REL 1310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Favorite Son, Abishag, Adonijah
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Defeated philistines: spirit of god is upon saul. 1 samuel 15 saul disobeyed the word of the prophet didn"t carry out harim (sp?: defeated by philistines this shows that god"s blessing has been withdrawn from saul. Saul"s son jonathan is best friends with david. David"s wife merab is saul"s daughter: merab is given to david as a reward for defeating goliath. Merab is taken back: michel marries david. She is saul"s daughter. started showing signs of mental illnesses: he gave michel to david but took her back to give to another man the next day. Saul"s character flaws: dishonest, prideful, lacks integrity. Hebron in judah, where he establishes kingdom as saul"s successor. Abner is originally the chief general of saul"s son ishbaal"s army, fighting against david. Ishbaal"s side when ishbaal takes issue with the fact that abner is sleeping with one of saul"s former concubines.
