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1 Samuel is a book of barrenness and battles, kings and schemes, shepherds and giants. It recounts the history of Israel as it moved from no king, to the king it demanded, to the king God knew his people needed. But its greatest excitement lies not in the events and characters, but in the person they all point to. 1 Samuel presents us with a wonderful picture of Jesus. Seeing him in and through...

means “favoured”, so she is punning on her name, saying in effect: May the favoured one be favoured. Then Hannah eats. It is a sign that she is no longer in anguish. “Her face was no longer downcast” (v 18). This is really striking. Hannah does not yet know how God will answer her prayer. But the point is that she has prayed: and now she is happy to leave it with him. She is a model of the truth expressed in Philippians 4:6–7: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and
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