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Step #1 - LISTEN to the Scriptures (you can READ along, too, if you click on Scriptures Doc below or with your own Bible. I suggest listening & pausing to take notes in your journal, or even in the Scriptures Doc. Bingo! :)
Step #2 - LISTEN to Commentary
Step #3 - Stop & PRAY, asking God to speak to you and give you the power of the Holy Spirit to help you write the Scriptures you just listened to / read on your heart, giving you HIS divine revelation & wisdom into the deeper meanings.
Step #4 - REVIEW & study - as time permits - additional support, & research we will have here to further help explain today's Scriptures. And if you have anything you think would be helpful, attach it below or contact us and we will review and happily share here.
1. Here is some history of the Philistines - who we will see is in battle with Israel for the next several books and most of the period of the kings. This is from Wikipedia:
Philistia (Hebrew: פלשת, Pleshet) was a geo-political region occupied by the Philistines. Its northern boundary was the Yarkon River with the Mediterranean on its the west, Judah to the east and the Wadi El-Arish to the south. Philistia consisted of the Five Lords of the Philistines, described in Joshua 13:3 and 1 Samuel 6:17, comprising Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ekron, Gath, and Gaza, in the south-western Levant. The Five Lords of the Philistines are described in the Hebrew Bible as being in constant struggle and interaction with the neighbouring Israelites, Canaanites and Egyptians, being gradually absorbed into the Canaanite culture. They ruled major parts of southern Canaan at the peak of its expansion, but were eventually conquered and subdued by neighbouring Israelites. The Philistines were not mentioned following the conquest of the Levant by the Neo-Assyrian Empire (911–605 BC).
2. Here is a map showing the Philistine territory at time of 1 Samuel.
3. God sprinkling clues in every chapter and story in the Bible. Look for them and share as we go in the comments.
