“So it came to pass in the day of battle that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and Jonathan his son was there found,” I Samuel 13:22.  You will recall that there was no smith in Israel. […]

A. David and Goliath (chapter 17). 1. Goliath of Gath: a. Look up Joshua 11:22 and Numbers 13:28-33 in connection with Genesis 6:4 and explain who Goliath was. b. Was Goliath the last of the race of giants? Cf. I Chr. 20:4-8. c. How tall was Goliath? d. By consulting a Bible Dictionary or Encyclopedia […]

A.  Israel’s repentance. 1.          The worship of Jehovah during this period: a.     Why was not the ark brought back to Shiloh where it had been since the days of Joshua (Ps. 78:59, 60)? b.     What very likely happened to the worship at the tabernacle because of the absence of the ark? c.     What place of […]

Hitherto hath the Lord helped us. That was the proclamation of Samuel, in the seventh chapter and the twelfth verse of his first book, after the Philistines had been subdued by Israel. And this also was the shout of the whole congregation and assembly of Israel, because the Lord had delivered them from their enemies. […]