Text: 1 Samuel 16-17

Supplemental Text: The Fourth Thousand Years chapter 1

BYU Lecture 25: The Jews use different names for some of their scriptural books than do our Bible scriptures. The following reference table shows these differences:

                  JEWISH                                 KJV Bible

            1st Book of Kings                    1st Samuel

            2nd Book of Kings                   2nd Samuel

            3rd Book of Kings                   1st Kings

            4th Book of Kings                    2nd Kings

            5th Book of Kings                    1st Chronicles (parallels 1st Kings)

            6th Book of Kings                    2nd Chronicles (parallels 2nd Kings)

All the history and prophecy during this period of time was originally recorded by the prophets Samuel, Nathan and Gad, but the writings were tragically lost. Fortunately, scribes and scholars had extracted some material from the original writings which we have today in these 6 books. It’s important to keep in mind that these writings we have today were not recorded by prophets of God, but rather by scribes.

Near the beginning of the fourth thousand years (about 1,100 BC) the slothful high priest was Eli. His student Samuel was called by God to replace Eli, to be the new prophet and High Priest of Israel.

Samuel’s prophetic voice shapes the nation. But Israel eventually rejects Samuel as their leader and demands a king. Distraught by failure, Samuel is reassured by God that Israel has not rejected Samuel but has rejected God. Meanwhile, a humble shepherd boy named David begins life’s journey in the shepherd fields.

 

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