Week 1 2 Samuel 1

When does this occur (1:1-2)?

Where is David (1:1)?

What do we know about the messenger?

1:2

1:3

1:8, 13

1:10

What was his message (1:4)?

What was his account of Saul’s death (1:8-10)?

How was his account different from 1 Samuel 31:3-5?

How did David and his men respond to the news of Saul and Jonathan’s deaths (1:11-12)?

What reward did the Amalekite receive (1:14-15)?

Why did David order him to be killed (1:16)?

Who does David refer to in his lament, “the mighty have fallen” (1:19, 25, 27)?

What does David command in the first section of the lament?

1:20

1:21a

1:24

How does David describe Saul and Jonathan?

1:22

1:23

What is the theme of the second section of the lament (1:25-26)?

How does David end the lament (1:27)?

For next week: Read 2 Samuel 2 and 1 Chronicles 10:1-11:3