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07 1 & 2 SAMUEL
THE UNITED KINGDOM:
- The Main Characters of the United Kingdom
o___________ as Judge/Prophet (1 Samuel 1-7)
o____________ (1 Samuel 8-15)
o______________ (1 Samuel 16- 2 Samuel 24)
o______________ (1 Kings 1-11)
SAMUEL
- ______________ prays to God and God answers her prayers
- Raised by _______ in the temple (1 Sam 1:26)
- _________ appears to Samuel in a dream
- The Philistines capture the ________ of the Covenant
oEvery morning, Dagon is ____________ over face first in front of the Ark
oPhilistines send it back to Israel
SAUL
- Background:
oIsrael demands Samuel give them a __________
oIsrael wants a king “like the ____________”
oRules for Israelite Kingship (Deuteronomy 17)
Must be an _________ (tribe of Judah)
Should not accumulate a large __________ (trust God)
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Should not have many _____________ (no political marriages)
Should not accumulate massive ____________ by taxing the people
Should write out his own copy of the ________ to keep him faithful
- Saul chosen as first king
o__________ and ______________ man from tribe of Benjamin
- Defeats some of the Israelites’ enemies and establishes a strong kingdom
- BUT.. Begins to become __________ and disobeys God
- Saul’s Downfall: Saul disobeys God’s orders
o1 Samuel 15:22-23—God __________ Saul from being king
DAVID
- Samuel secretly anoints David (1 Samuel 16)
o“Man looks at the __________ appearance but the Lord looks at the __________”
- David & Goliath (1 Sam 16)
oDavid’s reason for fighting Goliath: he was _______ God.
- David & Goliath: 2 Reminders
oShows the nations that Israel’s God is the ____________ and ____________ God.
He is stronger than the Philistines’ “gods”.
oReminds Israel to trust _________ more than their physical power and military
prowess (why they had picked Saul to be king)
- Saul’s jealousy: Saul becomes so jealous of David’s fame, he tries to _______ him.
David flees.
- David and Jonathan
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oBeautiful example of biblical, __________, committed friendship
oEach love the other “as his own soul”
- David on the run
oDavid receives help from the _________ of Nob, who Saul then executes for
treason.
oSamuel passed away, so David hides in the wilderness
oDavid gathers together a group of soldiers that are loyal to him (__________
______) and continues to fight for Israel even though he is on the run
oDavid _________ to kill Saul and take the throne, trusting God’s timeline (twice!)
- Witch at Endor: Saul is desperate and has had no relationship with God for years at this
point so he goes to a ____________ to try to talk to Samuel.
oThe witch is a fake and is terrified when God actually allows Samuel to speak to
Saul
oSamuel tells Saul that he is going to _______ in the battle the next day.
oSaul dies at the battle at Gilboa
- Reign of David: king for ____ years
- The Davidic Covenant (2 Sam 7)
oDavid’s son (Solomon) will become king after him, forming a ____________
unlike Saul.
oThis son will build a ________ for God.
oDavid’s line will be an __________ line
- Under the Davidic Covenant, God establishes David’s line to reign.
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oIf the Davidic king turned away from God, He would ____________ take away
their nation and kingship
oGod continued the line of David even amidst disobedience and oppression.
__________, the ultimate and ____________ ________ + the _________ of God,
is a direct descendant of David.
- David’s Sin with Bathsheba (1 Sam 11)
oWhile Israel is at war with the Ammonites, David remains behind
oHe notices _____________ and commits adultery
oTo cover up her pregnancy, he arranges for the murder of _______ (Bathsheba’s
husband)
oAfter Uriah’s death, David marries Bathsheba
oDavid is confronted by ___________ the prophet of his sin
- Consequences of David’s sin:
o4 Prophetic Woes:
o1. “__________ shall never depart”
o2. “_____________ will rise from within”
o3. “Your wives will be taken”
o4. “Enemies will blaspheme”
oDavid’s kingship will always have problems.
- _______________ leads a rebellion
DAVID VS. SAUL
- Both men sinned and had their issues throughout their reigns
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- Saul never showed true ______________ ; David is called “a man after God’s _____
________ ” because when confronted with his sin, David repented & turned back to God
SOLOMON:
- Solomon’s request: ______________
- Solomon builds the _____________
- Solomon dedicates the temple
oThe ___________ of the Lord thickly fills the temple when it is dedicated and the
ark of the covenant is brought in
oSolomon prays over the people– he appeals to God’s _________ _________ and
_____________ when the people disobey (“hear in heaven your dwelling place
and forgive the sin of your servants” repeated 5x in 1 Kings 8)
oAfter the feast and sacrifices, “[Solomon] sent the people away, and they blessed
the king and went to their homes joyful and glad of heart for all the ___________
that the LORD had shown to David his servant and Israel his people.”
- Solomon is not only wise, but has great _________ and __________
- Solomon’s _________ according to Deut 17
oDon’t accumulate a large army : Solomon trusted in his large ________ and his
political _______
oDon’t have many wives : Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines
oDon’t accumulate massive wealthy by taxing the people : Solomon became one of
the _________ men in history through taxing the kingdom
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WRAP UP:
- Even the greatest of leaders will have _______ in their lives
- A failure to deal with sin will lead to _______________ from God
- BUT God is ____________ and will forgive our sin when we show true ____________
- God established the ____________ ____________ in order to move forward his
redemptive plan of salvation that starts in Genesis 3!
THE UNITED KINGDOM AND JESUS
- Jesus as the ultimate _________ one
- Jesus as the direct ___________ of David who is the ultimate, final, and eternal Davidic
King! (cf. Matthew 1)
- Jesus is through whom now believers have become the ___________ – the dwelling
place of God
