Lesson 6

What is the Bible?

• "Every man did" except             Judges 21
  • In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes. (Judges 21:25)
• Ruth, and Boaz             Ruth 1-4
  • Ruth is a love story
  • Boaz was the son of Rahab the harlot and David's great-grandfather
  • Ruth was a Moabite woman and David's great-grandmother
  • Ruth had a son named Obed, who was the father of Jesse, who was the father of David
  • The Field of Boaz, located about a mile east of Bethlehem is were Ruth gleaned (worked for Boaz)
  • The adjoining field, called "Shepherds Field," is thought to be where the angels announced Jesus birth to the shepherds
• Samuel             1 Samuel 1-25
  • Samuel was the son of Hannah who promised God if she had a son she would give him to the Lord
  • Samuel grew up under the teachings of Eli the high priest and when Eli died Samuel took over
  • Samuel judged the people of Israel wisely but when his sons became judges they did very poorly
  • The elders came and begged Samuel for a king
  • Samuel asked God and God was very unhappy because they always wanted someone else to lead them, anyone but God
• Saul "No Heart"             1 Samuel 9-2 Samuel 1
  • Their first king would be Saul
  • Saul disobeyed God and God rejected him as king
  • God told Samuel that He had chosen a new king
• David "Whole Heart"             2 Samuel 2-1 Kings 2
  • He told him to go to Jesse's house in Bethlehem
  • Samuel anointed David to become king
  • Saul was troubled and asked David to play his harp for him, which made him feel better
  • David wrote most of the Psalms.
• David and Goliath             1 Samuel 17
  • The Israelites were always fighting with the Philistines because they were one of the tribes on their borders
  • Only then did they realize Pharaoh had changed his mind about letting them go and was chasing them
  • The Philistines giant Goliath was from the Gath family.
  • The Israelites were afraid of Goliath but David killed him and they had a great victory
  • David was becoming very popular with the people and this made Saul very angry
  • Although David and Saul's son Jonathan were great friend, David left and hid in the mountains because Saul had threatened to kill him
  • When David was in the mountains hiding he wrote a lot of the Psalms
  • Eventually he and Saul reconciled just before Saul died
  • David became king and was to build the temple
  • He never did build the temple that was left to Solomon
• Solomon "Half-Heart"             1 Kings 1-11
  • God asked Solomon if he could have anything he wanted what would he have
  • He asked for wisdom and understanding
  • Solomon became the richest man that ever was
  • Solomon wrote Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Solomon

Questionaire

1. Who was Ruth's husband?
2. Who was David's girlfriend and Solomon's mother?
3. Who wrote most of the Psalms?
4. What book is God not mentioned?