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SAMUEL
Updated
12/2023
CHAPTER 1
- Who brought the news of
Saul's death to David?
- Why did David kill the
Amalekite?
CHAPTER 2
- Who reigned over Israel in
Saul's place?
- What tribe followed David?
- How long did David reign
over Judah?
- What happened to the young
men of Abner and the young men of Joab in a battling contest?
- Who did Abner kill in the
battle?
- How many men were killed in
the battle on each side?
CHAPTER 3
- How many sons by how many
wives did David have?
- Why did Abner become angry
with Ish-Bosheth?
- What did Abner resolve to do
against the son of Saul?
- Who did David ask for from
Abner?
- What did Joab accuse Abner of
doing?
- What did Joab do to Abner?
- What curse did David speak
against Joab's house?
CHAPTER 4
- How did Mephibosheth become
lame?
- What happened to Ish-Bosheth
as he was resting in his house?
- What did David do to Rechab
and Baanah?
CHAPTER 5
- How old was David when he
began to reign as king over Judah?
- How long did David reign as
king over all Judah and Israel?
- How many children were born
to David in Jerusalem?
CHAPTER 6
- a. What happened to Uzzah
when bringing the Ark of the Covenant back to Jerusalem? b. Why?
- a. Where was the Ark of the
Covenant left? b. What happened at this place?
- Why did David take off his
robe before the Ark of the Covenant?
CHAPTER 7
- a. What did David want to
build for God? b. Who did God say would build it?
CHAPTER 8
- How many men of Moab did
David keep as servants?
- What did David dedicate to
the Lord from all the nations he defeated?
- What relative nation served
Israel?
CHAPTER 9
- What did David want to do
for the house of Saul?
- What did David do for
Mephibosheth?
CHAPTER 10
- What did David want to do
for Hanun, the son of Nahash?
- a. How did Hanun's princes
perceive David's kindness? b. What did they do to David's servants?
- What did David do the
Syrian army?
CHAPTER 11
- When was Ammon defeated?
- What sin did David and
Bathsheba commit?
- How did David try to cover
his sin with Bathsheba when she became pregnant?
- What was David's second
plan to cover his sin with Bathsheba?
CHAPTER 12
- What judgment came against
David from God through Nathan?
- Why did David fast and
prostrate himself before the Lord while his child was sick?
- Who was the second child
born to David and Bathsheba?
CHAPTER 13
- What did David's son, Amnon
do to his half sister Tamar?
- What did Absalom do to his
brother, Amnon?
- How long did Absalom stay
in Geshur?
CHAPTER 14
- Who plotted to have Absalom
returned home?
- How long did Absalom remain
in Jerusalem before he finally saw his father, David?
CHAPTER 15
- What did Absalom do at the
entrance of the city gates?
- What foreigner decided to
remain with David when he departed from Jerusalem?
- Who became an informant for
David in Jerusalem?
- Who did David ask to counter
the counsel of his former servant, Ahithophel?
CHAPTER 16
- What did Ziba say
Mephibosheth had decided to do?
- a. Who cursed David and
threw rocks at him? b. Why did David not kill Him?
- What was Ahithophel's
advice to Absalom?
CHAPTER 17
- What further advice did
Ahithophel give Absalom?
- What was Hushai's advice to
Absalom?
- Who saw Hushai sending
Jonathan and Ahimaaz to David?
- What did Ahithophel do when
his advice was not heeded?
CHAPTER 18
- What did David ask his men
to do with Absalom?
- How many Israelites were
killed in the battle?
- What happened to Absalom?
- How did David take
Absalom's death?
CHAPTER 19
- Why did David's men come
quietly back into the town?
- Who did David make commander
of his army in place of Joab?
- Who was the first to meet
David at the Jordan on his return?
- Why did Mephibosheth not go
with David when he left the city?
- Why were the men of Israel
upset with the men of Judah?
CHAPTER 20
- Who rebelled against David?
- What did David instruct
Amasa to have done in three days?
- What happened to Amasa at
Gibeon?
- a. To where did Sheba flee?
b. What was the city known for? c. What happened to Sheba in this city?
CHAPTER 21
- Why was there famine in the
land for three years?
- What did the Gibeonites ask
for to appease the wrong that was done to them?
- What did David do with the
bones of Saul and his descendants?
- How many more giants were
killed by David's men?
CHAPTER 22
- Who was David's strength and
the one who led him into all that he did?
- Who delivered David from the
shadows of death?
- Why did God help David?
- Who gave David strength and
direction during battles?
CHAPTER 23
- How was David to rule over
his people?
- a. Who were the three
mightiest men of David against the Philistines? b. What did each one do
that was great?
- Who lifted his spear
against three hundred men and became captain of the first three great men?
- Who killed a spectacular
Egyptian and became great like the three but not above them?
- How many mighty men made a
name for themselves?
CHAPTER 24
- What did David do that
aroused God's anger?
- Why did David choose the
plague for his punishment?