Some thoughts on Scripture

I Samuel 9:16--"Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him commander over My people Israel, that he may save My people from the hand of the Philistines; for I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me." It is election season... Sign in to see full entry.

I Samuel 8:18-20--" 'And you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and the L ORD will not hear you in that day.' Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, 'No, but we will have a king over us, that we also may be like all... Sign in to see full entry.

I Samuel 7:9-10--"And Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the L ORD. Then Samuel cried out to the L ORD for Israel, and the L ORD answered him. Now as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel. But the the L ORD... Sign in to see full entry.

I Samuel 6:19-20--"Then He struck the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the L ORD. He struck fifty thousand and seventy men of the people, and the people lamented because the L ORD had struck the people with a great slaughter. And the men of Beth Shemesh said, 'Who is able... Sign in to see full entry.

I Samuel 5:4--"And when they arose earth the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on its face to the ground before the ark of the the LORD. The head of Dagon and both the palms of its hands were broken off on the threshold; only Dagon's torso was left of it." In capturing the ark of the covenant of... Sign in to see full entry.

I Samuel 4:21--"Then she named the child Ichabod, 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." In Washington Irving's classic tale, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, there is an odd character known as Ichabod... Sign in to see full entry.

I Samuel 3:17-18--"And he said, 'What is the word that the L ORD spoke to you: Please do not hide it from me. God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of ll that He said to you.' Then Samuel told him everything, and hid nothing from him. And he said, 'It is the L ORD, Let Him do... Sign in to see full entry.

I Samuel 2:10--"The adversaries of the L ORD shall be broken in pieces; From heaven He will thunder against them. The L ORD will judge the ends of the earth. He will give strength to His king. And exalt the horn of His anointed." In reading this prayer of Hannah's, I was struck that she was praying... Sign in to see full entry.

I Samuel 1:11--"And she [Hannah] made a vow and said, 'O L ORD of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, and not forget Your maidservant, but will give your maidservant a male child, then I will give him to the L ORD all the days of his life, and no... Sign in to see full entry.

Ruth 4:14-15, 21-22--"Then the women said to Naomi, 'Blessed be the L ORD, who has not left you this day without a close relative; and may his name be famous in Israel! And may he he to you a restorer of life and a nourisher of your your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is... Sign in to see full entry.