“Sh’mu’el returned to Ramah, and Sha’ul went up to his house in Giv‘at-Sha’ul. Never again did Sh’mu’el see Sha’ul, until the day he died. But Sh’mu’el grieved over Sha’ul, and Adonai regretted that he had made Sha’ul king over Israel.”-1 Samuel 15:34-35 Today we’re finally going to finish 1st Samuel Chapter 15! Boy was that […]

“Sh’mu’el said, ‘Just as your sword has left women childless, so will your mother be left childless among women.’ Then Sh’mu’el cut Agag in pieces before Adonai in Gilgal.“ -1 Samuel 15:33 So we’re told Samuel began to hack Agag into pieces before the Lord. A couple of things here. First, recall that the expression […]

After firing Israel’s first king, Samuel became head of the 12 tribes… Which means he had to clean up the mess Saul left. So the first order of business was to execute Agag, the king of the Amalekites. Saul committed a horrible wrong by letting Agag live. Now, what’s interesting is that depending on your […]

I ended yesterday’s article with the following question: Do you think God was too harsh with King Saul in refusing to forgive his sin? I mean Saul was literally on the ground begging for forgiveness. Yet we’re told it was too late. I also brought up how Peter denied Yeshua three times before the cock […]

“As Sh’mu’el was turning around to leave, he took hold of the hem of his cloak, and it tore.  Sh’mu’el said to him, ‘Adonai has torn the kingdom of Israel away from you today and given it to a fellow countryman of yours who is better than you.  Moreover, the Eternal One of Israel will […]