Samuel
Prophet
Reluctant King Maker
Hannah
Samuel’s mother
Wrote a song of humility and pride
Saul
1st King of Israel
dishonest, jealous, unfaithful, FAILURE
David
King of Israel, chosen by Samuel
Defeat Goliath
Fall due to Bathsheba
Solomon
King of Israel
Son of David
Wise
Many building projects; led to mistreatment of people
Jerusalem
Israel’s capital in Palestine w/ temple
Where Jesus was crucified
Means foundation of peace in Hewbrew
Jeroboam
Son of Solomon
King of Northern Kingdom of Israel
Separated because of Rehoboam’s disagreement
Rehoboam
Son of Solomon
King of Southren Kingdom of Judah
Said he would be worse than Solomon
Josiah
Last good king of Judah
Walked in the way of the Lord
Religious reform
Kingdom of Israel
Northern
10/12 tribes
First king Jeroboam
Conquered by Assyrians in 721 B.C.
Kingdom of Judah
Southern
2/10 Tribes
First King Rehoboam
Conquered by Babylonians in 597 B.C.
Prophets
A person God chooses to share his message of salvation
Not necessarily a future teller
Elijah
Prophet
Told the Israelites to stop worshipping Baal
Elisha
Prophet
Successor of Elijah
Did double the miracles of Elijah
Led a Holy War
Amos
Prophet
Shepard
Warns Israel of it’s destruction
Jonah
Prophet…?
Ran away very very very far from calling
Eaten by a whale lol
Nineveh
Great, big city
Capital of Assyria
Repented for sins immediately
Jeremiah
Prophet
First rejected calling
Often used schock factors
warned about fall of temple
mocked by others
Isaiah
Prophet
Warns about the issues that will lead to the downfall of Judah
Prophesises about Emmanuel
Emmanuel
Hebrew word meaning “God is with us”
Assyria
Enemy of Israelites
Babylonian Exile
Period of time when the Babylonians conquered Judah and enslaved the Israelites and destroyed their temples.
Anawim
The people who God calls us to help, the poor, widows, etc.
1st Characteristic of Prophets
Prophets are regular people
Moses- regular person
Born to a regular family
Has flaws
2nd Characteristic of Prophets
They “hear” a call from God
Moses - hears a call from God
God calls him from the burning Bush
3rd Characteristic of Prophets
They sometimes resist the call
Moses - resists the call from God
Moses says he is not eloquent in his speech and asks God to send someone else
4th Characteristic of Prophets
They often go through some sort of initiation
Moses - speaks on behalf of the oppressed
Moses leads the Israelites out of enslavement
5th Characteristics of Prophets
They speak on behalf of the oppressed
Moses - uses shock tactics
He sends The Ten Plagues from God.
6th Characteristic of Prophets
They use shock tactics to get their message across
Moses - message challenges the Israelites
He leads them through tons of desert and wilderness.
7th Characteristic of Prophets
Their messages challenge people, making them unpopular
Moses - gets discouraged
Moses tells God that he cannot “carry all of these people by myself, they are too heavy” He tells God to just kill him.
8th Characteristic of Prophets
They are dedicated to doing God’s work
Moses - dedicated to doing God’s work
It is said, since the time of Moses, there hasn’t been a prophet as great as he was.
10th Characteristic of Prophets
Prophets sometimes die because of their message
Themes in Songs of Hannah
God opposes the proud
God exalts the humble
Influence of Babylonian Exile on writing of Hebrew Scriptures
Due to the Babylonian Exile crisis, Hebrew scriptures had been written to preserved and consistent. It showed that it was important to them. It way comfort and reminder of God. It was also easier for it to be passed down this way.
Divine Retirubutive Justice
The belief that God punishes those who do not listen to him and bless those who do
Stories reminding us to stay faithful and remind us of God’s faithfulness
David, Solomon, Jeroboam, Rehoboam, Josiah, Jonah, etc.
Fill in the blank: Samuel ___ judge, and ___ prophet
last, archetypical
Deuteronomists thoughts about monarchies
They believed that God is the only and true king, and that relying on flawed humans as leaders was not a good idea.
David - Unlikely leader
youngest sibling
a shepard
scrawny and skinny
David - Good king but flawed
David first followed and trusted in God. His flaw was his lust of Bathsheba and jealousy or Uriah.
David vs Goliath
David - battled with no armor or large weapons, he was small, humble, and trusted in God, he was an inexperienced shepard
Goliath - he has armor, weapons, he was big and prideful, he believed in his armor and himself, he was an experienced warrior
David vs Uriah
David - A powerful and lustful king
Uriah - Suborindative soldier, faithful and dedicated to his family and king
Literal Sense (story of David and Bathsheba)
David seeings Uriah’s wife, Bathsheba bathing. He lusts over her and gets her pregnant. He doesn’t want Uriah to know, so he commands for him to get killed in battle.
Moral sense (story of David and Bathsheba)
Do not lust and be jealous over what you do not have. One sin can lead to many more sins.
Messianic Promise and Prophecies
In Hannah’s song
Peace and Justice
All are united under God
Accomplishments of David
Defeated Goliath
United Israel
Wrote many Psalms
Dedicated to God
Mistakes of David
lustful of Bathsheba
Killed Uriah
cursed his sons, since they had to take on his punishment
Solomon’s accomplishments
wise
wished for a listening heart from God
built a temple for God
Solomon’s mistakes
Mistreated Israelites to build temple
Had many wives which led to idolatry
Importance of Temple
Ark of the Covenant
seen as God’s dwelling place
Located in Jerusalem
Literary genres of books from this unit
allegorical, historical, parable
Continuing Biblical themes
unlikely people are called, God works through the humble
Describe how the writers of the Book of 1 Samuel saw Israel as different from other nations. Why is this important to them? How do the biblical writers emphasize this theme?
Israel was different from the other nations because of the lack of a King. Their king was God. This is important because all of the other nations had kings and they wanted to have a king as well.
most important messages from Jonah
God chooses to forgive who he wants to and always be faithful to God
Context and Genre of the story of Jonah
allegorical parable, most likely written down after the Babylonian exile
Zion
interchangable with Jerusalem
mountain where Jerusalem is built
New covenant