SUMMARY OF 1 SAMUEL

BIBLICAL PERIOD	#6 THE UNITED KINGDOM
FOCUS	THE LAST JUDGES OF ISRAEL		THE FIRST KINGS OF ISRAEL
COVENANT	THE SINAI COVENANT
SCRIPTURE	1:1--------------------------4:1-----------------------8:1------------------13:1--------------15:10-31:13
DIVISION	# 1 Transition of leadership from Eli to Samuel	Samuel: Priest and last Judge of Israel		#2 Transition of leadership from Samuel to King Saul	The reign of King Saul	#3 Transition of leadership from Saul to David
TOPIC	DECLINE OF ISRAEL AS A THEOCRACY			RISE OF ISRAEL AS A MONARCHY
	ELI	SAMUEL		SAUL		DAVID
LOCATION	THE PROMISED LAND – ISRAEL
TIME	Circa 94 years

TIME LINE: [all dates BC]              Assyrian Empire----------------------------------------------Babylon-------Persia

UNITED KINGDOM OF ISRAEL--------------DIVIDED KINGDOMS of Israel & Judah

c. 1147	c. 1010	c. 970	c. 930	c. 873-853	722	568	539
Saul becomes King	Death of Saul	Death of David	Death of Solomon	Elijah the Prophet	Israel destroyed by Assyria	Judah Destroyed	Persians conquer Babylon
	David - King	Solomon - King	Rehoboam - King			Begin the Exile	Return to Judah begins