the books of first and second samuel by dr. arnold … · 2. samuel’s warnings about the nature...

O-SAM.PDFCopyright © 2008, Ariel Ministries. The Books of First and Second Samuel - OUTLINE, PAGE 1

INTRODUCTION

A. Title

1. Hebrew

2. Greek

3. Latin

4. English

B. Authorship

C. Date

D. Historical Background

1. Time Period

2. The Political Background

3. The Spiritual Conditions

E. The Historical Periods and Key Persons

1. Samuel

2. Saul

3. David

F. The Hebrew Text

G. Purpose

THE BOOKS OF FIRST AND SECOND SAMUELby Dr. Arnold Fruchtenbaum


1. Historical Purpose

2. Vindication Purpose

3. Theological Purpose

H. Importance and Uniqueness

1. Historical

2. Devotional

3. Book of Transitions

4. The Theocratic Kingdom

5. Unique Elements

I. Key Elements

1. Key Verses

2. Key Chapters

J. Samuel in the Scriptures

1. In the Old Testament

2. In the New Testament

3. References

K. Divisions

1. The Focus

2. Transitions

3. Topics

L. The Books of Samuel and the Psalms

M. The Theology of the Books of Samuel


1. Bibliology

2. Theology Proper

3. Christology

4. Pneumatology

5. Angelology Proper

6. Satanology

7. Demonology

8. Anthropology

9. Hamartiology

10. Soteriology

11. Israelology

a. The Davidic Covenant

b. The Theocratic Kingdom

c. The Priesthood

d. The Prophetic Movement

12. Ecclesiology

13. Eschatology

a. Personal Eschatology

b. General Eschatology

N. The Theme


I. THE BIRTH AND DEDICATION OF SAMUEL - 1:1 - 2:11

A. The Birth of Samuel - 1:1-20

1. The Family of Elkanah - 1:1-2

2. The Yearly Ritual - 1:3-8

3. Hannah’s Vow - 1:9-11

4. Hannah and Eli - 1:12-18

5. The Birth - 1:19-20

B. The Dedication of Samuel - 1:21-28

C. The Song of Hannah - 2:1-10

1. The God of Hannah - 2:1-2

2. Hannah’s Warning - 2:3

3. The Final Disposition of All Things is in the Hand of God - 2:4-7

4. The Messianic Kingdom - 2:8-10

D. Postscript - 2:11

II. THE SONS OF ELI AND THE CALL OF SAMUEL - 2:12 - 4:1a

A. The Sons of Eli - 2:12-36

1. The Sins of the Sons of Eli - 2:12-17

2. The Faithfulness of Samuel and His Parents - 2:18-21

3. Eli’s Reproval of His Sons - 2:22-26

4. The Prophecy Against the House of Eli - 2:27-36


B. The Call of Samuel - 3:1 - 4:1a

1. The Circumstance of the Call - 3:1-3

2. The Call - 3:4-14

3. The Report to Eli - 3:15-18

4. Samuel the Prophet - 3:19 - 4:1a

III. THE JOURNEYS OF THE ARK OF THE COVENANT - 4:1B - 7:2

A. The Capture of the Ark - 4:1b-22

1. The Battle of Aphek and Eben-Ezer - 4:1b-11

2. The Death of Eli - 4:12-18

3. Ichabod: The Glory Has Departed - 4:19-22

B. The Ark in the Land of the Philistines - 5:1-12

1. Ashdod - 5:1-7

2. Gath - 5:8-9

3. Ekron - 5:10-12

C. The Return of the Ark - 6:1-18

1. The Advice - 6:1-9

2. TheFulfillment-6:10-18

D. The Ark in Israel - 6:19 - 7:2

1. Beth-Shemesh - 6:19-20

2. Kiriath-Jearim - 6:21 - 7:2


IV. THE JUDGESHIP OF SAMUEL - 7:3 - 12:25

A. Repentance and Victory Under Samuel - 7:3-17

1. The Call to Repentance - 7:3

2. The Response - 7:4

3. The Battle of Mizpah and Eben-Ezer - 7:5-14

4. Samuel’s Circuit - 7:15-17

B. The Request for a King - 8:1-22

1. The Causes - 8:1-9

2. Samuel’s Warnings About the Nature of Kingship - 8:10-18

3. The People’s Refusal to Hear - 8:19-22

C. The Anointing of King Saul - 9:1 - 10:27

1. Saul and the Lost Donkeys - 9:1-14

2. The Choosing of Saul by God and Samuel - 9:15 - 10:16

a. God’s Revelation to Samuel - 9:15-17

b. The First Meeting Between Saul and Samuel - 9:18-21

c. Saul at Samuel’s Feast - 9:22-24

d. Samuel’s Anointing of Saul - 9:25 - 10:13

e. Saul’s Return Home - 10:14-16

3. The Choosing of Saul by the People - 10:17-27

a. The People’s Acceptance of Saul - 10:17-24

b. The Constitution of the Kingdom - 10:25a

c. The Dismissal of the Assembly - 10:25b-26

d. The Rejection by Some - 10:27


D. The Ammonite War - 11:1-15

1. The Siege of Jabesh-Gilead - 11:1-5

2. The War - 11:6-11

3. The Renewal of the Kingship of Saul by Israel - 11:12-15

E. Samuel’s Retirement and Farewell Address - 12:1-25

1. Samuel’s Righteous Judgeship - 12:1-5

2. The Lesson of History - 12:6-11

3. The Sin of Rejecting God as King - 12:12-15

4. The Authenticating Sign - 12:16-18

5. The Response of the People - 12:19

6. The Final Admonition - 12:20-25

V. THE REIGN AND WARS OF SAUL - 13:1 - 15:35

A. The Saul and Jonathan Philistine War - 13:1 - 14:46

1. The Introduction - 13:1

2. The Initial Campaign - 13:2-4

3. Saul’sSinfulSacrifice-13:5-15a

4. The Mustering of Saul’s Forces - 13:15b-18

5. The Military-Weapons Situation - 13:19-23

6. Jonathan’s Attack of the Philistine Garrison in Michmash - 14:1-15

a. The Geographical Situation - 14:1-5

b. The Attack on Michmash - 14:6-15

7. The Response of Saul - 14:16-23


8. Saul’s Foolish Oath - 14:24-26

a. The Oath and Jonathan’s Disobedience - 14:24-30

b. The Result of the Oath - 14:31-35

c. The Discovery of Jonathan’s Violation - 14:36-42

d. The Rescue of Jonathan - 14:43-46

B. The Summary of Saul’s Rule - 14:47-52

1. Saul’s Wars - 14:47-48

2. Saul’s Family - 14:49-51

3. Saul’s Draft Policy - 14:52

C. The Amalekite War - 15:1-35

1. Samuel’s Instructions to Saul - 15:1-3

2. The War - 15:4-8

3. Saul’s Disobedience - 15:9

4. God’s Rejection of Saul - 15:10-35

a. The Rejection - 15:10-31

b. The Execution of Agag - 15:32-33

c. The Separation of Samuel from Saul - 15:34-35

VI. THE TRANSITION FROM SAUL TO DAVID - 16:1 - 1:27

A. The Anointing of David - 16:1-13

1. Samuel’s Journey - 16:1-5

2. The Rejection of the Seven Brothers - 16:6-10

3. The Choosing of David - 16:11-13


B. David in Saul’s Court - 16:14-23

C. David and Goliath - 17:1-58

1. The Challenge of Goliath - 17:1-11

2. The Family of David - 17:12-16

3. David’s Arrival to Saul’s Camp - 17:17-30

4. David’s Offer to Fight Goliath - 17:31-39

5. The Fight - 17:40-54

6. Saul’s Inquiry - 17:55-58

D. TheConflictBetweenDavidandSaul-18:1-19:17

1. The Friendship of David and Jonathan - 18:1-4

2. The Jealousy of Saul - 18:5-9

3. Saul’s Attempts to Kill David - 18:10 - 19:17

a. By Spear - 18:10-16

b. By the Philistines - 18:17-30

(1) The Story of Merab - 18:17-19

(2) The Story of Michal - 18:20-29

(3) David’s Victories Over the Philistines - 18:30

c. By His Servants - 19:1-7

d. By Spear - 19:8-10

e. By His Messengers - 19:11-17


E. David’s Flights - 19:18 - 27:12

1. Ramah - 19:18-24

2. The Covenant Between David and Jonathan - 20:1-42

a. David’s Consultation with Jonathan - 20:1-11

b. The Covenant - 20:12-17

c. The Sign Between David and Jonathan - 20:18-23

d. Jonathan’s Defense of David Before Saul - 20:24-34

e. The Separation Between David and Jonathan - 20:35-42

3. Nob - 21:1-9

4. Gath - 21:10-15

5. Adullam - 22:1-2

6. Moab - 22:3-5

7. The Slaughter of the Priests of Nob - 22:6-23

a. Saul’s Complaint - 22:6-8

b. Doeg’s Revelation - 22:9-10

c. The Slaughter of the Priesthood - 22:11-19

d. The Escape of Abiathar - 22:20-23

8. Keilah - 23:1-13

a. The Saving of Keilah - 23:1-6

b. The Betrayal by Keilah - 23:7-13

9. The Wilderness of Ziph - 23:14-23

a. The Flight to Ziph - 23:14

b. The Renewal of the Covenant Between David and Jonathan - 23:15-18


c. The First Betrayal by the Ziphites - 23:19-23

10. The Wilderness of Maon - 23:24-28

11. Ein Gedi - 23:29 - 24:22

a. The Flight to Ein Gedi - 23:29

b. The First Sparing of Saul’s Life - 24:1-22

(1) The Sparing - 24:1-7

(2) David’s Speech - 24:8-15

(3) Saul’s Confession and Request - 24:16-21

(4) The Separation - 24:22

12. The Death of Samuel - 25:1

13. The Story of Abigail - 25:2-42

a. Nabal and Abigail - 25:2-3

b. David’s Request of Nabal - 25:4-9

c. Nabal’s Refusal - 25:10-11

d. David’s Threat - 25:12-13

e. The Report to Abigail - 25:14-17

f. The Meeting of David and Abigail - 25:18-22

g. Abigail’s Intercession - 25:23-31

h. David’s Repentance - 25:32-35

i. The Death of Nabal - 25:36-38

j. The Marriage of David and Abigail - 25:39-42

14. The Wives of David - 25:43-44


15. The Wilderness of Ziph - 26:1-25

a. The Second Betrayal by the Ziphites - 26:1-4

b. The Second Sparing of Saul’s Life - 26:5-12

c. David’s Message to Abner - 26:13-16

d. David’s Message to Saul - 26:17-20

e. Saul’s Confession - 26:21

f. David’s Response - 26:22-24

g. The Final Separation of Saul and David - 26:25

16. Gath - 27:1-12

a. The Reason for the Flight - 27:1-4

b. Ziklag - 27:5-7

c. David’s Raids - 27:8-12

F. The Final Campaign of Saul - 28:1 - 1:27

1. The Preparation for War - 28:1-2

2. Saul and the Witch of En-Dor - 28:3-25

a. The Background: The Silence of God - 28:3-6

b. The Witch of En-Dor - 28:7-14

c. The Message of Samuel - 28:15-19

d. Saul’s Final Meal - 28:20-25

3. The Rejection of David by the Philistines - 29:1-11

a. The Rejection - 29:1-5

b. David Sent Back to Ziklag - 29:6-11


4. The Amalekite Raid - 30:1-31

a. The Destruction of Ziklag - 30:1-6

b. David’s Inquiry of God - 30:7-8

c. The Pursuit - 30:9-10

d. The Egyptian Slave - 30:11-15

e. The Attack on the Amalekites - 30:16-20

f. The Principle - 30:21-25

g. The Division of the Spoil - 30:26-31

5. The Death of Saul - 31:1-13

a. The Death of Saul and His Three Sons - 31:1-6

b. The Defeat of Israel - 31:7

c. The Desecration of the Bodies - 31:8-10

d. The Rescue of the Bodies - 31:11-13

6. The Report to David - 1:1-16

a. The Report - 1:1-10

b. The Mourning - 1:11-12

c. The Execution of the Amalekite - 1:13-16

7. The Lament of David - 1:17-27

a. Introduction - 1:17-18

b. The Lament - 1:19-27

(1) The First Strophe - 1:19-24

(2) The Second Strophe - 1:25-26

(3) The Third Strophe - 1:17


VII. DAVID’S REIGN OVER JUDAH - 2:1 - 4:12

A. David Anointed Over Judah - 2:1-4a

B. The Commendation of Jabesh-Gilead - 2:4b-7

C. The Reign of Ishbosheth - 2:8-11

D. The Contest at the Pool of Gibeon - 2:12-32

1. The Battle at the Pool - 2:12-17

2. The Death of Asahel - 2:18-23

3. The Pursuit of Abner - 2:24-29

4. The Conclusion of the Battle - 2:30-32

E. The War Between David and Ishbosheth - 3:1

F. The Sons of David - 3:2-5

G. The Defection and Death of Abner - 3:6-39

1. The Cause - 3:6-11

2. The Negotiations with David - 3:12-16

3. The Negotiations with the Elders of Israel - 3:17-19

4. The Agreement with David - 3:20-21

5. The Assassination of Abner - 3:22-30

a. Joab’s Argument with David - 3:22-25

b. Joab’s Murder of Abner - 3:26-30

6. The Mourning over Abner - 3:31-39

H. The Assassination of Ishbosheth - 4:1-12

1. The Murderers - 4:1-3

2. Mephibosheth - 4:4


3. The Murder of Ishbosheth - 4:5-12

VIII. DAVID’S REIGN OVER ISRAEL - 5:1 - 10:19

A. The Anointing of David Over Israel - 5:1-5

B. The Conquest of Jerusalem - 5:6-9

C. David Established in the Kingdom - 5:10-12

D. The Family of David - 5:13-16

E. The Final War With the Philistines - 5:17-25

1. The First Campaign - 5:17-21

2. The Second Campaign - 5:22-25

F. The Ark of the Covenant Brought to Jerusalem - 6:1-23

1. The Procession - 6:1-5

2. The Death of Uzzah - 6:6-11

3. The Ark Brought In - 6:12-19

4. The Estrangement of David and Michal - 6:20-23

G. The Davidic Covenant - 7:1-29

1. The Background - 7:1-3

2. The Covenant - 7:4-17

3. David’s Prayer of Thanksgiving - 7:18-29

H. The Empire of David - 8:1-18

1. The Conquest of Philistia - 8:1

2. The Conquest of Moab - 8:2

3. The Conquest of Syria - 8:3-8

4. The Spoils of War - 8:9-12


5. The Conquest of Edom - 8:13-14

6. The Government of David - 8:15-18

I. David’s Kindness to Mephibosheth - 9:1-13

J. The War with Ammon and Syria - 10:1-19

1. The Insult to David - 10:1-5

2. The Alliance of Ammon and Syria - 10:6-8

3. The Defeat of Ammon - 10:9-14

4. The Defeat of Syria - 10:15-19

IX. THE SIN OF DAVID AND BATHSHEBA - 11:1 - 12:31

A. The Sin - 11:1-27a

1. The Occasion - 11:1

2. The Adultery - 11:2-5

3. Uriah’s Righteous Actions - 11:6-13

4. The Murder of Uriah - 11:14-17


6. The Marriage of David and Bathsheba - 11:26-27a

B. The Judgment of David - 11:27b - 12:25

1. God’s Displeasure - 11:27b

2. The Prophecy of Nathan - 12:1-15a

a. Nathan’s Parable - 12:1-6

b. The Application of the Parable - 12:7-12

c. The Repentance of David - 12:13-15a

3. The Death of the Son - 12:15b-23


4. The Birth of Solomon - 12:24-25

C. The Final Conquest of Ammon- 12:26-31

X. THE REVOLT OF ABSALOM - 13:1 - 20:26

A. Amnon and Tamar - 13:1-39

1. The Rape of Tamar - 13:1-22

a. The Trap - 13:1-6

b. The Rape - 13:7-14

c. The Results - 13:15-22

2. The Murder of Amnon - 13:23-39

a. The Murder - 13:23-29

b. The Report to David - 13:30-33

c. The Flight of Absalom - 13:34-39

B. The Return of Absalom - 14:1-33

1. Joab’s Ploy: The Woman of Tekoa - 14:1-20

2. The Return of Absalom - 14:21-33

a. The Fetching of Absalom - 14:21-24

b. The Beauty and Family of Absalom - 14:25-27

c. The Reconciliation Between David and Absalom - 14:28-33

C. The Revolt of Absalom - 15:1-12

1. The Conspiracy - 15:1-6

2. The Revolt - 15:7-12

D. The Flight of David - 15:13 - 16:14

1. The Flight from Jerusalem - 15:13-17


2. David and His Royal Body-Guard - 15:18-22

3. David and Zadok - 15:23-29

4. David and Hushai - 15:30-37

5. David and Ziba - 16:1-4

6. David and Shimei - 16:5-14

a. The Cursing by Shimei - 16:5-8

b. The Sparing of Shimei - 16:9-14

E. Absalom in Jerusalem - 16:15 - 17:23

1. Absalom’s Arrival - 16:15-19

2. Absalom and David’s Concubine - 16:20-23

3. Ahithophel’s Advice - 17:1-4

4. Hushai’s Counter-Advice - 17:5-14


6. The Suicide of Ahithophel - 17:23

F. The Battle - 17:24 - 19:8a

1. David and Absalom in the Transjordan - 17:24-29

2. The Organization of David’s Army - 18:1-5

3. The Battle - 18:6-8

4. The Death of Absalom - 18:9-15

5. The Burial of Absalom - 18:16-18


a. The Two Runners - 18:19-23

b. David’s Lookout - 18:24-27


c. The First Messenger - 18:28-30

d. The Second Messenger - 18:31-32

7. David’s Mourning Over Absalom - 18:33 - 19:8a

a. The Mourning - 18:33 - 19:4

b. Joab’s Reproof - 19:5-7

c. David’s Appearance - 19:8a

G. The Return of David - 19:8b - 20:26

1. The Acceptance by Israel - 19:8b-10

2. The Acceptance by Judah - 19:11-15

3. The Confession of Shimei - 19:16-23

a. The Confession - 19:16-20

b. The Sparing of Shimei’s Life - 19:21-23

4. Mephibosheth and Ziba - 19:24-30

5. The Separation from Barzillai - 19:31-39

6. The Strife Between Judah and Israel - 19:40-43

7. The Revolt of Sheba - 20:1-22

a. The Revolt - 20:1-2

b. David’s Return to Jerusalem - 20:3

c. The Murder of Amasa - 20:4-13

d. The Death of Sheba - 20:14-22

8. The Reconstitution of the Davidic Kingdom - 20:23-26


XI. EPILOGUE: APPENDICES TO THE DAVIDIC KINGDOM - 21:1 - 24:25

A. The Famine - 21:1-14

1. The Cause - 21:1-6

2. The Solution - 21:7-9

3. The Final Burial of Saul’s Family - 21:10-14

B. David’s Giant Killers - 21:15-22

C. David’s Psalm - 22:1-51

1. The Introduction - 22:1

2. The Psalm - 22:2-51

a. The Nature of the Psalmist’s God - 22:2-3

b. God: The Object of Praise - 22:4

c. Praise for Answered Prayer - 22:5-7

d. The Prophetic Future: The Divine Intervention at the Second Coming - 22:8-16

e. God’s Deliverance of David - 22:17-20

f. The Reasons for God’s Deliverance - 22:21-28

g. David’s Experience of God - 22:29-31

h. David’s Indebtedness to God - 22:32-37

i. David’s Accomplishments Through God’s Enablement - 22:38-43

j. David’s Empire - 22:44-46

k. Concluding Praise and Thanksgiving - 22:47-51

D. The Last Words of David - 23:1-7


E. David’s Mighty Men - 23:8-39

1. The First Order of Three - 23:8-12

2. The Second Order of Thirty - 23:13-39

a. The Top Three of the Second Order - 23:13-23

(1) Their Deed - 23:13-17

(2) Abishai - 23:18-19

(3) Benaiah - 23:20-23

b. The Order of the Thirty - 23:24-39a

c. The Total - 23:39b

F. The Numbering of the People - 24:1-25

1. The Sin - 24:1-9

2. The Judgment - 24:10-17

a. The Choice - 24:10-14

b. The Pestilence - 24:15-17

3. The Purchase of Mount Moriah - 24:18-25


CHART 1: A HARMONY OF SAMUEL AND CHRONICLESEvent Samuel Chronicles

1. Genealogy from Adam to Noah I 1:1-42. Genealogy of Noah’s sons I 1:5-233. Genealogy from Shem to Abraham I 1:24-274. Genealogy of Abraham I 1:28-425. The Kings and Dukes of Edom I 1:43-546. The Twelve Sons of Israel I 2:1-27. The Tribe of Judah I 2:3-17, 21-24;

4:1-238. Descendants of Caleb I 2:18-20, 42-559. Family of David I 3:1-9

10. Line of David through Solomon I 3:10-2411. Tribe of Levi and Line of Aaron I 6:1-15, 49-5312. Descendants of Gershom, Kohath, and

MerariI 6:16-30

13. Ancestors of Songwriters: Heman, Asaph, Ethan

I 6:31-48

14. Cities of Levites I 6:54-8115. Tribe of Reuben I 5:1-1016. Tribe of Gad I 5:11-1717. Half-Tribe of Manasseh-East I 5:23-2418. Tribe of Simeon I 4:24-4319. Tribe of Issachar I 7:1-520. Tribe of Naphtali I 7:1321. Half-Tribe of Manasseh-West I 7:14-1922. Tribe of Ephraim I 7:20-2923. Tribe of Asher I 7:30-4024. Tribe of Benjamin I 7:6-12; 8:1-2825. The House of Saul I 8:29-40; 9:35-4426. The War of the Transjordanian Tribes I 5:18-2227. The Inhabitants of Jerusalem I 2-34, 1a28. Samuel’s Birth I 1:1-2029. Samuel’s Consecration I 1:21-2830. Hannah’s Song I 2:1-1031. Eli and His Sons I 2:12-2032. Samuel’s Ministry in the Tabernacle I 2:11, 18-2133. Prophecy of the Fall of the House of Eli I 2:27-3634. Samuel’s Call I 3:1-1835. Samuel Established as a Prophet I 3:19 - 4:1a36. The Loss of the Ark I 4:1b-11a



37. The Fall of the House of Eli I 4:11b-2238. The Ark in Philistia I 5:1-1239. The Return of the Ark I 6:1-1140. The Reception of the Ark I 6:12 - 7:141. The Twenty Years I 7:242. National Repentance through Samuel I 7:3-643. Victory Over the Philistines I 7:7-1244. Summary of Samuel as Judge I 7:13-1745. Demand for a King I 8:1-2246. Samuel and Saul I 9:1-2547. Saul Appointed I 9:26 - 10:148. SignsofConfirmation I 10:2-1649. Saul Chosen in Mizpah I 10:17-2150. Saul Installed as King I 10:22-2751. Saul’s Reign in General I 14:47-5252. Saul’s Victory Over Ammonites I 11:1-1153. ConfirmationofSaulinGilgal I 11:12-1554. Samuel’s Last Message I 12:1-2555. Beginnings of Royalty I 13:1-256. The Saul and Jonathan Philistine War I 13:3 - 14:4657. The Amalekite War I 15:1-3558. David Anointed I 16:1-1359. David in Saul’s Court I 16:14-2360. David and Goliath I 17:1-5461. David in Saul’s Court I 18:1-3062. David and Jonathan I 19:1 - 20:4263. David’s Flight I 21:1 - 26:2564. David in Ziklag I 27:1-12 I 12:1-765. David at Aphek I 28:1 - 29:11 I 12:19-2266. David and Amalek I 30:1-3167. Saul and the Witch I 28:3-2568. The Fall of the House of Saul I 31:1-1369. News of Saul’s Death II 1:1-1670. David’s Lament II 1:17-2771. David Anointed Over Judah II 2:1-4a72. David’s Message to Jabesh-Gilead II 2:4b-773. Ishbosheth’s Rule II 2:8-1174. Civil War II 2:12 - 3:175. David’s Family in Hebron II 3:2-5 I 3:1-4a



76. Abner, Ishbosheth, and David II 3:6 - 4:1277. David Anointed King II 5:1-5 I 11:1-378. David’s Warriors I 12:23-4079. Jerusalem Taken II 5:6-10 I 11:4-980. David Consolidates His Kingdom II 5:11-16 I 14:1-781. The Philistine Wars-Defensive II 5:17-25 I 14:8-1782. Alliance with Hiram II 5:11-12 I 14:1-283. Death of Uzzah II 6:1-11 I 13:1-1484. The Ark Brought to Jerusalem II 6:12-23 I 15:1 - 16:385. Levites Before the Ark

Psalms 105:1-15;95:1-13;106:1, 47-48

I 16:4-43

86. The Philistine War-Offensive II 8:1II 21:15-17II 21:18II 21:19II 21:20-22

I 18:1I 20:4I 20:5I 20:6-8

87. David’s Foreign Wars II 8:1-18 I 18:1-1788. Mephibosheth II 9:1-3789. The Ammonite-Syrian Campaign II 10:1-19 I 19:1-1990. The Second Ammonite War and Bathsheba II 11:1 - 12:31 I 20:1-391. Summary of David’s Wars II 8:11-12, 14b I 18:11, 1392. David’s Mighty Men II 23:8-39 I 11:10-4793. The Famine II 21:1-1494. The Davidic Covenant II 7:1-29 I 17:1-2795. David’s Psalm of Praise

Psalm 18:1-50II 22:1-51

96. David’s Family in Jerusalem II 5:13-16 I 3:5-9; 14:3-797. The Absalom Revolt and the Aftermath II 13:1 - 20:2698. David’s census II 24:1-25 I 21:1 - 22:199. David’s Hymn of Praise I 16:4-36

100. Concluding Statement II 6:19b-23 I 16:37-43101. Preparation for the Building of the Temple I 22:1-19102. The National Convention II 23:1 - 29:22a103. David’s Last Psalm II 23:1-17


CHART 2: THE FAMILY OF DAVIDII SAMUEL 3:2-5; 5:13-16; 17:25

I CHRONICLES 2:16-17; 3:1-9; 14:3-7

Jesse

Wife No. 1 Wife No. 2

Amnon Chileab Absalom Tamar Adonijah Shephatiah Ithream

Shammua Shobab Nathan Solomon

DavidAbigail(half-sister)

Zeruiah(half-sister)

Amasa(nephew)

Joab Abishai Asahel(nephews)

Michal Ahinoam Abigail Maacah Haggith Abital Eglah Bathsheba

OTHER SONS OF DAVID:Ibhar

ElishuaElipeletNogahNephegJaphia

ElishamaBeeliadaEliada

ElipheletPlus - Unnamed sons by concubine


CHART 3:THE ANCESTRY OF ZADOK AND ABITHAR

Aaron

Ichabod

Ithamar

Eli

Hophni Phinchas (II)

Abitub (I)

Ahijah Ahimelech

Eleazar

Phinchas (I)

Abishua

Ahitub (II)

Zadok

Ahimaaz Abiathar

Ahimelech

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