SAUL MADE KING

1 Samuel 10:1-11:15

Key Verse: 10:24

· SAUL WAS CHOSEN BY ISRAEL (10:1-27)

1.  What did Samuel do to make Saul king? (10:1) What signs would confirm Saul’s anointing? (10:2-6)

2.  What instructions did Samuel give? (10:7-8) How were these signs fulfilled? (10:9-16) What is the significance of Saul’s being changed and prophesying?

3.  When he gathered all Israel at Mizpah, how did Samuel remind them of God’s grace and rebuke them? (10:17-19)

4.  How did God himself demonstrate that he had chosen Saul? (10:20-24) How did the people respond? (10:24b) What can we learn in these events about Samuel’s obedience to God? (8:6; 9:22-10:1)

5.  What did Samuel teach from God’s law about the kingship? (10:25; Dt17:14-20) What happened when Saul went home? (10:26-27)

· SAUL’S FIRST VICTORY (11:1-15)

6. Who besieged Jabesh Gilead? (1) How did the Ammonite insult the men of Jabesh? (2)   How did the elders of Jabesh react? (3-4)

7.  How did Saul react to this bad news? (5)What was his source of power? (6) How did Saul turn out the Israelites as one man? (7) What was his leadership style?

8.  How did Saul win his first victory? (9-11) In what sense did this victory vindicate the choice of Saul as king? (12) How did Saul interpret the victory? (13b) How did Samuel confirm Saul’s kingship? (14-15)