1 Samuel 9:15 Now the LORD had told Samuel in

his ear a day before Saul came, saying,….

17 And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said

unto him, Behold the man whom I spake to

thee of! this same shall reign over my

people.

Son of Hannah

Hannah dedicated him to

God

1 Sam 1:11 give unto thine handmaid a

man child, then I will give him unto

the LORD all the days of his life, and

there shall no razor come upon his

head.

God Calls him in the night

Eli tells Sam to say “speak Lord for

thy servant heareth” when Samuel

hears a voice

Becomes Israel’s Prophet and

Judge.

Before Kings Israel ruled by a

Judge

Last Judge of Israel

1 Sam 15

1 Sam 15

3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not

9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them

22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,

Turning Point

“the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.”

A. Goliath

B. Jesse

C. Josiah

D. David

A son of Jesse

David

1 Samuel 16:7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look

not on his countenance, or on the height of his

stature; because I have refused him: for

the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man

looketh on the outward appearance, but

the LORD looketh on the heart.

Spear

Gun

Poison

Stone

1 Samuel 17:49 And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead

17:45I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel,

Amazing faith

Absalom

Samuel

Jonathan

Saul

Jonathan

Saul’s eldest son

Helps David escape

Samuel 18

the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.

David and Saul

In the cave

David and Saul In the cave

Sam24:3 And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.

David and Saul In the cave

6 And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the LORD's anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD.

Matt5:44“Love your enemies”

What is the story of David and the ark?

1 Chronicles 13:15,16

3 And let us bring again the ark of our God to us

9 And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled.

Six

2 Samuel 3:2-5

3rd son of David

Killed his brother

25 But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

26 And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight.

Tried to takeover kingdom

Battle with David and lost And Died

Mum was Bathsheba

Built the Temple

1 Chron 22:19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD.

Asked for Wisdom

1 Kings3:9 Give

therefore thy

servant an

understanding

heart to judge thy

people, that I may

discern between

good and bad

Rehoboam

Jeroboam

Elijah

Elisha

Jehoshaphat

Scary

Not helpful

A rock

A Fortress

2 Samuel 22

2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;

3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.

4 I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.