1. Why did God allow Jonathan, Abinadab, and Melchishua to die? How does this help fulfill His purpose? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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2. What happened to Israel and the Israelites after King Saul died? How does the principle in Mark 14:27 apply here?  ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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3. How did King Saul die in 1 Samuel 31? What story did the Amalekite tell David in 2 Samuel 1?  ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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4. If we are to believe that the Amalekite was the one who killed Saul, why is it ironic that an Amalekite ended up killing Saul? What was God’s warning to King Saul in 1 Samuel 15?  ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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5. Why would the Amalekite lie to David about killing King Saul? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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6. What did the Philistines do to the bodies of King Saul and his sons?  __________________________________________________________________________________________

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7. Why did the men of Jabesh-Gilead rescue their bodies after they were desecrated? See 1 Samuel 11:1-11. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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8. The men of Jabesh-Gilead burned the bodies of King Saul, and his sons even though Hebrew practice is to bury the bodies of the dead.  Why was this not done here? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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9. How did David react when he found out that King Saul and his sons were killed? How does this show us that if we are bitter, angry, or have hatred, it is because we choose to behave this way? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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10. King Saul was buried under a tamarisk tree in 1 Samuel 31:13. What else happened under a tamarisk tree? (See 1 Samuel 22).  Why is it fitting that King Saul is buried under the same type of tree where this all took place?  ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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