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| The commander of Saul's army; he was killed by Joab |
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| A son of David who murdered his half-brother Amnon, took the throne from David, and was killed by Joab |
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| Son of David who raped his half-sister Tamar, and was killed by Absalom |
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| To pour oil over the head; this was part of a ritual of designation by which priests and kings were initiated into office |
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| A gold-overlaid wooden chest with two cherubim on the lid that stored the tablets of the covenant |
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| The wife of Uriah who committed adultery with David; later became David's wife and the mother of Solomon |
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| Son of Jesse, anointed by Samuel to become king in place of Saul; he killed Goliath; His sons Amnon, Absalom, Adonijah, and Solomon fought to follow him on the throne. He is associated with the biblical psalms and is credited with politically and militarily uniting the ancient Israelite confederation into a centralized kingdom with Jerusalem as its capital |
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| A covenant God made with David, pledging that the family of David would provide kings to rule over Israel in perpetuity |
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| The high priest at Shiloh with whom Samuel ministered in his early years |
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| The philistine giant who David called |
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| The wife of Elkanah and mother of Samuel; she prayed for a son; after Samuel was born, she dedicated him to God's service at Shiloh |
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| A major in Judah; the place from which David first ruled; Abraham and many other ancestors were buried here |
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| He and Phineas were two sons of Eli, the high priest at Shiloh; they died in battle at Aphek fighting the philistines |
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| The Canaanite city conquered by David and made his capital Jerusalem |
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| The political and religious capital of Israel when it was united, then of the southern kingdom of Judah; on mount Zion |
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| David's military commander |
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| A son of King Saul, he had a special relationship with David; he was killed by the Philistines on Mount Gilboa |
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| A daughter of Saul, given in marriage to David; she criticized David's behavior, and he refused thereafter to have relations with her |
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| The location south of the sea of Galile where Saul and his sons died while fighting the Philistines |
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| David's court prophet who mediated the Davidic covenant and exposed David's transgressions |
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| Inhabitants of Philistia; the Philistines were the most significant external threat to the Israelites during the time of the Judges and the early monarchy |
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| The last judge of Israel and the first prophet, he was also a priest. The son Hannah and Elkanah, he succeeded Eli as priest and anointed first Saul and then David |
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| The first king of Israel, he was anointed by Samuel but was later disposed because of his disobedience |
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| The city in central Israel that contained a sanctuary during the time of Eli and Samuel where the ark of the covenant was housed |
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| A narrative block of material consisting of 2 Samuel 9-20 and 1 Kings 1-2 that details the dynastic succession struggles of David's sons |
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