There was a certain man from Ramathaim, a Zuphite[a] from the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah He has a great personality. Wait for it. son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. 2 He had two wives; one was…
Samuel is actually split up into two parts, one right after the other. 1 Samuel of “First Samuel” is followed naturally by 2 Samuel or “second Samuel.” It is a time of transition between Judges of Israel and full on Kings. The spiral of awfulness becomes institutionalized. “We want a…
This probably would have fit in better during the section where I originally talked about my travels, but I didn’t think of it then. It was August 2005. I’m 16 years old. My family and some of the extended ones decide they all want ot go camping in Newfoundland. First…