B. The Close of the Theocracy (1 Sam. 1:1–7:17)
A Harmony of the Books of Samuel, Kings and Chronicles
I. THE KINGSHIP OF GOD (1 Sam. 1:1–7:17; 1 Chron. 1:1–9:44)
A. Genealogical Tables (1 Chron. 1:1–9:44)
1. Genealogies of the Patriarchs (1 Chron. 1:1–2:2) 2. Genealogies of the Tribes of Israel (1 Chron. 2:3–9:44) B. The Close of the Theocracy (1 Sam. 1:1–7:17)
1. The Early Life of Samuel (1 Sam. 1:1–4:1a)
a. Samuel's birth and infancy (1 Sam. 1:1–2:11) b. Samuel at Shiloh (1 Sam. 2:12–4:1a) 2. The Period of National Disaster (1 Sam. 4:1b–7:2)
a. Israel's defeat and loss of the ark (1 Sam. 4:1b-11a) b. Fall of the house of Eli (1 Sam. 4:11b-22)
c. The ark of God (1 Sam. 5:1–7:2) 3. Samuel, the Last of the Judges (1 Sam. 7:3–17) II. THE KINGSHIP OF SAUL (1 Sam. 8:1–31:13; 1 Chron. 10:1–14)
A. Establishment of Saul as First King of Israel (1 Sam. 8:1–10:27)
B. Saul's Reign until His Rejection (1 Sam. 11:1–15:35) C. The Decline of Saul and the Rise of David (1 Sam. 16:1–31:13)
1. David's Early History (1 Sam. 16:1–23) 2. David's Advancement and Saul's Growing Jealousy (1 Sam. 17:1–20:42)
a. David and Goliath (1 Sam. 17:1–51) b. David at the court of Saul (1 Sam. 18:1–20:42) 3. David's Life of Exile (1 Sam. 21:1–28:2)