How Does 1st Samuel Connect to the Pentateuch?

In each of the episodes that follow, my aim is to consistently follow a self-imposed template. 1st Samuel never pretends to be an exhaustive historical record or chronicle of either Samuel's ministry or David's rise to power. It is selective in telling stories of these two characters along with Saul and judging them theologically by the covenant and curses in Deuteronomy and again the larger context of the Torah. We're not going to go through all 1st Samuel verse by verse. What's more important is to pick out a few things of interest and comment on that.