{"id":60682,"date":"2023-05-04T17:24:44","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T22:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?page_id=60682"},"modified":"2024-06-10T17:26:23","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T22:26:23","slug":"learning-from-the-kings-of-israel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/learning-from-the-kings-of-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning from the Kings of Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h1>Learning from the Kings of Israel<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_11179\" style=\"width: 549px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11179\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/king_davids_kindness_to_a_lame_man.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"539\" height=\"640\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11179\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mephibosheth Pleads with David II Samuel 19:24-30<\/p><\/div>\nby Jeffrey W. Hamilton<br \/>\nStarted April 2023\n\t<h2>Content<\/h2>\n<h3>The Last Judge of Israel<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/learning-from-the-kings-of-israel\/samuels-childhood\/\">Samuel&#8217;s Childhood<\/a> &#8211; I Samuel 1:1-2:11<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/learning-from-the-kings-of-israel\/the-failure-of-eli\/\">The Failure of Eli<\/a> &#8211; I Samuel 2:12-4:22<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/learning-from-the-kings-of-israel\/the-defeat-of-the-philistines\/\">The Defeat of the Philistines<\/a> &#8211; I Samuel 5:1-7:14<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/learning-from-the-kings-of-israel\/israel-demands-a-king\/\">Israel Demands a King<\/a> &#8211; I Samuel 7:15-8:22<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>The Reign of Saul<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/learning-from-the-kings-of-israel\/the-selection-of-saul\/\">The Selection of Saul<\/a> &#8211; I Samuel 9:1-12:25<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/learning-from-the-kings-of-israel\/sauls-war-against-the-philistines\/\">Saul&#8217;s War with the Philistines<\/a> &#8211; I Samuel 13:1-14:46<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/learning-from-the-kings-of-israel\/sauls-failure-to-obey\/\">Saul&#8217;s Failure to Obey<\/a> &#8211; I Samuel 14:47-15:35<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/learning-from-the-kings-of-israel\/david-is-selected-to-be-the-next-king\/\">David Is Selected to be the Next King<\/a> &#8211; I Samuel 16:1-23<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/learning-from-the-kings-of-israel\/david-battles-goliath\/\">David Battles Goliath<\/a> &#8211; I Samuel 17:1-58<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/learning-from-the-kings-of-israel\/sauls-jealousy-of-david\/\">Saul&#8217;s Jealousy of David<\/a> &#8211; I Samuel 18:1-20:42<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/learning-from-the-kings-of-israel\/david-hides-from-saul\/\">David Hides from Saul<\/a> &#8211; I Samuel 21:1-24:22<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/learning-from-the-kings-of-israel\/saul-continues-to-pursue-david\/\">Saul Continues to Pursue David<\/a> &#8211; I Samuel 25:1-27:12<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/learning-from-the-kings-of-israel\/the-death-of-saul\/\">The Death of Saul<\/a> &#8211; I Samuel 28:1-31:13; I Chronicles 10:1-14<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>The Reign of David<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/learning-from-the-kings-of-israel\/division-over-the-next-king\/\">Division Over the Next King<\/a> &#8211; II Samuel 1:1-3:5<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/learning-from-the-kings-of-israel\/the-end-of-ish-bosheth\/\">The End of Ish-bosheth<\/a> &#8211; II Samuel 3:6-4:12<\/li>\n<li>David Establishes Jerusalem as the Captial &#8211; II Samuel 7:5:1-7:27; I Chronicles 11:1-17:27<\/li>\n<li>David&#8217;s Triumphs &#8211; II Samuel 8:1-10:19; I Chronicles 18:1-19:19<\/li>\n<li>David&#8217;s Failures &#8211; II Samuel 11:1-13:22; I Chronicles 20:1-8<\/li>\n<li>Absalom&#8217;s Rebellion &#8211; II Samuel 13:32-14:33<\/li>\n<li>Absalom&#8217;s Coup &#8211; II Samuel 15:1-1:29<\/li>\n<li>The Death of Absalom &#8211; II Samuel 20:1-22:51<\/li>\n<li>The End of David&#8217;s Life &#8211; II Samuel 23-24:25; I Chronicles 21:1-29:30<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBible Studies\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learning from the Kings of Israel by Jeffrey W. Hamilton Started April 2023 Content The Last Judge of Israel Samuel&#8217;s Childhood &#8211; I Samuel 1:1-2:11 The Failure of Eli &#8211; I Samuel 2:12-4:22 The Defeat of the Philistines &#8211; I Samuel 5:1-7:14 Israel Demands a King &#8211; I Samuel 7:15-8:22 The Reign of Saul The&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":459,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-60682","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":61699,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/learning-from-the-kings-of-israel\/israel-demands-a-king\/","url_meta":{"origin":60682,"position":0},"title":"Israel Demands a King","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"July 6, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Israel Demands a King Text: I Samuel 7:15-8:22 Samuel's Life - I Samuel 7:15-17 Samuel traveled an annual circuit in the center of Israel in order to provide judgment for Israel. 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