1. What did Eli coach young Samuel to say to God when He called?

2. What does the story about the capture of the ark of the covenant teach us? Is it possible to feel confident God is on our side when He is not?

1. What do Hannah's prayers tell us about how she understood God?

2. What did Eli do about his sons' sinful behavior as priests, and how did they respond?

1. Regarding Ruth's prospects of getting remarried, how did Naomi's attitude change since the first chapter?

2. How is Boaz and what he did for Ruth a picture of what Jesus has done for us?

1. What did Ruth say about Naomi's God?

2. What is the difference between Israel's provision for the poor and our current welfare system?

1. What was the cause of the horrible civil war between Israel and the tribe of Benjamin?

2. Who served as high priest and inquired of the Lord on behalf of Israel?

1. What did the wicked men of Gibeah demand?

2. When a nation and a people depart from God and sink to such lows of idolatry and immorality, what is the result for the value of a human life?

1. What did Micah confess to his mother?

2. When the five Danite warriors came across the Levite priest, what did they ask of him?

1. What was the secret of Samson's strength?

2. What was Samson's final act?

1. After Jephthah and the Gileadites defeated the Ephraimites, how were they able to determine who among the survivors were Ephraimites and who were not?

2. After the angel of the Lord foretold Samson's birth, what did Manoah ask the Lord?

1. Why did the elders and the people of Gilead make Jephthah commander over them?

2. What vow did Jephthah make to the Lord?