8 First Samuel

Hannah's Conception

13 Isaiah 8:1-4
¹Moreover, Yahvah said to me, Take a large scroll and write on it plainly, Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.
²And I took to me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberekiah.

³Then I went to the prophetess; and she conceived and bore a son. Then Yahvah said to me, Call his name Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.
⁴For before the child will know how to cry, My father and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be taken away before the king of Assyria.

8 First Samuel 1:19-20
¹⁹And they rose up early in the morning and worshiped before Yahvah, and returned and came to their house at Ramah; and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and Yahvah remembered her.
²⁰And it came to pass, in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and called his name Samuel saying, Because I have asked him of Yahvah.

God Rejected

13 Isaiah 8:5-8
⁵Yahvah spoke to me again saying,
⁶Since this people have refused the waters of Shiloah, that flow softly, and rejoice in Rezin and the son of Remaliah;
⁷now look, master brings up against them the waters of the Euphrates, many and strong, even the king of Assyria and all his glory; and he will come up over all their brooks, and walk over all their fortified walls;
⁸and he will pass through Judah and will sweep on and go over; he will reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings will fill the breadth of your land, Immanuel.

8 First Samuel 8:6-9
⁶But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said to him, Give us a king to judge us like all the nations. And Samuel prayed before Yahvah.
⁷And Yahvah said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
⁸According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt even to this day, as they have forsaken me and served other gods, so they also do to you.
⁹Now listen to their voice; but testify solemnly to them, and show them the law of the king who will reign over them.

Goliath's Garb

13 Isaiah 8:9-10
⁹Tremble, people, and you will be broken in pieces; and give ear, all you of far countries; gird yourselves, and you will be defeated.
¹⁰Take counsel together, and it will come to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand; for god is with us.

8 First Samuel 17:4-10
⁴And there went out a mighty man from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath of Gath, whose height was 6 cubits and 1 span.
⁵And he had a helmet of brass on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of his coat of mail was 5,000 shekels of brass.
⁶And he had greaves of brass on his legs, and a cuirass of mail between his shoulders.
⁷And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and his spear's head weighed 600 shekels of iron; and his shieldbearer went before him.
⁸And he stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, Why have you come out to set your battle in array? Am I not a Philistine, and you the servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, that he may come out against me.
⁹If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will be your servants; but if I prevail against him and kill him, then you will be our servants and serve us.
¹⁰And the Philistine said, I have defied the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.

Fear of Goliath

13 Isaiah 8:11-13
¹¹For Yahvah spoke thus to me, as he held me and led me aside, that I should not walk in the way of this people saying,
¹²Do not say, A conspiracy, as this people has said conspiracy. You will not worship their idols, nor be afraid of them.
¹³Sanctify Yahvah of hosts himself; he is your god and he is your helper.

8 First Samuel 17:32
³²And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.

Goliath Falls

13 Isaiah 8:14-15
¹⁴And he will be for a sanctuary; and for a stone of offense and for a rock of stumbling to both the houses of Israel, for a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
¹⁵And many of them will stumble by them; they will fall and be broken and be snared and be taken.

8 First Samuel 17:49
⁴⁹And David put his hand in his bag and took from there a stone, and slung it and struck the Philistine in his forehead, and the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell on his face to the land.

David & Jonathan

13 Isaiah 8:16-18
¹⁶Bind up the testimony, seal the law,
¹⁷and in my teaching, I will wait for Yahvah, who has turned away his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
¹⁸Look, I and the sons whom Yahvah has given me, are for a sign and for a wonder in Israel from Yahvah of hosts, who lives on mount Zion.

8 First Samuel 20:42-21:0
⁴²Then Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, inasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of Yahvah saying, Yahvah be between me and you and between my sons and your sons forever. Then Jonathan arose and went into the city.

Saul & Medium

13 Isaiah 8:19
¹⁹And when they will say to you, Inquire of men who have familiar spirits and of wise men who chirp and mutter, these men are not god's people, who inquire of the dead concerning the living.

8 First Samuel 28:8
⁸And Saul disguised himself and put on other raiment, and he went and 2 men with him, and they came to the woman by night; and Saul said to her, Divine for me by the familiar spirit, and bring up for me him whom I will tell you.

Law & Testimony

13 Isaiah 8:20
²⁰As for the law and the testimony, if they do not speak according to this word, it is because they do not receive a bribe for it.

8 First Samuel 28:15
¹⁵And Samuel said to Saul, Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up? And Saul answered, I am severely distressed; for the Philistines are making war against me, and god has departed from me, and does not answer me any longer although I have inquired by the prophets and also by dreams; therefore I have called you, that you may tell me what I will do.

Saul Goes Hungry

13 Isaiah 8:21
²¹And they will pass through the land severely beset and hungry; and it will come to pass, that when they will be hungry, they will be angry and will curse their king, and their god, and be haughty.

8 First Samuel 28:20
²⁰Then Saul immediately fell on his face to the ground, and was exceedingly afraid because of the words of Samuel; and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all that day, nor all that night.

A Dark Night

13 Isaiah 8:22-9:0
²²And they will look to the land; and look, trouble and darkness, tribulation and dimness will scatter them; but he will not afflict him who is in distress, as in the former time.

8 First Samuel 28:25-29:0
²⁵and she brought it before Saul and before his servants; and they ate. Then they rose up and went away that night.

By Ryan Eaton
Posted Monday, Issachar 22, 12999