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Know Your Bible. Know Your Bible. - Theme of the year - 2012. A Survey of the Bible. A Survey of the Bible. The Book of. I Samuel. The Book of I Samuel. The book of I Samuel continues the historical narrative from the book of Judges and the book of Ruth.
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Know Your Bible Know Your Bible - Theme of the year - 2012 A Survey of the Bible A Survey of the Bible
The Book of I Samuel The Book of I Samuel
The book of I Samuel continues the historical narrative from the book of Judges and the book of Ruth. The book of I Samuel is a key book that takes us from the time of the Judges to the era of the United Kingdom with Kings Saul and David. The book of I Samuel gets its name from Samuel (a prominent character in the book) who served as a prophet and was the last Judge of Israel (I Samuel 7:15-17).
I Samuel 7:15-17 - And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. 16 He went from year to year on a circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah, and judged Israel in all those places. 17 But he always returned to Ramah, for his home was there. There he judged Israel, and there he built an altar to the LORD.
The Book of I Samuel The Book of I Samuel The Person Samuel
The name Samuel means asked of God. He was the son of Elkanah and Hannah. Hannah prayed for a son, and God blessed her with Samuel (I Samuel 1:1-23). Samuel was dedicated to the Lord for service before his birth. When he was weaned, he was taken to serve in the Tabernacle with Eli the High Priest (I Samuel 1:24-2:18). God called Samuel at a young age to serve as prophet to the children of Israel, “So Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground.” (I Samuel 3:18).
The Book of I Samuel The Book of I Samuel The Person Samuel The Survey of I Samuel
The History of The Kings The History of The Kings Eli /Samuel Chapter 1-7 Samuel/Saul Chapter 8-15 Saul/David Chapter 16-31
The History of The Kings The History of The Kings I Samuel 1:1 - 4:18 Eli / Samuel • Hannah’s prayer, Samuel’s birth, and prophecy to Eli (I Samuel 1:1-2:36). Eli /Samuel Chapter 1-7 • Samuel’s call and the prophecy concerning Eli (I Samuel 3:1-21). • Philistines conquer Israel, taking the ark; death of Eli (I Samuel 4:1-18).
I Samuel 4:12-18 - Then a man of Benjamin ran from the battle line the same day, and came to Shiloh with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. 13 Now when he came, there was Eli, sitting on a seat by the wayside watching, for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city and told it, all the city cried out. 14 When Eli heard the noise of the outcry, he said, "What does the sound of this tumult mean?" And the man came quickly and told Eli. 15 Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes were so dim that he could not see. 16 Then the man said to Eli, "I am he who came from the battle. And I fled today from the battle line." And he said, "What happened, my son?“
17 So the messenger answered and said, "Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead; and the ark of God has been captured.“ 18 Then it happened, when he made mention of the ark of God, that Eli fell off the seat backward by the side of the gate; and his neck was broken and he died, for the man was old and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.
The History of The Kings The History of The Kings I Samuel 1:1 - 4:18 Eli / Samuel • Hannah’s prayer, Samuel’s birth and prophecy to Eli (I Samuel 1:1-2:36). Eli /Samuel Chapter 1-7 • Samuel’s call and the prophecy concerning Eli (I Samuel 3:1-21). • Philistines conquer Israel, taking the ark; death of Eli (I Samuel 4:1-18). I Samuel 4:19 - 7:17 Samuel • Philistines suffers and sends the ark back to Israel (I Samuel 4:19-7:2).
I Samuel 5:1-5 - Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. 2 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the temple of Dagon and set it by Dagon. 3 And when the people of Ashdod arose early in the morning, there was Dagon, fallen on its face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and set it in its place again. 4 And when they arose early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on its face to the ground before the ark of the LORD.The head of Dagon and both the palms of its hands were broken off on the threshold; only Dagon's torso was left of it. 5 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor any who come into Dagon's house tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.
The History of The Kings The History of The Kings I Samuel 1:1 - 4:18 Eli / Samuel • Hannah’s prayer, Samuel’s birth and prophecy to Eli (I Samuel 1:1-2:36). Eli /Samuel Chapter 1-7 • Samuel’s call and the prophecy concerning Eli (I Samuel 3:1-21). • Philistines conquer Israel, taking the ark; death of Eli (I Samuel 4:1-18). I Samuel 4:19 - 7:17 Samuel • Philistines suffers and sends the ark back to Israel (I Samuel 4:19-7:2). • Samuel calls for Israel to turn to God; the Philistines war but God confuses them with thunder (I Samuel 7:3-17).
The History of The Kings The History of The Kings I Samuel 8:1-15:35 Samuel / Saul • Israel calls for a king. God commands Samuel to anoint Saul to be king of Israel (I Samuel 8:1-12:25). Samuel / Saul Chapter 8-15 • In two years, Saul disobeys God sending up a burnt offering instead of waiting for Samuel. Saul’s decline begins (I Samuel 13:1-14).
I Samuel 13:7-14 - And some of the Hebrews crossed over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was still in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling. 8 Then he waited seven days, according to the time set by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. 9 So Saul said, "Bring a burnt offering and peace offerings here to me." And he offered the burnt offering. 10 Now it happened, as soon as he had finished presenting the burnt offering, that Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might greet him. 11 And Samuel said, "What have you done?" And Saul said, "When I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you did not come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered together at Michmash,
12 "then I said, 'The Philistines will now come down on me at Gilgal, and I have not made supplication to the LORD.' Therefore I felt compelled, and offered a burnt offering.“ 13 And Samuel said to Saul, "You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God, which He commanded you. For now the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever. 14 "But now your kingdom shall not continue. The LORD has sought for Himself a man after His own heart, and the LORD has commanded him to be commander over His people, because you have not kept what the LORD commanded you."
The History of The Kings The History of The Kings I Samuel 8:1-15:35 Samuel / Saul • Israel calls for a king. God commands Samuel to anoint Saul to be king of Israel (I Samuel 8:1-12:25). Samuel / Saul Chapter 8-15 • In two years, Saul disobeys God by sending up a burnt offering instead of waiting for Samuel. Saul’s decline begins (I Samuel 13:1-14). • Jonathan goes against the garrison of the Philistines, and Saul’s oath among the army of Israel (I Samuel 14:1-52). • God sends Saul to destroy all of Agag (king of Amalek), but he disobeys God (I Samuel 15:1-35).
I Samuel 15:10-23 - Now the word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying, 11 "I greatly regret that I have set up Saul as king, for he has turned back from following Me, and has not performed My commandments." And it grieved Samuel, and he cried out to the LORD all night. 12 So when Samuel rose early in the morning to meet Saul, it was told Samuel, saying, "Saul went to Carmel, and indeed, he set up a monument for himself; and he has gone on around, passed by, and gone down to Gilgal.“ 13 Then Samuel went to Saul, and Saul said to him, "Blessed are you of the LORD! I have performed the commandment of the LORD.“ 14 But Samuel said, "What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?“
15 And Saul said, "They have brought them from the Amalekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep and the oxen, to sacrifice to the LORD your God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.“ 16 Then Samuel said to Saul, "Be quiet! And I will tell you what the LORD said to me last night." And he said to him, "Speak on.“ 17 So Samuel said, "When you were little in your own eyes, were you not head of the tribes of Israel? And did not the LORD anoint you king over Israel? 18 "Now the LORD sent you on a mission, and said, 'Go, and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.‘ 19 "Why then did you not obey the voice of the LORD? Why did you swoop down on the spoil, and do evil in the sight of the LORD?“
20 And Saul said to Samuel, "But I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and gone on the mission on which the LORD sent me, and brought back Agag king of Amalek; I have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. 21 "But the people took of the plunder, sheep and oxen, the best of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal.“ 22 Then Samuel said: "Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams. 23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He also has rejected you from being king."
The History of The Kings The History of The Kings I Samuel 16:1-31:13 Saul / David • Samuel anoints David as King, and David plays the harp before Saul (I Samuel 16:1-23). Saul/David Chapter 16-31
I Samuel 16:1-13 - Now the LORD said to Samuel, "How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I am sending you to Jesse the Bethlehemite. For I have provided Myself a king among his sons.“ 2 And Samuel said, "How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me." And the LORD said, "Take a heifer with you, and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.‘ 3 "Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do; you shall anoint for Me the one I name to you.“ 4 So Samuel did what the LORD said, and went to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, "Do you come peaceably?“
5 And he said, "Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice." Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons, and invited them to the sacrifice. 6 So it was, when they came, that he looked at Eliab and said, "Surely the LORD'S anointed is before Him.“ 7 But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have refused him. For the LORD does not see as man sees; for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.“ 8 So Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, "Neither has the LORD chosen this one.“ 9 Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, "Neither has the LORD chosen this one.“
10 Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, "The LORD has not chosen these.“ 11 And Samuel said to Jesse, "Are all the young men here?" Then he said, "There remains yet the youngest, and there he is, keeping the sheep." And Samuel said to Jesse, "Send and bring him. For we will not sit down till he comes here.“ 12 So he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with bright eyes, and good-looking. And the LORD said, "Arise, anoint him; for this is the one!“ 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel arose and went to Ramah.
The History of The Kings The History of The Kings I Samuel 16:1-31:13 Saul / David • Samuel anoints David as King, and David plays the harp before Saul (I Samuel 16:1-23). Saul/David Chapter 16-31 • David goes against the Philistine giant Goliath and leads Israel to a great victory (I Samuel 17:1-58).
I Samuel 17:1-11 - Now the Philistines gathered their armies together to battle, and were gathered together at Sochoh, which belongs to Judah; they encamped between Sochoh and Azekah, in Ephes Dammim. 2 And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and they encamped in the Valley of Elah, and drew up in battle array against the Philistines. 3 The Philistines stood on a mountain on one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side, with a valley between them. 4 And a champion went out from the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, from Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. 5 He had a bronze helmet on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail, and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of bronze.
6 And he had bronze armor on his legs and a bronze javelin between his shoulders. 7 Now the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and his iron spearhead weighed six hundred shekels; and a shield-bearer went before him. 8 Then he stood and cried out to the armies of Israel, and said to them, "Why have you come out to line up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and you the servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves, and let him come down to me. 9 "If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and serve us.“ 10 And the Philistine said, "I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.“ 11 When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid.
The History of The Kings The History of The Kings I Samuel 16:1-31:13 Saul / David • Samuel anoints David as King, and David plays the harp before Saul (I Samuel 16:1-23). Saul/David Chapter 16-31 • David goes against the Philistine giant Goliath and leads Israel to a great victory (I Samuel 17:1-58). • After the defeat of the Philistines, Saul is angered by praise given to David and plots against him (I Samuel 18:1-9).
I Samuel 18:1-9 - Now when he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 2 Saul took him that day, and would not let him go home to his father's house anymore. 3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. 4 And Jonathan took off the robe that was on him and gave it to David, with his armor, even to his sword and his bow and his belt. 5 So David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved wisely. And Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of Saul's servants. 6 Now it had happened as they were coming home, when David was returning from the slaughter of the Philistine,
that the women had come out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy, and with musical instruments. 7 So the women sang as they danced, and said: "Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands.“ 8 Then Saul was very angry, and the saying displeased him; and he said, "They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed only thousands. Now what more can he have but the kingdom?“ 9 So Saul eyed David from that day forward.
The History of The Kings The History of The Kings I Samuel 16:1-31:13 Saul / David • Samuel anoints David as King, and David plays the harp before Saul (I Samuel 16:1-23). Saul/David Chapter 16-31 • David goes against the Philistine giant Goliath and leads Israel to a great victory (I Samuel 17:1-58). • After the defeat of the Philistines, Saul is angered by praise given to David and plots against him (I Samuel 18:1-9). • Saul uses a spear to try to kill David (I Samuel 18:10-11). • Saul uses his oldest daughter to try to trap David (I Samuel 18:17).
The History of The Kings The History of The Kings • Saul uses his youngest daughter to try to trap David (I Samuel 18:21). Saul/David Chapter 16-31 • Saul appealed to “Jonathan his son and to all his servants” to kill David (I Samuel 19:1). • Saul tried to kill David again, “and he drove the spear into the wall.” (I Samuel 19:9-10). • Saul “also sent messengers” and tried to kill David (I Samuel 19:11). • Jonathan goes before Saul to inquire for David, but Saul calls for David’s death (I Samuel 20:31).
The History of The Kings The History of The Kings • David comes to Ahimelech the priest and receives the holy bread and the sword of Goliath (I Samuel 21:1-9). Saul/David Chapter 16-31 • Saul learns that Ahimelech helped David (unknowingly) and kills every thing in the city of Nob, including the 85 priests (I Samuel 22:6-23).
I Samuel 22:13-19 - Then Saul said to him, "Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread and a sword, and have inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as it is this day?“ 14 So Ahimelech answered the king and said, "And who among all your servants is as faithful as David, who is the king's son-in-law, who goes at your bidding, and is honorable in your house? 15 "Did I then begin to inquire of God for him? Far be it from me! Let not the king impute anything to his servant, or to any in the house of my father. For your servant knew nothing of all this, little or much.“ 16 And the king said, "You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father's house!“
17 Then the king said to the guards who stood about him, "Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled and did not tell it to me." But the servants of the king would not lift their hands to strike the priests of the LORD. 18 And the king said to Doeg, "You turn and kill the priests!" So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck the priests, and killed on that day eighty-five men who wore a linen ephod. 19 Also Nob, the city of the priests, he struck with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and nursing infants, oxen and donkeys and sheep-with the edge of the sword.
The History of The Kings The History of The Kings • David comes to Ahimelech the priest and receives the holy bread and the sword of Goliath (I Samuel 21:1-9). Saul/David Chapter 16-31 • Saul learns that Ahimelech helped David (unknowingly) and kills every thing in the city of Nob, including the 85 priests (I Samuel 22:6-23). • David, with the help of his men, deliver Keliah from the Philistines and remains in hiding from Saul (I Samuel 23:1-29). • Saul goes after David, and David has the opportunity to kill Saul but does not. He “…cut off a corner of Saul's robe” (I Samuel 24:1-22).
I Samuel 24:9-15 - And David said to Saul: "Why do you listen to the words of men who say, 'Indeed David seeks your harm'? 10 "Look, this day your eyes have seen that the LORD delivered you today into my hand in the cave, and someone urged me to kill you. But my eye spared you, and I said, 'I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is the LORD'S anointed.‘ 11 "Moreover, my father, see! Yes, see the corner of your robe in my hand! For in that I cut off the corner of your robe, and did not kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor rebellion in my hand, and I have not sinned against you. Yet you hunt my life to take it. 12 "Let the LORD judge between you and me, and let the
LORD avenge me on you. But my hand shall not be against you. 13 "As the proverb of the ancients says, 'Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.' But my hand shall not be against you. 14 "After whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? A dead dog? A flea? 15 "Therefore let the LORD be judge, and judge between you and me, and see and plead my case, and deliver me out of your hand."
The History of The Kings The History of The Kings • Samuel dies, and David takes the widow of Nabal (Abigail) to be his wife (I Samuel 25:1-44). Saul/David Chapter 16-31 • Saul goes after David again, and David again has another opportunity to kill Saul but does not. He “…took the spear and the jug of water by Saul's head,” (I Samuel 26:1-22).
I Samuel 26:13-20 - Now David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of a hill afar off, a great distance being between them. 14 And David called out to the people and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, "Do you not answer, Abner?" Then Abner answered and said, "Who are you, calling out to the king?“ 15 So David said to Abner, "Are you not a man? And who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not guarded your lord the king? For one of the people came in to destroy your lord the king. 16 "This thing that you have done is not good. As the LORD lives, you deserve to die, because you have not guarded your master, the LORD'S anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the jug of water that was by his head.“
17 Then Saul knew David's voice, and said, "Is that your voice, my son David?" And David said, "It is my voice, my lord, O king.“ 18 And he said, "Why does my lord thus pursue his servant? For what have I done, or what evil is in my hand? 19 "Now therefore, please, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, let Him accept an offering. But if it is the children of men, may they be cursed before the LORD, for they have driven me out this day from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, 'Go, serve other gods.‘ 20 "So now, do not let my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to seek a flea, as when one hunts a partridge in the mountains."
The History of The Kings The History of The Kings • Samuel dies, and David takes the widow of Nabal (Abigail) to be his wife (I Samuel 25:1-44). Saul/David Chapter 16-31 • Saul goes after David again, and David again has another opportunity to kill Saul but does not. He “…took the spear and the jug of water by Saul's head,” (I Samuel 26:1-22). • David takes refuge in Ziklag (Philistine city) for a year and four months (I Samuel 27:1-12). • Saul seeks a medium and Samuel says, “…tomorrow you and your sons will be with me…” (I Samuel 28:1-25).
I Samuel 28:15-19 - Now Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" And Saul answered, "I am deeply distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God has departed from me and does not answer me anymore, neither by prophets nor by dreams. Therefore I have called you, that you may reveal to me what I should do.“ 16 Then Samuel said: "Why then do you ask me, seeing the LORD has departed from you and has become your enemy? 17 "And the LORD has done for Himself as He spoke by me. For the LORD has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor, David. 18 "Because you did not obey the voice of the LORD nor execute His fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore the LORD
has done this thing to you this day. 19 "Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines. And tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. The LORD will also deliver the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines."
The History of The Kings The History of The Kings • The Philistines come against Israel refusing David (I Samuel 29:1-11). Saul/David Chapter 16-31 • While David was away, the Amalekites invade Ziklag and carry all away, but God enables David to recover everything (I Samuel 30:1-31). • Saul goes and fights against the Philistines, and the sons of Saul are killed. Saul is seriously wounded and falls on his sword (I Samuel 31:1-13).
I Samuel 31:1-6 - Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell slain on Mount Gilboa. 2 Then the Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons. And the Philistines killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul's sons. 3 The battle became fierce against Saul. The archers hit him, and he was severely wounded by the archers. 4 Then Saul said to his armorbearer, "Draw your sword, and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised men come and thrust me through and abuse me." But his armorbearer would not, for he was greatly afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword and fell on it. 5 And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword, and died with him. 6 So Saul, his three sons, his armorbearer, and all his men died together that same day.
The Book of I Samuel The book of I Samuel serves as a great example to us of the consequences of disobeying God, and the reward of obedience to God. Believe, John 8:24 Repent, Luke 13:3 Confess, Matthew 10:32-33 Baptized, Mark 16:15-16 Where do you stand? Are you suffering the consequences of disobedience, or enjoying the blessings of obedience? OBEY THE GOSPEL!