Year 2 - November

Year 2, November - David, Saul and Abigail

Year 2, November 1, David Spares Saul's Life – 1 Samuel 24:8-15

Questions

Skim-read verses 1 to 7 to remember the story so far:

What did David’s men think he should do to King Saul?

Why did David spare Saul?

What did David plead with Saul to do?

Year 2, November 2, David Spares Saul's Life – 1 Samuel 24:16-22

Questions

What did Saul call David in verse 16?

What did Saul know David would be one day?

What did he ask David to swear?

Where did David go when Saul went home?

Year 2, November 3, The Death of Samuel – 1 Samuel 25:1

Questions

Who was Samuel?

Why did all Israel come together?

How did the people show their respect for Samuel?

Where did they bury him?

Year 2, November 4, David and Abigail – 1 Samuel 25:2-4

Questions

Where did David go?

Who was a rich land-owner near there?

What was his wife’s name?

What did David hear Nabal was doing?

Year 2, November 5, David and Abigail – 1 Samuel 25:5-8

Questions

How many young men did David send to Nabal?

Who and what did David send messages of peace for?

How had David’s men treated Nabal’s shepherds in Carmel?

What special occasion was coming up that made David ask for food?

Year 2, November 6, David and Abigail – 1 Samuel 25:9-13

Questions

How did Nabal answer David’s message?

Did he give the young men any food for the feast?

What order did David give when he heard Nabal’s answer?

How many men went with David to meet Nabal?

Year 2, November 7, David and Abigail – 1 Samuel 25:14-17

Questions

Who told Abigail what was happening?

What did the young man say about David’s men?

How did they help with the sheep?

What was the young man afraid would happen?

Year 2, November 8, David and Abigail – 1 Samuel 25:18-22

Questions

How many loaves of bread did Abigail load?

What animals did she load with food and drink?

Did she tell Nabal?

Who came to meet Abigail and her young men and donkeys?

Year 2, November 9, David and Abigail – 1 Samuel 25:23-27

Questions

How did Abigail meet David?

What did she call her husband, Nabal?

What did “Nabal” mean?

Who was the present of food and drink for?

Year 2, November 10, David and Abigail – 1 Samuel 25:28-31

Questions

Whose battles did Abigail say was David fighting?

What did Abigail know David would be one day?

Why did she say he should not kill all Nabal’s men and boys?

What did she ask for herself?

Year 2, November 11, David and Abigail – 1 Samuel 25:32-35

Questions

Who did David bless because of Abigail?

What did she keep him from?

What gift did David take from Abigail?

What petition did David grant her?

Year 2, November 12, David and Abigail – 1 Samuel 25:36-38

Questions

What was Nabal doing when Abigail came home?

When did she tell him about meeting David?

What happened to Nabal?

How long did it take him to die?

Year 2, November 13, David and Abigail – 1 Samuel 25:39-41

Questions

How did David see Nabal’s death?

What message did David send Abigail?

Did she agree?

How did she see herself in relation to David?

Year 2, November 14, David's Wives – 1 Samuel 25:42-44

Questions

What mode of transport did Abigail use to go to David?

How many young women did she take with her?

Who else became David’s wife?

Who did King Saul give David’s wife Michel to?

DO YOU WONDER why the Bible tells us about David having so many wives and other stories that seem wrong?

In the Bible, God tells us what did happen, as well as what should happen. God’s people often do what they shouldn’t.

Year 2, November 15, David Spares Saul Again – 1 Samuel 26:1-5

Questions

Who told Saul where David was hiding?

How many men did Saul take with him?

Who was Saul’s Commander of the army?

Where did the army camp?

Year 2, November 16, David Spares Saul Again – 1 Samuel 26:6-11

Questions

Who went with David into the army camp at night?

What did Abishai want to do?

What did David say would happen to Saul?

What did he tell Abishai to do?

Year 2, November 17, David Spares Saul Again – 1 Samuel 26:12-16

Questions

Why did no one in the army know that David and Abishai had been there?

Where did David stand?

Who did he call?

Why did Abner deserve to die?

Year 2, November 18, David Spares Saul Again – 1 Samuel 26:17-20

Questions

Who recognized David’s voice?

What did Saul call David?

What did David ask Saul?

What did David compare himself to?

Year 2, November 19, David Spares Saul Again – 1 Samuel 26:21-25

Questions

What did Saul promise David?

What did Saul confess?

What answer did David give?

What title did David give Saul in verse 23?

Year 2, November 20, David and Achish Again – 1 Samuel 27:1-4

Questions

Did David believe that Saul would leave him alone?

Where did he decide to go?

Where was Achish the king?

Who went with every man to the land of the Philistines?

Year 2, November 21, David and Achish Again – 1 Samuel 27:5-7

Questions

Where were David and his men living?

What did David ask Achish for?

Which town did Achish give David?

How long did David live there?

Year 2, November 22, David and Achish Again – 1 Samuel 27:8-12

Questions

How far did David and his men go raiding their enemies?

What did he take back to Achish?

Did he leave any survivors?

Who did Achish think David was raiding?

Year 2, November 23, Ssaul and the Witch of Endor – 1 Samuel 28:1-7

Questions

Who were the Philistines going to fight?

What did Achish make David and his men for life?

Who had Saul put out of the land of Israel?

When Saul was afraid, who did he look for to ask advice?

Year 2, November 24, Saul and the Witch of Endor – 1 Samuel 28:8-14

Questions

Why did Saul disguise himself?

Why was the woman afraid?

Who did Saul ask to be brought up?

How did Saul know it was Samuel?

Year 2, November 25, Saul and the Witch of Endor – 1 Samuel 28:15-19

Questions

What did Samuel ask Saul?

What else beside the Philistine invasion had gone wrong for Saul?

Who was now Saul’s enemy?

What did Samuel say would happen the next day?

Year 2, November 26, Saul and the Witch of Endor – 1 Samuel 28:20-25

Questions

Why did Saul have no strength?

What did the woman offer him?

What did his servants persuade him to do?

What food did the woman serve Saul?

Year 2, November 27, The Philistines Turn Against David – 1 Samuel 29:1-5

Questions

Where were David and his men?

What reason did Achish give for having David there?

Why were the Philistine commanders angry?

What song did the commanders quote?

Year 2, November 28, The Philistines Turn Against David – 1 Samuel 29:6-11

Questions

What did Achish ask David to do?

Did David agree?

Who said David may not come to the battle?

What time of day did David and his men leave?

Year 2, November 29, David's Wives Are Captured – 1 Samuel 30:1-6

Questions

Who had raided Ziklag?

Who had they taken captive?

What did the people talk about doing to David?

How did he strengthen himself?

Year 2, November 30, David's Wives Are Captured – 1 Samuel 30:5-10

Questions

Who was Abiathar?

What did God tell David to do?

How many men got as far as the Brook Besor?

How many could go no further?

The Ephod was a decorated tunic with the breastplate on it. It had a pocket for the Urim and Thumin which the High Priest used to understand God’s will.