1 Samuel 13:1-15. Saul has a timing problem — he offers the sacrifice himself rather than wait, and it costs him the kingdom.
1 Samuel 9 and Saul sent to find his father's lost donkeys — a head taller than anyone in Israel, and entirely unaware of what he is walking into.
1 Samuel 8. Samuel's sons take bribes and pervert justice, so Israel asks for a king like all the other nations — and God tells Samuel to listen to them.
Hebrews 12:5-11 on discipline as a mark of sonship, opened with the young bull elephants that began killing rhinos in a South African park until older bulls were brought in.
Samuel at Mizpah: put away the foreign gods, direct your heart to the Lord and serve him only — and Israel does, on the day the Philistines come up.
1 Samuel 4:1-11, the week after some two hundred people came forward asking for more of the Holy Spirit — and a caution about looking for fireworks.