1 Samuel – Saul and David
Chapter 15
15:1-35 God would not allow Saul to continue as king. Make up and act out a short dramatic story about that.
15:1-3 Put this story into your own words. What do you think about this? Why might God have included women, children and babies? Why might God have included domestic animals?
15:4-6 Put this story into your own words. Why might Saul have sent the Kenite people away?
15:7-9 Put this story into your own words. Compare the instructions in verse 3 with what happened in verses 8 and 9. Why do you think that there are those differences?
15:10-11 Put this story into your own words. What do you think about Samuel’s behaviour? If you had been Samuel, what might you have done?
15:12-15 Put this story into your own words. What did Samuel do? What did Saul do? What do you think about their behaviour?
15:16-21 What did Samuel say? What did Saul say? What do you think about that conversation? What will you do in a different way, because of what you learn here?
15:22-23 Put this story into your own words. What do you learn about pleasing God? What do you learn about God’s attitude to
15:24-25 Put this story into your own words. What do you think about Saul’s behaviour? What might be wrong with Saul’s requests to Samuel?
15:26-31 Put this story into your own words. What do you learn about the
What do you think about Samuel’s behaviour? What do you think about Saul’s behaviour? What do you think about Saul’s relationship to God?
15:32-33 Put this story into your own words. What do you think about that?
15:34-35 Put this story into your own words. What do you think about Saul’s behaviour? What do you think about Samuel’s behaviour? What do you learn about the