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From Judges to Kings 

1 & 2 Samuel

1 & 2 Kings

 

Reading Quiz! 00 Get out a piece of scratch paper, number it, and write down the letter of the correct answer. 

1. When Samuel is old enough, his mother sends him to: a. Jerusalem with relatives, b. Bethlehem to learn Torah, c. The priest Eli at the shrine of Shiloh for training as a priest, d. Babylon, mon.   
2. When Samuel meets Saul, the future king is: a. on the road to Damascus, b. trying to buy grain for his father, c. searching for his father00 donkeys, d. out for a night on the town  

On the way to monarchy00/font> 

Three Stages:

Conquest Period of the Judges Development of the Monarchy  

The Monarchy 

Samuel (originally one book)

 

Samuel 00Judge and Prophet 

Samuel is dedicated as a priest to the Ark at a very young age ( 1 Samuel 3: 1-21).  
He is the first military leader (and therefore last Judge) to fight the Philistines 00and is successful.  
Takes the word of God directly to the people and to the Kings (Saul and David)  

Take five minutes to reflect silently and write your answer to this question in the class work section of your notebooks. 

Samuel is described as both a judge and a priest, implying that in Israel, politics and religion were inseparable.  Why was that?  Should Church and State be totally separate, or the exact opposite? Are solutions to issues like  poverty, injustice, and drug addiction things that are primarily political or primarily religious?  

1 Samuel 8:1-3 

When Samuel became old, he made his sons judges over Israel.  2 The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beer-sheba.  3 Yet his sons did not follow in his ways, but turned aside after gain; they took bribes and perverted justice.  

1 Samuel 8: 1-22 

Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah,  5 and said to him, "You are old and your sons do not follow in your ways; appoint for us, then, a king to govern us, like other nations."  
What is Samuel00 reaction?  
What are the People00 reaction?  

Why did they need a king? 

Arrival of the Philistines: One of many 00ea peoples00 who moved out of areas around the Aegean and settled along coasts  
Attacked Ramses III in Egypt, rebuffed, and settled in Canaan  
Controlled iron supply, thus technologically superior No Judge came forward to deliver Israel from Philistines, who gradually came to dominate Israelites  
Israelites could only watch as sacked Shiloh and  take the ark.  

Samuel00 Role  

Critical transition figure from judges to monarchy He is seer, priest, political leader, military leader, and prophet As Moses was to the exodus and Joshua to the conquest, Samuel would be for the monarchy`  
Selection of first king shown from two perspectives: The pro-monarchy: Saul is a humble man and a military hero. The anti-monarchy: glorifies Samuel and presents Saul as rejected by Yahweh  
This is reflected in Samuel00 description of Monarchy in 1 Samuel 8:1-22  

1 Samuel 9:2 00Example of Pro - Monarchy 

There was not a man among the people of Israel more handsome than he; he stood head and shoulders above everyone else.  

Anti 00Monarchy 001 Samuel 12: 17

 Is it not wheat harvest now? I will call upon the LORD to send thunder and rain. And you will realize what an evil thing you did in the eyes of the LORD when you asked for a king."

 

Problems 

Was Saul chosen for his good looks? In Hebrew, the word is the same word used for 00ood00in the creation stories.  
God00 first draft choice, Saul, was not so good Series of blunders makes God regret giving Saul the crown (15:10)  
Saul eventually falls upon his own sword.  
Side note: Perhaps Saul is shown to be hapless in order to make David appear more glorified?  

Saul 00A mixed record 

In a moment, you will be given a number (1-8) so you may form into groups.  Each group is responsible for a different chapter in 1 Samuel to read.  Read your chapter as a group, and when you are finished each person must answer these three questions in their notebook: 1. what is the story?  Summarize in two or more sentences. 2. Is the King (Saul) shown positively or negatively? 3. Do you think that the monarchy is treated fairly in the story?

In addition to this, each group is responsible for creating one political poster biased on their chapter which is either pro or anti Monarchy.  Be prepared to present your work at the end of class today.  

Group 1 00Ch. 8   group 2 00Ch. 9   group 3 00Ch. 10   group 4 00Ch. 11   group 5 00Ch. 12   group 6 00Ch. 13   group 7 00Ch. 14   group 8 00 Ch. 15 

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