Welcome to a year in the Bible with Daily Grace.

From Eden to eternity, the Bible tells one big story of redemption.

My name is Tiffany, and I want to spend a few minutes with you every day walking through

the Bible chronologically.

Together, we will explore God's sovereign plan as the events of Scripture unfold and point to Jesus.

Hey, you're in the Bible readers. Tiffany here. What a journey it has been so far on our Eden to

eternity reading plan. If you are using the Eden to eternity study books and or journals, today we start volume

two in both of those.

And I also want to prepare everyone for the shift that's about to take place on our journey.

With the exception of Job, we've stuck to the order of the first eight books of the Bible. But this is the month

that changes, my friends. As we begin first and second Samuel, we will also read the various

psalms that correspond to the events within each book. And we will also read the similar accounts

of some events found in Kings and Chronicles.

It's going to be so much fun.

So let's dig in.

We are going to talk about the context for both First and Second Samuel today.

Which is actually fitting because when these books were written, they were one long

narrative in Hebrew. It wasn't until the Hebrew Bible was translated into Greek that they split

Samuel into two books. They broke it in a logical way, though. First Samuel is predominantly

about the life of Samuel,

King Saul's reign, and the introduction of David. Then, Second Samuel focuses on the life

and reign of King David. Samuel is most often credited with authoring these two books,

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