Despite Yah's warnings and Samuel's pleadings, the people insisted on having a king, so that they could be like the nations around them. (1 Sam 8:6,7) So it was that the prophet and Israel's last judge awaited Yah's hand in showing him who the first king of Israel would be. While this measure seemed to work for a while in keeping the Chosen nation from the evils of worshipping foreign gods, the history of the earthly kingdom shows that only by a faith in the true King of heaven and earth can spiritual success be attained.

QUESTIONS:
01) Who was the first king of Israel? (1 Sam 10:20-24)
02) How did he fall out of favor with Yah? (1 Sam 15:1-3,8,9,22,23)
03) How many sons did Jesse the Bethlehemite have? (1 Sam 16:10-11)
04) What was David's occupation before Samuel anointed him king? (1 Sam 16:19)
05) How did he first "prove" himself to the king and people of Israel? (1 Sam 17:4,45,46,49,50)
06) What did the king do to reward him for this? (1 Sam 18:5,20,25-27)
07) What did the tension between David and the king result in? (1 Sam 19:9,10)
08) What did David do in response? (1 Sam 19:18)
09) What fate eventually befell the first king of Israel? (1 Sam 31:1-6)
10) How did David react to this event? (2 Sam 1:17)
11) Which was the first tribe to officially recognize David as king? (2 Sam 2:4)
12) Who was made king over the rest of Israel? (2 Sam 2:8,10)
13) How were the two factions united? (2 Sam 3:1,6,20,21; 5:1-4)
14) Where did David take to be the capital of his kingdom? (2 Sam 5:6,7)
15) What is considered to be David's greatest sin? (2 Sam 11:2-5, 14-17)
16) Who caused David to see his wrongdoing and repent? (2 Sam 12:1-4,13)
17) What penalty nonetheless resulted from the incident? (2 Sam 12:14-19)
18) Who was born to David and Bathsheba thereafter? (2 Sam 12:24)
19) Which of David's sons led a rebellion against him? (2 Sam 13:1, 15:4-6)
20) How was the conflict resolved, and what was David's reaction? (2 Sam 18:9,10,14,15,33)

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