Samuel/Kings Outline Part I1

Samuel, Saul, David, and Solomon

D. L. Webster

Samuel1:1 - 7:17
  • Samuel's birth
  • 1:1 - 2:10
  • Hannah prays, Samuel born
  • 1:1 - 1:26
  • Hannah's psalm
  • 2:1 - 2:10
  • Samuel and Eli
  • 2:11 - 7:2
  • Samuel stays with Eli
  • 2:11
  • Eli's wicked sons
  • 2:12 - 2:17
  • Samuel, Eli, Hannah
  • 2:18 - 2:21
  • Eli's wicked sons; prophecy against Eli's family
  • 2:22 - 2:36
  • Samuel hears from God
  • 3:1 - 3:18
  • Samuel grows up
  • 3:19 - 4:1a
  • War with Philistines, ark captured, Eli and sons die
  • 4:1b - 4:22
  • The ark in Philistine
  • 5:1 - 5:12
  • The ark returned to Israel
  • 6:1 - 7:2
  • Samuel leads Israel in defeat of Philistines
  • 7:3 - 7:17
    Saul and Samuel8:1 - 15:35
  • Israel asks for a king
  • 8:1 - 8:22
  • Samuel anoints Saul to be king of Israel
  • 9:1 - 10:16
  • Samuel presents Saul as king
  • 10:17 - 10:27
  • Saul leads Israel in defeat of Ammonites
  • 11:1 - 11:15
  • Samuel addresses Israel
  • 12:1 - 12:25
  • Saul and Israel battle the Philistines
  • 13:1 - 14:46
  • Army deserts, Saul makes offerings
  • 13:1 - 13:23
  • Jonathan and his armor bearer ambush the Philistines
  • 14:1 - 14:15
  • Saul and company rout the Philistines
  • 14:16 - 14:23
  • Saul forbids eating that day, army gorges themselves that evening
  • 14:24 - 14:35
  • Jonathan found to have broken Saul's order
  • 14:36 - 14:46
  • Saul
  • 14:47 - 14:52
  • Saul and army sin in war with the Amalekites
  • 15:1 - 15:35
    David and Saul16:1 - 1:27
  • God chooses David to replace Saul
  • 16:1 - 16:13
  • Saul's depression, David plays music to lift Saul's mood
  • 16:14 - 16:23
  • David kills Goliath
  • 17:1 - 17:58
  • Jonathan and David form friendship
  • 18:1 - 18:5
  • Saul becomes jealous and fearful of David
  • 18:6 - 18:30
  • Saul intends to kill David
  • 19:1 - 26:25
  • Jonathan defends David
  • 19:1 - 19:7
  • Saul tries to kill David, David escapes to Samuel at Naioth in Ramah
  • 19:8 - 19:18
  • Saul and his men prophesy at Naioth in Ramah
  • 19:19 - 24
  • David and Jonathan
  • 20:1 - 20:472
  • David flees to Ahimelech in Nob
  • 21:1 - 21:92
  • David flees to Achish king of Gath (a Philistine city)
  • 21:10 - 21:162
  • David escapes to the cave of Adullam, gathers a following
  • 22:1 - 22:2
  • David goes to Moab and the to Judah
  • 22:3 - 22:5
  • Saul massacres the priests and inhabitants of Nob
  • 22:6 - 22:23
  • David fights the Philistines at Keilah, Saul pursues
  • 23:1 - 23:13
  • David at Horesh in the wilderness of Ziph, Saul chases into wilderness of Maon
  • 23:14 - 23:283
  • Saul pursues David in the wilderness of En Gedi
  • 24:1 - 24:233
  • Samuel dies
  • 25:1a
  • David, Nabal and Abigail
  • 25:1b - 25:44
  • Saul hunts for David in the wilderness of Ziph
  • 26:1 - 26:25
  • Battle between Israel and the Philistines; Saul and Jonathan die
  • 27:1 - 1:27
  • David settles in Ziklag, conducts raids, and deceives Achish, king of Gath
  • 27:1 - 27:12
  • David to fight along side Achish
  • 28:1 - 28:2
  • Saul seeks the spirit of Samuel when he doesn't hear from God
  • 28:3 - 28:25
  • Philistines refuse to let David fight along side them
  • 29:1 - 29:11
  • David rescues those who had been captured by the Amalekites
  • 30:1 - 30:31
  • Saul and Jonathan die
  • 31:1 - 31:13 1 Chr. 10:1 - 10:14
    --- 2nd Samuel ---
  • David is told of Saul and Jonathan's deaths
  • 1:1 - 1:16
  • David's lament
  • 1:17 - 1:27
    David2nd Samuel 2:1 -
    1st Kings 2:12
  • David struggles to become king
  • 2:1 - 5:3
  • David moves to Hebron, becomes king of Judah
  • 2:1 - 2:4a
  • David's message to Jabesh Gilead
  • 2:4b - 2:7
  • Ish-Bosheth made king of Israel
  • 2:8 - 2:11
  • David and Ish-Bosheth's men fight
  • 2:12 - 3:1
  • David's family in Hebron
  • 3:2 - 3:5 1 Chr. 3:1 - 3:9
  • Abner makes a deal with David
  • 3:6 - 3:21
  • Joab kills Abner
  • 3:22 - 3:39
  • Ish_Bosheth killed
  • 4:1 - 4:12
  • David made king over all Israel
  • 5:1 - 5:3 1 Chr. 11:1 - 11:3
  • David as king; captures Jerusalem
  • 5:4 - 5:16 1 Chr. 11:4 - 11:9, 14:1 - 14:7
  • David fights the Philistines
  • 5:17 - 5:25 1 Chr. 14:8 - 14:17
  • David brings the Ark to Jerusalem
  • 6:1 - 6:23 1 Chr. 13:1 - 13:14, 15:1 - 16:3
  • David wants to build temple, God's message to David, David's prayer
  • 7:1 - 7:29 1 Chr. 17:1 - 17:27
  • David's victories
  • 8:1 - 8:14 1 Chr. 18:1 - 18:13
  • Officials in David's service
  • 8:15 - 8:18 1 Chr. 18:14 - 18:17
  • David takes in Jonathan's son Mephibosheth
  • 9:1 - 9:13
  • Israel defeats the Ammonites
  • 10:1 - 10:19 1 Chr. 19:1 - 19:19
  • David commits adultery, has Uriah killed, Nathan confronts David, child dies
  • 11:1 - 12:25 1 Chr. 20:1 - 20:3
  • Fighting the Ammonites at Rabbah
  • 12:26 - 12:31
  • Absalom
  • 13:1 - 19:43
  • Amnon rapes Tamar
  • 13:1 - 13:20
  • David fails to punish Amnon
  • 13:21
  • Absalom kills Amnon, flees
  • 13:22 - 13:39
  • Joab's scheme to return Absalom from exile
  • 14:1 - 14:33
  • Absalom attempts to become king
  • 15:1 - 19:43
  • Absalom exalts himself
  • 15:1 - 15:12
  • David flees
  • 15:13 - 16:14
  • Absalom in Jerusalem
  • 16:15 - 17:14
  • Report sent to David
  • 17:15 - 17:21
  • David's men fight Absalom's men, Joab kills Absalom
  • 17:22 - 18:18
  • Report brought to David
  • 18:19 - 18:32
  • David mourns for Absalom
  • 18:33 - 19:4
  • Joab rebukes David, David encourages his men
  • 19:5 - 19:8
  • David returns to Jerusalem
  • 19:9 - 19:43
  • Sheba rebels, Joab kills Amasa
  • 20:1 - 20:22
  • Official's in David's service
  • 20:23 - 20:26
  • David makes a settlement with the Gibeonites
  • 21:1 - 21:14
  • Conflicts between Israel and the Philistines; four descendants of Rapha killed
  • 21:15 - 21:22
  • A psalm of David
  • 22:1 - 22:51
  • A poem of David
  • 23:1 - 23:7
  • David's top men
  • 23:8 - 23:39 1 Chr. 11:10 - 11:47
  • The three
  • 23:8 - 23:17 1 Chr. 11:10 - 11:19
  • Abishai and Benaiah
  • 23:18 - 23:23 1 Chr. 11:20 - 11:25
  • The thirty
  • 23:24 - 23:39 1 Chr. 11:26 - 11:47
  • David takes a census
  • 24:1 - 24:25 1 Chr. 21:1 - 22:1, 27:23 - 27:24
    --- 1st Kings ---
  • Adonijah tries to become king, David makes Solomon king instead
  • 1:1 - 1:53
  • David instructs Solomon; David dies
  • 2:1 - 2:12 1 Chr. 28:1 - 29:30
    Solomon 2:13 - 11:43
  • Solomon secures kingdom, kills Adonijah, Joab and Shimei, strips Abiathar of his priesthood
  • 2:13 - 2:46
  • God speaks to Solomon
  • 3:1 - 3:15 2 Chr. 1:1 - 1:13
  • Example of Solomon's wisdom: two mothers
  • 3:16 - 3:28
  • Solomon's officials, etc.
  • 4:1 - 4:28 2 Chr. 1:14 - 1:17
  • Solomon's wisdom
  • 4:29 - 4:34
  • Solomon builds a temple for God
  • 5:1 - 6:38
  • Solomon builds his palace
  • 7:1 - 7:12
  • Items for the temple
  • 7:13 - 7:51
  • Hiram crafts the bronze items
  • 7:13 - 7:47
  • Gold items
  • 7:48 - 7:51
  • Dedication of the temple
  • 8:1 - 8:66
  • Israel gathers and brings the ark into the temple
  • 8:1 - 8:11 2 Chr. 5:2 - 5:14
  • Solomon blesses the people
  • 8:12 - 8:21 2 Chr. 6:1 - 6:11
  • Solomon's prayer
  • 8:22 - 8:53 2 Chr. 6:12 - 6:42
  • Solomon blesses the people
  • 8:54 - 8:61
  • Israel worships
  • 8:62 - 8:66 2 Chr. 7:1 - 7:10
  • God speaks to Solomon again
  • 9:1 - 9:9 2 Chr. 7:11 - 7:22
  • Solomon pays Hiram king of Tyre
  • 9:10 - 9:14
  • Solomon's building projects, etc.
  • 9:15 - 9:28
  • The queen of Sheba visits
  • 10:1 - 10:13 2 Chr. 9:1 - 9:12
  • Solomon's wealth
  • 10:14 - 10:29 2 Chr. 1:14 - 1:17, 9:13 - 9:28
  • Solomon's wives lead him to idolatry
  • 11:1 - 11:13
  • Solomon's opponents
  • 11:14 - 11:43
  • Hadad
  • 11:14 - 11:22
  • Rezon
  • 11:23 - 11:25
  • Prophecy that Jeroboam to become king of Israel
  • 11:26 - 11:43
    Notes:
    1First and Second Samuel and first and second Kings originally constituted one work each.
    2A variation in numbering exists between some texts and translations; the break points in these are between verses 21:1 and 21:2, and 21:10 and 21:11, with chapter 21 containing either 15 or 16 verses.
    3A variation in numbering exists between some texts and translations; the break points in these are between verses 23:28 and 23:29, with chapter 24 containing either 22 or 23 verses.