1 Samuel Topical Outline

Introduction

Chapter 1

The miraculous birth of Samuel 1:1-28

Chapter 2

Hannah's prayer 2:1-10

Eli's sons were sons of Belial 2:11-17

The boy Samuel ministers to God (and God visits his mom) 2:18-21

Eli's sons have sex with women at the door of the tabernacle 2:22-26

God says he will kill Eli's sons and make all his descendants die young 2:2:27-36

Chapter 3

God appears to the boy Samuel (to tell Eli the bad news) 3:1-21

Chapter 4

The Philistines kill 34,000 Israelites 4:1-10

The Philistines steal the ark (and Eli and his sons die) 4:11-22

Chapter 5

The fall of Dagon 5:1-5

God smites the people of Ashdod, Gath, and Ekron with hemorrhoids 5:6-12

Chapter 6

Five Golden Hemorrhoids 6:1-18

God kills 50,070 Israelites for looking into the ark 6:19-21

Chapter 7

The Israelites smite the Philistines 7:1-17

Chapter 8

Israel demands a king 8:1-22

Chapter 9

God and Samuel select Saul as king 9:1-27

Chapter 10

Saul is made king (after God found him hiding among the stuff) 10:1-27

Chapter 11

The men of Jabesh make a deal with the Ammonites 11:1-5

The Spirit of God comes upon Saul and he chops up some oxen 11:6-10

Saul and 330,000 Israelites slaughter the Ammonites 11:11-15

Chapter 12

Samuel has a conversation with everyone in Israel 12:1-15

Samuel and God make it thunder and rain 12:16-25

Chapter 13

Saul blows a trumpet througout Israel 13:1-8

Saul sacrifices some animals (and loses his kingdom for it) 13:9-23

Chapter 14

Jonathan's first slaughter 14:1-14

God forces the Philistines to kill each other 14:15-23

Saul's curse, God's lottery, and more killings 14:24-52

Chapter 15

The Amalekite (incomplete) Genocide 15:1-9

God rejects Saul as king (for not killing all the Amalekites) 15:10-31

Samuel hacks Agag to death before the Lord 15:32-35

Chapter 16

God chooses David as king 16:1-13

An evil spirit from God plagues Saul (and David makes it go away) 16:14-23

Chapter 17

David kills Goliath 17:1-58

Chapter 18

Jonathan and David (were lovers?) 18:1-4

Saul and David compete (to see who can kill more people) 18:5-16

David buys a wife (with 200 Philistine foreskins) 18:17-31

Chapter 19

Saul tries to kill David 19:1-17

Saul, the naked prophet 19:18-24

Chapter 20

The special relationship between Jonathan and David 20:1-42

Chapter 21

David flees to Nob (and lies to get holy bread and Goliath's sword) 21:1-9

David flees to Gath (where he acts insane) 21:10-15

Chapter 22

David flees to the cave Adullam 22:1-5

Saul kills the priests, people, and animals of Nob 22:6-23

Chapter 23

God tells David to smite the Philistines (So David smites them with a great slaughter) 23:1-5

God warns David (via ephod) about Saul and the people of Keilah 23:6-12

Jonathan and David have a secret meeting 23:13-18

Saul chases David around a mountain 23:19-29

Chapter 24

David cut off Saul's skirt (while he was going to the bathroom) 24:1-4

David and Saul make up (and give long speeches) 24:5-22

Chapter 25

David threatens Nabal 25:1-13

Abigail meets David 25:14-35

God kills Nabal 25:36-38

David takes Abigail for a wife (and Ahinoam) 25:39-44

Chapter 26

David takes Saul's spear and jug of water while he's sleeping 26:1-25

Chapter 27

David commits random acts of genocide for the Philistine king 27:1-12

Chapter 28

Saul visits a woman from Endor 28:1-10

Samuel rises from the dead to give Saul the bad news 28:11-25

Chapter 29

David wanted to fight with the Philistines against the Israelites 29:1-11

Chapter 30

The Amalekites attack Ziklag (and the people decide to stone David) 30:1-6

David asks God what to do (God says go kill the Amalekites) 30:7-8

David slaughters the Amalekites (and gets back all his stuff) 30:9-31

Chapter 31

Saul and his sons die (as predicted by the ghost of Samuel) 31:1-13