July 14, 2007

• I Samuel in 2007

  06/26/2007 Chapters 1-5

  1:13-17 - Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken. And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee. And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD. Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto. Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him.

  2:3 - Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

  2:5b -   so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

  2:19 - Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
  {Samuel was blood of an Ephramite but adopted into the Levite clan...cool}

  2:21 - And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.

  3:1 - And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision.

  06/27/2007 Chapters 6-10

  8:13 - And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.

  10:6 - And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man.

  10:9 - And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day.

  10:24-25 - And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king.
  Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.

  06/28/2007 Chapters 11-15

  12:18 - So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.
  {people today would just say, " oh that's just 'mother nature'"}

  13:19 - Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:
  {sorry J & M...LOL luv ya!}

  14:7 - And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart.
  {talk about submission}

  {(ok so JOnathan is fighting battles at this point, so he must be at least 20 years old...yet isn't David a boy about 14-16 years of age when he slays Goliath?  and yet Jonathan and David end up as great friends...even though one must obviously be older...I always pictured them around the same age and that's why they hung out together...guess there was an age difference, maybe since David had older brothers he was used to being around older guys?)}

  15:23 - For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
  {link to audios on this subject...go to http://graftedin.com/sabbathpod.html and look for Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft parts 1, 2, and 3}

  06/29/2007 Chapters 16-19

  17:47 - And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our hands.

  {This chapter confuses me....people tell Saul they know a lad who can play the harp for him who is a man of war in 16:18 and in that chapter Saul loves David and asks him to stay on to play harp for him...then in the next chapter Saul goes to war and David is sent home and yet when David comes and defeats Goliath, Saul has the nerve to ask him who he is and who his dad is?  What like he can't remember the lad he supposedly loves?}

  18:14 - And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.

  06/30/2007 Chapters 20-23

  22:2 - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
  {all you who are weary...Matthew 11:28 - Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.}

  07/01/2007 Chapters 24-27

  25:21 - Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.
  {sneaky?  No deal first that if he protected their sheep and homestead he'd be fed in return...so what w/o your known consent I could cut your grass and then expect payment??? KWIM} ***update 07/15/2007****  I read in a book earlier today:

  When David, the anointed king of Israel, was living in exile, fleeing from king Saul, he created an army of men and trained them as a police force to protect the people of the land in which they were living.  This militia depended upon the farmers and ranchers to supply them with food-remuneration for the protection they provided.  {knowing this it makes it sound less like David just decided to “keep watch” over someone’s livestock expecting pay in return, without first making such an arrangement. }

  07/02/2007 Chapters 28-31

  29:6 - Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favour thee not.
  {so even when David was under the authority of an enemy, he did what was right.  Good tip there, you may work in a "secular" field but do right as unto Yeshua}
  

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