Produced by Marcia Brooks, Colin Bell, Nigel Blower and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) [Transcriber's Note: _Italic_ words have been enclosed in underscores. As the oe ligature cannot be included in this format, it has been replaced with the separate letters in "coelo" and "Syrophoenician". A few minor typographical errors have been silently corrected. The Table of Contents refers to original page numbers.] THE EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE. EDITED BY THE REV. W. ROBERTSON NICOLL, M.A., _Editor of "The Expositor."_ THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL. BY W. G. BLAIKIE, D.D., LL.D. TORONTO: WILLARD TRACT DEPOSITORY AND BIBLE DEPOT, CORNER OF YONGE AND TEMPERANCE STREETS. 1888. THE FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL. BY THE REV. PROFESSOR W. G. BLAIKIE, D.D., LL.D., NEW COLLEGE, EDINBURGH. TORONTO: WILLARD TRACT DEPOSITORY AND BIBLE DEPOT, CORNER OF YONGE AND TEMPERANCE STREETS. 1888. CONTENTS. PAGE CHAPTER I. HANNAH'S TRIAL AND TRUST 1 CHAPTER II. HANNAH'S FAITH REWARDED 14 CHAPTER III. HANNAH'S SONG OF THANKSGIVING 25 CHAPTER IV. ELI'S HOUSE 37 CHAPTER V. SAMUEL'S VISION 49 CHAPTER VI. THE ARK OF GOD TAKEN BY THE PHILISTINES 61 CHAPTER VII. THE ARK AMONG THE PHILISTINES 73 CHAPTER VIII. REPENTANCE AND REVIVAL 85 CHAPTER IX. NATIONAL DELIVERANCE--THE PHILISTINES SUBDUED 97 CHAPTER X. THE PEOPLE DEMAND A KING 109 CHAPTER XI. SAUL BROUGHT TO SAMUEL 121 CHAPTER XII. FIRST MEETING OF SAMUEL AND SAUL 133 CHAPTER XIII. SAUL ANOINTED BY SAMUEL 145 CHAPTER XIV. SAUL CHOSEN KING 157 CHAPTER XV. THE RELIEF OF JABESH-GILEAD 169 CHAPTER XVI. SAMUEL'S VINDICATION OF HIMSELF 181 CHAPTER XVII. SAMUEL'S DEALINGS WITH THE PEOPLE 193 CHAPTER XVIII. SAUL AND SAMUEL AT GILGAL 205 CHAPTER XIX. JONATHAN'S EXPLOIT AT MICHMASH 217 CHAPTER XX. SAUL'S WILFULNESS 229