1. The End of the Judges:
The Fall of Eli

2. The End of the Judges Dark Times in Israel Hannah’s Devotion
Eli’s Family & Fall
“Faithful Priest”

3. The Lord Chooses A Prophet
Eli & Israel are Blind

4. 1 Samuel 3:1
3 The boy Samuel ministered before the Lord under Eli. In those days the word of the Lord was rare; there were not many visions.

5. The Lord Chooses A Prophet
Eli & Israel are Blind
The Lord Speaks

6. 1 Samuel 3:3-10
7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord: The word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him. 8 A third time the Lord called, “Samuel!” And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.” Then Eli realized that the Lord was calling the boy. 9 So Eli told Samuel, “Go and lie down, and if he calls you, say, ‘Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place. 10 The Lord came and stood there, calling as at the other times, “Samuel! Samuel!” Then Samuel said, “Speak, for your servant is listening.”
3 The lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the house of the Lord, where the ark of God was. 4 Then the Lord called Samuel. Samuel answered, “Here I am.” 5 And he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.” But Eli said, “I did not call; go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down. 6 Again the Lord called, “Samuel!” And Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am; you called me.” “My son,” Eli said, “I did not call; go back and lie down.”

7. The Lord Chooses A Prophet
Eli & Israel are Blind
The Lord Speaks
God’s Favor
Eli Submits

8. After Sin Comes War
Drums of War
4k Israelites Die

9. 1 Samuel 4:3
3 When the soldiers returned to camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why did the Lord bring defeat on us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the Lord’s covenant from Shiloh, so that he may go with us and save us from the hand of our enemies.”

10. Joshua 7:8 & 11a
8 Pardon your servant, Lord. What can I say, now that Israel has been routed by its enemies?
11a Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenant, which I commanded them to keep.

11. After Sin Comes War Drums of War 4k Israelites Die Israel Gets The Ark

12. The Prophecy Comes True
Eli Waits Nervously
Eli Dies
Israel in Despair

13. God Still Reigns
Ark goes to Ashdod
Temple of Dagon
“Hot Potato” Ark

14. 1 Samuel 6:2 & 5b
2 the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the Lord? Tell us how we should send it back to its place.”
5b Perhaps he will lift his hand from you and your gods and your land.

15. God Still Reigns Ark goes to Ashdod The Ark Returns Temple of Dagon
“Hot Potato” Ark
The Ark Returns

16. 1 Samuel 6:20
20 And the people of Beth Shemesh asked, “Who can stand in the presence of the Lord, this holy God? To whom will the ark go up from here?”

17. God is in Control
So what’s the point?