The Call of Samuel
Hannah prays for a son and gives Samuel to the LORD; at Shiloh the boy Samuel hears the LORD call him.
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Also: Eli
From the Beginning to the Church: what happened in the Bible, in order, and who was there.
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Saul, David and Solomon reign in turn over the twelve tribes; the temple is built, and the seeds of division are sown.
Hannah prays for a son and gives Samuel to the LORD; at Shiloh the boy Samuel hears the LORD call him.
Also: Eli
At the LORD's command Samuel anoints Saul the Benjamite, then gathers the people at Mizpah, where Saul is made king.
Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart; in Bethlehem Samuel anoints David, Jesse's youngest son.
Also: Jesse
A shepherd boy goes out against the Philistine champion in the name of the LORD of Armies.
Also: Goliath
The elders of Israel anoint David king at Hebron; David takes the stronghold of Zion, which is David's city.
David wants to build a house for the ark of God; through Nathan the LORD promises that David's throne will be established forever.
Also: Nathan
David sleeps with Bathsheba and has Uriah killed by the sword of the Ammonites; Nathan confronts him, and David confesses his sin.
Also: Bathsheba, Nathan, Uriah
Absalom makes himself king at Hebron and David flees Jerusalem; Absalom is killed, and David weeps for his son.
Also: Absalom
The LORD appears to Solomon in a dream at Gibeon; Solomon asks not for long life or riches, but for an understanding heart to judge the people.
The priests bring the ark into the new temple and the LORD's glory fills the house; Solomon prays before the altar and dedicates it.
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This period has no canonical record; what follows is historical background to the New Testament.
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Walking with two disciples, the risen Jesus explained the Scriptures to them:
“Beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he explained to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.”Luke 24:27
Scripture: Chinese Union Version (1919). Dates: from the monarchy onward we follow Thiele’s chronology of the Hebrew kings; earlier dates are unsettled among scholars, so the page shows both views.