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