1 SAMUEL 12 THROUGH 16 NOTES=For
MVF CHERYL=and Bobby Boy=5-10-2026
CHAPTER 12=
Samuel’s FAREWELL SPEECH
Samuel SPEAKS to Israel=After Saul becomes KING=Samuel
REMINDS
The people=That he has SERVED them faithfully=and
HONESTLY=and REMINDS THEM
How God has ALWAYS DELIVERED Israel
Samuel TELLS the people=THEY have sinned=by demanding
A HUMAN KING=Instead of TRUSTING IN GOD==To CONFIRM the
message=
God SENDS thunder and rain=During the WHEAT HARVEST=Frightening
the people=
The people=ASK SAMUEL to=PRAY FOR THEM!
SAMUEL ENCOURAGES THEM=and tells them
FEAR the Lord
SERVE him faithfully=and DO NOT
TURN to idols
HE WARNS the people=and their King=That they
MUST OBEY GOD
SAMUEL 13=SAUL’S UNLAWFUL SACRIFICE
Israel PREPARES=to fight the Philistines=and Saul BECOMES
IMPATIENT=
While waiting for Samuel=To ARRIVE and offer a
sacrifice=BEFORE BATTLE=
INSTEAD of waiting=Saul PERFORMS the sacrifice himself
SAMUEL arrives and REBUKES HIM=for disobeying God’s COMMAND=
BECAUSE of this=HIS KINGDOM =will not continue forever=God
will
CHOOSE another man=TO LEAD HIS PEOPLE
Meanwhile Israel SUFFERS=Because the PHILISTINES=Control
The blacksmithing=Leaving the ISRAELITES POORLY ARMED!
CHAPTER 14=Jonathan DEFEATS the PHILISTINES
Jonathan=SAULS’S SON=COURAGEOUSLY attacks a PHILISTINE outpost=
With only his armor-bearer=Jonathan=TRUSTS GOD COMPLETELY=saying
that GOD
Can SAVE=”BY MANY OR BY FEW”
God causes CONFUSION=In the Philistines=and Israel wins
A GREAT VICTORY
But Saul makes a FOOLISH OATH=saying NO MAN=May eat before
evening=
Jonathan UNAWARE=eats HONEY=and nearly dies=Because of
Sauls’s rash decision=
THE people rescue Jonathan=Because they=RECOGNIZE HIS
BRAVERY=and the HELP
Of God through him
This chapter also=SUMMARIZES=Saul’s military victories=and INTRODUCES
MEMBERS of his family
CHAPTER 15
SAUL REJECTS God’s command
God COMMANDS Saul=THROUGH Samuel=to COMPLETELY DESTROY the
Amalekites=
Because of their past wickedness against Israel
Sauld defeats them=BUT SPARES
-Agag=and
-THE BEST ANIMALS and POSSESSIONS
=Saul CLAIMS the animals=were SAVED for sacrifice=BUT SAMUEL
DECLARES
OBEDIENCE is more important than sacrifice=and ONE OF
The most famous verses appear
“TO OBEY is BETTER than sacrifice”
=Because Saul=REJECTS GOD’S COMAND=GOD REJECTS Saul as KING=
SAMUEL then kills Agag=and he MOURNS over Saul
CHAPTER 16=DAVID IS ANOINTED!
God tells Samuel=to QUIT MOURNING for Saul=and to
GO TO BETHLEHEM=To ANOINT a new KING=from the FAMILY OF JESSE
Samuel=sees JESSE’S OLDER SONS=and assumes=THE STRONGEST
looking Son=
Must be CHOSEN=But God TEACHES US=an IMPORTANT LESSON
“MAN LOOKS AT THE OUTWARD APPEARANCE=But the LORD=LOOKS at
the HEART”
The youngest son=DAVID=Is brought in from=TENDING SHEEP=and
God
TELLS SAMUEL=TO ANOINT HIM=and the SPIRIT OF THE LORD=Comes
POWERFULLY
On to David
The SPIRIT departs from Saul=and Saul becomes TROUBLED=David
is later=
BROUGHT to Saul’s COURT=to play the HARP=Soothing Saul=While
he is DISTRESSED
THE MAIN THEMES OF 1 Samuel=CHAPTERS 12 through 16
=OBEDIENCE to God=Is MORE IMPORTANT than rituals
=GOD JUDGES THE HEART=NOT our outward appearance
=Saul’s DOWNFALL=is through disobedience and PRIDE
=DAVID BEGINS to RISE=as GOD’S CHOSEN KING
=FAITH AND COURAGE are shown THROUGH Jonathan and David
RPW for MVF CHERYL and Bobby Boy 5-10-2026=6PM=MOTHER’S DAY
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