Samuel, the Billy Graham of his day, was adviser to the political leader Saul, the Pete Rose of ancient Israel. Samuel anointed Saul to be the first king of Israel. But soon (to quote James Thurber), ...
First Samuel was written to the people of Israel sometime after the death of King Solomon in 930 BC and the subsequent division of the nation into the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Like a civics ...
If you’re Eli, you’re not sleeping that well when the boy comes trotting in to disturb you with his nonsense.