son of Elkanah and Hannah, the last of the Judges,
General References to
1Sa 1:20; 1Sa 18; 1Sa 19; 1Sa 4:1; 1Sa 7:15; 1Sa 8:1; 1Sa 9:14; 1Sa 13:11; 1Sa 16:1
1Sa 19:18; 1Sa 25:1; 1Sa 11; 1Ch 9:22; Ps 99:6; Jer 15:1; Heb 11:32
---"The Upright Judge"
1Sa 4
Life Summarized
Consecrated to God by his parents
1Sa 1:24-28
A wonderful childhood
1Sa 2:8-21
--like that of Christ
1Sa 2:26
--Heard God's voice in boyhood
1Sa 3:1-18
--Courageous
1Sa 13:13; 1Sa 15:16-29
A man of prayer
1Sa 7:5-8; 1Sa 8:6; 1Sa 12:17; 1Sa 15:11
An Inspired prophet
1Sa 21; 1Sa 8:22
A circuit judge
1Sa 7:16