David Inquires of the Lord

DAVID INQUIRES OF THE LORD

1 Samuel 21:1-23:29 Key Verse: 23:4

 DAVID BECOMES THE LEADER OF BUMS AND OUTCASTS (21:1-22:23)

1. As David began his life as a fugitive, where did he go first? (1) Who was Ahimelech and how did he help David even though he broke some rules? (2-9; Lev 24:5-9; Mk 2:25-26) Who was there? (7)

2. Where did David go next? (10; see map) When they recognized him, how did David feel? (11-12) What did he do to escape? (13-15) Through these experiences, what might David have learned? (Ps 34)

3. Where did David go next? (22:1a; see map) Who came to him and what kind of people were they? (1b-2) In spite of his own desperate situation, how did David take care of them? What can we learn from David here?

4. Where did David go next and what was his purpose of going there? (3-4; Ru 4:5,21-22) What direction did the prophet Gad give him, and what did David do? (5)

5. In the meantime, what was Saul’s preoccupation? (6-8) How did he kill the priests? (9-19) What kind of person was Doeg? (Ps 52:1-4) Who escaped and how did David protect him? (20-23)

 DAVID SAVES KEILAH AND GOD SAVES DAVID (23:1-29)

6. When David was told that the Philistines were looting Keilah, what did he do? (23:1-2) When David’s men opposed this direction, what might David have done? However, what did he do? (4,6) What can we learn about spiritual leadership from David’s attitude toward God and toward his men? What happened? (5)

7. While David was saving Keilah, what was Saul doing? (7-8) What did David want to know from God at this time of crisis? (9-11) How did he confirm the Lord’s answer? (12) Finally what did David do, and how did God protect him? (13-14)

8. In what way did Jonathan encourage David? (15-17) How did Jonathan and David confirm their friendship? (18) How did Saul find David’s hiding place and pursue him? (19-26) What happened that resulted in David’s rescue? (27-29; Ps 17)