The tragic death of an innocent woman leads to civil war
The whole of Israel was shocked and shocked. Twelve tribes, each received a parcel, opened the parcel, a bloody female corpse remains inside, or hands and feet, or belly, knife edge. The tribe of Judah received a human head and was a young woman. It was faintly visible that her eyebrows were clear and eye-catching. The eyes after death seemed to be closed and closed, revealing a complaint. The parcels were all sent by the Levi, and they were the same letters. The letter summed up the experience of the death of the Levi’s little sister in the city of Gibbia, and let the tribes avenge her.
The whole of Israel was swaying, and they gathered in the city of Misba, north of Kibia, to meet together to discuss punishment. The Levites who escaped from the dead shed tears and cried to the leaders for the tragic experience of that night. The father of the dead woman thought that she had to say goodbye to her daughter a few days ago, and she was fainted several times. After everyone listened, all the hair was upright, and the anger was rushing to the top, and the teeth were cut: "This is more than the sin of Sodom and Gomorrah!", "Benya, Benjamin, you." The dead is the Levites in Ephraim. Levi is the priest of God, and Ephraim's father Joseph is your only brother!", "Is Israel has made such evils, we If you don't punish it, this evil will spread like yeast to the whole of Israel!".
A few days later, the leaders of the tribe of Benjamin received the following letter: "We are representatives of the eleven tribes. How do you make such a bad thing in your territory? You must give the gangsters of Gibia to us to die, from Israel. In the middle of this, the Benjamins read the letters, and they were quiet, because they had already heard that the 400,000 soldiers of the eleven tribes had gathered in Misba, and it seemed that they were not good. The moments of the Benjamins’ temperament since ancient times broke out collectively. They made a desperate attempt to mobilize a total of 26,000 troops to the city of Kibiya to meet with the seven hundred soldiers in the city. Less than 30,000 Benjamins dare to fight against the 400,000 coalition forces, not only for self-respect, but also because they have ancestral stunts, can smash people from afar, no difference.
The Israeli coalition did not think that Benjamin was so fierce, so he marched outside the city of Quibia and battled with him. The tribe of Judah took the lead and was the most responsible, as if Judah was willing to stay in Egypt as a slave for his younger brother. The Benjamins left the past outside the cloud and concentrated on killing people. They waited for the other party to enter the front, and the rows of soldiers were orderly. They cut the egg-sized round stones like lightning, and they hit the other soldiers’ faces. Life. The Benjamins had several rows before and after, and they took turns to attack. The coalition forces seemed to be swallowed up by the stone sarcophagus, and there was almost no wheezing gap, such as the bamboo forest was cut down by pieces. In the evening, the coalition forces killed 22,000 people, and the Benjamins were almost unemployed.
The next day, the coalition forces again confronted each other, not only for the original intention, but also to avenge the brothers who died yesterday. The coalition's assault was even more brave, and the morale of the squadron was even higher. The battlefield was even more fierce. The battle was like the revival of yesterday. The coalition forces could not only get close to Benjamin, but the 18,000 soldiers were killed. In two days, a total of 40,000 people were killed, accounting for one-tenth of the strength. That night, the coalition camp was in a state of utter dismay, people were both sad and angry, and even hated that they did not break the enemy's good policy. At this rate, 400,000 people were almost completely destroyed by the army in half a month. The leaders of the various tribes gathered and went to Bethel, not far from the north, to ask God. The ark of God and the high priest were there, and people fasted and prayed, offered sacrifices, and cried to God. Then they asked the high priest: "Would we still continue to fight tomorrow, or will we go home?" God told them through the priests: "You should go forward and fight, because I will deliver them to you in the future."
When I heard God’s promise, the generals suddenly opened their hearts. Isn’t Kebia very close to Aicheng in the east? Did the Benjamins not kill the Israelites like the Aicheng people of that time? Did Joshua not use A Skill to attack Ai City? Why not use the same plan to attack Kibia? The generals then booked a detailed operational plan together. On the third day, the coalition forces acted according to the plan. The team went to the city as usual, and waited for the soldiers to go out of the city to fight, but pretended to be afraid, and turned to flee north. The Benjamins had two victories, no more thoughts, and they chased the past, and they had been chasing dozens of miles outside the city, but only killed more than 30 coalition soldiers. Suddenly, Benjamin exclaimed: "The fire broke out in the city, and Gibeah was attacked by them." They suddenly woke up and looked back, and the city of Kibiya burned a big fire. It turned out that 10,000 coalition soldiers were ambushing outside the city, taking advantage of the emptiness in the city, and together they entered the massacre. When the city caught fire, it had already become a dead city.
The Benjamins saw the fire, the morale collapsed, and they fled in the air. The coalition forces behind them saw the ambush success, the morale was greatly shaken, and the soldiers who set fire in the city also shouted and killed. The Benjamins were left behind in the end, and they were in a state of death. Nearly 30,000 people were almost killed. Only six hundred people were able to escape. They dared not go back to their hometowns and fled to the wilderness. They gathered in a mountain pass, called the Linmen, and hunted their lives.
The Israeli coalition forces first slaughtered the city of Gibeah and reported bloody feuds to the dead woman. Their eyes were burnt red by the flames of vengeance. They also avenged the dead 40,000 brothers. They no longer ask God, I fear that God will stop them, and I am afraid that they will lose their chance of revenge. They killed every Benjamin town and killed every Benjamin, regardless of gender. The quick knife that chases life is faster than the footsteps of escape, and the knife of the life is more sharp than the cry of crying. Within a day, the city of Benjamin was destroyed by the massacre, and no one was spared.
The entire tribe of Benjamin, because of the wickedness of the rioters in Gibeah, was washed away by his own compatriots, leaving only the six hundred soldiers who fled. Because of the swearing of false gods, Israel’s moral bottom line collapsed, leading to fratricidalism and finally civil war. Ten groups of coalition forces, watching the blood of countless bodies under their feet soaked through the land, suddenly awakened: the tribe of Benjamin, almost destroyed by them, no woman survived, no one passed on. A horrible cloud of clouds fell to their hearts, and they almost personally destroyed one of the twelve tribes of Israel. The twelve tribes were created, protected, and ordered by God.
Her desperate prayer of silence that night
Moses took Israel into Canaan for four hundred years. For four hundred years, more and more Baal temples were erected in Israel. They bowed to Baal and followed the feast of the Lord God. God allowed the enemies around Israel to oppress them. When they were nowhere to go, they again raised twelve judges to save them. But Israel has never been able to repent. It was finally oppressed by the Philistines along the coast for hundreds of years. The country’s strength is getting weaker. Not only can it not have iron weapons, but even the polishing tools need to be approved by the Philistines.
The ark of Israel began to enter the city of Shiloh in the territory of Ephraim when Joshua entered Canaan. Every year the Passover, the Israelites, in accordance with the rules, went to Shilo to celebrate the festival. According to the law, only the descendants of Aaron made the high priest, on behalf of the people, burned the sacrifices dedicated to God to the altar, and took one tenth as their support. At that time, the old priest Eli had passed eighty years, his eyes were dim, his body was obese, his movements were inconvenient, and the sacrifices had been handed over to his two sons, but he had eaten and lived in the temple where the tabernacle was. The festival is busy. He likes to sit at the door of the temple and watch the people go in and out. His eyes are dim, but his heart is very happy.
Eli's two sons were named Hofferny, and they were born in the tabernacle. They were acquainted with the sacrificial procedures and used to be priests. They did not care, they were absent-minded, and they were dealing with errands. They have been revered from their childhood habits, and once they have been priests, they are even more immortal. According to the law, the priests must first burn the viscera and fat of the cattle and sheep that the people offered to the altar, and give it to God, and then the priest should eat lean meat. The two sons were greedy for the delicious food, instructing the servant to cut off the raw meat from the altar, and even the fat oil, first cooked on the fire, and began to sacrifice after eating hot, so he gained a fat body. They are also obsessed with beauty, and the beautiful women who look for the front wheel of the Tent of Meetings often swindle and swindle directly in front of the tabernacle of God. Some people also ventured to Eli to sue the evils of his two sons. Eli advised his sons to correct them. They turned a deaf ear to them, but they became more and more inconvenient, and Eli was helpless.
In the blink of an eye, the Passover is here again, and the moon hangs over the hills of Shiloh. The spring breeze is melting, everything is refreshing, and the people in the city are bustling, and they all go to the tabernacle to sacrifice. One night before the end of the festival, the curtain of the day was quiet again. The spring breeze seemed to have no flames. Eli sat on the door of the temple, guarding the fire, and suddenly felt like one came in. He barely opened his eyes and saw a young woman squatting and walked straight to the front of the tabernacle of God. She sat down, lowered her eyebrows, and her lips muttered, but could not hear the sound. The shaking flame cast her face in the blink of an eye. In addition to her swaying lips, she seemed to be stiff and motionless.
Eli read countless people, look at her like this, guess she was drunk, and saw her for a long time without movement, I am afraid she could not go home, she said loudly: "How do you drink and drink like this! You can no longer drink alcohol in the future." The woman listened, as if she suddenly woke up, raised her head, opened her eyes, turned to look at Eli, and the two lines of tears in Wang’s eyes blew down her cheeks. She said to Eli in tears, "My lord, this is not the case. I have not drink alcohol or strong alcohol, but my heart is extremely bitter. I only pour out in front of the Lord. I am not a woman who is not inspected, but she is being bullied. Too much pain, so talk to God to this day."
Eli knew that the woman had been silently praying, but she did not want to ask her private affairs, and she advised her: "If you go back safely, let the God of Israel allow you to ask for him!" Hearing, the sadness on his face dissipated like a cloud, stood up and thanked Eli: "May the prostitute be blessed before your eyes." After saying this, he turned and left. Eli looked at her with her heart and saw that she disappeared into the night, but could not guess her hardships. She couldn’t resist the drowsiness and slowly fell asleep.
In a few years, in the past, it was the Passover period. Shiloh was full of worshippers. Eli was nearly ninety years old. He could only sit in the temple all day and see the people who sacrificed. Because his two sons were uninterested, they were even more unscrupulous, squatting with people, taking authority and doing evil. But one day, the temple walked into a middle-aged couple. The man took three bulls, carrying a bag of fine noodles, carrying a bag of wine, and handing it over to the son of Eli as a sacrifice to God. gift. The woman showed some fine lines on her forehead and mouth. She also showed some white hair in her hair. She led a boy of three or four years old. His abdomen was slightly raised and seemed to be pregnant. The family of three sacrificed in front of the tabernacle. The woman took the boy to Eli and did not speak. The tears flowed down first: "My lord, do you remember me? A few years ago, I was alone. Cry to God here, you are comforting me by the side, saying that God will answer my pleading. Thank the Lord, He really gave me what I asked for."
Eli looked up at the woman and tried to search for memories. She remembered that she was drunk a few years ago, but she forgot what she asked God. She had to look at her and wait for her explanation. The woman went on to say, "My name is Hannah. I have been unable to give birth since I was married. My husband then married a new woman and gave him a child. I saw that I have no children and slowly ridicule me. At every festival, she is even more insatiable, referring to sang. The last time I came here, it was because she was scornful, but she was crying to God and promised to God. If he gave me a son, I will definitely He dedicated to God and let him serve the Lord in the temple for life." When it came to this, the woman smiled with tears and looked down at the boy around him.
Eli also turned to look at the boy. At the age of three or four, he seemed to understand the words of his mother. He looked at his mother with his shining eyes and looked at Eli. His little hand held his mother's hand tightly, but he did not panic. The boy’s mother’s tears collapsed again: “I was pregnant with him shortly after I went back. After giving birth to him, he raised his milk in the past few years. Now he has broken his milk and understands something, know this time. Come and stay in the temple. Lord, please, by the oath that I have before the Lord, take him to do some chores by your side." Then she put together a few pieces of winter clothes. Hand over to Eli.
Eli understood the original reason, and his heart was filled with emotions. He had been a priest for decades. Although he was busy in front of the tabernacle of God every day, he rarely heard God speak to him and rarely witnessed miracles. God actually listened to the cry of a woman's despair, and this woman also kept her promise and was willing to give her son to God. He stretched out the old hand, grabbed the boy's little hand, and asked him softly: "My son, what is your name?"
"My name is Samuel (meaning God is listening)."
Why does God only tell the boy the secret?
The mountain is so hot, winter is coming, Samuel is standing at the door of the Tent of Meeting, watching her mother disappear at the end of the mountain road. Thinking of seeing her next time, she would wait for half a year, Samuel could not help but shed tears, held her winter clothes in her arms, turned back to the temple, and placed it on her own small bed. The temple was quiet, only Eli sat in the old place, keeping the fire warm. In the past few years, he has been over 90 years old, his body is more obese, his eyes are almost blind, and the trivial things in the temple are basically given to Samuel. His two sons are even more happy and happy every day. Unless they had sacrificed the good things of the cattle and sheep, they were lazy to show up in the temple.
The temple was quiet, and Samuel opened the five books of Moses and continued to memorize the scriptures. In the past few years, Eli taught him to read literacy every day, and Samuel slowly read the scriptures himself. After reading the book, he read it and read that God forbids the priest to eat the sacrifice of meat before the sacrifice. He could not help but think that the two sons have been doing the opposite, and they are not confused, but they dare not ask Eli directly.
The sky was dark, and the old and the young were sitting in the temple. Suddenly one stepped in and stood in front of Eli and said loudly: "I sent him in God. God said to you: 'I brought your ancestors from Egypt. Enter Canaan, choose your priests from all the tribes to be priests, and promise you to burn incense and sacrifice in front of my altar, and give you the meat after the sacrifice. Isn't that enough? If so, give it to me. Why do you trample on the sacrifices of your home? Do you respect your son, why do you respect me too much? Now I want to say that you must never continue to rebel. If you respect me, I will pay attention to it; those who despise me will be despised. Come, I will break the arm of you and your father's family, so that the men in your family will not live in middle age. Your two sons, Hophne and Phinehas, will suffer, and today's evidence: they will die the same day. I will make a faithful priest for myself; he will do as I please. I will build a strong home for him; he will walk forever in my anointed one."
The man finished and turned and left. Eli sat in the same place, like clay, pale, and the whiskers shivered slightly. Samuel heard it, but did not dare to speak. Although he was young, he realized that God did not only take power in the scriptures and history. He also ruled the world and judged the people who gave up on time. Samuel did not know that God made this curse prophecy to the priests through strangers, the first time in the history of Israel.
Winter is here, Shiloh rains and rains, the mountain winds through the muscles, the night falls early, the fire in the temple sways with the wind, in order to benefit from the habit, has long lay down to sleep. The sensible Samuel also slept together, wrapped the quilt, and listened to the outside curtain being blown to the awning. As the rain heard the daytime things, he gradually went to sleep, and he heard a voice calling his name. According to the habit, sit up and walk to the bed of Eli, and ask the old man: "Do you have something to tell me? I am here." Eli was awakened by Samuel and watched him stand by the bed, thinking that he was dreaming. Then said: "Child, I didn't call you, go to sleep."
Samuel lay down again, not for a while, and when he heard someone calling him, he came to Eli bed again and asked, "What are you commanding? I am here." Eli was a little strange, thinking that the wind might be outside. To blame, he said softly: "My son, I didn't call you, go to sleep." Not long after, Samuel came to Eli bed again and asked, "You just called me again? I am here." Eli suddenly realized that God was calling Samuel directly, and he took his cold little hand and said, "My son, go back and lie down and cover the quilt, don't come over. If there is a voice calling you, you are there. The bed replied, 'Lord, please, the servant is listening.'"
The rain fell for a night, and stopped in the early morning. Samuel got up early in the morning, opened the temple door, sweeped the floor and dusted, but he did not go to the bed of Eli to help him wash. Eli had sat on the bed and called Samuel: "My son Samuel." Samuel said recently: "I am here." Eli asked: "What did the Lord say to you last night, you must tell me truthfully, If you conceal one sentence, may God impose heavy punishment on you."
Samuel hesitated for a moment and slowly said: "I told you to lie down last night, and soon I heard God calling my name again. I replied, 'Lord, please, the servant is listening,' God said to me: 'I will do great things in Israel, so that the hearers will be as good as they are. I have sent people to point to the words of Eli, and when time comes, they must be fulfilled on them. I will be punished forever in his house, because he knows his son. For blasphemy, you will curse yourself, but you will not ban them." I heard God say so, I was afraid, I dare not tell you this after waking up this morning. ”
After listening to Eli, he stayed on the bed for a long time, sweating on his forehead, and sighing a long sigh. He knew that it was late, and God waited for his son to repent for decades. He had missed to discipline them early. The best time. Now that he is old, the sons are used to doing things wrong, and he will listen to him as an old man. Eli seems to have forgotten that Samuel stood by and said to himself, "This is from the Lord. May he act according to his own will."
After a few years, the Philistines invaded Israel again, and the two sides fought, and Israel was killed four thousand on the battlefield. Seeing that he could not resist, the elder came to Shiloh from the front and said to the two sons of Eli: "Why did the Lord make us lose to the Philistines today? We are better to carry the ark of the Lord from Shiloh to the front line. Save us from the siege of the enemy." The two listened and felt reasonable. They took the ark from the tabernacle and went to the front with everyone.
Eli remembered the front line war, knowing that the ark should not be easily removed from the tabernacle, so uneasy, so I sat outside the hall every morning to inquire about the news. I heard a groan in the city that day, I was at a loss, a dress torn, bloodstained, and the gray-fronted frontline fighters had already ran to Eli. Eli saw the figure shaking in front of him and hurriedly asked: "Why did the city rise?" The man replied: "Because I came back from the front line, I brought the latest situation." Eli asked again: "My son, How is the battle?” The young man shouted: “We lost again, 30,000 people were killed, I fled back.” Eli was tight: “My two sons are good?”
"Hophne, Phinehas was killed together." Eli seemed to have a hunch, and then asked: "Are the ark of the covenant?", "The ark of God was also taken by the Philistines... Eli heard this, the heart collapsed, almost fainting, the body could not help but fall backwards, fell from the seat, slammed, the neck touched the ground and broke, immediately died, 98 years old.
Eli's daughter-in-law, the wife of non-Naha was pregnant on the same day, has been near the birth, suddenly heard the father-in-law, the husband and the uncle died on the same day, can not help but scream, causing contractions and premature birth, but suffering dystocia, bloody bed At the time of the death, I finally heard the baby crying, exhausted the last effort, and named my son Igabo (meaning glory), and then let go.
In Israel, not only did it lose two generations of priests, but it also lost the ark that God had sent from Moses for four hundred years. Is God going to abandon Israel completely?
The ark was smashed and returned for the first time
Twenty years later, Samuel went to middle age, married his wife and gave birth to a judge in Israel, and tried various cases according to the law of God. God continued to speak to him. Samuel spread the word of God throughout Israel. There was no one sentence to be tested. The people were convinced that he was the prophet of God and he respected him.
Every year, Samuel traveled to Bethlehem, Gilgal, and Mishba to tour the case and then return to Rama's home to rest. Under the teachings of Samuel, the people gradually turned their minds and thought that they would regret the enslavement of the Philistines for more than a hundred years. They obeyed Samuel's request and removed the gods of Baal and Asher, and worshiped the Lord alone.
Samuel called the people to Mizpah, took them to the hills outside the city, and let them sit in order, waiting for them to calm down and said, "Israel, you listen to me. Four hundred years ago, God led Israel to leave. Egypt, under the Mount Sinai, preached the law to Moses, and instructed him to build the tabernacle and the ark of the covenant. In the ark, the slate of the Ten Commandments handwritten by the deity, a golden pot of manna, and Aaron's sprouting cane were placed. God also appointed the priests of only Levi to carry the ark of the ark. After Moses died, the priest took the ark and first entered the Jordan River and stopped the river until the Israelites all entered Canaan. These things, you are all knew."
"After Joshua's death, the ark was placed in the tabernacle of Shiloh. Until twenty years ago, the two sons of Eli, Hophni, and Phinehas took the ark to the battle with the Philistines. On the front line, the result was killed and the ark was taken away. This is God's punishment for the two years after they tolerated them. Eli heard that the ark was smashed and died. I was with you at the time. Many people, like grief, think that God has rejected Israel."
"God did not reject us. The Philistines transported the ark of the covenant to the Great Temple of the Aphrodite in the first of the five cities. As a result, two consecutive mornings, they found that the statue of the great scorpion fell in front of the ark. God made the city and the people around the village long-lasting. They were terrified, and they moved the ark to another big city, Gath, and the same thing happened. The Gats were frightened and moved the ark to the ark. Creun. The Ekron people also began to suffer from sores. Many people died and they were tortured. They finally had to send the Ark back to us."
"They put the ark in a oxcart, and according to their superstition, they made five golden tumors and five golden rats, and made atonement for their five cities, and placed them near the ark. To prove that this is indeed true. Jehovah, not by chance, they deliberately chose two cows who had never had a yoke but were breastfeeding, and kept their calves in a circle, but let them pull the cart to move around. The Philistines meant It is standing next to it. If the cow is reluctant to leave because of the calf, or go to other places, they think that it is not the work of the Lord. But if the two cows go unbiased to Bethmaid in Israel. They believe that the Lord is repaying them."
"The result, you all know. The cow pulled the ark, and he did not hesitate. He did not stop for dozens of miles and went to Bethmaid. The Philistines went back after seeing it, and their people did not have to Poisonous sores. Our people saw the Ark of the Covenant and were very happy. They killed the two cows and offered them a sacrifice for God. The Levites moved the ark down and placed them on a boulder. But those who did not fear God opened the covenant. The cabinet, peek inside the things, God killed them on the spot, and seventy people died."
"The rest of the people were frightened, so they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath-jelin and asked them to accept the ark. Abinadab was the priest in the city. He took the ark to his home and sent his son Eleazar. Special caretaker. God greatly blessed his family until today. For twenty years, you have been obsessed with obscurity, not worshiping the true God, but worshipping the idols of the Lord, until now. You should return to the Lord, and God will bless you."
When everyone heard this, they stood up awkwardly, some people sweated, some people shed tears, some people bowed their heads and meditated. Some people said, "We offended the Lord." Samuel then took everyone to fast and pray and ask God for forgiveness. The hearts of the people began to recover, singing and worshipping the true God in unison.
The spies had already informed the Philistines about this. The Philistines were shocked. In the past two decades, the Israelites were timid and shrinking, and they dared not make it. There have never been so many people gathered. The Philistines quickly mobilized heavy troops and killed them. When Israel heard the news, it was almost surrounded and there was no way to escape. They were full of horror and waited for Samuel to make a plan.
On the top of the mountain, Samuel's face is not changed, and he is orderly, and a lamb who is breastfeeding is given to the Lord for a burnt offering. With the rising of the smoke, Samuel represents the people and prays to God loudly. In the voice of prayer, the Philistines have climbed to the mountainside and approached slowly. The Israelis saw the enemy's javelin throwing range, and all were shivering. The only way was to pray with Samuel.
Between life and death, there was a sudden thunder between the mountainsides and lightning. The thunder was deafening, almost bursting on top of the enemy's head, and the lightning struck the ground, but only to the enemy soldiers. Every lightning has passed, and there are many charred bodies on the ground. The Philistines were in a state of chaos, lost their weapons, and rushed to the bottom of the mountain, but they could not escape the chasing of lightning and fell to the ground.
Samuel saw God's work on the top of the mountain and said to the people of Israel loudly: "God has already handed the enemy into our hands. You just need to be strong and courageous, pick up the weapons thrown away by the enemy, and chase them." The lion wakes up, screams and rushes to fight for the enemy. They all went to the Berkees and triumphed. In this battle, Israel defeated the Philistine for the first time. Samuel erected a stone between Mesbah and goodness to commemorate the matter, calling it a thank-you, saying, "The Lord has helped us to this day."
Since then, Samuel led Israel to shatter the yoke that had been enslaved by the Philistines for hundreds of years, and to defeat the defeat of every battle. After that, Samuel led Israel to fight the Philistine several times and conquered the Philistines. Recovered the cities that were taken from the Philistines between Ekron and Gath, and regained the surrounding areas of these cities.
On the way to find the scorpion, he was made king.
Samuel is old, but his mind is still clear, and his legs and feet are still numb. On this day, he came to Sufu Town from his hometown of Rama and summoned thirty guests. On the top of the mountain, he killed an unblemished bull. The priest burned the fat and the internal organs on the altar and sacrificed it to the Lord. Then he went down to the town to rest, leaving young people to cook the sacrifice of the remaining beef, for lunch. In addition to the priest who left the right hip tip to sacrifice, he also left the best big piece of the left hip tip, waiting for him to come back to eat.
Samuel walked alone on the way down the mountain. He came here with a major mission. God told him the day before yesterday that he would meet someone on this mountain road today. This man not only has to replace him as the leader of Israel, but also to be the first king in the history of Israel.
Not long ago, the elders of Israel came to Samuel’s house and asked them to establish a king, just like other countries. Samuel’s heart was heavy, and he revealed this to God. God comforted him and said, “All the people say to you, you just obey. They are not turning away from you, but they are abandoning me, not to be their king. Since I have received They have gone out of Egypt to this day, they often abandon me and serve other gods." Samuel has always obeyed God, and he relayed the words of God's vigilance to the people. The elders were ironed before they came, and they would not go back if they did not aim. The voice said: "No! We must be like the nations, there is a king who governs us, leads us, fights for us."
Such a big thing is decided in this way. After the elders left, Samuel asked God about the origin of the king. When God told him the answer, he once again slammed: the twelve tribes, and God alone chose the tribe of Benjamin. Benjamin was not only ranked last, but was almost destroyed by other tribes many years ago. A group of thugs gang-raped a woman who passed by, causing the woman to die. The entire family of the Yahweh was defended by these rioters, and only six hundred men were killed by the genocide. If it was not for other tribes to find a wife for them, the tribe of Benjamin did not exist today, but God chose this tribe. Although Samuel did not understand, he was willing to obey God's will. He came to Sufu Town exclusively to fulfill this important mission.
Seeing that lunch time is up, Samuel walks out of the town alone, returns to the altar at the top of the mountain, is on the road, sees the opposite of the Lord and the servant rushing. The owner’s age looked around thirty, and he was so sturdy and tall, taller than his servant’s shoulder. The servant was twenty open, and when he saw it, he was clever, with his empty bag in his hand, and behind the owner, looking around. Samuel looked at the brawny, and suddenly felt a sense of heart. He heard God say to him: "This person is what I told you earlier. He wants to lead my people."
Samuel stepped forward and did not speak. The tall man had already come forward, and he was merciful. He asked: "Is there a place where the predecessor lived?" Samuel replied, "I am you." Seeing the foresight." The master and the servant looked at each other. The man took a piece of broken silver handed by the servant and gave it to Samuel. "Please accept. We have been away from home for three days, all the way to find my father's lost. The scorpion was not found, but our dry food was finished, and only one piece of broken silver was left. Today we came here and wanted to go home, lest the old father remember. My servant said that there was a foresight here, and I found it all the way. I didn’t want to be there. For this encounter, please point out the whereabouts of our nephew."
Samuel fixed his eyes on him and replied: "Saul, the few skeletons lost in your house three days ago, have been found, you don't have to remember this matter. You are here today, but you have to share with me, tonight. To sleep here, I have a major event to tell you tomorrow morning. Who is the people of Israel who admire? Isn’t you admiring you and your father’s family?”
Although Saul was inexplicably audible, he also heard that Samuel had to appoint him to be heavy, but he did not ask for rashly, and he replied sincerely: "I am not a small Benjamin in the tribe of Israel? My family is not a tribe of Benjamin. Is it a medium to small family? Why do you talk to me like this?” Samuel did not answer, and led the master and the servant to return to the altar and enter the guest house. Please wait for the thirty guests to sit down, but let the sweep Luo sat on the main seat and asked the kitchen to give the previously reserved left hip tip to Saul. So the host and the host would have a feast and talk about it. Samuel secretly observed Saul, and saw that his appearance was bold and straight, but his heart seemed to be in a state of care, and he could not secretly pray to God.
After the meal, the two masters and servants of Saul followed Samuel's arrangement and lived with him for nothing. Early the next morning, Samuel sent off for the two men and sent them to the outside of the city. Then they stopped and told the servants of Saul to go home to report peace, but they wanted to keep Saul and say a few more words. The servant walked happily, leaving Samuel and Saul on the road. At this time, the sunrise was rising, the birds were out of the forest, the mountain winds were slowly, and most of the Israeli mountains and rivers were seen. Samuel took out a bottle of balm, called Saul to kneel down, put the balm on his head, and helped him up, kissed his cheek, solemnly said: "The Lord has ordered me to anoint you as the king of his people. You must command They rescued them from the hands of the enemies around them."
Saul listened and looked scared. He couldn't help repeating yesterday's reply: "How can I be? How can I take on such a big responsibility?" Samuel slowly replied: "You only have to concentrate on the Lord, and God chooses you as the king of Israel." You can't quit. These things can be used as evidence for God. First, today, when you break up with me on the way home, you will meet two people near the Rachel Tomb in Benjamin. They will tell you that they are missing. The nephew has been found, your father is worried about your safety. Second, you will continue to go to the oak tree in the moor, you will meet three people to go to Bethel to worship, one person with three lambs, one with Three cakes, one person with a bag of wine. They will greet you, send you two cakes, you will accept it. After that, you go to the mountain of God, there is a Philistine garrison in the city, you will meet A group of prophets came back from the sacrifices on the mountain, playing the music all the way, and the Lord will be with you at that time. The Spirit of God will greatly touch you to prophesy and give you a new heart. From this you know that God really wants to be you. Wang. After you go home, go to Gilgal again, after seven days, I Go there and discuss big things with you."
Everything is as fulfilled by Samuel. Saul went home but did not disclose this to anyone, just to come to Gilgal. Samuel met Saul seven days later and took him to the temple of God. The ark of the covenant was gone, and Samuel took out the law, the rules, and the law books of God in the temple where he grew up, and taught them to Saul one by one, and obeyed him.
Everything is ready, and the day of the king is over. Samuel summons all the Israeli congregations to Mizpah, and each tribe is arranged in order, to witness Samuel draw lots and draw their first king. Samuel caused all the tribes of Israel to draw lots and draw the tribe of Benjamin. He also made the Benjamin family draw a lottery and took the Matri; and then smoked and signed the son of Kish, the son of Kish.
The crowd cheered, as the thunder rolled. Cheering in the past, Elder Benjamin went to the house of Kish, and together they would support Saul to Samuel to be anointed, and he would go to the throne. However, I saw that the families of the Kishi family were flustered and walked around. When they saw the elders coming over, they said loudly: "Saul is gone, I don't know where to go."
Everyone was shocked.