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1 Samuel 3:1-4:1 | Bible Study Questions

Observation

What does it say?

  1. Read 1 Samuel 3:1-4:1a
  2. What characters are mentioned in our text and who are they?
  3. Do you notice any repeated words or ideas?
  4. What details about Eli do you notice?
  5. What contrast do you notice between 3:1 and 4:1?

INTERPRETATION

What does it mean?

  1. How does someone "minister to the LORD"? (1 Samuel 3:1)
    1. Was Eli ministering to the LORD?
    2. Why do you think that the "word of the LORD was rare in those days"? Are there any clues from the text to support your answer?
  2. Why do you think that Samuel didn't recognize the LORD's voice?
    1. What can we learn from Eli's instructions to Samuel in verse 9?
  3. What was the sin of Eli's house? Why do you think Eli is held responsible?
    1. What do you think about Eli's reply in verse 18?
    2. Do you think Eli's reply is humble or passive towards the Lord's decree?
  4. What does it mean that "none of the LORD'S words fell to the ground"? (1 Samuel 3:19)
    1. What was the result of this?

APPLICATION

How should it change us?

  1. How has the LORD revealed himself to you?
    1. What can you do this week to follow Samuel's example in responding to God?
    2. What might it look like in your life to let the Lord speak?
  2. Eli was condemned for his family's sins. What can we learn from his negative example?
    1. Is there someone in your life whom you know is in sin?
    2. What would it look like to warn them with gentleness and love?
  3. Pray in light of this passage and about any applications you have made
  4. Sing Speak, O Lord to God and to one another.

1 Samuel 3:1-4:1 | Bible Study Questions

Observation

What does it say?

  1. Read 1 Samuel 3:1-4:1a
  2. What characters are mentioned in our text and who are they?
  3. Do you notice any repeated words or ideas?
  4. What details about Eli do you notice?
  5. What contrast do you notice between 3:1 and 4:1?

INTERPRETATION

What does it mean?

  1. How does someone "minister to the LORD"? (1 Samuel 3:1)
    1. Was Eli ministering to the LORD?
    2. Why do you think that the "word of the LORD was rare in those days"? Are there any clues from the text to support your answer?
  2. Why do you think that Samuel didn't recognize the LORD's voice?
    1. What can we learn from Eli's instructions to Samuel in verse 9?
  3. What was the sin of Eli's house? Why do you think Eli is held responsible?
    1. What do you think about Eli's reply in verse 18?
    2. Do you think Eli's reply is humble or passive towards the Lord's decree?
  4. What does it mean that "none of the LORD'S words fell to the ground"? (1 Samuel 3:19)
    1. What was the result of this?

APPLICATION

How should it change us?

  1. How has the LORD revealed himself to you?
    1. What can you do this week to follow Samuel's example in responding to God?
    2. What might it look like in your life to let the Lord speak?
  2. Eli was condemned for his family's sins. What can we learn from his negative example?
    1. Is there someone in your life whom you know is in sin?
    2. What would it look like to warn them with gentleness and love?
  3. Pray in light of this passage and about any applications you have made
  4. Sing Speak, O Lord to God and to one another.

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