I Shmuel 1: Back to Normal

YINR 929: Tanach Yomi · Jul 21, 2026 · 2m

If Judges was all about chaos, Samuel I is all about a return to normalcy. The book of Shmuel begins in the time period of Eli the Kohen Gadol who was also a judge. Eli was blind to the corrupt actions of his sons (sound familiar?). The era of judges was not over yet, but the pendulum is about to swing back. That pendulum manifests in a young woman named Chana. Every year, Chana and her husband and her sister-wife go up to the Mishkan tobring sacrifices. Chana is barren but is the favored wife (sound familiar?).Her husband tries to calm Chana by professing his love for her, but she really…