1 Samuel.txt

Transtion from Theocrazy to Monarchy; from Samuel to Saul

• I. Preparation for the Monarch/Samuel (1 - 9)
• II. Period of the Monarch/Saul (10 - 31)

1-4 Eli to Samuel

8 Israel demands a king

9-10 The choosing of a king

13 Saul assumes priestly office

15 Saul spares Agag

16 God chooses David as king

17 Goliath slain

18 David: Jonathan's friend, Saul's enemy

24 David spares Saul's life

25 David and Abigail

28 Saul and the witch of Endor

31 Saul and his sons killed

• 15:20-23 "To obey better/sacrifice"
• 16:7 God looks on the heart

16:7 God looks on the heart

Samuel - Son of Elkanah and Hannah; a Nazarite; a Priest; a Judge; a King MAKER

Saul - first king of Israel; son of Kish a Benjamite; first of many bad kings Israel would suffer through.

Hannah - wife of Elkanah and mother of Samuel

Eli - High Priest and Judge of Israel; wicked sons - Hophni and Phineas

Jonathan - eldest son of Saul and close friend of David; father of Mephibosheth

David - Son of Jesse; anointed by Samuel as King of Israel; first of few good kings.

Agag - King of Amalekites, sinfully spared by Saul