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1-2 Samuel, 1 Kings
The Main Characters __Samuel_________
- Judge/Prophet (1 Sam. 1-7) _____Saul______
- King (1 Sam. 8-15) ___David________
- King (1 Sam. 16 – 2 Sam. 24) ___Solomon________
- King (1 Kgs. 1-11) Rules for Israelite Kingship (Deut. 17)
● Must be an __Israelite_________ (Tribe of Judah)
● Should not accumulate a large __army_________
● Should not have many _wives__________
● Should not accumulate massive ___wealth________ by taxing the people
● Should write out his own copy of the _Law__________, approved by the Levites
- 1 Samuel 1-7
● God answers _Hannah__________ prayers by giving her a son, Samuel.
● Samuel is raised by __Eli_________ in the temple
o “The young man Samuel continued to grow both in stature and in favor with the
Lord and also with man” (1 Sam. 1:26)
● God appears to Samuel in a dream
o “The Lord was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground” (3:19)
● The Philistines capture the _Ark of the Covenant__________
o Eli’s sons use the Ark as a good luck charm
o They place it in Dagon’s temple but God proves himself superior
o Every morning, Dagon is __fallen_________ over face first in front of the Ark
o The Philistines send the Ark back to Israel Saul Kingship of Saul
● Israel demands that Samuel give them a _king__________
● Israel wants a king “__like all the other nations_________”
● God tells Samuel that Israel has __rejected_________him as their ___King________
__Saul_________is chosen as the first king
o Features: _Tall__________and __handsome_________, from the tribe of Benjamin
o Character: weak and vain Saul defeats some of the Israelites’ enemies and
establishes a strong kingdom
● Saul becomes _prideful__________and disobeys God Saul’s Downfall
● Saul captures the Amalekite king and keeps their flocks for himself (1 Sam. 15)
● Saul and the army were told by God to destroy everything
● Samuel arrives and asks Saul why he sees evidence that Saul disobeyed God 1
Samuel 15:22, 23
- “Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifice as in
___obeying________the voice of the Lord? Behold, to __obey_________is
better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams. Because you have
rejected the word of the Lord, He has also _rejected__________you as king.”
David
● David’s Rise
- Samuel secretly anoints 16 yr. Old David in Bethlehem (1 Sam. 16)
o David is anointed king, but he will not reign as king for many years
o David is the youngest of Jesse’s sons
- “Man looks at the _outward__________appearance but the Lord looks at
the _heart__________” (1 Sam. 16:7) David and Goliath (1 Sam. 16)
- 9 foot tall Goliath challenges the Israelites in the Valley of Elah for 40
days ___Jesse________sends ___David________with supplies for his
brothers in the camp
- David volunteers to fight Goliath, stating his motivation:
- Goliath was ___defying________ God
- David rejects Saul’s armor
David and Goliath:
2 reminders
1. Shows the nations that Israel’s God is the ___true________ and __almighty_________
God. He is stronger than the Philistines’ ‘gods’.
2. Reminds Israel to trust _God________ more than their physical power and military
prowess
Saul’s Jealousy
● Saul has David marry his daughter, Michal
● David and Jonathan, Saul’s son, become best friends
● Eventually, Saul becomes so jealous of David’s fame that he tries to _kill_____ him.
● David flees.
David and Jonathan
● Beautiful example of biblical, committed friendship
● Love each other “as his own soul”
● Jonathan warns David of his father’s intentions
- “The LORD shall be between me and you, and between my offspring and your
offspring, forever” (1 Sam. 20:42)
David on the Run
● David receives help from the __preists_________ of Nob, who Saul then executed for
treason.
● Samuel passed away, so David hides in the wilderness
● David gathers together a group of soldiers who are loyal to him (__Mighty
Men_________) and continues to fight for Israel even though he is on the run.
● David ___refuses________ to kill Saul and take the throne.
o David’s opportunity at the Cave of En Gedi
- Stealing his spear in the wilderness of Ziph
Witch at Endor
● Saul is desperate and has had no walk with God for years.
● He goes to a ___witch_____ to try to talk to ___Samuel________.
● The witch is fake and is terrified when God actually allows Samuel to speak to Saul.
● Samuel tells Saul that he is going to _die______ in the battle the next day.
Defeat at Gilboa
● Saul and his forces are defeated
● Jonathan is also killed in the battle
● Saul commits military suicide rather than be captured
Reign of David
● King for __40_____ years
o King of ____Judah___ at Hebron: 7 years
o King of _Israel______ at Jerusalem: 33 years
Dealing with the House of Saul
● Brings back the _Ark of Covenant__________
Conquest of enemies: Philistines, Canaanites, Moab, Syria, Edom, and Ammon
The Davidic Covenant – 2 Samuel 7
1. David’s son (Solomon) will become king after him, forming a ____dynasty_______,
unlike Saul.
2. This son will build a _temple__________ for God.
3. David’s kingly line will be an __eternal_________ line.
● Under the David Covenant, God establishes David’s line to reign.
● If the Davidic king turns away from God, God would _temporarily__________
take away their nation and kingship
● God continues the line of David even amidst disobedience and oppression.
__Jesus________, the ultimate and __eternal King_________ and the Son of
God, is a direct descendent of David.
Matthew 1:1 “The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the son of
Abraham.”
● David’s Sin with Bathsheba
- 2 Samuel 11 While Israel is at war with the Ammonites, David remains behind
- David notices _Bathsheba__________ and commits adultery
- To cover up her pregnancy, he arranges for __Uriah_______, Bathsheba’s
husband, to come home, and then to be murdered.
- After Uriah’s death, David marries Bathsheba
- David thought he had gotten away with his sin.
o 2 Sam. 11:27 - “But the thing David had done displeased the Lord” Nathan the
prophet confronts David
o Nathan tells the story of a stolen ewe lamb
o 2 Sam. 12:7 - “You yourself are the man!”
o David’s child will not live
David’s repentance: Psalm __51_____ The Consequence of David’s Sin
4 Prophetic Woes:
1. “Sword shall never depart”
2. “Evil will rise from within”
3. “Your wives will be taken”
4. “Enemies will blaspheme”
● David’s kingship will always face difficulties.
David and Absalom David’s son, Absalom, leads a Rebellion
● Absalom tries to take the throne and David flees
● David retreats to the desert
● Absalom is killed in battle
● David returns
David vs. Saul
● Both men sinned and disobeyed God during their reign
● Saul never showed true ___repentance________;
● David is called “a man after _God’s own heart__________” because when confronted
with his sin, David repented and turned back to God
● David becomes the ideal king in Israel and the _prototype__________ of the future
Messiah
1 Kings
King Solomon
● Child from David and Bathsheba
● Through the support of Nathan the prophet and Bathsheba, David made Solomon his
successor.
● Davis the __warrior_________, ___musician________ and poet.
● Solomon is the __politician_________ and __philosopher_________
● David writes many psalms.
● Solomon writes much of the wisdom literature (some of Proverbs, Song of Solomon, and
Ecclesiastes)
Solomon’s Request: __Wisdom_________ Solomon builds the _Temple__________
Size: double that of the Tabernacle
Time to construct: 7 years
Laborers:
o Overseers: 3,850
o Laborers: 150,000
o Israelites: 30,000
Solomon Dedicates the Temple
● The _glory__________of the Lord fills the Temple when it is dedicated, and the Ark of
the Covenant is brought in
● Solomon prays over the people.
● He appeals to God’s __loyal love and faithfulness_________ if/when the people disobey
(“hear in heaven your dwelling place and forgive the sin of your servants” repeated 5x in
1 Kgs. 8)
● After 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
__goodness_________that the Lord had shown to David his servant and Israel his
people.”
● Solomon is not only wise, but God gives him much __wealth_________and
__power_________ Gold and silver
- Horses and stables
- Fleet of ships at Ezion-Geber (Red Sea)
- Copper mines in Negev
- Overland trade route
- Royal palace
● Solomon’s ____Downfall_______according to Deut. 17
● Don’t accumulate a large army: Solomon trusts in his __army_________and his political
__alliances_________
● Don’t have many __wives_________: Solomon had 700 wives and 300 concubines
o 1 Kgs. 11:7 - “Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and
for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites, on the mountain east of Jerusalem. And
so he did for all his foreign wives, who made offerings and sacrificed to their gods.”
● Don’t accumulate massive wealth by taxing the people: Solomon became one of
the ___richest ________men in history by taxing the kingdom Wrap Up Even the
greatest leaders will have _sin_____ in their lives
● A failure to deal with sin in __honest_________and repentance will invite
___punishment________from God. God is forgiving, and when sin is dealt with
in honesty and _repentance__________, God is quick to forgive.
● God established the __Davidic Line_________ in order to move forward his
redemptive plan of salvation that began in Genesis 3!
The United Kingdom & Jesus
● Jesus as the ultimate __Wise_________One
● Jesus as the direct _descendant__________of David who is the ultimate, final, eternal
Davidic King (cf. Matt. 1).
● The work of Jesus is the means by which believers have become the
_Temple__________- the dwelling place of God
