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1 Samuel Flashcards

1
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Who was Samuel’s father and mother?

A

Elkanah and Hannah

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2
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Meaning of name Elkkanah?

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God Created

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3
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What is the meaning of the name Hannah?

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Favor, Grace

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4
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Meaning of name Samuel

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God has heard

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5
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Who was Elkanah’s 2nd wife?

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Peninnah

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6
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Which wife did Elkanah love?

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Hannah his first wife not Peninnah

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7
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What was the vow that Hannah made while praying to the Lord?

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If the Lord would give her a son then she would dedicate his life to the Lord

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8
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What was Eli’s response to seeing Hannah pray?

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Initially thought she was drunk, then blessed her petition to be granted by God

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9
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What did Hannah do before bringing Samuel to Eli?

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Weaner him off breastfeeding first.

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10
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Who were the sons of Eli?

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Hophni and Phinehas.

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11
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Difference in Samuel vs sons of Eli in service to God?

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Samuel served God, the sons of Eli did not know the Lord.

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12
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What was Eli told would happen to his sons?

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in one day they would both die

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13
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How many times did the Lord call Samuel before he responded to the Him instead of Eli?

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4 times. The 3rd time Eli told him say “Speak Lord fro thy servant heareth.”

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14
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Why did God say that he would make an end of Eli’s house?

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Because his sons made themselves vile and Eli didn’t restrain them

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15
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Where did Israel and the Philistines battle when the ark was taken?

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Between Ebenezer and Aphek in Northern Israel

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16
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How were the sons of Eli killed?

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In battle they were slain and the ark taken.

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17
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How far did the man from the tribe of Benjamin run to tell Eli his sons were killed and the ark was taken?

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20 miles

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18
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What caused Eli to die?

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When hearing that the ark of God was taken he fell backward from his seat and died.

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19
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What did Phineas’s wife name their child?

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Ichabod

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20
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What is the meaning of the name Ichabod?

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Where is Glory?

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21
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When the ark was stolen what were the three cities it went to? And why did the Philistines return it?

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Ashdod, Gath, and Ekron. Returned it because of how all their people were afflicted by the ark.

22
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What God was found face on the earth before the ark of the Lord after it was stolen? What happened after the people put their God upright?

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Dagon. The 2nd time it’s head and hands were found cut off the next morning.

23
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What did the Philistines send the ark back to the Israelites with?

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on a cart driven by cows that had not been yoked and five golden mice/emerods.

24
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Who was the first to see the ark returning to Israel from the Philistines?

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Joshua, a beth-shemite in the field

25
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What city was the ark sent back to?

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Beth-shemesh

26
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What were the five cities represented by the five golden mice in the return of the ark?

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Ashdod, Gaza, Askelon, Gath, Ekron

27
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What was the ark placed on in the field upon its return from the Philistines?

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The Great Stone of Abel

28
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Why did God smite the men of Beth-shemesh?

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For looking into the ark.

29
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After the ark returned to Kirjath-jearim who kept it there?

A

Abinadab

30
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How did the Israelites defeat the Philistines when they came against them at Mizpeh when they were repenting?

A

Samual offered a burnt sacrifice and cried unto the Lord. The Lord then helped them defeat the Philistines and drive them out.

31
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What is the name of the stone that Samuel put between Mizpeh and Shen as a reminder of God’s help?

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Ebenezer

32
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Where was Samuel’s house that he built an altar at?

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Ramah

33
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What did the Israelites give as their reason for wanting a king?

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Because Samuel’s sons are wicked.

34
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What are the names of Samuels sons?

A

Joel and Abiah

35
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What did Samuel tell the people would happen if they chose a king?

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He would take their sons, appoint captains, take their daughters, fields, crop, servants, cattle, and even take them as servants.

36
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What was God’s response to the Israelites wanting a king?

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He commanded Samuel to appoint them a king.

37
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How did Saul come to meet Samuel?

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He was looking for lost asses of his father when his servant suggested they meet the man of God.

38
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What did Samuel invite Saul to do when they first met?

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He invited him to eat with him.

39
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Who was Saul’s father? What tribe?

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Kish - a Benjamite

40
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Where did Samuel tell the people that Saul was the chosen king?

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In Mizpeh

41
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Which ammonite came against Jabesh-Gilead and gouged out their right eyes?

A

Nahash

42
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What group of people did Saul beat in battle just before he is made king?

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Ammonites

43
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How did Saul convince the Israelites to come to battle with him against the Ammonites?

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He hewed the yoke of oxen in pieces and sent it throughout Israel threatening he would do that to their cattle if they did not come fight the Ammonites.

44
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How did Saul lose his right to be the king?

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He didn’t wait for Samuel in Gilgal to do the burnt offerings.

45
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What did Jonathan, Saul’s son, do to help fight the Philistines?

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He goes with his armour barer up to the Garrison and kills 20 Philistines.

46
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What did Saul do after beating the Philistines after Jonathan started the battle?

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He made a grandiose gesture of self denial by having everyone fast til evening

47
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What was the great evil that Jonathan did for which Saul wanted to kill him?

A

He ate food instead of fasting.

48
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How was Saul a poor leader with his communication with the Priest Ahiah?

A

He commanded him to bring the ark and ask the Lord what to do? Then when things escalated in battle he made him stop and they all went to battle.

He was micromanaging responsibilities that weren’t his.

49
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What did Samuel tell Saul that the Lord commanded him to do with the Amalekites?

What did Saul do?

A

To kill them completely and all their livestock

He spared Agag the king and the best of the sheep

50
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Why did Saul not utterly destroy the Amalekites?

A

Because he feared the people and obeyed their voice

51
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What was symbolic of Samuel’s skirt being rent in 2 when Saul held on to it?

A

Represented that the kingdom of Israel was rent from Saul

52
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Who killed Agag, the king of Amalekites who Saul was supposed to kill?

A

Samuel did

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