Samuel 1 Flashcards
חנה
Mother of Samuel. She is barren and wants a child because her rival wife is mean to her. She comes to the temple to pray, but the preist Eli thinks she is drunk. She oaths her child to God if she concieves.
פנינה
Other wife of Elkanah. She is mean to Hannah because Hannah is barren and Pnina has children
Elkanah
husband of Pnina and Hannah. Father of Samuel
בית דגון
Philistine temple where they took the ark after they captured it. In the morning they found their god dagon broken in front of the ark.
קרית יערים
After the ark was returned from the Philistines it was stored here.
בית אל- גלגל- מצפה - רמה
Places where Samuel acted as a cheiftan.
יבש גלעד
נחש העמוני
יבש גלעד is the town that is attacked by נחש העמוני. People are asked to surrender, Saul shows his leadership by bringing Israel to victory
יערת הדבש
After Saul curses anyone who eats that day, Jonathan unknowingly eats some of the honey from a beehive.
מירב ומיכל
Daugters of Saul
אבנר בן נר
Saul’s army commander
אגג
King of Amelek. Saul is supposed to kill everything and proscribe all of them, but Saul fails to kill the king.
גלית מגת
Philistine giant who David kills and shows that God has chosen him
מאה ערלות פלישתים
three hudred philistine foreskins. bride price for Michal.
דואג
נוב
אחימלך
אביתר
an edomite that works for Saul. When he reveals that achimelech is working with David, Saul sends him to kill all of the preists- דואג
place where priests live- נוב
priest at Nob, gives David provisions and goliath’s sword - אחימלך
only preist to escape to David from Nob- אביתר
נבל
אביגל
Nevel refuses to give David provisions. Abigal relizes her husbands mistake and tries to fix the problem. Nevel dies for his sins agains David and David marries Abigal
אשת בעלת אוב בעין דור
the witch of endor
Saul tries to go to her to speak with the ghost of Samuel about the battle. She says he and his son will die in the battle
הר גלוע
Gilboa- place where Saul and Jonathan die in battle against the Philistines.
הֲלוֹא אָנֹכִי טוֹב לָךְ, מֵעֲשָׂרָה בָּנִים.
Sam A 1:8
Trans: am not I better to thee than ten sons?
context: Elkanah ask Hannah why she is crying