CHAPTER. TIIM. 431 hair, and then she betrayed him to the Philistines, who put out his eyes, and made him grind in a mill ; Judges xvi.. 4-21. 64. Q. What was Sampson's end ? A. Thousands-of the Philistines were gathered together to make sport with Sampson ; and in order to revenge himself of the Philistines, and to destroy the enemies of Israel, he pulled the house down upon their heads and his own ; Judges xvi. 30. 65. Q. Who judged Israel after Sampson ? A. Eli the high- priestis said to judge Israel forty years; but he is not sup- posed to be one of the extraordinary judges whodelivered them, but rather, that he was made an ordinary magistrate, perhaps, over some part of the land ; T Sam. iv. 18. 66. Q. Who was the last of these extraordinary judges? A: Samuel the prophet, the son of Hannah, a pious woman who had no child before, and requested of _God to give her one ; 1 Sam. i. 20. 67. Q. What is written in honour of Hannah ? A. When she was greatly provoked and grieved in spirit, she prayed to 'God at the tabernacle, and she went away:chearful ; 1 Sam. i. 15-18. 68. Q. Where was Samuel brought up.? A. As hewas re- fquested of the Lord, so he was givento theLord, and was brought ,up at the tabernacle in Shiloh under the.care of Eli the high- ;priest ; 1 Sam. i.22, 28. 69. Q. What was Samuel's office ? A. Hewaited on the service of the tabernacle as a levite, being the first-born, and being given to God'; I Sam. ii- 18. 70. Q. Was he not also a prophet ? A. Yes, God called claim three times in one night when he was a child, and made a prophet of him, and told him what calamities should befal the bouse of Eli the high- priest ; 1 Sam. iii. 4-14. 71. Q. What was the greatcrime of Eli ? A. Though he loved and honoured God himself, Yet he did not restrain his sons from wickedness ; .1 Sam. iii. 13. 72. Q. In what manner .did ,God shew his displeasure against the house of Eli ? A. Ilis two sons were slain by the Philistines in battle., and the high -priesthood went into another branch of Aaron's family; 1 Sam. ii. 27-36. 1 Kings ii. 27. 73. Q. What became of Eli himself ? -A. When he heard that the ark of God was taken by thePhilistines he fainted for grief, and falling down backward he brake his neck ; 1 Sam. iv. 17, 18. 74. Q. What did the Philistines do with the ark of God? A. They brought it into the house of their idol Dagon, and the idol fell down and broke off his 'head and his hands upon the threshold ; 1 Sam. v. 2 -5. 75. Q. What punishments did the Philistines suffer for keep- tog tite ark ? A. In several cities where they placed it, God
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