02-BOOK SECOND. The Reign of Saul.
BOOK SECOND. The Reign of Saul.
BOOK SECOND. The Reign of Saul.
Part I. ESTABLISHMENT BY SAMUEL OF SAUL AS FIRST KING OF ISRAEL.
29. The persistent Demand of the People for a King.
30. Samuel meets Saul, who is destined by Jehovah to be King over Israel.
31. Saul is privately anointed by Samuel.
1 Samuel 9:26-27; 1 Samuel 10:1.
32. The Signs of the Divine Confirmation.
33. The Choice of Saul by Lot at Mizpeh.
34. The Installation of Saul as King.
35. Saul’s brief Retirement to private Life.
Part II. SAUL’S REIGN UNTIL HIS REJECTION.
36. A generic Account of the Whole of Saul’s Reign.
37. Confirmation and general Recognition of Saul as King.
(1) Saul’s Victory over the Ammonites.
(2) Confirmation of Saul as King in Gilgal.
(3) Samuel’s last Transaction with the People at Gilgal.
38. The Beginnings of Royalty.
39. The War against the Philistines.
(1) Jonathan’s Exploit in Gibeah.
(2) Saul summons Israel to Gilgal.
(3) The Philistines encamp in Michmash.
(4) The Distress of Israel.
1 Samuel 13:6-7; 1 Samuel 13:19-23.
(5) Saul wrongly offers Sacrifice.
(6) Samuel’s Prophecy of Retribution.
(7) Saul moves his Headquarters to Gibeah.
(8) The three marauding Bands of the Philistines.
(9) Jonathan’s bold Attack on the Philistines.
(10) Flight and Overthrow of the Philistines.
(11) Saul’s rash Curse and its Consequences.
40. Jehovah’s Rejection of Saul.
(1) The Commission to destroy Amalek.
(2) Saul’s Disobedience.
(3) The Penalty of Disobedience.
(4) The Fate of Agag.
(5) Samuel and Saul part.
PART III. THE DECLINE OF SAUL AND THE RISE OF DAVID.
I. The Early History of David.
41. David chosen and anointed as Saul’s Successor by Samuel.
42. David’s Introduction to the Court of Saul.
II. David’s Advancement and Saul’s growing Jealousy.
43. The Story of David and Goliath.
(1) The Invasion of the Philistines.
(2) The Challenge of Goliath.
(3) David is sent by his Father to his Brethren in the Army.
(4) David accepts Goliah’s Challenge.
(5) David’s Contest with Goliath.
(6) David once more in the royal Presence.
(7) The Deed of Shammah.
2 Samuel 23:11-12; 1 Chronicles 11:13-14.
(8) The Rout of the Philistines.
44. David at the Court of Saul.
(1) Saul attaches David to his Suit.
(2) Jonathan’s Friendship for David 1 Samuel 18:1; 1 Samuel 18:3-4.
(3) David’s Popularity.
(4) Saul’s Hatred toward David.
(5) Saul’s artful Attempt against David’s Life 1 Samuel 18:17-29.
(6) David’s increasing Popularity.
(7) Jonathan proves his Friendship for David.
45. David is forced to leave Court.
(1) David escapes by Michal’s Help.
(2) David’s Flight to Ramah and Saul’s Pursuit.
(3) The Conference between David and Jonathan.
(4) Jonathan learns his Father’s Intentions towards David.
(5) The Parting between David and Jonathan.
III. David’s Outlaw Life.
46. David’s Flight.
(1) To Nob, to Ahimelech, the Hight Priest.
(2) To Achish, King of Gath.
(3) to the Cave of Adullam.
1 Samuel 22:1-2; 1 Chronicles 12:16-18.
(4) To Mispeh of Moab, where he finds Asylum for his Parents.
(5) To the Forest of Hereth, in Judah.
1 Samuel 22:5. null 47. Saul’s Vengeance on the Priests of Nob.
48. David in Keilah.
(1) David rescues Keilah.
(2) Abiathar joins David.
(3) David escapes from Keilah.
49. David’s last Meeting with Jonathan.
50. David’s Betrayal by the Ziphites.
51. David’s Escape from Saul in the Wilderness of Maon.
52. David in the Wilderness of En-gedi: He spares Saul in the Cave.
1 Samuel 23:29; 1 Samuel 24:1-22.
53. The Death of Samuel.
54. David in the Wilderness of Paran: the History of Nabal and Abigail.
55. David’s matrimonial Relations.
56. David, betrayed again by the Ziphites, spares Saul the second Time.
57. David again in the Land of the Philistines.
(1) David once more flees to Achish, King of Gath.
(2) Achish grants Ziklag to David.
(3) David’s Operations while at Ziklag.
(4) List of the Men who came to David at Ziklag.
IV. Saul’s Downfall in War with the Philistines.
58. The Philistines prepare for a Campaign against Israel.
59. David and the Philistine Invasion of Israel.
(1) Achish places Confidence in David.
(2) David encamps with the Philistines in Aphek: the Israelites pitch in Jezreel.
(3) David, dismissed from the Philistine Army, starts for Ziklag.
(4) The Philistines march toward Jezreel.
(5) List of the Men who joined David on his Way to Ziklag.
60. David’s Victory over the Amalekites who had destroyed Ziklag.
61. The Philistines pitch in Shunem: the Israelites in Gilboa.
62. Saul’s Visit to the Witch of Endor.
1 Samuel 28:3; 1 Samuel 28:5-25.
63. The Fall of the House of Saul.
(1) The Battle of Mount Gilboa.
1 Samuel 31:1-13; 1 Chronicles 10:1-14.
(2) The Accident to Mephibosheth.