Ch.1-3
Hannah was the mother of _______.
Samuel
How old was Eli when he died?
98
The Israelites demanded of the prophet Samuel, "Give us a _____, so we can be like all the other nations."
King
Samuel anointed Saul's head with _____.
(Olive) Oil
Jonathan took the initiative against the Philistines because _____ was hiding.
Saul
What was Hannah's plight that caused her depression and drove her to prayer?
Infertility
What did the Philistines steal from the Israelites after the battle?
The Ark of the Covenant
What two characteristics did the Bible use to describe/introduce Saul?
Tall and Handsome
After Saul won the battle against Nahash, the people wanted to do what to everyone who rejected Saul as king?
Execute them.
Jonathan and his _________ took on the entire Philistine army alone.
Armor bearer
How many times did the Lord call to young Samuel in chapter 3?
3
What happened to the Levites (Israelites) who opened the Ark in Beth-shemesh.
God killed 70 of them.
What Tribe of Israel was Saul from?
Benjamin
Nahash the Ammonite told the people of Jabesh-Gilead he would spare them if all the men would do this.
Gouge out their right eyes.
(1 Sam 14) Saul placed an rash oath over the army, "Cursed is the man who _________ before evening--before I have taken vengeance on my enemies."
The high priest, father of Hophni and Phinehas, mentor to Samuel.
Eli
The Philistine god whose idol Yahweh destroyed.
Dagon
What did Kish (the father of Saul) lose?
His herd of donkeys.
Saul sinned in offering sacrifices to the Lord, himself, because Saul was not a ______.
Priest/Prophet
Saul nearly executed his own son for eating ______.
Honey.
What was the subject of the Lord's nighttime message to Samuel?
The destruction of Eli's house and family.
When the Philistines insulted the Lord, He afflicted their cities with...
Boils/sores/tumors (The Bubonic Plague)
Why did the people's demand for a king upset Samuel?
In doing so, they were rejecting God.
The Israelite army had to go to war with farm tools because the Philistines were the only ones in the land with _______.
Blacksmiths/Iron.
The famous line that Samuel spoke against Saul after his disobedience to the Lord: "To _____ is better than _______.
"To OBEY is better than SACRIFICE"