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After Joshua died, God raised up Judges for about 250 years, Samuel was the last judge, before the time of the kings.
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Hannah was a godly woman who was praying for a child, Eli blessed her, “Go in peace and the God of Israel grant your request.”
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Hannah did give birth to a boy. They named the child Samuel.
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In due time, Hannah took Samuel to the house of the Lord. “I promised the Lord that if he would give me a son, I would give the boy to the Lord’s work.”
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So Samuel stayed with Eli, but the sin of Eli’s own sons was very great before the Lord.
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One evening after Eli and Samuel said goodnight.
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The Lord called Samuel; “Samuel.”
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Samuel went to Eli’s room, “Here I am, you called me.” Eli replied;
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 “I didn’t call you my son, now go back to bed.”
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Again this happened, and Eli sent Samuel back to his bed a second time.
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 “Samuel.” The Lord said. And once more Samuel went to Eli’s room.
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Eli realised it was the Lord. So he told Samuel, “When He calls say, speak Lord, for your servant hears.”
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And so it was that the Lord spoke with Samuel.
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In the morning Samuel told Eli, “The Lord told me He would carry out the warnings that He has given you. Your sons made themselves vile and you didn’t restrain them.
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Because you didn’t stop them, they will be killed, and you also will die without leaving a son to carry on your family name.”
It happened as Samuel said. The ark of God was captured. The news so upset Eli, that he fell to the ground dead.
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Samuel took the place of Eli, and led the children of Israel back to the Lord.

DAVID

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At the same time as Samuel lived a boy named David. David was the great grandson of Ruth and was the youngest of seven brothers.
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His job was to look after his father Jesse’s sheep.
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When night came, he would lead the sheep into a pen, where he would sleep in the doorway, the shepherd was the door.
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He would know all of his sheep by name and they would follow him.
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One day a lion was about to attack his sheep.
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David killed the lion with his sling shot.
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Another time a bear came to steal from his flock.
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But David killed the bear also.
PICTURE 09David wrote some wonderful songs in praise and thanksgiving to the Lord. His most famous song is psalm twenty three.
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 “The Lord is my shepherd I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside the still waters. He restores my soul.”
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The prophet Samuel met all of David’s brothers. He asked Jesse if he had any other sons and David was sent for.
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As soon as he saw David, the Lord said to Samuel, “This is the one, anoint him.”
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Saul was the first King of Israel and he summoned David to play the harp.
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David found favour with Saul and he was appointed as the king’s armour- bearer.
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So when an evil spirit troubled Saul, David played the harp and sang of God’s love and power.
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Jesse’s three eldest sons were in the King army. One day Jesse said to David, “Take this bag of food to your brothers.”
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The Philistines had a champion called Goliath who would shout, “Give me a man to fight with.”
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David angrily said, “Who is this Philistine, that he dares to defy the army of the living God?”
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Soon David was standing before King Saul. “I will fight the Philistine.”
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But the king’s armour was too big and heavy for David.
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David told the king, how God had helped him to kill a lion and a bear.
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So carefully he chose five smooth stones from the brook.
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Goliath growled, “Do you think I’m a dog, that you come to me with a stick?”
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After praying David retaliated, “This day the Lord God of Israel, will deliver you into my hands.”
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With that David swung his sling and the stone sank into the giant’s forehead.
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David drew out Goliath’s sword and chopped off his head.
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The Philistines immediately ran off, whilst the men of Israel gave chase.
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King Saul rewarded David and made him captain over a thousand men.
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The people sang, “Saul has killed thousands, but David has killed tens of thousands.”
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Saul’s son Jonathan had a strong admiration for David and they became great friends.
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David would often come and play the harp for the King.
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One day, after Saul heard the women singing about David, he became very jealous and tried to kill him.
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Saul said to his servants and Jonathan, “I want David killed.”
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Jonathon pleaded with his father. Eventually Saul said, “As the Lord lives, David shall not be killed.”
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Then Jonathan told David all that had happened and he reconciled David to the King.
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Saul felt that Jonathan would never be king, because the people loved David.
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Once again Saul tried to murder David and then David escaped from the palace.
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David asked Jonathon, “Why does your father want to kill me?” But Jonathan refused to believe it.
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The next day Saul told Jonathan, “As long as David lives, you will never be king?”
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During this meeting, David was in hiding.
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Jonathan tried to reason with his father, but this time Saul threw the javelin at his son.
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In the morning, Jonathan went to fire some arrows in the place he knew David was hiding.
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After sending his servant back to the city, the two friends said goodbye.
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Then went their separate ways.
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David collected some weapons and hid in the hills.
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He lived in a cave and over 400 family and friends came to join him.
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Afraid of Saul, they camped out in the forests.
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But Saul and his men tracked David and they came close to him many times.
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One time, when Saul was with three thousand men, David spied on their camp.
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That night they made their way past the guards, to the tent where the King was sleeping.
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One of the soldiers wanted to kill Saul but David wouldn’t allow it.
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But they took the King’s spear and his jar of water and, as silently as they came, they left.
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In the morning David shouted “Look! Here is the Kings spear and water jar.”
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The King realised that David could have killed him.
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“David I have sinned, I will not harm you, because you have spared my life.”
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It was at this time that Samuel the prophet died.
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Sometime later a messenger bought news to David that Saul and his sons had been killed
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After hearing the news David wrote, ‘Look how the mighty have fallen.’
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David played on his harp and sang love songs, concerning his greatest friend Jonathan.
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The men of the Judah welcomed David.
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And they anointed him as their king.
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But the time would soon come, when David would become King over the whole of Israel.
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It was at this time, that King David reinstalled the Ark of the Covenant.
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David was king over Israel for forty years.
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He had many wives and many children.
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When David was fifty, he met Bathsheba. She became pregnant while her husband was away in the kings army.
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So King David arranged for Bathsheba’s husband to be killed in battle.
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David married Bathsheba and later they had a son, whom they named Solomon.