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Lesson 2, A King Like All The Nations

Lesson 2, A King Like All The Nations. Overview, 1 Sam 8-12 1 Sam 8:1-22, Israel’s demand Vv. 1-5, The demand by all the elders for a king Vv. 6-9, The decision by the L ORD regarding a king Vv. 10-18, The disadvantages of having a king revealed

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Lesson 2, A King Like All The Nations

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  1. Lesson 2, A King Like All The Nations • Overview, 1 Sam 8-12 • 1 Sam 8:1-22, Israel’s demand • Vv. 1-5, The demand by all the elders for a king • Vv. 6-9, The decision by the LORD regarding a king • Vv. 10-18, The disadvantages of having a king revealed • Vv. 19-22, The determination of Israel to have a king • 1 Sam 9:1-25, Saul selected • Vv. 1-13, A task unbecoming a king • Vv. 14-21, Samuel greets Saul • Vv. 22-25, A meal fit for a king The United Kingdom

  2. Lesson 2, A King Like All The Nations • Overview, 1 Sam 8-12, continued • 1 Sam 9:26-10:16, Saul privately anointed • 9:26-27, Samuel’s private conversation with Saul • 10:1-8, Saul privately anointed • 10:9-16, God changes Saul’s heart • 1 Sam 10:17-27, Saul publicly chosen king at Mizpah • 1 Sam 11:1-15, The Spirit of God comes mightily upon Saul • 1 Sam 11:1-11, The challenge of the Ammonites • Vv. 1-3, The attack on Jabesh • Vv. 4-11, The actions of Saul • 1 Sam 11:12-15, The general recognition of Saul at Gilgal The United Kingdom

  3. Lesson 2, A King Like All The Nations • Overview, 1 Sam 8-12, concluded • 1 Sam 12:1-25, Samuel addresses Israel • Vv. 1-5, Samuel testifies of his integrity. • Vv. 6-12, Samuel gives a brief of Israel’s history with the LORD as their King. • Vv. 13-18, The LORD’s will regarding a king. • Vv. 19-25, Warnings regarding a king. The United Kingdom

  4. Lesson 2, A King Like All The Nations • Why did the elders of Israel want a king? 1 Sam 8:5, 20 • Samuel had grown old (about 75) • Samuel’s sons, Joel and Abijah, did not walk in his ways. • Turned aside for dishonest gain, took bribes, perverted justice • “Appoint a king for us…like all the nations” (8:5) • 1 Sam 8:5, “Nations,” i.e., non-Israelite. The elders were willing to change being ruled by God to being judged by a king like the “nations.” • …“That our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles” (8:20). • 1 Sam 8:20, “Our” battles, not the LORD’s battles! Cf. Deut 20:1-4; Judg 4:14; 1 Sam 18:17; 1 Sam 25:28; 2 Sam 5:24 • Application The United Kingdom

  5. Lesson 2, A King Like All The Nations • Procedures[Heb: mispat] (manner, KJV, AS; behavior, NKJ; ways, RV; will do, NIV ) of the king, i.e., the legal demands a king would place on them , 1 Sam 8:9ff: • Conscription of sons and daughters for royal service • Conscription of sons for military service • Seizure of the best of their fields, vineyards, groves • A 10% tax • Seizure of their male and female servants • “You yourselves will become his servants” The United Kingdom

  6. From the Context: LORD King Procedures People The United Kingdom

  7. Lesson 2, A King Like All The Nations • What were the ordinances [Heb; mispat] (manner, KJV, AS; behavior, NKJ; rights and duties, RV; regulations, NIV) of the kingdom? 1 Sam 10:25 • In the plural form, describes legal judgments, cases, examples, laws, and specifications: • The duties of the king with respect to the LORD • The duties of the king with respect to God’s people • The duties of people with respect to the LORD and to the king. The United Kingdom

  8. From the Context: LORD King Ordinances Ordinances Procedures People The United Kingdom

  9. Lesson 2, A King Like All The Nations • Discuss Israel’s great wickedness in asking for a king. • “They have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being King over them,” (8:7; 10:19; cf. 12:12). • Rejected: to treat as loathsome, e.g., in refusing to heed God or to accept His authority • “Like all the deeds since Egypt…forsaken [i.e., apostatize] Me and served other gods…” (8:8) • They were expressing dissatisfaction with the way the LORD had been leading them. • They wanted the splendor of a visible monarch (to order their national affairs not by faith, but by sight). • Application The United Kingdom

  10. Lesson 2, A King Like All The Nations • How could the LORD be displeased with their request for a king, but nevertheless give them a king? 1 Sam 10:19 • Although the LORD recognized the need for a king, He was displeased with the state of their hearts from which came the desire for a king. [Cf. Balaam, Num 22:12, 20, 22, 32.] • The term “rule over”, 9:17; 10:1, is appropriate, i.e., they needed a king. Cf. Judg 21:25, “…there was no king in Israel...” • Application The United Kingdom

  11. Lesson 2, A King Like All The Nations • Discuss the providence of God in Saul’s selection. [Providence: God’s hand moving in our lives through non-miraculous means.] • For example, “I will send,” 1 Sam 9:16 • Donkeys were lost, but found after Saul meets Samuel • A servant with Saul who suggests, “ask the seer” • The servant had a ¼ shekel of silver • The young women give directions to find Samuel • Application The United Kingdom

  12. Lesson 2, A King Like All The Nations • Discuss the LORD’s hand in decisions by lot. • Perhaps by use of Urim and Thummin for religious decisions • Lev 16:8, scapegoat selected by lot • Judg 20:9f, …go up against Gibeah by lot • Josh 7:14, Achan identified by lot • Josh 18:10,…divided the land by lot • 1Sam 10:20-22, Saul chosen by lot • 1 Sam 14:41, Jonathan chosen by lot • Prov 16:33,…but every decision is from the LORD • Acts 1:26,…the lot fell on Matthias • Last mention in scripture • Cf. Jonah 1:7; Esther 3:7; Mt 27:35; The United Kingdom

  13. Lesson 2, A King Like All The Nations • Discuss Samuel’s superior position as prophet to both king and priest. • 1 Sam 10:25, It is Samuel who writes the ordinances of the kingdom and placed them before the LORD. • 1 Sam 10:25, It is Samuel who sends the people away. • 1 Sam 11:14, “…come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingdom there.” • 1 Sam 12:18, All the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel. • 1 Sam 13:8-14, Samuel tells Saul he will have no lasting dynasty . • 1 Sam 15:1-3, Samuel tells Saul the LORD’s orders. • 1 Sam 15:10-35, Samuel rebukes Saul. • 1 Sam 16:12-13, Samuel anoints David as Saul’s replacement. • 1 Sam 28:12-14, Saul pays homage to Samuel. • Application The United Kingdom

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