What we learned about Samuel, Saul, and David

Today in class I wrote down what we learned during this Bible unit. Of course, the kids had things to say even after the end of the period. If you learned something else about these stories, tell me in the comments.


Things we learned:

• Samuel anointed Saul and David to be kings.
• David killed Goliath and chopped off his head.
• God is better than power, knowledge, experience, and weapons.
• Saul was jealous of David.
• Saul threw spears at David to kill him.
• David ran away from Saul because he wanted to kill David.
• David cut off some of Saul’s robe.
• Saul and Jonathan died in battle.
• David became king.
• David had a war with Saul’s son before he was king of all Israel.
• God said David’s kingdom would never end.
• Absalom hated Amnon.
• Absalom killed his brother Amnon.
• David didn’t forgive Absalom.
• Joab killed Absalom while his hair was caught in a tree.
• David was a shepherd, then an army commander and a king.