1. Name: Year: Monday (Read 1 Samuel 26:1-12) (1) How many men accompanied Saul in his pursuit of David? _________________________________________________________ (2) Who from David’s men agreed to accompany him in seeking Saul? _________________________________________________________ (3) When Abishai found that Saul was asleep what did he say to David? __________________________________________________________ (4) What reason did David give Abishai for wanting to spare Saul’s life a second time? __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ (5) So that Saul could recognise that David had spared his life for a second time, what did David do? __________________________________________________________ Tuesday (Read 1 Samuel 26: 13-25) (6) Why did David tell Abner that he deserved to die? ____________________________________________________________________________________________ (7) What Christian-like characteristics does David display in communicating with Saul in verses 17-20?____________________________________________________________________________________________ (8) How does Saul respond to David’s speech? ____________________________________________________________________________________________ (9)Complete the following verse “And indeed as your life was valued much this day in my eyes, so.............” ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Yr 8 & 9 Bible Study: 1 Samuel 26-28 Wednesday (Read 1 Samuel 27: 1-7) (10) In knowing that Saul was adamant in to kill him, where did David flee to? ______________________________________________________ (11) Which city was Given to David by Achish? ______________________________________________________ (12) For how long did David dwell in the land of the Philistines? ______________________________________________________ (13) To keep Achish on side and to have him believe that David was on the side of the Philistines, David moved away from God and began to commit many sins. According to verse 9, what did David do, every time he raided a city? ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________

2. Friday (Read 1 Samuel 28:9-19) (18) So that Saul would not be recognised by the medium, what did he do? ________________________________________________________________ (19) Why was the medium initially sceptical in wanting to help Saul? ________________________________________________________________ (19) Who did Saul ask the medium to bring up for him? ________________________________________________________________ (20) What did the medium see when she called up Samuel? (Hint- verse 13) ________________________________________________________________ (21)In verses 17-19 what does Samuel tell Saul will happen to him and his kingdom? ________________________________________________________________ Saturday (Read 1 Samuel 28:20-25) (23) What happened to Saul upon hearing the words of Samuel? ________________________________________________ (24) What request did the medium make to Saul and why? ________________________________________________ Thursday (Read 1 Samuel 28: 1-7) (14) In agreeing to battle against Israel with Achish, what did Achish promise David? ________________________________________________________________ (15) (a) Where did the Philistines encamp? _____________________________ (b) Where did the Israelites encamp? ______________________________ (16) What happened to Saul when he saw the army of the Philistines? ________________________________________________________________ (17) Why did Saul seek a medium to help him? (Hint- What was Saul’s relationship with God like at this point in time? What happened when Saul tried to inquire of the Lord about what to do?)________________________________________________________________ As we consider this story of King Saul, we see how he had forced the Lord out of his life for so many years after he had been made king, and then when he finally went to inquire of the Lord it was too late for the Lord would not be found by him. Though terrified even to despair, he was not humbled. He confessed not his sins, offered no sacrifices, and presented no supplications. We need to learn from King Saul’s life and do as Isaiah tells us to do “ Seek the L ORD while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near. Let the wicked forsake his way And the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to the L ORD, And He will have compassion on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon.” (55:6-7) Our Lord is always abundantly willing and able to pardon us of our sins whenever we turn to Him in genuine repentance. He loves to forgive us and call us His children