Bible in a Nutshell · From Shiloh to the throne

The Books of Samuel

A mother’s prayer, a boy who heard God in the dark, and a shepherd who became a king.

10 episodes

A boy stands small in the huge dark temple Episode 1 of 10 The boy who heard God. Read the episode Harvesters rejoice around the ark in the wheat Episode 2 of 10 The ark came home. Read the episode Oil runs down a bowed head at dawn Episode 3 of 10 Give us a king. Read the episode Anointing oil runs down through a boy's dark curls and catches the low sun like a ring of liquid gold Episode 4 of 10 Seven big sons. And not one of them was the one. Read the episode Goliath of Gath grinning down from beneath his bronze helmet Episode 5 of 10 David & Goliath. Read the episode A small carved wooden lyre lying abandoned on a cold stone floor in an empty torchlit hall Episode 6 of 10 The music kept playing. The hand reached for the spear anyway. Read the episode A golden crown lying in a rain puddle among abandoned shields on a gray hillside Episode 7 of 10 He had one clean shot. He used it on a piece of cloth. Read the episode A king in a plain linen ephod leaping in the air in front of the golden ark at sunrise Episode 8 of 10 He finally got the crown. And the first thing he did was mourn. Read the episode A poor family asleep on mats in a one-room house at night with a small lamb tucked in among them Episode 9 of 10 He passed the sentence himself. Out loud. In front of everybody. Read the episode A single great oak alone on a green ridge at dawn with every bird in it going up at once Episode 10 of 10 He gave one order about the battle. “Be gentle with the young man.” Read the episode

The faces of Samuel

David David Goliath Goliath Hannah Hannah Samuel Samuel Saul Saul Jonathan Jonathan
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