The Child Samuel

Reading Portion

I Sam. 1; 3

Lesson Content

1. A man called Elkanah lived with his family in t he city of Ramathaim - zophim in Palestine. He had two wives called Hannah and Peninnah. Peninnah had children but Hannah had no children (I Sam.1:1,2).

2. Their yearly journey to Shiloh to worship the Lord and to offer sacrifices to Him (I Sam.1:3).

3. Peni nnah provoked Hannah because Hannah had no children. Then Elkanah comforted her (I Sam.1:6-8).

4. Hannah was in bitterness of soul, prayed unto the Lord and wept sore and made a vow (I Sam. 1:10,11).

5. Eli, the priest mistook her to be drunken, but later understood her sorrowful spirit and blessed her (I Sam.1:12-18).

6. The birth of the child Samuel. Hannah fulfilled her vow (I Sam.1:20-28).

7. The child Samuel grew in the temple of the Lord (I Sam.2:18; 3:1).

8. God called Samuel by name and spoke to him (I Sam.3:4-14).

9. Samuel feared to tell Eli the vision, but later told him (I Sam.3:15-18).

10. Samuel grew and the Lord was with him and all Israel knew that he was established to be a prophet of the Lord (I Sam.3:19,20).

Moral

God speaks to His children who fear Him. If we fear God, then we can also hear the voice of God, even as the child Samuel heard.