Samuel Kept Doing What Was RIght

From the time Samuel was very young, he lived and worked at the tabernacle, the place where people came to worship Jehovah. Do you know how Samuel got to be at the tabernacle?  Let's first learn about Samuel's mother, Hannah.

For a long time, Hannah could not have a baby even though she really wanted one.  So she prayed to Jehovah and begged him to help her. She promised that if she had a son, she would send him to live and work at the tabernacle. Jehovah answered her prayer, and she had a son. She named him Samuel. And just as Hannah had promised, when Samuel as three or four years old, she took him to the tabernacle to serve God there.

Eli was the high priests at the tabernacle. His two sons also worked there.  Remember, the tabernacle was God's house of worship, and people are supposed to do good things there. But Eli's sons were doing very bad things. Samuel saw what they were doing. Did Samuel do bad things as Eli's sons did? -No, he kept doing what was right, just as his parents taught him to do.

What do you think Eli should have done about his two sons? -He should have punished them. He should not have allowed them to work at God's house anymore.  But Eli did not do that, so Jehovah was angry with him and his two sons. Jehovah decided to punish them.

Next time: Conclusion of Samuel Kept Doing What Was Right

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