Q. Where did he reside? A. In Ramah. 1 Sam. vii, 17. Q. When he was old, whom did he make judges? A. They walked not in the ways of their father, but turned aside for lucre, and perverted judgment. 1 Sam. viii, 3. Q. Who came to Samuel? A. The elders of Israel. 1 Sam. viii, 4. Q. What did they say? A. Thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways. 1 Sam. viii, 5. Q. What did they desire? Q. How was Samuel affected? A. He was displeased. Q. What did he do? 1 Sam. viii, 6. A. He prayed unto the Lord. Q. What did God tell Samuel to show them? A. The manner in which the king would rule over them. 1 Sam. viii, 9. Q. What would the king do? A. He would oppress them, and take their possessions. 1 Sam. viii, 11, 18. Q. Did they still insist upon having a king? Q. What was their principal reason? A. That they might be like other nations. 1 Sam, viii, 20. Q. Whom did the Lord select as their first king? Q. Whose son was he? A. The son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, 1 Sam. ix, 1, 2. Q. What was his appearance? A. He was a choice young man and goodly; from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people. Q. How was he appointed king? A. Samuel took a vial of oil and poured it upon his head, and said, Is it not because the Lord hath appointed thee to be captain over his inheritance? 1 Sam. x, 1. Q. When Samuel presented him to the people, what did they do? A. They shouted, and said, God save the king. 1 Sam. x, 24. Q. Against whom did Saul first lead them forth? A. The Ammonites. Q. What was his success? A. He scattered and slew them. 1 Sam. xi, 11. Q. Who next gathered themselves together against Israel? A. The Philistines. 1 Sam. xiii, 5. Q. What sin did Saul commit? A. He offered sacrifice himself, instead of waiting for Samuel, God's prophet. 1 Sam. xiii, 9. Q. What did Samuel say when he came to him? A. Thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord. The Lord would have established thy kingdom forever; but now it shall not continue. 1 Sam. xiii, 13, 14. What had the Lord done? Sought him a man after his own heart. Q. What courageous act did Jonathan, Saul's son, perform? A. He obtained possession of a garrison of the Philistines. 1 Sam. xiv, 1-20. Q. What followed? A. The Philistines were terrified, and fought against each other, and fled before the army of Saul. Q. What nation was Saul commanded to destroy? Q. How utterly did the Lord command him to waste them? A. To spare neither man, woman, nor child, cattle, nor substance. 1 Sam. xv, 3. Q. What had been their sin? A. They opposed Israel when they came up from Egypt. 1 Sam. xv, 2. Q. Did Saul fully obey the Lord? Q. Whom and what did he spare? A. He spared Agag their king, and the best of their sheep and oxen. 1 Sam. xv, 9. Q. What excuse did Saul make to Samuel? A. He said the people took the cattle for sacrifices to the Lord. 1 Sam. xv, 15. Q. What did Samuel say? A. To obey is better than sacrifice. 1 Sam. XV, 22. Q. What did he say would be the consequence of his disobedience? A. Thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord hath rejected thee from being king over Israel. 1 Sam. xv, 23. Question. Did Samuel and Saul meet again? Answer. Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death. 1 Sam. xv, 35. Q. How did Samuel feel for Saul? A. He mourned for him. Q. Whom did the Lord command Samuel to anoint as king? A. David. 1 Sam. xvi, 12, 13. Q. Whose son was he? A. The son of Jesse, the Bethlehemite. 1 Sam. xvi, 1. Q. What is said of David when a young man? A. He was ruddy, and of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look at. 1 Sam. xvi, 12. Q. On what was he a cunning player? Q. What feats of daring had he performed while keeping his father's flocks? A. He had killed a lion and a bear. 1 Sam. xvii, 34, 36. Q. Why did Saul send for David? A. To have him play upon his harp before him. Q. For what purpose? A. To drive away the evil spirit from the Lord which troubled him. 1 Sam. xvi, 16. Q. Who defied the armies of Israel? A. Goliath, the giant. 1 Sam. xvii, 4. A. Six cubits and a span, or ten feet and a half. 1 Sam. xvii, 4. Q. What was the staff of his spear like? A. A weaver's beam. 1 Sam. xvii, 7. Q. How were Saul and Israel affected by his presence? A. His father sent him to see how his brethren fared, and to carry them a present. 1 Sam. xvii, 17, 18. Q. When David heard of the boasting of Goliath, what did he offer to do? A. To go out and fight him. 1 Sam. xvii, 32. Q. What did Saul say at first to him? A. Thou art but a youth, and he is a man of war. 1 Sam. xvii, 33. Q. What did David say? A. The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion and bear will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. 1 Sam. xvii, 37. |