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1 Samuel 7 thru 9 1 Samuel 7 focuses on the Israelites' repentance and Samuel's leadership as a judge. Here's an outline of the chapter: 1. The Ark of the Covenant in Kiriath-Jearim (1 Samuel 7:1-2):    - The Ark remained in the house of Abinadab for twenty years.    - Samuel called the Israelites to gather in Mizpah to repent and return to the Lord. 2. Samuel's intercession and sacrifice (1 Samuel 7:3-6):    - Samuel encouraged the Israelites to put away their foreign gods and idols.    - They fasted and confessed their sins, seeking God's deliverance from the Philistines.    - Samuel offered a burnt offering to the Lord. 3. The defeat of the Philistines (1 Samuel 7:7-14):    - The Philistines were alarmed by the Israelites' gathering at Mizpah and prepared for battle.    - Samuel cried out to the Lord, and God thundered against the Philistines, causing confusion.    - The Israelites pursued the Philistines and were victorious, reclaiming the cities the Phili

1 Samuel 1 through 3 New American Standard Bible https://www.biblegateway.com/audio/mcconachie/nasb/1Sam.1   Elkanah and His Wives 1  Now there was a man from Ramathaim-zophim from the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.  2  And he had two wives: the name of one was Hannah and the name of the [ a ]other Peninnah; and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. 3  Now this man would go up from his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of armies in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the Lord there.  4  When the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters;  5  but to Hannah he would give a double portion, because he loved Hannah, but the Lord had closed her womb.  6  Her rival, moreover, would provoke her bitterly to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her w