sacred scripture kings
morally and spiritually
________and_______ things were going downhill with growing divisions among the 12 tribes
eli
as a youth samuel assisted this prophet
gath
because he was afraid of the king of this land, david pretended to be insane
jonathan
best friend of david
one central leader
by the end of the ear of judges no_________had been able to unite the tribes
saul
chosen by god to be the first king of israel
goliath
david defeated this giant philistine
nobal
david married abigail, the widow of this man
cave
david spared saul here and proved it to saul by showing him a piece of saul's cloak
philistines
enemy of israel
jesse
father of david
messianic promise
god promised that david's line would endure forever
samuel
he told saul that god rejected him
achish
in order to avoid being killed by saul, david stayed with this philistine king
harp
instrument played by david
son
jonathan to saul
hannah
mother of samuel
gilboa
mount on which saul and his sons died in battle
oil
samuel anointed saul and david with this
eli
samuel grows up in the care of the priest _____
god
samuel is guided by _____
offering
samuel reprimanded saul for making this instead of waiting for samuel
nazirite
samuel was a _______, no wine etc.
agag
saul took this king of amalek prisoner, against the wishes of god
gilgal
saul was made king here
death of saul
the first book of samuel ends with the ______
a king
the israelites demanded a centralized form of government under ______, just like other nations
david
the lord directed samuel to anoint this young shepherd to be the next king
king
the people asked samuel to appoint one for them
king
the people cry out for a ______
bread
the priest at nob gave the holy_____ to david to eat
the region of david
the second book of samuel covers
ark
this captured by the philistines
lord
while samuel was sleeping, the _____ called him
michal
wife of david, daughter of saul
