CHAPTER 1

  1. Hanna prayed for a son.
  2. Hanna would make her son a Nazarite, and give him to the Lord all the days of his life.
  3. Eli He thought Hanna was drunk with wine.
  4. Hanna named her son Samuel.

CHAPTER 2

  1. The sons of Eli were not following the law of sacrifices as was recorded by Moses. They took more than their share and the best pieces of the sacrifices. They did not give first the portion to God. They also lay with the women who came to the tabernacle.
  2. Eli spoke to his sons but he did not stop them. He should have had them removed from their positions and possibly stoned according to the commandment of the law to remove the evil from Israel.
  3. God  warned Eli there would be no old men in Eli’s family and his sons would die on the same day.

CHAPTER 3

  1. God revealed to Samuel He would now carry out the word He had spoken against Eli and his family.
  2. According to the word of God the iniquity of the house of Eli could never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.