Oh let the Son of God and found you with his spirit and his love,

let him fill your heart and will satisfy your soul.

Oh, let him have the things that hold you

and his spirit like a dove will descend upon your life and make you

home.

Welcome to the word for today,

featuring the Bible Teaching of Pastor Chuck Smith,

founder of the Calbury Chapel Movement.

This radio program is a verse by verse study through the entire

Bible. And on today's edition of the word for today, Pastor Chuck continues with a personal

history of Samuel as we pick up in 1st Samuel chapter 1 verse 1 and now with today's

message here's pastor chapter.

This book presents the history, the personal history of Samuel, who was the last of the judges,

and it ushers in the beginning of the period of the kings in the children of Israel

or among the children of Israel.

There is a certain man of Ramathame Zofim and the Mount Ephraim,

his name was Elkana. He had two wives. One was Hannah, the other was

Pannina. Pannina had children. Hann Hannah had no children.

This man went out of the city yearly to worship and to sacrifice

unto the Lord of Host in Shiloh, which at that time was the religious center of the nation.

And the two sons of Eli, who was the high priest at that time, Hopfian Finlius, the priest of the Lord were there and it came when the time was that Elkin offered,

he gave to Panina and her children portions, but unto Hannah he gave a goodly or an extra portion.

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