Background
This is the man who annointed Israel's first two kings.
Who is Samuel?
This is the first king of Israel.
Who is Saul?
This is the name of David's father.
Who is "Jesse"?
David is described as a man "_____ God's own heart".
What is "after"?
DAILY DOUBLE
This is the champion giant of the Philistines, and this is what his armor is described to look like.
Who is Goliath, and what is "scale-like" (or similar) so that he represents the serpent?
This is the city, that David was born in.
What is Bethlehem?
This is the substance use to "annoint" a king in Israel.
What is "oil" (or a "horn or flask of oil")?
This is how many sons Jesse had.
What is 8, (or 7 plus David)?
DAILY DOUBLE
David spared Saul's like in the cave, this is what David did, and this is how David's "heart" felt afterward.
What is "cut off a corner of his robe" and "his herat struck him" because he had dared to cut the clothes of the Lord's annointed.
DAILY DOUBLE
This is the tribe that David was from. This is the tribe that Saul was from.
What is the tribe of Judah (David), and the tribe of Benjamin (Saul)?
This is Samuel’s mother’s name.
What is “Hannah”?
DAILY DOUBLE
Samuel lost the kingdom of Israel because of these two acts of disobedience.
What is he offered a sacrifice instead of waiting for Samuel and failed to devote the Amalekite king and cattle to destruction?"
This is the tribe that Saul was from.
What is Benjamin?
This is how many men Saul took to pursue David in the wilderness.
What is "3,000"?
When the people demand a king, Samuel warns that kings will do this to the people.
What is take your children and money (tax you and take what is yours and God’s)
“These will be the ways of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen and to run before his chariots. 12 And he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and some to plow his ground and to reap his harvest, and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots. 13 He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers. 14 He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive orchards and give them to his servants. 15 He will take the tenth of your grain and of your vineyards and give it to his officers and to his servants.16 He will take your male servants and female servants and the best of your young men and your donkeys, and put them to his work. 17 He will take the tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves.”
DAILY DOUBLE
These are the roles (offices) that Samuel is said to fulfill.
What is prophet and judge.
FILL IN THE BLANK:
“The word of the Lord came to Samuel: “I ______ that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following me and has not performed my commandments.””
What is “regret”?
This is what David was doing when Samuel came to annoint him as king.
What is tending sheep?
DAILY DOUBLE
This is how David spares Saul's life the second time: name the location (general location is fine), and what David took from Saul to prove he spared him.
What is "Saul's camp" and "spear"?
When the Lord’s Spirit departed from Saul, this spirit entered him.
What is a “harmful spirit”?
This is why David was born in Bethlehem (hint: which one of his ancestor's moved there?)
What is "because Ruth (David's great grandmother) moved to Bethlehem"?
FILL IN THE BLANK: Immediately after David is annointed king, it says "And the Spirit of the Lord ______ upon David from that day forward"
What is "rushed" (or similar, such as "came upon")?
This is how David's physical appearance is described before he is annointed.
What is "he was ruddy and had beautiful eyes and was handsome" (1 Sam 16:12)?
FILL IN THE BLANK: "The LORD forbid that I should put out my ____ against the LORD’s ________"
What is "hand" and "anointed"?
This is what Hannah did when Samuel was born?
What is “For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition that I made to him. Therefore I have lent him to the Lord. As long as he lives, he is lent to the Lord.”