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Kings Saul and DavidTRANSCRIPT
BY: MOIRA SMITH, ISABELLA WAY, HALEY PERACCHIA, BRIAN LLULL,
TYLER RONGIONE, AND JACLYN DURSO
King Saul and King David
Saul is Anointed
Samuel is guided by God to find a king for the Israelites
He meets Saul, a farmworker, and anoints him king and presents him to tribes
The theme of Saul is that God chooses the lowliest and least.
An Unsuitable King
Saul wins victory over AmmonitesSaul breaks faith with God -disobeys God’s Law twice
-offers prebattle sacrifice-fails to carry out ban
Samuel declares that Saul will now be rejected by God as King of Israel
Another Choice for King
Samuel is led by God to search for another king
-God sends Samuel to Bethlehem where he meets Jesse’s sons
-he overlooks older sons and chooses the youngest, David
David and Goliath
David armed by a slingshot defeats the Philistine giant
Saul finds him gifted and decides to keep him at court but he does not know that David has secretly been anointed by Samuel
Saul’s Jealousy of David
Saul becomes jealous of David and tries to kill him
Saul’s children Jonathon and Michal help David escape
Jonathon and David is one of the greatest tales of friendship
God is no longer with Saul and everything he does goes wrong
When Saul tries to kill David twice, his spear misses
David Flees to the Shrine
Priests gives him bread and the sword of Goliath
Saul finds out and orders the entire city of Nob to be destroyed
David rescues an Israelite town from Philistines
David could kill Saul at one point but doesn’t and Saul realizes how righteous David is
A Tragic End for Saul
Israel’s battle goes as prophesied by a ghost of Samuel
Saul kills himself rather than being captured
At first, King of Judah
Israel is now without a king, but has 2 rival leaders: David (in the north), and Saul’s general Abner (south)
Abner makes Saul’s eldest son Ishbaal, king over the northern tribes
David is publicly anointed king of the southern tribes of Judah
David Reign Begins…
After much bloodshed, Abner and Ishbaal are dead
David mourns their death
Philistines force David into battle and he is victorious
David captures Jerusalem, a Canaanite walled city, and makes it his capital
Jerusalem as Ideal
David made Jerusalem his capital – it was ideally located in a territory between the northern and southern tribes.
Jerusalem would become a holy city for Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the future.
David brings the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem because it is a powerful symbol of God’s love.
David’s Devotion to God, Michal’s Fate
There is no love in David and his wife Michal’s marriage.
Michal shows contempt for David when he enters the city dancing with joy in front of the Ark of the Covenant .
The Davidic Covenant
The prophet Nathan tells David that God has a plan for him; God will build him a royal dynasty that will endure forever
David’s blood line endured for over 400 years before dropping into obscurity,
The Jewish people are still waiting for the Messiah - “anointed one”
Christians believe that Jesus was this Messiah.
David and Bathsheba
David commits adultery with Bathsheba but feels no guilt.
She becomes pregnant and he tries to cover it up by sending her husband Uriah back from battle, but his plan fails,
David has Uriah killed in battle and marries Bathsheba.
David’s Flaws
Lies and manipulates others to cover up his sin -results in murder
David’s lesson and repentance: after being told a parable, David recognizes his sin and repents
He realizes he is still subject to God and must follow the law
First son becomes sickly and dies
Chosen but Sinful
Why did such an account of David’s weakness and sin find its way into the Bible?
Deuteronomists chose to make it clear that David is not above God’s law
He must repent and suffer for his sins God works through limited and sinful
persons
Rivalry and Treachery in Family
King David has many sons with various wives. First born named Amnon Heir to his throne
Amnon rapes his half sister Tamar and drives her away
Absalom, Tamar’s full brother, kills AmnonAbsalom runs away then returns to become
new KingHe rebels and names himself king
Rivalry &Treachery Cont’d…
During Absalom’s rebellion a man named Mephibosheth, the grandson of King Saul, tries to take the throne away from David, even though he treated him like a son
During the battles against Absalom, David tells his soldiers not to kill him
Absalom is defeated and killed while trying to escape
David mourns him piteously
David’s Loyalty
David’s loyalty to his family is so strong he refuses to punish Amnon for raping Tamar
-trusts Absalom to come back into his court after killing Amnon
-His devotion to his name seems to make him abandon good sense
Ending Years of David’s Reign
David moves to reconcile the disgruntled tribes in the north and south
- refuses to punish Saul’s family - David is enthroned and the kingdom
is restored to a semblance of power - David worn out: his judgment is not
always fair, has bias toward his favorites -this is bound to fuel
resentments and rivalries in the future