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Samuel.

Samuel closed his eyes and drew the frigid air into his lungs.

Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.

Behold, I am about to do something in Israel, something extraordinary, that will cause all the ears of everyone to stir.

On that day, I will perform all I have spoken against Eli concerning his house, everything from beginning to end, for I have told him I will judge his house forever for the iniquity he knew,

because his sons made themselves vile, and he did not restrain them.

God revealed himself through this beacon of hope for

his chosen people in a time of spiritual darkness. God had not forsaken his people.

Tension loomed over the Israelite camp like a dense fog. Iron scraped against iron as soldiers sharpen their swords by the flickering light of campfires.

Their hollow eyes stared straight into burning coals as their hands instinctively

worked. The heat warmed their skin, yet their hearts remained cold with fear and desperate

for any hope of victory. Tarrantial shouts rose across the valley. The Israelite soldiers' eyes darted across to the opposing hilltop.

Their enemy's campfires speckled the black horizon like constellations of foreboding omens.

Despite the cover of night, the mere sound was a reminder of the Philistine's sprawling camp, exuberant with

confidence. The Israelites were no strangers to battle, yet the need to make the right-next move

carried a weight unlike any other. They had been routed in their first conflict, losing

4,000 men in their messy escape.

The agonizing cries of their fallen brothers rang unsettlingly in their ears.

Doubt and fear rippled through the camp in the wake of defeat,

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