If you’re Eli, you’re not sleeping that well when the boy comes trotting in to disturb you with his nonsense.

When Samuel went to sleep in his place, the LORD came and stood there, calling out as before: Samuel, Samuel! Samuel answered, “Speak, for your servant is listening.” ―1 Samuel 3:9b–10 Samuel was a ...

First Samuel was written to the people of Israel sometime after the death of King Solomon in 930 BC and the subsequent division of the nation into the two kingdoms of Israel and Judah. Like a civics ...