God Calls Samuel
Questions for Study 1

1 Samuel 1:1-3:21
Key Verse: 3:10

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I. Hannah and Samuel (1:1-2:11)

1. Describe Elkanah's family. What was Hannah's problem? What does this family show us about those times? (Judges 21:25, 1 Samuel 3:1b)

2. What times was the worst time for Hannah? Why? How did her husband try to comfort her?

3. On one such occasion, what did Hannah do? How is her agony described? What was her prayer and her vow? What can we learn from her? (See 1 Jn. 5:14, 15; Mk. 11:24)

4. How and why did Eli misunderstand her? What did she tell him she was doing? How did God use him to plant faith in her heart? What shows her faith? How did God answer her prayer?

5. What did she name her son and why? How did she keep her vow to God? Why did she keep this hard vow? What can we learn? How was she different from Eli?

6. How did Hannah feel after she dedicated her son to God? What did she learn about God's holiness? (See 2 Pet. 1:4) About his sovereignty? (3-5) What else can we learn about God's character from her song? (6-11)

II. Eli and Samuel (2:12-3:1a)

7. Describe Eli and his sons. (2:12) How did the sons misuse their office? (2:13-17) In what way was Eli responsible? (29) What kind of man was Eli? (2:22-25)

8. How did God plan to punish Eli and his household? (2:27-36) What message continue to help him? (2:18, 21b, 26; 3:1a)

9. In the meantime, how did Samuel grow and how did his mother continue to help him (2:19-21a) What can we learn from her?

III. Samuel's First Mission (3:2-3:21)

10. How did the Lord call Samuel? (3:2-4) Why didn't he recognize God's call at first? (3:5-10) What hard test did the Lord give Samuel? (3:11-14) What was Samuel's attitude toward God's word? What had he learned? How did God use him to serve his times?