This one hundred-year period includes a great deal of material and marks a shift from life under the judges to life under kings.  The familiar stories of Eli and Samuel span this period—Eli serving as a priest and judge at Shiloh at the beginning, and Samuel serving as judge and prophet at the end.  Nine […]

A.   Eli and his sons. 1. The wickedness of Hophni and Phinehas: a. What does Scripture mean when it calls Eli’s sons “Sons of Belial?” I Sam. 25:17; II Kings 21:10-13; II Cor. 6:15. b. What particular sins did these men commit in the tabernacle? c. Why were their sins so serious? Ex. 39:30, 31; […]