Old Testament · Book 9
1 Samuel
Free previewBoy Samuel Hears God
1 Samuel 3:1-21
Samuel is a small boy who lives in the temple at Shiloh, helping the old priest Eli. One night, three times in a row, he hears a voice calling his name. He thinks it is Eli — but Eli has not called him. Finally, the old priest realizes who is speaking, and teaches Samuel the words to answer: "Speak, for your servant hears." This is the moment a quiet boy becomes a prophet. The story shows kids that God can speak to anyone, at any age, and that the right response is not loudness or cleverness — it is listening.
Free previewDavid and Goliath
1 Samuel 17:1-51
In the Valley of Elah, two armies stare at each other across a stony brook. A giant named Goliath steps out and dares anyone in Israel to fight him one on one. For forty days, no one moves — not King Saul, not the soldiers, no one. Then a teenage shepherd named David shows up to bring lunch to his brothers. He hears the giant''s mocking, picks five smooth stones from the streambed, and walks out onto the valley floor with a leather sling. "You come to me with a sword and a spear," he says, "but I come to you in the name of the Lord." One swing of the sling, one stone, one direct hit — and the giant falls. This comic captures the courage of a boy who trusted a bigger God than the world he was facing.