1. The End of the Judges:
The Birth of Samuel

2. The Book of Judges The Death of Joshua Sin, War, Repentance
Israel in Dark Times
Ruth

3. Samuel’s Mother Hannah
Elkanah, Peninnah, & Hannah
Sacrifices at Shiloh
Rivals in Marriage

4. Hannah’s Heart & Prayer
Elkanah’s Comfort?

5. 1 Samuel 1:8
8 Her husband Elkanah would say to her, “Hannah, why are you weeping? Why don’t you eat? Why are you downhearted? Don’t I mean more to you than ten sons?”

6. Hannah’s Heart & Prayer
Elkanah’s Comfort?
Hannah’s Heart

7. 1 Samuel 1:9-11
9 Once when they had finished eating and drinking in Shiloh, Hannah stood up. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his chair by the doorpost of the Lord’s house. 10 In her deep anguish Hannah prayed to the Lord, weeping bitterly. 11 And she made a vow, saying, “Lord Almighty, if you will only look on your servant’s misery and remember me, and not forget your servant but give her a son, then I will give him to the Lord for all the days of his life, and no razor will ever be used on his head.”

8. Hannah’s Heart & Prayer
Elkanah’s Comfort?
Hannah’s Heart
Eli - Out of Touch?

9. 1 Samuel 1:12-14
12 As she kept on praying to the Lord, Eli observed her mouth. 13 Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her voice was not heard. Eli thought she was drunk 14 and said to her, “How long are you going to stay drunk? Put away your wine.”

10. Hannah’s Heart & Prayer
Elkanah’s Comfort?
Hannah’s Heart
Eli - Out of Touch?
“Remembered”

11. 1 Samuel 1:25-28
25 When the bull had been sacrificed, they brought the boy to Eli, 26 and she said to him, “Pardon me, my lord. As surely as you live, I am the woman who stood here beside you praying to the Lord. 27 I prayed for this child, and the Lord has granted me what I asked of him. 28 So now I give him to the Lord. For his whole life he will be given over to the Lord.” And he worshiped the Lord there.

12. Hannah Remembers Hannah’s Prayer 1 Samuel 2:1-10 Returns Every Year
3 Boys & 2 Girls

13. Eli’s Sons & Foreshadowing
Hophni & Phinehas
Wicked
Eli Confronts
Prophecy Against

14. So what’s the point?

15. Joshua 24:15
15 But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.”