Want to create an interactive transcript for this episode?
Podcast: Gilbert House Fellowship
Episode: Gilbert House Fellowship #346: 1 Samuel 8–12
Description: The story of Saul is a record of the transformation of Israel from a theocracy to a kingdom.The sons of the prophet Samuel followed in the footsteps of the sons of the former high priest, Eli, pursuing wealth and taking bribes. (Interestingly, they set up shop in Beersheba, located in the Negev in southern Israel. We need to do more study into the significance of Beersheba to figure out why they went there instead of staying in the region of Benjamin and Ephraim like their father.)Oppression by the Ammonite king Nahash, and the bad...