Our Lord King David Has Made Solomon King
Questions for Study 1
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I. Old and Well Advanced in Years (1:1-4)
1. When David was old what problem did he have? (1) Why might he have this problem? (1 Sam. 22:1, 24:3; and 2 Sam. 23:13, and 1 Chron. 11:15; Ps. 22:6) How was his problem solved? (2-4) Why might he refrain from intimate relations with her and why wasn't his many wives any help?
II. Adonijah Follows Absalom's Example (1:5-27)
2. Who was Adonijah? (5, and 2 Sam. 3:2-5) What does verse 6 tell us about David's role as a father and his home life? What does the Bible teach about fatherhood? (Eph. 6:4; 1 Thes. 2:11-12; Heb. 12:7-11; and 2 John 2:4)
3. Who were and were not involved and what does this tell us? (7-8, 10; and 2 Sam. 12:24-25) Why offer sacrifices? (9)
4. Who Was Nathan? (2 Sam. 7:2, 4-6, 12:1) Why would he need to act quickly? (11-14; 20-21)
5. How did Bathsheba respond to the prophets instructions? (15, 17-19) What was her attitude before her husband? (16-17a) How had she changed her ways? (2 Sam. 11:2-4) What does the Bible say about wives? (Eph. 5:22-24; Col. 3:18; and 1 Tim. 3:11; and 1 Peter 3:1-6)
6. Who entered while Bathsheba was still speaking? (22-23) What did he say? Why would Nathan need to handle such an important issue this way? How can this be applied to our time? (Mark 12:17; 1 Peter 2:13-17; Jude 1:8-10)
III. David Makes Solomon King (1:28-53)
7. How did David receive the words of his wife and the prophet? (28-31) What can husbands learn? (1 Cor. 7:32-35; Eph. 5:25-30; Col. 3:19; and 1 Peter 3:7)
8. Describe Solomon's coronation. (32-35) How did Benaiah, Zadok, Nathan, and all the people respond? (36-40) How did this foreshadow Jesus, the Anointed One (Messiah)? (Matt. 21:4-9; John 18:36, 19:13-15, 19-22; Acts 4:25-27; Rev. 11:15, 19:11-16)
9. What surprised the feasting Adonijah and Joab? (41-42) What news did Jonathan tell them? (43-48) Who were the Kerethites and the Pelethites? (1 Sam. 22:1-2, 23:13; and 2 Sam. 8:15-18, 15:18-19, 20:7, 23-26) When Adonijah and Joab heard that they had sided with Solomon how did they respond? (49)
10. How did Adonijah try to save himself? (50-51) How did Solomon respond? (52-53) What righteous principle did Solomon display? (Matt. 5:38-39, 5:43-48)
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