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NARRATIVE OF THE EMPHASIS IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED MONARCHY (1-2 Samuel)


                                         SAUL                      DAVID                   SOLOMON
                APPOINTMENT       1.  By Samuel              1.  Samuel                1.  David
                                  2.  Public process         2.  Long process          2.  By Zadok and Nathan
                                  3.  Activated by the       3.  By people
                                      Spirited
               SUCCESSES AND     Victory over Ammonites      1.  Taking of             1.  Dream and request
                  POTENTIAL                                      Jerusalem                for wisdom
                                                             2.  Defeat of             2.  Wisdom and
                                                                 Philistines              administration of
                                                             3.  Bringing ark back        empire
                                                             4.  Covenant              3.  Building of temple
                                                             5.  Expansion of
                                                                 empire
                  FAILURES        1.  Impatient offering     1.  Adultery with         1.  Foreign wives’
                                  2.  Pressing people            Bathsheba and            religious practices
                                      under improper oath        murder of Uriah          accommodated
                                  3.  Disobeying             2.  Wrongfully taking     2.  Labor and tax on
                                      instructions in            of census                people
                                      Amalekites war


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