This chapter gives an account of the Lord's calling to Samuel in the night season, which he first took for the voice of Eli, but being instructed by him, made answer to the voice, 1 Samuel 3:1, and of a message sent from him by Samuel to Eli, foretelling the destruction of his family, 1 Samuel 3:11 and of the delivery of it to him, which Samuel was first fearful of doing, but, encouraged by Eli, he delivered it to him, to which he patiently submitted, 1 Samuel 3:15 and the chapter is closed with the establishment of Samuel as a prophet of the Lord, who continued to appear and reveal himself to him, 1 Samuel 3:19.

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2. 1 Samuel Chapter Three
• This chapter gives an account of the Lord's calling
to Samuel in the night season, which he first took
for the voice of Eli, but being instructed by him,
made answer to the voice, 1 Samuel 3:1, and of a
message sent from him by Samuel to Eli,
foretelling the destruction of his family, 1 Samuel
3:11 and of the delivery of it to him, which Samuel
was first fearful of doing, but, encouraged by Eli,
he delivered it to him, to which he patiently
submitted, 1 Samuel 3:15 and the chapter is
closed with the establishment of Samuel as a
prophet of the Lord, who continued to appear and
reveal himself to him, 1 Samuel 3:19.

3. 1 Samuel 3:11,13-14
• 1 Samuel 3:11 11 Then the Lord said to Samuel:
“Behold, I will do something in Israel at which
both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.
• 1 Samuel 3:13 13 For I have told him that I will
judge his house forever for the iniquity which he
knows, because his sons made themselves vile,
and he did not restrain them.
• 1 Samuel 3:14 14 And therefore I have sworn to
the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house
shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering
forever.”

4. 1 Samuel 3:19-20
• 1 Samuel 3:19 19 So Samuel grew, and the
Lord was with him and let none of his words
fall to the ground.
• 1 Samuel 3:20 20 And all Israel from Dan to
Beersheba knew that Samuel had been
established as a prophet of the Lord.

5. 1 Samuel Chapter Four
• This chapter is a narrative of a war between Israel and the
Philistines, in the time of Samuel, and of the consequences of it.
In the first battle, the Philistines had the better of the Israelites,
which caused the latter to inquire into the reason of it, and who
proposed to fetch the ark of the Lord, and did, to repair their loss,
and prepare for a second battle, in which they hoped to succeed,
and which struck a panic into their enemies, 1 Samuel 4:1, who
yet encouraged and stirred up one another to behave in a
courageous manner, and victory a second time was on their side, a
great number of the Israelites were slain, among whom were
Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of Eli, and the ark of God was
taken, 1 Samuel 4:8, the news of which being brought to Eli, he fell
back and died, 1 Samuel 4:12 and to his daughter-in-law, who
upon it fell into labour, and died also, 1 Samuel 4:19.
•

6. 1 Samuel 4:3,8
• 1 Samuel 4:3 3 And when the people had come
into the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why
has the Lord defeated us today before the
Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant
of the Lord from Shiloh to us, that when it
comes among us it may save us from the hand of
our enemies.”
• 1 Samuel 4:8 8 Woe to us! Who will deliver us
from the hand of these mighty gods? These are
the gods who struck the Egyptians with all the
plagues in the wilderness.

7. 1 Samuel 4:9,17
• 1 Samuel 4:9 9 Be strong and conduct
yourselves like men, you Philistines, that you do
not become servants of the Hebrews, as they
have been to you. Conduct yourselves like men,
and fight!”
• 1 Samuel 4:17 17 So the messenger answered
and said, “Israel has fled before the Philistines,
and there has been a great slaughter among the
people. Also your two sons, Hophni and
Phinehas, are dead; and the ark of God has been
captured.”

8. 1 Samuel 4:18,19,21
• 1 Samuel 4:18 18 Then it happened, when he made mention of
the ark of God, that Eli fell off the seat backward by the side of
the gate; and his neck was broken and he died, for the man was
old and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.
• 1 Samuel 4:19 19 Now his daughter-in-law, Phinehas’s wife, was
with child, due to be delivered; and when she heard the news that
the ark of God was captured, and that her father-in-law and her
husband were dead, she bowed herself and gave birth, for her
labor pains came upon her.
• 1 Samuel 4:21 21 Then she named the child Ichabod,[c] saying,
“The glory has departed from Israel!” because the ark of God had
been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

9. 1 Samuel Chapter Five
• INTRODUCTION TO FIRST SAMUEL 5
• This chapter relates how that the ark being
brought by the Philistines to Ashdod, and placed
in the temple of their idol, that fell down before
it, 1 Samuel 5:1, that the hand of the Lord was
upon the men of Ashdod, and smote them with
emerods, 1 Samuel 5:6 and being carried to Gath,
the men of Gath were smitten likewise with the
same, 1 Samuel 5:8, and after that the men of
Ekron, whither it also was carried, 1 Samuel 5:10.
•

10. 1 Samuel 5:4,6,10
• 1 Samuel 5:4 4 And when they arose early the next
morning, there was Dagon, fallen on its face to the ground
before the ark of the Lord. The head of Dagon and both
the palms of its hands were broken off on the threshold;
only Dagon’s torso[b] was left of it.
• 1 Samuel 5:6 6 But the hand of the Lord was heavy on the
people of Ashdod, and He ravaged them and struck them
with tumors,[c] both Ashdod and its territory.
• 1 Samuel 5:10 10 Therefore they sent the ark of God to
Ekron. So it was, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the
Ekronites cried out, saying, “They have brought the ark of
the God of Israel to us, to kill us and our people!”

11. 1 Samuel 5:11,12
• 1 Samuel 5:11 11 So they sent and gathered
together all the lords of the Philistines, and said,
“Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let
it go back to its own place, so that it does not kill
us and our people.” For there was a deadly
destruction throughout all the city; the hand of
God was very heavy there.
• 1 Samuel 5:12 12 And the men who did not die
were stricken with the tumors, and the cry of
the city went up to heaven.

12. 1 Samuel Chapter Six
• 1 Samuel 6 Outlines
• The Ark Returned to Israel (v.1~19)
• The Ark at Kirjath Jearim (v.20~21)

13. 1 Samuel 6:1-3
• 1 Samuel 6:1 Now the ark of the Lord was in the
country of the Philistines seven months.
• 1 Samuel 6:2 2 And the Philistines called for the
priests and the diviners, saying, “What shall we do
with the ark of the Lord? Tell us how we should send
it to its place.”
• 1 Samuel 6:3 3 So they said, “If you send away the
ark of the God of Israel, do not send it empty; but by
all means return it to Him with a trespass offering.
Then you will be healed, and it will be known to you
why His hand is not removed from you.”

14. 1 Samuel 6:5-6
• 1 Samuel 6:5 5 Therefore you shall make images
of your tumors and images of your rats that
ravage the land, and you shall give glory to the
God of Israel; perhaps He will lighten His hand
from you, from your gods, and from your land.
• 1 Samuel 6:6 6 Why then do you harden your
hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened
their hearts? When He did mighty things among
them, did they not let the people go, that they
might depart?

15. 1 Samuel 6:7-9
• 1 Samuel 6:7 7 Now therefore, make a new cart, take two
milk cows which have never been yoked, and hitch the
cows to the cart; and take their calves home, away from
them.
• 1 Samuel 6:8 8 Then take the ark of the Lord and set it on
the cart; and put the articles of gold which you are
returning to Him as a trespass offering in a chest by its
side. Then send it away, and let it go.
• 1 Samuel 6:9 9 And watch: if it goes up the road to its
own territory, to Beth Shemesh, then He has done us this
great evil. But if not, then we shall know that it is not His
hand that struck us—it happened to us by chance.”

16. 1 Samuel 6:11,12,19
• 1 Samuel 6:11 11 And they set the ark of the Lord on the
cart, and the chest with the gold rats and the images of
their tumors.
• 1 Samuel 6:12 12 Then the cows headed straight for the
road to Beth Shemesh, and went along the highway,
lowing as they went, and did not turn aside to the right
hand or the left. And the lords of the Philistines went after
them to the border of Beth Shemesh.
• 1 Samuel 6:19 19 Then He struck the men of Beth
Shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the
Lord. He struck fifty thousand and seventy men[a] of the
people, and the people lamented because the Lord had
struck the people with a great slaughter.

17. 1 Samuel Chapter Seven
• [God raised up Samuel to be a judge]
• 1. The Ark of the Covenant was in the 20th
year of Kiriath-Jearim (verses 1-2)
• 2. The Israelites turned to God under the
teaching of Samuel (verses 3-6)
• 3. Samuel prayed and led the Israelites to
conquer the Philistines (verses 7-14)
• 4. Samuel as Israel's judge (verses 15-17)

18. 1 Samuel 7:2,3
• [1 Samuel 7:2] "The Ark of the Covenant was in
Kiriath-Jearim a long time. After twenty years, all
the house of Israel turned toward the Lord."
• [1 Samuel 7:3] "Samuel said to all the house of
Israel, "If you return to the LORD with all your
heart, put away the foreign gods and Ashtaroth
from among you, and turn your hearts to the
LORD, and serve him only. He will deliver you
from the hand of the Philistines. ""

19. 1 Samuel 7:5,10
• [1 Samuel 7:5] "Samuel said, "Let all Israel
gather at Mizpah, so that I may pray to the
LORD for you. ""
• [1 Samuel 7:10] "While Samuel was offering
the burnt offering, the Philistines came to
fight against the Israelites. On that day, the
LORD uttered a loud thunder and disturbed
the Philistines, and they were defeated before
the Israelites."

20. 1 Samuel Chapter Eight
• [The people demand a king]
• 1. The sons of Samuel served as judges and perverted
the right (verses 1-3)
• 2. The people demanded a king to replace the judges
(verses 4-6)
• 3. God commanded Samuel to obey the demands of
the people (verses 7-9)
• 4. Samuel warned about the disadvantages of
establishing a king (verses 10-16)
• 5. The people still insist on the requirement of
establishing a king (verses 17-22)

21. 1 Samuel 8:1,3.5.9
• [1 Samuel 8:1] "Samuel appointed his sons to be judges
of Israel when he was old."
• [1 Samuel 8:3] "His son did not walk in his ways, he was
greedy for gain, he took bribes, and perverted justice."
• [1 Samuel 8:5] "Say to him, "You are old, and your son
does not practice your way. Now, please appoint a king
for us to rule over us like the nations. ""
• [1 Samuel 8:9] "Therefore obey their words, but warn
them, and tell them how the king will rule over them in
the future."

22. 1 Samuel Chapter Nine
• [Saul searches for the donkey and meets Samuel]
• A. Saul searches for the lost donkey (verses 1-14)
• 1. Saul was ordered by his father to find the lost donkey (verses 1-
5)
• 2. The servant suggested to seek help from the man of God (verses
6-10)
• 3. On the way, a young girl learns about the movements of God and
man (verses 11-14)
• B. God instructed Samuel to anoint Saul as king (verses 15-27)
• 1. Samuel predicted that he would meet Saul (verses 15-18)
• 2. Samuel invites Saul to sit with him (verses 19-24)
• 3. Samuel conveys the oracle to Saul (verses 25-27)

23. 1.Why the iniquity of the house of Eli will never be atonement
(1 Sam 3:14) What New Testament verses support your thesis
2. Why did Eli say to Saguel that if he hides a word, may God
punish you heavily (1 Samuel 3:17)
3.In 1 Samuel 4, what is the difference between the
perception of the ark in the minds of the Israelites and the
minds of the Philistines? So what do you know about the Ark
of the Covenant? What is your Ark of the Covenant today?
4. In Chapter 5 we see what God did in the temple of Dagon
and what He did in the Philistine cities. Why did God make
these people suffer, including hemorrhoids and loss of life?
5. Chapter 6 mentions the process by which the Philistines
sent the ark of the Lord back to Israel based on the advice of
priests and divination. What kind of truth do you see in this
chapter, and do believers today need the same evidence to

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