Today we begin 1 Samuel Chapter Two. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click HERE. For the King James Version, click HERE. “Then Hannah prayed; she said: ‘My heart exults in Adonai! My dignity has been restored by Adonai! I can gloat over my enemies, because of my joy at your saving me.’” 1 Samuel 2:1 […]

“Therefore, I too have loaned him to Adonai — as long as he lives, he is on loan to Adonai.’  And he prostrated himself there before Adonai.”-1 Samuel 1:28 So this chapter ends with Hannah saying she has “loaned” her son Samuel to God. That’s kind of an interesting word to use, don’t you think? […]

“After the bull had been slaughtered, the child was brought to ‘Eli; and she said, ‘My lord, as sure as you live, my lord, I am the woman who stood here near you, praying to Adonai.  I prayed for this child, and Adonai has granted the request I asked of him.”-1 Samuel 1:25-27 The day […]

“After weaning him, she took him up with her, along with three young bulls, a bushel of flour and a skin of wine, and brought him to the house of Adonai in Shiloh, even though he was just a child.  After the bull had been slaughtered, the child was brought to ‘Eli;and she said, “My […]

“After weaning him, she took him up with her, along with three young bulls, a bushel of flour and a skin of wine, and brought him to the house of Adonai in Shiloh, even though he was just a child.”-1 Samuel 1:24 Anyone who begins a journey into the “Old” Testament will eventually run into […]