DAVID FINDS STRENGTH IN THE LORD HIS GOD

1 Samuel 29:1–31:13

Key Verse: 30:6

• DAVID INQUIRES OF THE LORD (29:1–30:31)

1. When he was caught having to fight against his own people, how was David extricated? (29:1–11) How can we see God’s hand here, and what did he want David to learn through this experience?

2. What did David and his men find back at Ziklag? (30:1–3) How much did they weep? (30:4)What was David’s personal tragedy? (30:5)Why did his loyal men suddenly turn on him? (30:6a)At this worst moment, what did David do? (30:6b)

3. What does “his God” show us about David’s faith? What does it mean to find strength in God? (Ps18:1–6) When we are in deep distress, how can we find strength in God? After gaining strength in God, what did David do, and how did God answer? (30:7–8) Who didn’t go with him, and why? (30:9–10) How did he restore everything? (30:11–20)

4. What did some troublemakers say, of what did David remind them, and what rule did he make? (30:21–25) What did he do for those who had helped him? (30:26–31) What can we learn from David’s character as a leader?

• SAUL’S TRAGIC END (31:1-13)

5. How were Samuel’s words fulfilled in what happened to Saul and his sons? (31:1–7) What caused Saul’s tragic end? (28:17–18; 1Ch10:13–14)

6. What did the people of Jabesh Gilead do, and why? (31:8–13; 11:1–11)