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LECTURE 19

OUTLINE OF I AND II SAMUEL

I. The Shiloh traditions (I Samuel 1:1­4:1a)

A. Samuel's birth and dedication (1:1­2:11)

B. The House of Eli (2:12-4:1a)

1. The sins of Eli's sons (2:12­17)

2. Hannah's annual visit to Shiloh (2:18­21)

3. Eli's rebuke of his sinful sons (2:22­25)

4. House of Eli denounced (2:27­36)

5. Yahweh's appearance to Samuel (3:1-4:1a)

II. The ark narratives (I Samuel 4:1b­7:1)

A. The capture of the ark (4:1b­11)

B. The death of Eli (4:12­18)

C. The birth of Ichabod (4:19­22)

D. The ark brings terror to the Philistines (5:1­12)

E. The return of the ark (6:1­7:2)

III. The institution of the monarchy (I Samuel 7:2­12:25)

A. Samuel as leader of all Israel (7:3­8:22)

1. Samuel; the last judge (7:3­17)

2. Samuel's influence fades (8:1­22)

a. Samuel's sons pervert justice (8:13)

b. Israel asks for a king (8:4­9)

c. Ways of a king described (8:10­18)

d. Israel remains resolute (8:19­22)

3. God selects Israel's king (9:1­10:27)

4. Saul wins public support (11:1­15)

5. Samuel counsels the monarchy (12:1­25)

IV. The reign of Saul (I Samuel 13­15)

A. War of liberation begun (13:1­15a)

B. Conditions of war described (13:15b­23)

C. Israel wins victory (14:1­23)

D. Victory sweep halted (14:24-46)

E. Saul's reign summarized (14:47­52)

F. Saul rejected as king (15:1­35)

1. Saul violates the ban (15:1­9)

2. Samuel pronounces God's rejection of Saul (15:10­23)

3. Samuel leaves Saul (15:24­35)

V. David's rise to power (I Samuel 16:1 ­ 11 Samuel 5:10)

A. David anointed as future king (16:1­13)

B. David joins Saul's court (16:14-18:5)

1. David becomes Saul's armor­bearer (16:14-23)

2. David defeats Goliath (17:1­58)

3. David and Jonathan become friends (18:1­5)

C. Saul seeks David's life (18:6­20:42)

D. David becomes a fugitive (21:1­26:25)

E. David's service to the Philistines (27:1­28:2)

F. The final battle of Saul (1 Samuel 28:3­2 Samuel 1:27)

G. David becomes king (2:1­5:5)

1. David reigns over Judah (2:1-4:12)

2 David becomes ruler of all Israel (5:1­5)

VI. David's Successes (5:6­9:13)

A. Military Victories (5:6­25)

1. The capture of Jerusalem (5:6­16)

2. David defeats the Philistines (5:17­25)

B. Jerusalem as religious center (6:1­7:29)

1. The ark is brought to Jerusalem (6:1­23)

2. Nathan prophesies dynasty (7:1­17)

3. David offers thanks(7:18­29)

C. David's reign surveyed (8:1­18)

D. David honors covenant with Jonathan (9:1­13)

VII. David's Failures (10­24)

A. Men acting against him: The Succession Narrative (10­20)

1. David faces Syrians and Ammonites (10:1­19)

2. Tragedy follows sin (11:1­12:31)

a. David succumbs to lust (11:1­13)

b. David has Uriah killed (11:14­27)

c. Nathan accuses David (12:1­15a)

d. David loses his son (12:15b­25)

e. David defeats the Ammonites (12:26­31)

3. Ammon rapes Tamar (13:1­22)

4. Absalom avenges his sister Tamar (13:23­39)

5. Absalom returns to court (14:1­33)

6. Absalom usurps the throne (15:1­18:33)

7. David resumes his throne (19:1-40)

8. Sheba leads Israelite revolt (19:41­20:26)

B. God acting against David: Appendix (21­24)

This outline is a combination and adaptation of outlines of 1 and 2 Samuel found in Hill and Walton's A Survey of the Old Testament. The Interpreter's One Volume Commentary on the Bible and The Broadman Bible Commentary.

RESOURCES:

• Coleman, Lyman, et al. The NIV Serendipity Bible for Study Groups. USA Zondervan Bible Publishers, 1988.
• Hill, Andrew E. and John H. Walton. A Survey of the old Testament Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing house, 1991.
• Philbeck Jr., Ben F. "I & II Samuel" The Broadman Bible Commentary. Vol. 3. Ed. Clifton J. Allen, et al. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1970.
• Szikszai, S. "Samuel, I and II." The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible Vol. 4. Ed. George Arthur Buttrick et al. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1986.
• Wevers, John William. "The First Book of Samuel." The Interpreter's One­Volume Commentary on the Bible. Ed. Charles M. Laymon. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1989.

Additional Reference

• Davies, G. Henton. Ark of the Covenant." The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible. Vol. 1. Ed. George Arthur Buttrick et al. Nashville: Abingdon Press. 1986.  

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