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1 Samuel

The story of Israel's move from judges to kings. It begins with Hannah's prayer for a son, Samuel, who grows up serving at the sanctuary and becomes a prophet, and it follows him as the people demand a king and he anoints Saul. Most of the book then tracks Saul's fall and the rise of David, from a shepherd boy with a sling to a hunted outlaw leading six hundred men in the wilderness, and it ends with Saul's death on Mount Gilboa.

Teaching 1 Samuel? What each passage says, claim by claim, for every chapter.