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After God’s display of power in returning the ark to Israel, Samuel leads the people in a public confession. Much like Joshua’s covenant renewal at Shechem, he focuses on God’s faithfulness to them over time and His continued promises to them as His people. As they are going through with a sacrifice, the Philistines attack, […]

The Philistines get much more than they bargained for in their battle trophy. They take the ark back to the temple of Dagon and set it down to offer it as a gift to their god. The next day Dagon is bowed down to the ark! So they pick their ‘god’ up off of the […]

Ever since Joshua, the people of Israel have lived under the leadership of priests and judges. The last chapter of Judges (and the first few chapters of 1 Samuel) make it clear that the priests no longer honored God. As for the judges, they were raised up to quell a specific threat (by the grace […]