In our last story, we learned how the Philistines put the ark of God in their temple, but their god statue fell on his face before it. No matter where they put the ark, that city became cursed, so they sent the ark away. In this story, we learn how Samuel cried out to God to save them from another attack of the Philistines, and after they were victorious demanded from Samuel they get a king, as inspired by the book of First Samuel.