1 Samuel is where Israel decides it wants a king, gets one, and immediately starts having regrets, while a shepherd named David quietly becomes the most interesting person in the room. Between the witch of Endor and a giant getting taken out with a slingshot, there’s a lot going on. We covered all 31 chapters.
You’ll also see 6 episodes marked Dig Deeper below. The show’s format is an unstudied first read, reactions and all, so those episodes are where the hosts go back into a book or chapters they already covered to chase down their own questions and pick up what they missed the first time through. They’re not listener Q&A, just the hosts grading their own homework.
37 episodes (31 read-through + 6 Dig Deeper) • Chapters 1–31 (complete) • Recorded 2022
Every Episode, In Order
- 1 Samuel Chapter 1
- 1 Samuel Chapter 2
- 1 Samuel Chapter 3
- 1 Samuel Chapter 4
- 1 Samuel Chapter 5
- [Dig Deeper] 1 Samuel Chapters 1–5
- 1 Samuel Chapter 6
- 1 Samuel Chapter 7
- 1 Samuel Chapter 8
- 1 Samuel Chapter 9
- 1 Samuel Chapter 10
- [Dig Deeper] 1 Samuel Chapters 6–10
- 1 Samuel Chapter 11
- 1 Samuel Chapter 12
- 1 Samuel Chapter 13
- 1 Samuel Chapter 14
- 1 Samuel Chapter 15
- [Dig Deeper] 1 Samuel Chapters 11–15
- 1 Samuel Chapter 16
- 1 Samuel Chapter 17
- 1 Samuel Chapter 18
- 1 Samuel Chapter 19
- 1 Samuel Chapter 20
- [Dig Deeper] 1 Samuel Chapters 16–20
- 1 Samuel Chapter 21
- 1 Samuel Chapter 22
- 1 Samuel Chapter 23
- 1 Samuel Chapter 24
- 1 Samuel Chapter 25
- [Dig Deeper] 1 Samuel Chapters 21–25
- 1 Samuel Chapter 26
- 1 Samuel Chapter 27
- 1 Samuel Chapter 28
- 1 Samuel Chapter 29
- 1 Samuel Chapter 30
- [Dig Deeper] 1 Samuel Chapters 26–30
- 1 Samuel Chapter 31
Contradictions We Found in 1 Samuel
Here are some of the contradictions we dug into in 1 Samuel (out of 38 we cataloged):
- Abiathar's Father
- Did Saul inquire of the Lord?
- How did David kill Goliath?
- How many Philistine foreskins did David buy his first wife with?
- Is it ok to kill?
- Was David alone when asking for the holy bread at Nob?
- Were the Philistines subdued all the days of Samuel?
- When did "Is Saul among the prophets?" become a proverb?
- Who hardened the Pharaoh's heart?
- Who was the father of Kish?
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