In this episode on 1 Samuel 5–10, Joel offers some thoughts about power, authority, and their effects on human beings who possess or are exposed to them.

RESOURCES:

An article about Dagon's bowing before the Ark: https://www.cardus.ca/comment/article/what-made-dagon-bow/

Regarding the plague that his the Philistines: http://www.talmudology.com/jeremybrownmdgmailcom/2019/8/22/keritot-5b-hemorrhoids-plague-and-the-ark-of-god

The sons of Samuel and Eli: https://owlcation.com/humanities/The-Sons-of-Eli-and-Samuel-Children-of-Priest-Prophet-and-Judge

From the Orthodox Church, about Samuel's sorrows: http://dce.oca.org/assets/templates/bulletin.cfm?mode=html&id=96

More thoughts on Samuel's sons: https://edgeinducedcohesion.blog/2011/02/12/personal-profile-joel-and-abijah/

Samuel's historical influence in Israel: https://www.jewishhistory.org/samuel-and-the-seeds-of-monarchy/

A devotional about Saul's anointing: https://shereadstruth.com/saul-anointed-as-king/

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