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First Samuel

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I.  The history concerning Samuel—1 Sam. 1:1-8:22A.  His origin and birth—1:1-20B.  His youth—1:21-2:11C.  His relationship with the stale and waning Aaronic priesthood—2:12-7:17
1.  Observing the deterioration of the degraded Aaronic priesthood—2:12-26
2.  Realizing God's severe judgment on the house of Eli—2:27-3:21
3.  Knowing the misfortune of the Ark of God under the superstition of the degraded and rotten Aaronic priesthood—4:1-7:2
4.  Serving as a priest and as a judge over Israel—7:3-17
D.  The ending of Samuel's ministry—8:1-22II.  The history concerning Saul—1 Sam. 9:1-15:35A.  Saul's origin—9:1-2B.  God's anointing Saul as king—9:3-10:27C.  Saul's conquest of the Ammonites—11:1-13D.  Samuel's reminder to Israel—11:14-12:25E.  Saul's conquest of the Philistines—13:1-14:52F.  Saul's disobedience in his conquest of the Amalekites—15:1-35III.  The history concerning David—1 Sam. 16:1-2 Sam. 24:25A.  Prepared by God to be a man according to the heart of God—1 Sam. 16:1-2 Sam. 1:27
1.  Chosen by God—1 Sam. 16:1-10
2.  Trained by God in humility—1 Sam. 16:11
3.  Anointed—1 Sam. 16:12-23
4.  Tested and approved in trusting God and defeating Goliath—1 Sam. 17:1-58
5.  Persecuted and tried by Saul—1 Sam. 18:1-2 Sam. 1:27
a.  Jonathan's love of David—1 Sam. 18:1-5b.  Saul's envy of David—1 Sam. 18:6-9c.  Saul's device to kill David—1 Sam. 18:10-20:42d.  David's being supplied with the holy bread of the Presence and with the sword of Goliath by the priest Ahimelech—1 Sam. 21:1-9e.  David's fleeing from Saul and going to Achish the king of Gath—1 Sam. 21:10-15f.  David's staying in the cave of Adullam, in Mizpeh of Moab, and in the forest of Hereth of Judah—1 Sam. 22:1-5g.  Saul's killing Ahimelech the priest and his family because of David—1 Sam. 22:6-23h.  David's defeating the Philistines and staying in Keilah—1 Sam. 23:1-12i.  David's remaining in the wilderness of Ziph—1 Sam. 23:13-28j.  David's remaining in the strongholds of En-gedi—1 Sam. 23:29-24:2k.  Saul's falling into the hand of David but David not killing him—1 Sam. 24:3-22l.  Samuel's death—1 Sam. 25:1am.  David's dealing with Nabal and Abigail—1 Sam. 25:1b-44n.  Jehovah's delivering Saul into the hand of David but David not killing him—1 Sam. 26:1-25o.  David's escaping to and staying in the land of the Philistines—1 Sam. 27:1-28:2p.  Saul's tragic ending pretold by Samuel—1 Sam. 28:3-25q.  David's being sovereignly kept away by God from joining the Philistines' camp to fight against Israel—1 Sam. 29:1-11r.  David's conquering the Amalekites and capturing their captives—1 Sam. 30:1-31s.  Saul's end—1 Sam. 31:1-13Outline of 1 Samuel
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