"The World English Bible (WEB): 1 Samuel" begins with Samuel's birth and Yahweh's call to him as a boy. The story of the Ark of the Covenant follows. It tells of Israel's oppression by the Philistines, which brought about Samuel's anointing of Saul as Israel's first king. But Saul proved unworthy, and God's choice turned to David. Serving as the first of two books describing the life of this important man in the Abrahamic religions, 1 Samuel shows his rise to greatness.
