The Hittite Storm God Strikes Philistine Territory

Yahweh's intervention here, whatever form it took, is some reclaiming of Judahite territory that the Philistines had. The rest of Samuel's period of ministry as a prophet attached to Israel's armed forces were never defeated by Philistine armies. But what happened repeatedly and catastrophically during the reign of his immediate successor, King Saul? Next time we're going to talk about the issue of Israel's call for a king,. We'll take first Samuel eight through 10 and lump that lump them all together. Then we'll get into a part two about what actually happens in the whole situation.