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Notes
Your glory: David’s description focused more on Saul’s royal position than on his personal characteristics.
The forty years of Saul’s reign ended in tragedy. The Philistines struck a devastating blow against his people. They killed Saul’s sons and later mutilated Saul’s body after he took his own life (1 Samuel 31). After these tragic events, the story begins to focus on David and his rise as a leader.
People
Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes
Glossary
Baanah Bamah Book of Jashar David Mount Gilboa Mourning Poetry, Biblical Psalms, Book of Samuel, Books of First and Second
Topics
David: King of Israel: Lamentation Over Saul Elegy: David's, on Saul and Jonathan Friendship: David and Jonathan Jonathan: Son of Saul: Mourned by David Mourning: David's Lamentations Over: The Death of Saul and his Sons Poetry: Elegy: Upon the Death of Saul Song: War