Old Testament Tales: Ruth, Samuel and Co.
1. Who was Samuel’s mother? 2. How did Samuel end up serving in the Temple? 3. What connection is there between Samuel and Samson? 4. Who were the Philistines? 5. What’s special about Shiloh? 6. What tribe did Samuel come from? 7. What happened to the priests, and what happened to the ark, and who is Ichabod? 8. What else was going on in Canaan when Samuel came to power? 9. What was the main Philistine advantage and how did they maintain it? 10. What was the main Jewish advantage and how did they lose it? The Bible records how God’s people traveled to Egypt to escape famine in the time of Abraham and again in Joseph’s time. Similar journeys were taken on a smaller scale throughout the time of Judges. Naomi and Elimelech, from Bethlehemjudah, moved as a family and stayed in Moab during a famine. Elimelech and his two sons died, leaving Naomi with two widowed Moabite daughters-in-law. The book of Ruth describes how Naomi returned to her people, where Ruth gleaned food from the fields of ...