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Unit Four
HOW GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE LIVED U ER THEIR KINGS
The people wanted a king to rule over th m. In this Unit we shall see how God answered their prayers and sent Samuel to anoint Saul king of Israel. But Saul sinned, and the kingdom was taken away from him and given to David. We shall see how the nation became great under David and Solomon, his son. The Temple is built in Jerusalem and becomes the great means of holding the people together and keeping them mindful of God's promise.
But Solomon was not faithful to God all the days of his life. We shall see how he sinned and how God punished him by allowing his kingdom to decline.
We shall learn how, after the death of Solomon, two kingdoms grew up-the Kingdom of Juda and the Kingdom of Israel. Civil war follows and the people turn away from the worship of the one
true God. We shal learn how God in . His mercy sent holy men to preach to them and to restore their hope in the Redeemer Who was to come.
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