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• 2 Samuel 15

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  2 Samuel 15 recounts how Absalom, having won the hearts of the people, launches a rebellion at Hebron, prompting David to flee Jerusalem. Along the way, Ittai, Zadok and Abiathar, and Hushai each aid David in different ways.

• 2 Samuel 24

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  2 Samuel 24, the final chapter of 2 Samuel, recounts how David takes a census and then recognizes his sin. Of the three punishments announced by the prophet Gad, a pestilence falls on Israel. The plague ceases after David buys the threshing floor of Araunah and builds an altar there.

• 2 Samuel 12:13

  [Bible Verses]

  In this verse David, rebuked by Nathan, confesses, "I have sinned against the LORD," and Nathan declares that the LORD has put away his sin. Because it presents a brief confession, an immediate pardon, and consequences of sin that remain even after forgiveness, the verse is frequently cited in discussions of repentance.

• 1 Samuel 7

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  1 Samuel 7 recounts how, while the ark of the covenant remains at Kiriath-jearim, Samuel gathers Israel at Mizpah and leads the people in repentance, and how, after the Philistines are defeated, he sets up the Ebenezer stone. The chapter closes with a summary of Samuel's lifelong service as judge over Israel.

• 1 Samuel 5

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  1 Samuel 5 recounts how the ark of God (the Ark of the Covenant), captured by the Philistines, was carried to Ashdod, Gath, and Ekron. During this time the image of Dagon fell before the ark, and each city was struck with a plague of tumors.

• 1 Samuel 27

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  First Samuel 27 tells how David, fleeing Saul's pursuit, takes refuge with his six hundred men under Achish, the Philistine king of Gath. He receives Ziklag, stays in Philistine territory for a year and four months, raids the surrounding peoples, and deceives Achish.

• Elkanah

  [People]

  Elkanah is a figure in the Old Testament book of 1 Samuel, the husband of Hannah and the father of the prophet Samuel. He is remembered as a man who went up to Shiloh each year with his family to worship.

• Lee Chang-woo (pastor)

  [People]

  Lee Chang-woo (1931–2002) was a South Korean Presbyterian minister. In 1961 in Gwangju he cofounded the University Bible Fellowship (UBF) with Sarah Barry, a missionary of the Southern Presbyterian Church in the United States, and he led the organization until his death in 2002.

• Hannah

  [People]

  Hannah is a woman in the Old Testament book of 1 Samuel, the wife of Elkanah and the mother of the prophet Samuel. She is known for the prayer and vow she made at the sanctuary in Shiloh while she was childless, and for the "Song of Hannah."

• 1 Samuel 9:2

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  First Samuel 9:2 introduces Saul, who would become Israel's first king, and describes his handsome appearance and great height. Together with 1 Samuel 16:7, which contrasts outward appearance with the heart, it is frequently cited in discussions of the qualifications for leadership.

• Gob

  [Bible]

  Gob is a place named in 2 Samuel 21 where Israel and the Philistines fought two battles during the reign of David. Its exact location is unknown.

• Bedan

  [People]

  Bedan is a figure named by Samuel in 1 Samuel 12:11 as one of those who delivered Israel. Because Scripture records nothing else about him, interpreters have proposed several identifications.

• Medium of Endor

  [People]

  The medium of Endor is a woman in 1 Samuel 28 who was said to call up the spirits of the dead. According to the biblical account, she called up the deceased Samuel at the request of King Saul on the eve of his battle with the Philistines.

• 1 Samuel 21

  [Bible]

  In this chapter David, fleeing from Saul, obtains the showbread and the sword of Goliath from Ahimelech the priest at Nob, then escapes danger by feigning madness before Achish, king of Gath.

• 1 Samuel 25

  [Bible]

  1 Samuel 25 recounts the death of Samuel, the wealthy Nabal's insulting refusal of David's request, the intervention of Nabal's wife Abigail to avert David's vengeance, and Abigail's marriage to David after Nabal's death.

• 1 Samuel

  [Bible]

  First Samuel is one of the historical books of the Old Testament. It records the transition from the period of the judges to the establishment of the monarchy in Israel, centering on three figures: Samuel, Saul, and David.

• 1 Samuel 9

  [Bible]

  1 Samuel 9 tells how Saul, the son of Kish the Benjamite, meets the seer Samuel while searching for lost donkeys and is designated, at the LORD's direction, as the leader of Israel.

• 1 Samuel 19

  [Bible]

  1 Samuel 19 recounts how Jonathan and Michal help David when Saul tries to kill him, and how the messengers Saul sends to seize David, who has fled to Samuel, and finally Saul himself, begin to prophesy.

• 1 Samuel 26

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  The chapter in which David, pursued by Saul, enters Saul's camp at night and has the opportunity to kill him, yet takes only the spear and the water jug and lets him live.

• 2 Samuel 9

  [Bible]

  2 Samuel 9 tells how David, remembering his friendship with Jonathan, seeks out Jonathan's son Mephibosheth, who remains of the house of Saul, restores to him all of Saul's land, and has him eat continually at the king's table.