Archive for the ‘I Samuel’ Category
I Sam 15:29: And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent. Leave a comment
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I Sam 2:22-25: Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people. Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD’s people to transgress. If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them. Leave a comment
One of the consequences of their unbelief, besides sacriligous theft, was sexual immorality. These women are described in the same words in Ex 38:8 and were women engaged in the temple or tabernacle service, apparently as a choir.
I Sam 15: 3: “Now go and strike Amalek and utterly destroy all that he has, and do not spare him; but put to death both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.” Leave a comment
The fact that God’s judgment extends to children and infants must indicate that they are sinners. These passages should alert us to the fact that we have a very low, weak view of sin. We tend to think of sin as not being that big of a deal. But God considers sin to be so [...]
I Sam 1:1: “Now there was a certain man of Ramathimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zeph, and Ephrathite.” Leave a comment
Americans have fallen into the same trap that the Old Testament Israelites fell into when they asked for “a king to judge us like all the nations” (I Sam 8:5). In short, they looked to civil authority to provide what God said He would provide–their economic sustenance.
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I Sam 10:9: And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass Also translated, “God changed his whole outlook.” II Sam 11:6: And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his [...]
