LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In 1 Kings 3:3-28, Solomon has just become king of Israel after his father David’s death. He loves the Lord and goes to Gibeon to worship. That night God appears to him in a dream and invites him to ask for anything at all. Solomon admits that he feels like a little child with a very
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In 2 Samuel 9:1-13, David is now king over all Israel and living in Jerusalem. He still thinks often of his dear friend Jonathan, who died in battle alongside his father, King Saul. Years earlier, David and Jonathan had promised each other that they would care for one another’s families. David asks if anyone from Saul’s
David Becomes King: Ages 3-5 LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In 1 Samuel 31:1-6; 2 Samuel 5:1-5; 6:1-19, we see Israel change leaders. King Saul and his sons, including David’s close friend Jonathan, die in battle against the Philistines. David grieves, but God had already chosen him as the next king. After years of waiting and a civil war, all the
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In 1 Samuel 26:1-25, King Saul is still consumed by jealousy and keeps chasing David, even though David has done nothing to deserve it. Some people from Ziph tell Saul where David is hiding, so Saul takes 3,000 soldiers into the wilderness to hunt him down. David learns where the army has camped and decides to
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In 1 Samuel 18:1-11 and chapter 20, we meet two men whose friendship stayed strong while the people around them were being pulled apart by jealousy. After David defeated Goliath, he became a hero. Jonathan, the king’s son, loved David like his own brother and made a promise to be his friend always. He sealed that
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In 1 Samuel 17, the armies of Israel and the Philistines faced off across the Valley of Elah, and for forty days a Philistine giant named Goliath marched out twice a day to mock the Lord and dare an Israelite to fight him. King Saul’s soldiers, though grown men trained for battle, froze in fear at
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In 1 Samuel 16:1-13, God sends the prophet Samuel to Bethlehem with a horn of oil to anoint the next king of Israel. Samuel is still grieving over King Saul, who has stopped obeying God, and he is afraid Saul will hurt him if he finds out. God gives him a plan: travel to Bethlehem to
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In 1 Samuel 13:5-14, Saul faces a massive Philistine army, and his own soldiers begin to scatter in fear. Samuel had instructed Saul to wait seven days for him to arrive and offer the sacrifice before battle. When Samuel seemed late, Saul grew impatient and offered the burnt offering himself, stepping into a role God had
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In 1 Samuel 8:1-10:27, Israel reaches a turning point. Samuel had faithfully served as judge and priest for many years, but he was growing old, and the sons he appointed to help him were dishonest men who twisted justice for money. The elders of Israel used this as their reason to come to Samuel with a
LESSON OVERVIEW FOR ADULTS In 1 Samuel 3, we read about a young boy named Samuel who was serving God in the tabernacle under the care of Eli, the high priest. One night while Samuel was sleeping, the Lord called his name out loud. Samuel did not yet know God’s voice, so he ran to Eli, thinking the old priest
