Category Archives: 1 Samuel

“And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the … Continue reading →

“What if thy father answer thee roughly?”—1 Samuel 20:10. It was not an unlikely thing that his father would answer Jonathan roughly. Saul had taken great umbrage against David, while Jonathan his eldest son, on the contrary, loved David as … Continue reading →

“Fight the battles of the Lord.” [1 Samuel 18:17] We will not take these words in their literal sense, as they came from the lips of Saul, when he gave David his elder daughter, Merab, to marry; but will adapt … Continue reading →

“So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine and slew him, but there was no sword in the hand of David.”—1 Samuel 17:50. A careful perusal of the whole chapter will … Continue reading →

“Is it not wheat harvest to-day?”—1 Samuel 12:17. I shall not notice the connection; but I shall simply take these words as a motto; and my sermon will be founded upon a harvest field. I shall rather use the harvest … Continue reading →

“Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, saying, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.”—1 Samuel 7:12. It is certainly a very delightful thing to mark the hand of … Continue reading →

“And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord. And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, … Continue reading →

When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the … Continue reading →

“And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! For there hath not been such a thing heretofore”–1 Samuel 4:7. Israel was out of gear with God. The people … Continue reading →

“Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.”—1 Samuel 4:3. These men made a great … Continue reading →

“What is the thing that the Lord hath said unto thee?”—1 Samuel 3:17. The Lord would not speak directly to Eli, although he was the High Priest. In ordinary circumstances it would have been so; but Eli had grieved the … Continue reading →

“Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit” (1 Samuel 1:15). The special cause of Hannah’s sorrow arose from the institution of polygamy, which, although it was tolerated under the old law, is … Continue reading →