1 Samuel Flashcards
Theme of 1 Samuel
Judges to Kings (Transition), Theocracy to monarchy
Outline (Detailed)
I. Preparation for the Monarch (Samuel) (1–9)
A. Samuel’s birth and childhood (1)
B. Hannah’s song (2:1–10)
C. The situation at Shiloh (2:11–36)
D. Samuel’s call (3)
E. The Ark (4–7)
F. The selection of a King (8–9)
II. Period of the Monarch (Saul) (10–31)
A. Saul’s ascendancy (10–14)
B. Saul’s rejection (15)
C. Saul and David (16–26)
D. Saul’s end (27–31)
Outline (Simple)
I. Preparation for the Monarch (Samuel) (1–9)
II. Period of the Monarch (Saul) (10–31)
Chapters 1–4
Eli to Samuel
Chapters 8–10
Choosing a King
Chapter 13
Saul assumes priestly office
Chapter 15
Saul spares Amalekites
Chapter 16
David anointed
Chapter 17
Goliath slain
Chapter 18
David, Jonathan’s friend, Saul’s enemy
Chapter 24
David spares Saul’s life
Chapter 25
David and Abigail
Chapter 28
Saul and the witch of Endor
Chapter 31
Saul and his sons killed
1 Samuel 15:20–23
“Then Saul said to Samuel, “I did obey the voice of Yahweh and went on the way on which Yahweh sent me and have brought back Agag the king of Amalek and have
devoted the Amalekites to destruction. “But the people took some of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the choicest of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God at Gilgal.” And Samuel said, “Has Yahweh as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of Yahweh? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed than the fat of rams. “For rebellion is as the sin of divination, and insubordination is as wickedness and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of Yahweh, He has also rejected you from being king.”
