When David is sent by his father to bring supplies and get news of his brothers, he says Yahweh will "deliver (him) out of the Continue Reading

Summary: Samuel anoints David as king, but the news seems to stay under the radar, so to speak, as Saul takes David on both as musician and armor bearer. Read from the World English Bible. Continue Reading

Summary: Saul is told to carry out Yahweh's judgement on the Amalekites, but pridefully doesn't follow instructions. Then Saul makes excuses for that and blames the people of Israel, his subjects, for Continue Reading

Summary: Jonathan chooses a strategic location to do battle with the Philistines who are oppressing Israel, while Saul sits under a pomegranate tree well within Gibeah. God magnifies Jonathan's Continue Reading

Summary: Saul's son, Jonathan, makes a military move to free the Israelites from Philistine subjugation. The Philistines respond with great military might that motivates the people of Israel to hide Continue Reading

Summary: Samuel gets the people of Israel to validate that he has been a just judge. Then he gives them a quick history review of how God has taken care of them, but they have still rejected Yahweh as Continue Reading

Summary: Nahash the Ammonite threatens the people in the region of Jabesh Gilead, but give them time to go ask for help in battle! God's Spirit comes mightily on Saul and he leads the rest of Israel Continue Reading

Summary: Samuel pours oil on Saul and predicts some very specific things that are going to happen to Saul next. The people who know Saul seem surprised by what they see Saul do. God again points out Continue Reading

Summary: Saul the son of Kish goes looking for his father's lost donkeys. They don't find them, so Saul's servant suggests talking to the man of God in the city they are near. Yahweh has informed Continue Reading

Summary: Samuel's sons are appointed judges when he is old, but they pervert justice. The people of Israel decide this a a reason to have a man as king instead of God himself. Yahweh tells Samuel to Continue Reading