Name: The Bible, King James Version, Book
ISBN: 9781407647241

Hardpress Publishing

1 Samuel

The Bible, King James Version, Book

Wren Hardwick

Sidenote: The reason for such vague and short and "eh" words on each of these books, is because I wasn't challenging the study of the Bible when I read these. I was challenging myself to read the whole Bible in a year because I knew it would be discipline to keep at it daily. I do, however, plan to pick up a book and study what it is saying. Those will be longer reads and more notes.

So here is my review from my "Read the Bible in a Year" challenge. Usually just snippets of thoughts and random things I liked about the book itself. Nothing in-depth.
 
So here is my review on 01 Samuel.
 
Hannah, the mother of Samuel, promised the Lord that if he gave her a son, she would give him to the church to serve the Lord. He did. She also ended up having five more children!
 
Eli, the priest who raised Samuel, had two evil sons.
 
God had plans for them and Samuel.
 
This book holds the famous story of God calling to Samuel has a boy. He thought it was Eli three different times, and by the fourth time he answered God and had his first conversation from him.
 
I wish God would talk to me like he talks to these people. With words and not signs. Or with words and still signs, I should say.
 
Something else I took away was the fact that after all these years; people still knew about the plagues that the Israelites God put on the Egyptians and are still afraid of Him. It just goes to tell you that even if you hear/see the might of God and you are afraid of Him, it doesn’t mean that you are going to follow him. That’s really annoying to me. I know seeing isn’t believing, but if I saw a cat fall from a plane and land on its feet, I would believe it was possible. 
 
 Now onto Saul.
 
He was such a good guy man. I mean, I know he becomes unbearable and horrible and things, but he really started out as a good guy. Came from a small tribe, not a big deal family and believed in God and followed Samuel’s voices.
 
Then he messes up ONE TIME and he all of a sudden is rejected as king. Even I feel that is a little harsh, but I am not God so I couldn’t tell you.
 
Jonathan, his son, is probably one of my favorite people in the Bible. His dad HATED his best friend, yet he stood by said friend. Do you know how hard that must have been? Can you imagine the knots in his neck and the headaches from worry he must have gotten?
 
Speaking of Jonathan’s best friend, David is a catch.
Out of all his brothers, him? Out of all the soldiers that went against Goliath, him?
 
Abigail’s story is really interesting too. I like her a lot and wish that it was normal to only have one wife back then instead of a zillion.
 
This book is basically the set up to David’s reign, which is probably the best one because he speaks and follows God. A man after his own heart.
 
Oh, and RIP Saul.

The Bible, King James Version, Book 1 Samuel

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