1 Samuel

1 Samuel

Category: Historical Books

Written: c. 1100 BC - 931 BC

By: Unknown

Topic: History of Events

Location: Israel and Judah

Purpose: To record how Israel got a king.

Outline (chapter)

• Samuel (1-7)

• Saul (8-15)

• Saul and David (16-31)

Key Verse:

But Samuel replied: “Does the Lord delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obeying the Lord? To obey is better than sacrifice, and to heed is better than the fat of rams." (1 Samuel 15:22)

Prophet: ​

• Samuel

• Prophesied to Israel

• 1060 BC - 1020 BC

• Home/Location: Ramah

Kings (United Kingdom):

• Saul

• Evaluation: Good to Bad

• Reign: 1051 BC - 1011 BC

• Life End: Died in Battle

• Ref: 1 Sam 9:31; 1 Cron 8-10

• David​

• Evaluation: Good

• Reign: 1011 BC - 971 BC

• Life End: Natural Causes

• Ref: 1 Sam 16 - 1 Kings 2; 1 Chron 11:29

Categories: Bible, Old Testament, Historical Books