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1 and 2 Samuel: The Rise of Kingship

  1. Lesson One
    Overview of 1 and 2 Samuel (1 Samuel 1–3, 8)
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  2. Lesson Two
    Samuel and Kingship (1 Samuel 4–12)
    24 Activities
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  3. Lesson Three
    Saul’s Demise (1 Samuel 13–19, 28–31)
    25 Activities
  4. Lesson Four
    David’s Rise (1 Samuel 16–27, 29–30)
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  5. Lesson Five
    David's Reign (2 Samuel)
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  6. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
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The Prayer of Hannah and the Song of David are situated near the beginning and end of the books of Samuel, and in one sense they bookend everything that happens in these stories. For all the failures and offenses that occur in these books, God’s faithfulness and commitment to His people are unchanging. Some of the many parallels between these royal poems are tabled below.

Table adapted from: Victor P. Hamilton, Handbook on the Pentateuch, 2001, pp. 217-218.

Prayer of Hannah (1 Samuel 2:1-10 NASB)Song of David (2 Samuel 22 NASB)
My horn is exalted in the LORD (2:1).The LORD is … the horn of my salvation (22:2-3).
My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies (2:1).I am saved from my enemies (22:4).
Nor is there any rock like our God (2:2).My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge (22:3).
He will thunder in the heavens (2:10).The LORD thundered from heaven (22:14).
He will give strength to His king (2:10).He is a tower of deliverance to His king (22:51).
(He) will exalt the horn of His anointed (2:10).And shows lovingkindness to His anointed (22:51).