Whither Malchut Welcome to our fifth in a continuing series on the book of Shmuel or Samuel and the founding of Jewish monarchy Episode 5. This week we complete chapter 2 which continues the theme of the thing and its opposite, in this case Shmuel is contrasted with the sons of Eli. We struggle to understand the magnitude of the sins of the sons of Eli and we point out that perhaps not everything Eli hears about his children is factual. We explore whether or not these men lost their free will and finally we ask why , whatever the nature of their sin might be, why would it have such eternal consequences? All this and more. Thanks for joining us and please consider sharing this recording with others. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/isaacson/support