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1 Samuel: Chapter-by-Chapter Commentary

Alastair Roberts

1 Samuel: Chapter-by-Chapter Commentary

February 15, 2022
Alastair Roberts
Alastair Roberts

*CONTENTS*

00:00:00 - Chapter 1: Birth of Samuel

00:09:45 - Chapter 2: Hannah's Prayer

00:18:56 - Chapter 3: Call of Samuel

00:25:59 - Chapter 4: Capture of the Ark

00:32:03 - Chapter 5: The Ark with the Philistines

00:41:21 - Chapter 6: Return of the Ark

00:48:45 - Chapter 7: Samuel Judges Israel

00:54:01 - Chapter 8: Israel Demands a King

01:09:51 - Chapter 9: Saul

01:23:22 - Chapter 10: Anointing of Saul

01:35:19 - Chapter 11: Saul Defeats the Ammonites

01:41:35 - Chapter 12: Samuel's Farewell Speech

01:46:43 - Chapter 13: Fighting the Philistines

01:59:13 - Chapter 14: Saul's Rash Vow

02:08:26 - Chapter 15: The Lord Rejects Saul

02:19:00 - Chapter 16: David Anointed

02:24:16 - Chapter 17: David and Goliath

02:40:03 - Chapter 18: David, Jonathan, and Michal

02:48:23 - Chapter 19: Saul Attempts to Kill David

02:56:17 - Chapter 20: Jonathan's Covenant with David

03:07:05 - Chapter 21: David at Nob

03:15:18 - Chapter 22: Saul Kills the Priests

03:28:01 - Chapter 23: David Pursued by Saul

03:33:12 - Chapter 24: David Spares Saul

03:41:15 - Chapter 25: David and Nabal

03:51:19 - Chapter 26: David Spares Saul a Second Time

03:57:36 - Chapter 27: David Flees to Philistia

04:01:33 - Chapter 28: The Medium of Endor

04:09:03 - Chapter 29: David Rejected by the Philistines

04:15:49 - Chapter 30: David and the Amalekites

04:21:49 - Chapter 31: The Death of Saul

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