2 Sam 4.1-12 tells us about the diminishing position of the house of Saul. Ishboshet (Eshbaal) hears about the death of Abner and was disturbed over it, as well as all Israel. This is because they were weak and they…
2 Sam 3.1-39 begins by telling us that there was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David. This shows how wrong it was for Joab to accept Abner’s cease fire (2 Sam 2.28). During…
We are going to look at 2 Sam 1.19-27 briefly, which is a beautiful piece of Hebrew poetry. This song is a great scripture for veterans or Memorial Day services. We will go over this verse by verse with our…
Now we are going to continue with the Book of Second Samuel and bring out more concepts that will help us understand this book, but also the rest of Scripture. remember, the two books of Samuel originally formed one, historical…
1 Sam 31.1-13 will tell us about the death of Saul and his sons about twenty years after Saul first heard the judgment against him from Samuel. It will also be a picture of the first Adam and his fall,…
1 Sam 29.1-11 tells us that the Philistines are going to war but the leaders have a problem with David and his men being around as the royal bodyguard, and they reject him. Achish the king defends David in the…
1 Sam 28.1-25 tells us that the Philistines gathered for war against Israel, and Achish told David that he would go out to fight with him against them. And David agreed and told Achish that he knew what David and…
In 1 Sam 26.1-23 David has another chance to kill Saul. David goes and hides in the same place as 1 Sam 23.19 and the Ziphites betray David again, and Saul goes after him and has gone back on his…
In 1 Sam 25.1-44 we will have the death of Samuel and an incident between David, a man named Nabal (Laban backwards) and his wife Abigail. This chapter will be very eschatological and prophetic as we shall see. Samuel died…
In 1 Sam 24.1-22 David gets a chance to kill Saul but he doesn’t. It will also be a picture of Yeshua at Golgotha. Saul is told that David is at En-gedi (“spring of the goat”). There are many caves…
In 1 Sam 22.1-23 we learn that David flees to the Cave of Adullam (“Refuge”) and he has regained his senses, but his actions and lies will have consequences. David could not go home, to the palace, to Jonathan or…
1 Sam 21.1-5 tells that David fled to Nob where the Mishkan was and Ahimelech the high priest. This is about 12 miles from Jerusalem. The Mishkan and the Ark were there and David met with the high priest. Nob…
1 Sam 20.1-42 deals with Jonathan’s attempt to get his father and David back on the same page. David has fled from Naioth (“Navit”) while Saul was prophesying in 1 Sam 19.23-24. David wants to know if there is any…
1 Sam 19.1-7 tells us of Saul’s private attempts to kill David (18.17) going openly, and he tried to enlist the help of Jonathan to do it. After killing Goliath and becoming famous, Saul dislikes David. Saul has tried to…
1 Sam 18.1-30 begins to deal with Saul, Jonathan and David, especially the relationship that was beginning between Jonathan, the son of Saul, and David. After speaking with Saul in his “after killing Goliath” conversation (v 1), Jonathan saw that…
In 1 Sam 17.1-58 we have one of the most well known portions of Scripture by anyone who has had any Bible training. It is a chapter that is taught to children and it deals with the story of David…
In 1 Sam 16-1-23 we begin with the command to anoint a new king over Israel. Samuel is still upset over the rejection of Saul and the Lord tells him “enough.” He tells Samuel to fill his horn with oil…
In 1 Sam 15.1-9 God gives a very clear order through Samuel (the spiritual leader) to Saul (the political leader) to destroy (Hebrew “cherem”) the Amalekites, but Saul did not do it. The Hebrew word used means to utterly and…
1 Sam 14.1-15 tells us about the story of Jonathan, Saul’s son, and his armor bearer coming against a garrison of the Philistines, resulting in a great victory. It says, “Now the day came” and there is nothing in this…
In 1 Sam 13.1-4 tells us Saul was 40 years old when he began to reign, and he would reign for 40 years (Acts 13.21). Saul begins to build the nucleus for the first army and this was designed to…
