David has always been one of my favorite people to read about in the Old Testament.  Recently I decided to read through 1 & 2 Samuel once again, and finished 1 Samuel last week.  Here are some highlights from my reading:

  1. Hannah was an amazing woman to give Samuel to God (1 Samuel 1).
  2. What’s up with people raising children who are ungodly? (Eli’s boys – 1 Samuel 2:12; Samuel’s boys – 1 Samuel 8:3)
  3. Ebenezer: a rock/monument that Samuel set up to remember God’s help for His people (1 Samuel 7:3-14).
  4. Saul was much taller than most people in Israel (1 Samuel 9:2); which makes him seem like even more of a sissy when Goliath taunts his army.
  5. Saul was idiot when it came to following God’s commands (1 Samuel 13).
  6. God shows his greatness in the smallest of things (1 Samuel 16:1-13).
  7. Saul needed to take lessons on how to throw a spear (1 Samuel 19:10, 20:33).
  8. Always check the bathroom for monsters (1 Samuel 24:1-4).
  9. David was a ladies man (1 Samuel 25:43-44), which will be his downfall in 2 Samuel when he meets Bathsheba.
  10. David made friends with the Philistines for a short time (1 Samuel 27).
  11. Saul went to En-dor to meet up with a psychic (1 Samuel 28). I wonder if he ran into ewoks (who are from the planet Endor in Star Wars)?
  12. Saul committed suicide (1 Samuel 31:4).