What important lesson we can learn from the story of Hannah?
What important lesson we can learn from the story of Hannah?
Hannah demonstrates her faith through obedience, even when it means an extreme personal sacrifice. She has longed for this child, and she loves him as only a mother can love a child. But her love for God is greater and she shows it by letting go of Samuel.
What warnings did Samuel give the people about a king?
Samuel’s famous warning about kings (I Samuel 8: 10-22) calls out to us. In his political discourse against the idea of a king (big centralized government) Samuel warns that such a government “will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen and to run before his chariots.
How did Hannah demonstrate her love for God?
When he approached her, she explained that she was praying for a child, and she promised God that if he gave her a son, she would dedicate him to the priest. God honored her diligence and patience, and Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son, Samuel.
What is the significance of Hannah in the Bible?
Hannah, also spelled Anna, (11th century bc), mother of Samuel, the Jewish judge. Childless as one of the two wives of Elkanah, she prayed for a son, promising to dedicate him to God. Her prayers were answered, and she brought the child Samuel to Shiloh for religious training.
What is Samuel’s main argument against having a king?
Samuel warns his people that if they desire a King they will inevitably have conscription, requisitioning of their property, and taxation (7th century BC)
When the people reject Samuel and God’s advice?
When that day comes, you will cry out for relief from the king you have chosen, and the LORD will not answer you in that day.” But the people refused to listen to Samuel.
What was Hannah’s purpose in the Bible?
What is the main message of 2 Samuel?
The book of 2 Samuel continues to show us the virtue of humility, the destructiveness of pride, and the faithfulness of God’s promise. We see David succeed and fail, and we see God’s promise for a future king at the beginning and end of the story.
