Scripture: "So Samuel passed on the Lord’s warning to the people who were asking him for a king. 'This is how a king will reign over you,' Samuel said. 'The king will draft your sons and assign them to his chariots and his charioteers, making them run before his chariots. Some will be...
Scripture: "So the Israelites got rid of their images of Baal and Ashtoreth and worshiped only the Lord. Then Samuel told them, 'Gather all of Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord for you.' So they gathered at Mizpah and, in a great ceremony, drew water from a well and poured...
Scripture: "Once after a sacrificial meal at Shiloh, Hannah got up and went to pray. Eli the priest was sitting at his customary place beside the entrance of the Tabernacle. Hannah was in deep anguish, crying bitterly as she prayed to the Lord. And she made this vow: 'O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, if you...
Scripture: "In the days when the judges ruled in Israel, a severe famine came upon the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah left his home and went to live in the country of Moab, taking his wife and two sons with him. The man’s name was Elimelech, and his...
Scripture: "The Lord told Gideon, 'With these 300 men I will rescue you and give you victory over the Midianites. Send all the others home.'So Gideon collected the provisions and rams’ horns of the other warriors and sent them home. But he kept the 300 men with him. The Midianite camp was in...