Tag: Samuel
Biblical Principle #393: Saul and His Sons Died in Battle
Biblical Principles List Principle King Saul died in battle, along with his sons, including Jonathan, just as Samuel’s spirit had prophesied. Explanation When Saul consulted Samuel’s ghost through a medium, Samuel told Saul that he was going to die the next day, along with his sons (see 1 Kingdoms [1 Samuel] 28:19). The next day,…
Biblical Principle #392: Saul Consulted Samuel’s Ghost
Biblical Principles List Principle King Saul used a medium to converse with Samuel’s ghost. Explanation The Philistines once again gathered their army to battle against Israel. Samuel, the last Israelite Judge, had died. Saul was alone. 5 When Saul saw the army of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart was near panic. 6…
Biblical Principle #370: David Anointed Israel’s Second King
Biblical Principles List Principle David was anointed as Israel’s second king, succeeding Saul, whom God rejected. Explanation We have previously established how: Following GOD’s rejection of Saul, GOD sent Samuel to the house of Jesse in Bethlehem of Judah to anoint Israel’s next king. One by one, Samuel considered Jesse’s sons, but GOD consistently informed…
Biblical Principle #368: Saul Chosen Israel’s First King
Biblical Principles List Principle GOD chose Saul as Israel’s first king. Explanation When Israel asked for a man as king, GOD told Samuel whom He had selected as the man to reign over Israel: Saul of Benjamin. 15 Now the day before Saul arrived, the Lord revealed to the ear of Samuel, saying, 16 “Tomorrow…
Biblical Principle #367: Israel Asked for a Man as King
Biblical Principles List Principle Israel asked for a man to rule over them as king so that they could be like the Gentile nations. Explanation Samuel served GOD as a good judge over Israel “all the days of his life” (see 1 Kingdoms [1 Samuel] 7:15 OSB). Sadly, Samuel’s sons failed to walk in GOD’s…
Biblical Principle #364: Philistines Captured the Ark of the Covenant
Biblical Principles List Principle Israel’s ark of the covenant was once captured in battle by the Philistines. Explanation Throughout the period of Israel’s judges, Israel’s core problem was their failure to faithfully depend upon Yahweh GOD, alone, and in so doing, keep the covenant they made with Him by sticking to the Law of Moses.…
Biblical Principle #363: Samuel, the Nazarite Servant of God
Biblical Principles List Principle Samuel was a Nazarite dedicated by his mother to serve God, which he faithfully did his entire life. Explanation We have previously established how important to GOD the Nazarite vow was for Israel. At the time that Samuel’s parents, Elkanah and Hannah, lived, Israel’s most recent national hero had been Samson.…
Biblical Principle #230: The Nazirite Vow
Biblical Principles List Principle Under the Law of Moses, GOD gave guidelines for Israelites who took a Nazarite vow. Explanation We previously established that certain individuals were set apart from the assembly of Israel in a preventative manner for maintaining the purity of the whole. Similarly, certain individuals were set apart in a unique sense…
July 30 – Jeremiah’s Linen Belt
Reading Jer. 13:1-15:9 Devotional In today’s reading, GOD gives Jeremiah another sign to illustrate what will happen to Judah. 1 This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy a linen belt and put it around your waist, but do not let it touch water.” 2 So I bought a belt, as the…
March 26 – Opposites: Hannah and Eli
Reading 1 Sam. 1:1-2:36 Devotional There was a man named Elkanah of the tribe of Ephraim who had two wives, Hannah and Peninnah. Peninnah had children but Hannah did not. Elkanah loved Hannah more than Peninnah. Every year Elkanah and his wives would journey to Shiloh where the tabernacle was to offer sacrifices to GOD.…