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# 📖 1 Samuel
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> [[#📖 Summary of Book]]
> [[#🧭 Theme Verse]]
> [[#🧭 Major Themes]]
> [[#📅 Outline of Book]]
> [[#✍️ Chapter-by-Chapter Notes]]
> [[#🙏 Devotional Reflections]]
> [[#📚 Further Study / Interesting Insights]]
## 📖 Summary of Book
> The book of 1 Samuel marks the transition of Israel from the time of judges to the establishment of a monarchy. It tells the stories of Samuel the prophet, Saul Israel’s first king, and the rise of David, a man after God’s own heart. The book highlights God’s sovereignty, the danger of prideful disobedience, and the importance of faithful leadership.
#### 📚 Genre
- Historical Narrative
- Theological History
#### 🙋♂️ Who is the Author
- Unknown (traditionally associated with Samuel, Nathan, and Gad)
#### ⌛️ When Was it Written
- Approximately 1050–1000 BC
## 🧭 Theme Verse
>1 Samuel 16:7 (NET)
“But the LORD said to Samuel, ‘Do not be impressed by his appearance or his height, because I have rejected him. God does not view things the way men do. People look on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.’”
## 🧭 Major Themes
• God’s sovereignty
• Leadership and obedience
• The danger of pride
• God’s choice and calling
• Faith and courage
• Repentance and rejection
• God’s faithfulness
• Spiritual authority
• Humility
• Covenant loyalt
## 📅 Outline of Book
- 1:1–7:17 — Samuel’s Rise and Leadership
- Hannah’s prayer
- Samuel’s call
- Ark narrative
- 8:1–15:35 — Saul’s Kingship
- Demand for a king
- Saul’s anointing
- Saul’s failures
- 16:1–31:13 — David’s Anointing and Rise
- David chosen
- David and Goliath
- Saul’s jealousy
- Saul’s death
## ✍️ Chapter-by-Chapter Notes
- [[1 Samuel 01]]
- [[1 Samuel 02]]
- [[1 Samuel 03]]
- [[1 Samuel 04]]
- [[1 Samuel 05]]
- [[1 Samuel 06]]
- [[1 Samuel 07]]
- [[1 Samuel 08]]
- [[1 Samuel 09]]
- [[1 Samuel 10]]
- [[1 Samuel 11]]
- [[1 Samuel 12]]
- [[1 Samuel 13]]
- [[1 Samuel 14]]
- [[1 Samuel 15]]
- [[1 Samuel 16]]
- [[1 Samuel 17]]
- [[1 Samuel 18]]
- [[1 Samuel 19]]
- [[1 Samuel 20]]
- [[1 Samuel 21]]
- [[1 Samuel 22]]
- [[1 Samuel 23]]
- [[1 Samuel 24]]
- [[1 Samuel 25]]
- [[1 Samuel 26]]
- [[1 Samuel 27]]
- [[1 Samuel 28]]
- [[1 Samuel 29]]
- [[1 Samuel 30]]
- [[1 Samuel 31]]
## 🙏 Devotional Reflections
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## 📚 Further Study / Interesting Insights
[David](https://youtu.be/kMZCWtQsS6A?si=UOigUx-L86n5YRkU)
**Resources**
1. Dale Ralph Davis, Looking on the Heart: Expositions of 1 Samuel
2. Robert D. Bergen, 1, 2 Samuel (New American Commentary)
3. Joyce Baldwin, 1 and 2 Samuel (Tyndale Old Testament Commentary)
**Interesting Facts**
1. Hannah’s prayer influenced Mary’s Magnificat (Luke 1).
2. Samuel served as prophet, priest, and judge.
3. Saul was the tallest man in Israel.
4. David was likely a teenager when he fought Goliath.
5. The Ark of the Covenant was captured by the Philistines.
6. Jonathan and David shared a deep covenant friendship.
7. Saul consulted a medium at Endor.
8. David spared Saul’s life twice.
9. Samuel anointed both Saul and David.
10. The book shows the cost of disobedience.
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