1 Samuel – Saul and David
Chapter 25
25:1-28:2 Make up and act out a dramatic story about these events. Your dramatic story might be about your neighbourhood. Your play might have 6 scenes: 25:1; 25:2-42; 25:43-44; 26:1-25; 27:1-12; 28:1-2.
25:1a What do you learn? What difference did that make?
25:1b-3 Put this story into your own words. What do you learn about Nabal and his wife Abigail?
25:4-8 Put this story into your own words. What did David do in this story? What did Nabal do in this story? What do you think about the way that the men asked for food?
25:9-11 Put this story into your own words. What do you think about Nabal’s reply to David’s men? If you had been Nabal, what replies might you have given? Why might you have replied in those ways?
25:12-13 Put this into your own words. What do you think about David’s actions?
25:14-17 What do you learn from Nabal’s servant? What do you think about what that servant did?
25:18-22 Put this into your own words. What do you learn about Abigail from her actions? What do you learn about David? What do you think about what happened?
25:23-31 Put this story into your own words. What do you learn about Abigail from her actions? What do you learn about Abigail from what she said to David and her
25:32-35 Put these events into your own words. What do you think about David’s reply? What will you do in a different way because you know about these events?
25:36-38 Put this into your own words. What do you think about Nabal’s behaviour? What do you think about Abigail’s behaviour?
25:39-42 Put this dramatic story into your own words. What do you learn about David and his relationship with God? What do you learn about Abigail? What do you think about all that?
25:43-44 What do you learn? What surprises you about these events? What do you think about those things?