April 17: 1 Samuel 23:13–29; Psalm 54; 1 Samuel 24:1 – 1 Samuel 25:44

David Saves the City of Keilah – 1 Samuel 23:13–29

• David asks God if the people of Keilah will surrender him to Saul's men, and God tells him that they will. David and his 600 men depart from Keilah and go wherever they can go. Saul hears this and gives up his expedition. David hides in the wilderness of Ziph, and though Saul seeks him every day, God does not give David into his hand.

Saul Pursues David 

• Jonathan comes to David at Horesh (in the wilderness of Ziph), and tells him not to fear, for Saul will not find him and he will be king over Israel (with Jonathan next to him). The two continue their covenant.
• The Ziphites go to Saul and tell him that David is hiding in Horesh. Saul has them go and confirm David's position and then return to them with the information.
• David learns of what has happened and goes down into the wilderness of Maon. Saul pursues him there, and as David is fleeing him, Saul's messengers come and tell him that the Philistines have made a raid against the land. Saul and his men instead go after the Philistines, and David escapes and goes to live in the strongholds of Engedi.

The Lord Upholds My Life – Psalm 54

• Another psalm of David, asking for God's help against those who threaten the lives of the faithful.

David Spares Saul's Life – 1 Samuel 24

• When Saul returns from fighting the Philistines, he is told that David is in the wilderness of Engedi. He takes 3,000 men there. Saul goes into a cave to relieve himself, not knowing that David and his men were in the inmost parts of the cave. David's men encourage him to kill Saul, but he instead cuts off a piece of his robe. Afterward, David realizes he must not kill Saul since he is God's anointed and doesn't allow him men to attack Saul.
• When Saul leaves the cave, David follows him and shows him the he spared his life (he believes God should be the one to avenge Saul's wrongdoing). Saul acknowledges that David is more righteous than he and that David will be king. He asks David to swear that he will not cut off Saul's offspring after him or destroy his name, and David agrees. They go their separate ways.

The Death of Samuel  – 1 Samuel 25

• Samuel dies, and all of Israel mourns for him. He is buried in his house at Ramah.

David and Abigail

• David goes to the wilderness of Paran, where there is a cruel man named Nabal and his beautiful wife Abigail. While Nabal is out sheepshearing, David sends ten of his man to politely request food from Nabal, but Nabal responds with comtempt and refuses. David sends about 400 armed men to Nabal.
• Abigail learns about David's men and prepares much food for the men, not telling Nabal. She and her servants go out to meet David and his men and she begs them to forgive her husband and accept what she has brought. David realizes she has stopped him from doing  a foolish thing, accepts her gifts, and promises not to harm her husband.
• When Abigail returns, Nabal is holding a feast in his house and is drunk. The next morning, Abigail tells him what she has done, and Nabal's heart dies within him (he has a heart attack or stroke). Ten days later, God strikes Nabal and he dies.
• When David learns of Nabal's death, he sends his servants to ask Abigail to come and be his wife. She agrees, and Ahinoam of Jezreel also becomes his wife. Saul has given Michal to another man.

April 14: 1 Samuel 17:32 – 1 Samuel 19:17; Psalm 59; 1 Samuel 19:18–24

David and Goliath – 1 Samuel 17:32–58

• David tells Saul not to fear, because he will go and fight the Philistine. Saul points out that David is a youth, and David reminds him that as a shepherd he has killed lions and bears. Saul tells him to go, and may the Lord be with him.
• Saul clothes David in armor, and David takes a staff, his sling, and five smooth stones from the  brook. Goliath comes at David and asks if he is a dog, that David comes at him with sticks. David tells him that the Lord will deliver him into his hand, and David will strike him down and cut off his head, for the battle is the Lord's.
• David slings a stone, striking Goliath in the head, and he falls face down on the ground. David runs forward and draws his sword, then beheads Goliath. When the Philistines hear that their champion is dead, they flee. The men of Israel and Judah pursue them, and David brings Goliath's head to Jerusalem.
• Saul asks Abner whose son David is, but Abner doesn't know. Saul has David brought to him, and David tells him he is the son of Jesse the Bethlehemite.

David and Jonathan's Friendship – 1 Samuel 18

• David and Jonathan become good friends, and Saul has David brought into his house. Jonathan gives David his robe, armor, sword, and belt. David is successful in whatever he does, so Saul sets him over the men of war.

Saul's Jealousy of David

• Saul hears the women singing about Saul killing his thousands and David killing his ten thousands, and he is jealous of David. The next day a harmful spirit rushed onto Saul, and he calls for David to play his lyre. Twice while David is playing, Saul throws his speak at him, but David evades him. Saul is afraid of David because God is with him, Saul stands in fearful awe of him, and Israel and Judah loves David.

David Marries Michal

• Saul tries to give David his daughter Merab, telling him to be valiant in the Lord's battles (he hope the Philistines will take his life). David asks who he is to be the son-in-law to the king, and Saul gives Merab to another man.
• Saul's daughter Michal loves David, and Saul hopes to use her as a snare for him (that the hands of the Philistines would be against him). David again asks who is he to be a son-in-law to the king, and Saul says that he requires no bride-price except 100 foreskins of Philistines. David brings back 200 foreskins, and Saul gives him Michal for a wife. When Saul realizes the Lord is with David, and that his daughter loves David, Saul is even more afraid. David continues to have success in fighting the Philistines.

Saul Tries to Kill David – 1 Samuel 19

• Saul tries to talk Jonathan and his servants into killing David, but Jonathan loves David and tells him what his father is planning. He tells him to go into hiding and that he will convey to him his father's plans. Jonathan then points out to Saul that David has done nothing wrong and has brought great salvation to Israel. He questions his father why he would have him put to death. Saul listens and decrees that David will not be put to death, and Jonathan calls David back to Saul.
• A war again breaks out, and David goes to fight the Philistines. A harmful spirit comes upon Saul, and David is called to play the lyre. Saul again throws his spear at him, and David flees. Saul sends messengers to David's house to watch him, and Michal lets him down through a window so he can escape. She makes a form of David, and when the messengers come, she tells them he is sick. Saul sends the messengers back to bring David to him, and when he learns David has fled, he questions Michal why she deceived him.

Deliver Me from My Enemies – Psalm 59

• David laments, seeking God's protection from Saul. In the first half, David cries for help, and in the second he voices confidence that God will protect him and make an example of his persecutors.

Saul Tries to Kill David – 1 Samuel 19 continued

• David escapes to Samuel in Ramah, and tells him what Saul has done. Samuel and David go to live in Naioth, and Saul finds out. He sends messengers to them three times, but God humbles the messengers each time. Then Saul goes to them himself, and God humbles him as well (he also prophesies before Samuel).

April 13: 1 Samuel 15:1 – 1 Samuel 17:31

The Lord Rejects Saul – 1 Samuel 15

• Samuel tells Saul that the Lord has sent him to anoint Saul over Israel and the God instructs Saul to destroy Amalek and all that they have. Saul summons the people (numbering 200,000 plus 10,000 men of Judah). He tells the Kenites to flee since they were kind to Israel, then destroys the Amalekites. He spares Agag, king of the Amalekites and the best of their livestock.
• The Lord sends word to Samuel that He is sorry that He made Saul king, because Saul has turned his back on Him and not followed His commandments. He then learns that Saul has erected a monument to himself. The next day Samuel goes to Saul and questions why he did not obey God's commands, and points out that he has rejected the word of the Lord and the Lord has rejected Saul as king.
• Saul begs for forgiveness, but Samuel refuses. As Samuel turns to leave, Saul seizes the skirt of his robe and the fabric tears. Samuel tells him that on this day the Lord has torn the kingdom from him. Saul bows before the Lord.
• Samuel has Agag brought to him. Agag thinks the bitterness of death is past, but Samuel hacks him to pieces with a sword because he has left so many women childless. Samuel goes to Ramah, and Saul goes to Gilbeah. (Samuel does not see him again until the day of his death, but he grieves over Saul, and God regrets making Saul king of Israel.

David Anointed King – 1 Samuel 16

• God asks Samuel how long he will grieve over Saul. He tells Samuel to fill his horn with oil and go to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for He will choose a king from his sons. Samuel fears Saul will kill him, but God tells him that He will show him what to do.
• Samuel goes to Bethlehem, and the elders ask if he has come peaceably. He tells them he has. He tells them to consecrate themselves and come to a sacrifice. He consecrates Jesse and invites him and his sons to the sacrifice as well.
• Samuel thinks Eliab will be God's chosen, but God tells him not to look at appearance or stature. The rest of Jesse's sons are brought before Samuel, but none of them are chosen either. Samuel asks Jesse if he has other sons, and Jesse tells him about his youngest, who is tending sheep. Samuel has Jesse send for him, and when David arrives, God tells Samuel to anoint him. Samuel does, and the Spirit of God rushes upon David. Samuel returns to Ramah.

David in Saul's Service

• The Spirit of the Lord leaves Saul, and a harmful spirit torments him. His servants suggest finding a servant to play the lyre so he will be well. Saul does so, and David is brought to him. David enters Saul's service, and Saul loves him. Whenever the harmful spirit is upon Saul, David refreshes him by playing the lyre.

David and Goliath – 1 Samuel 17

• The Philistines gather their armies for battle. Saul and his men go to meet them, with Saul and his men on mountains and the Philistines on other mountains, with a valley between. The Philistines have a warrior named Goliath (about 9 feet 9 inches) who goes forward and calls for an Israelite man to go against him. For forty days and nights he does this. Saul and all his men are greatly afraid.
• Jesse sends David with food for his three brothers who are fighting with Saul. While he is there, Goliath comes forward and calls for a man to fight him. David asks who this uncircumcised Philistine is, that he should defy the armies of God?
• When Saul hears about what David has said, he sends for David.

April 12: 1 Chronicles 9:35–39; 1 Samuel 13:1 – 1 Samuel 14:52

Saul's Genealogy Repeated – 1 Chronicles 9:35–39

• Saul's genealogy is given.

Saul Fights the Philistines – 1 Samuel 13

• Saul becomes king at thirty years old.
• Saul selects 3,000 men of Israel, 2,000 of which went with Saul and 1,000 with his son Jonathan. Jonathan defeats the Philistine garrison and Geba, and the Philistines fight back. The Israelites hide in caves and holes, and some cross the Jordan to Gad.

Saul's Unlawful Sacrifice

• Saul waits seven days, as instructed by Samuel, but Samuel doesn't come to Gilgal, and many of the men flee. Saul calls for the burnt offerings and peace offerings to be brought to him. Samuel arrives as he is offering the burnt offering and asks what Saul has done. Saul explains  that he was trying to seek the Lord's favor, but Samuel tells him he has done foolishly and it will cause his kingdom to end.
• Saul numbers the men with him, about six hundred. While Saul and Jonathan have swords, the others don't (Israel had no blacksmiths). The Philistines approach.

Jonathan Defeats the Philistines – 1 Samuel 14

• Jonathan and his men leave their place without Saul's knowledge. They set out toward the Philistines, determining that if they approach them and the Philistine invite them closer, then God has given them into his hand. Jonathan and his armor-bearer kill about twenty Philistines, and fear spreads through their camp.
• Saul's soldiers in Gilbeah see the army of the Philistines dispersing, and instruct that role be called to see which soldiers are missing. They realize that Jonathan and his armor-bearer are gone. The confusion in the Philistine camp intensifies and Saul and his men set out for the battle. They find the Philistines killing each other. The Lord saves Israel that day.

Saul's Rash Vow

• Saul makes an oath saying that cursed be the man that eats food before it is evening and Saul is avenged of his enemies. His men eat nothing that day. That evening, Jonathan finds honey in the forest and, not knowing his father's vow, eats it. When the men tell Jonathan about his father's curse, Jonathan thinks his father foolish for starving the men.
• The men take the Philistine spoils and the men eat of the oxen, sheep, and calves, including the blood. Saul is made aware that the Israelites have been sinning by eating the blood. He instructs all the men to bring the animals to him and slaughter it there, and not eat of its blood. Saul builds an altar to the Lord.
• Saul instructs his men to plunder the Philistines, but the priest suggests they ask God first. God doesn't answer, and Saul has the army commanders brought to him to find out which man sinned. After the casting of lots, Jonathan is shown to be the guilty one, and he admits to eating the honey. Saul declares that Jonathan must die, but the people object because Jonathan has conquered the Philistines. He is not put to death, and the army is called back from chasing the Philistines.

Saul Fights Israel's Enemies

• Saul continues to fight Israel's enemies around them.

April 11: 1 Samuel 9:1 – 1 Samuel 12:25

Saul Chosen to Be King – 1 Samuel 9

• In the land of Benjamin lives a man of wealth named Saul. He was taller than all others from his shoulders upward and was more handsome than any other man. The donkeys of Saul's father, Kish, are lost, so Kish sends Saul in search of them. He passes through the lands of Ephraim and Benjamin but is unable to find them.
• While in the land of Zuph, Saul tells his servant that they should return home, but the servant points out that a man of God (a seer) who lives in the city and they should ask him the way to go. They agree to take a quarter of a shekel of silver to the man.
• God has already told Samuel that He would send him the man to be anointed king. When Samuel sees Saul, God tells him that this is the man. He invites Saul and the servant to go an eat with him and tells them that their donkeys have been found. Saul asks why Samuel would invite him, because he is of the least of the tribes. Samuel gives the men places at the head of the table. Saul sleeps on the roof of Samuel's home that night, then in the morning he and the servant take leave, but Samuel sends the servant on so he can make know to Saul the word of the Lord.

Saul Anointed King – 1 Samuel 10

• Samuel takes a flask of oil and anoints Saul's head and kisses him, telling him he has been anointed by God as price of Israel. He tells Saul that when he and his servant leave, they will find men by Rachel's tomb. They will then find men, at the oak of Tabor, going up to God at Bethel. He is to receive to loaves of bread from them and go to Gilbeath-elohim, where a group of prophets will meet him. The Spirit of God will rush upon Saul, and he will prophesy and be turned into another man. He is then to go to Gilgal, where Samuel will meet him to offer burnt and peace offerings. He is to wait there seven days for Samuel.
• God gives Saul another heart, he meets the prophets and the Spirit of the Lord rushes on him. Saul's uncle asks him where he has been, and Saul tells him that he has been seeking his father's donkeys, which have been found, but he doesn't tell him about Samuel and the anointing.

Saul Proclaimed King

• Samuel calls the people together in Mizpah and reminds them that they have rejected God and asked for a king. All the tribes are brought together, and Saul is chosen by lot. Samuel presents him, and the people shout, "Long live the king!" Samuel writes the rights and duties of kingship in a book, and sends the people away. Some men of valor go home with Saul, but some worthless fellows despise him. Saul holds his peace.

Saul Defeats the Ammonites – 1 Samuel 11

• Nahash the Ammonite besieges Jabesh-gilead, and the people there ask him to make a treaty with them and they will serve him. Nahash agrees if he can gouge out their right eyes, bringing disgrace on all Israel. The elders ask for seven days' time to send messengers to the rest of Israel, and if no one comes to their aid, they will give themselves up to Nahash.
• Saul is in the field working and people tell him the news about Jabesh. The Spirit of God rushes upon Saul and he is greatly angered. He takes a yoke of oxen, cuts them in pieces, and sends the pieces to all the tribes, warning them that if they do not help, their oxen will be cut up as well. The men muster together, 100,000 of Israel and 30,000 of Judah. They strike down the Ammonites.

The Kingdom Is Renewed

• The people ask Samuel to bring out the people who questioned Saul's rule, that they might be put to death. Saul replies that no one is to be executed, because God has worked salvation for Israel. Samuel summons the people to Gilgal, where the kingdom is renewed and Saul is made king.

Samuel's Farewell Address – 1 Samuel 12

• Samuel tells the people that he has obeyed their command by placing a king over them, and asks them to testify to his integrity. They do, and say the Lord is witness to this. Samuel reminds the people of all God has done for them since bringing them out of Egypt and exhorts them to fear and worship the Lord. He then tells them to watch the great thing that the Lord will do (send thunder and rain when it doesn't rain during the wheat harvest).
• God sends thunder and rain, and the people are terrified. Samuel tells them not to be afraid and again exhorts them to not go back to worshiping their idols and tells them that God will not abandon them. He also warns them that if they continue to sin, they and their king will be swept away.

April 10: 1 Samuel 4:12 – 1 Samuel 8:22

The Death of Eli – 1 Samuel 4

• A man from the tribe of Benjamin runs from the battle and into Shiloh, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. He tells the city of the news and a great cry comes from the people. When Eli asks what has happened, the man tells him that Israel has fled from the Philistines, his sons have been killed, and the ark has been captured. Eli, who is ninety-eight years old and mostly blind, falls over backward in his chair when he hears about the ark, breaking his neck, and dies. He had judged Israel for forty years.
• When the wife of Phinehas, who was about to give birth, hears that the ark has been taken and that her husband and father-in-law are dead. She goes into labor and dies shortly after hearing that she has birthed a son, whom she names Ichabod, which means "the glory has departed from Israel."

The Philistines and the Ark – 1 Samuel 5

• The Philistines bring the ark from Ebenezer to Ashdod, into the temple of Dagon (their god). The next morning the people find Dagon face down in front of the ark. The people put him back in his place, but the next morning they again find him face down in front of the ark. This time, his head and his hands were cut off and lying on the threshold of the temple.
• The Lord afflicts the people of Ashdod with tumors (?bubonic plague, since mice are mentioned in the next chapter). They take the ark to Gath, but the people there are afflicted with tumors, and then when they go on to Ekron, they people there insist that the ark be taken away. The people there are afflicted with a deathly panic, and those who don't die from that are struck with tumors.

The Ark Returned to Israel – 1 Samuel 6

• The Philistines have had the ark for seven months, and they consult their priests about what to do with the ark. The priests tell them to return it with a guilt offering (five golden tumors and five golden mice), then prepare a cart with two milk cows that have never been yoked and place the ark on it. They determine that if the cart goes to the land of the Israelites, it is God's hand that struck them.
• The cows take the ark to Beth-shemesh, and the Israelites working in the fields there rejoice when they see the ark. The cart and cows stop in the field of Joshua. The Israelites split up the wood of the cart and offer the cows as a burnt offering. The Levites come and get the ark and the box of golden items and place them on a large stone. When the five lords of the Philistines who had followed the ark see this, they return to Ekron. (The five golden tumors and mice were offered one for each city: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.)
• Some of the Israelites are gloating at the ark, and God strikes down seventy men. The local people send work to Kiriath-jearim that the ark has been returned. It is brought to the house of Abinidab, and his son Eleazar s given charge over it. For twenty years, Israel laments after the Lord.

Samuel Judges Israel – 1 Samuel 7

• Samuel tells Israel that if they are returning to the Lord in their hearts, they must put away their foreign gods and serve Him only. He gathers Israel at Mizpah and prays for them. The Philistine hears about the gathering and go to Mizpah, which terrifies Israel. Samuel takes a nursing lamb and offers it as a sacrifice of atonement, then cries out to the Lord. The Lord sends a mighty sound which confuses the Philistines, and Israel defeats them. 
• The Philistines do not enter Israel's territory again, and the hand of the Lord is against them during the days of Samuel. The cities taken from the Israelites are returned to them. There is peace between the Israelites and the Amorites, and Samuel judges Israel for all his days.

Israel Demands a King – 1 Samuel 8

• When Samuel is old, he makes his sons (Joel and Abijah) judges over Israel. They do not walk in the ways of the Lord, taking bribes and perverting justice. The elders come to Samuel in Ramah and tell him to appoint a king to judge them, like all the other nations do. Samuel is displeased by this, but when he prays, God tells him to obey them, for they have not rejected Samuel but God from being King over them. God instructs him to warn them and tell them the ways of the king who will reign over them. 

Samuel's Warning Against Kings

• Samuel informs Israel that a king will take their sons and appoint them to his chariots and horsemen, he will make them plow his ground and reap his harvest, he will make their daughters perfumers and cooks and bakers, and he will take their fields and vineyards and give them to his servants. He will also take a tenth of their grain and vineyards give it to his servants, and will take their best servants, donkeys, and flocks, making them slaves. The people will cry out to God, but He will not answer them.

The Lord Grants Israel's Request

• The people refuse to listen to Samuel, insisting they be given a king. Samuel tells God, and He tells Samuel to give them a king.

April 9: 1 Samuel 1:9 – 1 Samuel 4:11

The Birth of Samuel – 1 Samuel 1

• While they are in Shiloh, Hannah suffers great sadness and refuses to eat. Her husband asks her if he is not worth more to her than ten sons. She goes to the temple, and prays and weeps bitterly, and promises the Lord that if he will grant her a son, she will give him to the Lord and a servant son (a Nazirite).
• Eli the priest sees her moving her mouth but not speaking as she prays, and tells her to stop drinking wine. She objects, saying she is only pouring out her soul to the Lord. Eli tells her to go in peace, and may God grant her petition. Hannah goes back to Elkanah, no longer sad.
• The next morning, after worshiping the Lord, Elkanah, Hannah, and Peninnah return home to Ramah. God remembers Hannah, and she bears a son and calls him Samuel.

Samuel Given to the Lord

• Elkanah continues to go to Shiloh to worship, but Hannah stays home with Samuel until he is old enough to be weaned. Then they take him to Shiloh, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. They slaughter the bull and then bring Samuel to Eli. Hannah tells him that God granted her petition, and she now brings Samuel to serve the Lord.

Hannah's Prayer – 1 Samuel 2

• Hannah prays, exulting the Lord. Elkanah and Hannah return to Ramah, leaving Samuel with Eli to serve God.

Eli's Worthless Sons

• The sons of Eli are worthless men who don't know the Lord. When people would bring sacrifices, they would send over a servant and instruct the servant to offer the sacrifice in a way different from God's command.
• Samuel ministers before the Lord, clothed in a linen ephod. Every year, Hannah brings his a robe. Each year Eli blesses Elkanah and Hannah, and she bears three sons and two daughters. Samuel grows up in the presence of the Lord.

Eli Rebukes His Sons

• Eli is very old, and he hears what his sons are doing to Israel and how they lie with the women who were serving at the entrance to the tent of meeting. Eli rebukes their behavior, but they don't listen to him. At the same time, Samuel grows in stature and in favor with God and man.

The Lord Rejects Eli's Household

• A man of God comes to Eli and reminds him of His instructions for sacrifice, then asks why he scorns His sacrifices and offerings by the actions of Eli's sons. God tells Eli that the time is coming when He will put an end to Eli's family serving as priests. They will die before their time, and only a few will survive, but those will lose their sight, have their hearts broken, and lose their children to violent deaths. He tells Eli that to prove it, his sons' Hophni and Phinehas will die on the same day. God will then raise up a faithful priest.

The Lord Calls Samuel – 1 Samuel 3:1

• The Lord calls Samuel while he is lying down, and the boy runs to Eli and says, "Here I am." Eli tells him that he didn't call him and that he should go lie down again. Two more times the Lord calls Samuel again, and he runs to Eli again. After the third time, Eli tells him to go lie down again, and if he is called again, to respond, "Speak, Lord, for your servant hears."
• Samuel does as instructed, and God calls to him again. This time Samuel does as Eli instructed, and God tells him that He is about to punish Eli's household. The next morning, Eli asks Samuel what God told him, but Samuel is afraid to tell him. Eli asks again, and Samuel finally tells him. Samuel states that may God do what seems good to him.
• Samuel grows, and all of Israel knows he is a prophet. The Lord appears at Shiloh, revealing himself to Samuel by the word of the Lord.

The Philistines Capture the Ark – 1 Samuel 4:1–11

• Israel goes to battle against the Philistines at Ebenezer, and the Philistine defeat them. The Israelites bring the ark of the covenant to Ebenezer, hoping it will give them power against their enemies. When it comes into camp, the Israelites give a great shout, and when the Philistine hear that the ark is now in their camp, they are afraid. The Philistines again fight the Israelites, and they slaughter 30,000 men and capture the ark of the covenant and Eli's two sons.

April 8: Ruth 4:13–22; 1 Chronicles 2:9-55; 1 Chronicles 4:1–23; 1 Samuel 1:1–8

Ruth and Boaz Marry – Ruth 4

• Ruth and Boaz marry, and she conceives a son. The women bless the Lord and tell Naomi that God has restored life to her. Naomi becomes the child's nurse, and they name him Obed. He would later become the father of Jesse, the father of David.

The Genealogy of David – Ruth 4:18–22

• The genealogy of David is given, from Perez (Judah's son) to David.

A Genealogy of David – 1 Chronicles 2:9–55

• The descendants of Judah's grandson Hezron are given.
• The descendants of Hezron's son Caleb are given.
• The descendants of Hezron's son Jerahmeel are given.
• More descendants of Hezron's son Caleb (by other women) are given.
• The descendants of Hezron's son Hur are given. 

The Descendants of Judah – 1 Chronicles 4:1–23

• The descendants of Judah are given and Judah's son Shelah are given.

The Birth of Samuel – 1 Samuel 1:1–8 

• In the land of Ephraim lives a man named Elkanah. He has two wives, Hannah (who has no children) and Peninnah (who has children). Every year, he goes up to Shiloh to worship and sacrifice to the Lord. On the days he did so, he would give a portion to Peninnah and a double portion to Hannah, because he loved her even though the Lord had closed her womb (and Peninnah would provoke her).