Hey, this is a year in the Bible with Daily Grace. I'm Shelby and I'm here with CJ.

CJ, we're starting two new books. First and second, Samuel.

Excited to walk through these books. Before we hop into today's chapters, 1 Samuel 1 through 3,

I'm wondering if you can just give us an overview. What should we keep in mind as we read

First and Second Samuel? Yeah, so First and Second Samuel comes after Joshua, judges, Ruth,

and here we are. And a thing to keep in mind is we left off towards the end of judges

with this refrain.

There's no king, and everyone did it was right in their own eyes.

Then we get to Ruth, and at the very end, we learn about some of David's ancestors.

And now we're getting into First and Second Samuel, where we're going to continue the story of judges, but we're also going to start to dip into kingship and then emphasize kingship, specifically King David.

So that's what we should probably keep in mind.

Great. That's a great bridge. That connects me from where we were. That tells me where we're

going. So with that in mind, let's talk about first Samuel one through three.

Absolutely. So Samuel opens with a story

about a man named Elkanah who had two wives, and one of them is Hannah, we might know, or the name we might

recognize, and she's barren. And each year they'd go and visit the temple. And one time Hannah

prays to the Lord in the temple. And she says, Lord, if you give me a child, I will

dedicate him to you. And this might actually remind us of Jephtha, where Jephtha was doing it for

maybe ambitious reasons and for selfish reasons, but Hannah desperately wants a child, and she's

willing to offer him back up to the Lord.

So eventually the Lord opens up her womb and gives her a child.

And then Eli, who's the priest, he sees Hanon.

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