House Of Eli: Summary

Samuel changed as he went along his journey. He became a leader, he had hunted for food for his family but that didn’t make him as much of a leader as he would become. He ate at a family’s house for dinner one night, and Hessian came and killed the family except a girl named Annie who was younger than him. She went with Samuel since he was the only person she knew, for example later in the book she says “He is all I got” (123). Samuel was a leader

Which sets the stage for Israel victories and blessings. Also shows the downhill battle of Israel with abandoning their covenant. Israel was to

The history of the United Kingdom period in Israel focuses on a few main characters, namely, Saul, David and Solomon. However the story begins with the life of Samuel who was a prophet, priest, and the last judge of Israel. Samuel was unique in that he was set apart for God from birth and had been called by God from a young age. Samuel was the spiritual leader prior to the Kingship of Israel. Samuel listened to God and obeyed Him only. In the early United Kingdom period Samuel is the chosen voice of God who shows God’s will. However, Samuel was aging and the people were restless.

Firstly, why did the people of Israel desire a king? During the time of Samuel, he selected his sons to be judges over Israel. All of the elders of Israel did not want Joel and Abijah, who were Samuel’s oldest sons, to be the next king. They told Samuel that “you are now old, and your sons are not like you. Give us a king to judge us like all the other

1 Samuel picks up the theme of war, disobedience and provision from Judges and carries them forward through God’s use of Samuel and Saul. God used them to bring Israel victory over their oppressors despite Israel’s continued disobedience. Through his provision of the judges, victories and kings, God displayed his omnipotence over the Israelites. Since these themes are carried over throughout Judges and 1 Samuel, God is shown to be the same God over his people.

The people of Israel had slowly removed themselves from the type of leadership and organization that was seen when Moses and Aaron were leading them. God was present with Israel during the days of Moses and Aaron and actively organizing Israel as a whole, but Israel always struggled with foreign and cultural gods within their nation (Leviticus 10; Numbers 2). God had to address their polygamous desire for gods multiple times (Genesis 35:2; Deuteronomy 32:6; Joshua 24:20; 1 Samuel 7:3). Although Israel needed governed, instead of choosing to be led by God’s voice, laws, and values in a prophetic community, they chose to have a king rule over them rather than God. This paper will discuss the different administrations of leaders throughout the book of 1 Samuel. First, Eli will show us Israel’s ethical state during his leadership, then Samuel’s reign as the prophet over Israel. Thirdly, Saul’s rule will be found as a failure to launch as Israel’s first king, and last up we’ll discuss David, the type of king that God needed for Israel to ruin themselves.

God had raised her up to do His will. To be a spokeswoman to the Children of Israel; to relay top them the Word of God.

Although, the Lord had delivered the nation of Israel on several occasions, they had gotten careless and sinful again; therefore,

During the time of Samuel, there was a longing need for the necessity of a monarchy. As Samuel started to get older and older the people of Israel insisted they select a king like the other nations. All the Isralites came together to choose Saul. He was the “people’s choice” based off of events

“Her childlessness means rather that the Lord himself takes up the gauntlet that she has thrown down… Michal has rejected not David, but Yahweh.”

And she made a vow, saying, "Lord Almighty, if you will only look on your servant's misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the Lord for all the days of his life, and no

|city is described and their hypocritical worship condemned (chapter 2-15).Even so, the Lord offers a call to repentance and for those |

The choice of getting a king was viewed by God as the desertion of his people from him. The bible says, “And the LORD said to Samuel, “Hearken to the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them” (1 Samuel 8:7) .However, Saul ascended the throne and ruled the people of Israel. His worth was placed in the wars he won and the people he conquered. This soon caused a problem when he was forward in performing the sacrifice in Gilgal instead of waiting for Samuel. Samuel did not find this pleasing and this incident led to the popular saying, “obedience is better than sacrifice”. Humility is the foundation of obedience and it was evident that Saul lacked humility. The incident of

Then the mighty man God, himself, took away bread and water from Jerusalem and Judah. Citizens tried ponding off the leader position on anyone who would claim in, but the people knew that the land was cursed and oppressed; there was nothing they could do but pray and ask for Gods forgiveness. The lord then said he would strike on the daughters of Zion, for that they had sinned. God did not appreciate they way they acted with

2 Samuel presented David as the glorious, ideal and successful king of Israel. David ruled as a successful soldier and a king, but he fails due to his lustful behaviors and indulgence towards sin. 2 Samuel 11-12 reveals God 's omnipotent authority through His justice on David’s disloyalty with his kingdom and indulgence towards sin, and God’s mercy by giving David and Bathsheba another chance to live.