1116 BC: Philistines capture the Ark of
the Covenant and kill Eli’s two sons. He dies when he receives the news (1 Sam.
4:1-22) (Paragraph [P]386).
1096 BC: 20 years after the Philistines
return the Ark to Israel, Yahweh saves Israel from Philistine oppression under
the leadership of Samuel (1 Sam. 7:10-14) (P390).
1095 BC: Saul becomes the first king of
Israel and rules for 40 years. It had been 21 years since the death of Eli (1
Sam. 7:2) (P391).
1085 BC: David is born in Bethlehem (1
Sam. 17:12). 30 years later he becomes king (1 Sam. 16:1, 2 Sam. 5:4) (P394).
1063 BC: Samuel anoints David as king
40 years before David’s own son Absalom rebels against him (1 Sam. 16:1, 2 Sam.
15:7) (P395).
1055 BC: Saul dies (1 Sam. 31:1-13, 1
Chr. 10:1-14) (P405). David’s men anoint him king in Hebron. He reigns over
Judah there for 7 years and 6 months (2 Sam. 2:1-4, 11; 5:4-5) (P408).
1048 BC: In Hebron, David is anointed
king by all the tribes of Israel (2 Sam. 5:1-3, 1 Chr. 11:1-3, 12:23-40)
(P417). David takes Jerusalem and from there rules all Israel for 33 years (2
Sam. 5:5-9, 1 Chr. 11:4-7) (P418).
1045 BC: David has the Ark of the
Covenant brought to Zion (2 Sam. 6:12-14) (Ps422-425).
1035 BC: David commits adultery with
Bathsheba, the wife of Uriah the Hittite (2 Sam. 11:1, 1 Chr. 20:1) (P433).
1034 BC: Bathsheba, now David’s wife,
gives birth to Solomon (P435).
1032-1027 BC: Ammon, son of David,
rapes his half-sister Tamar (2 Sam. 13:1-14). Absalom, her brother, murders
Ammon in response (1030 BC) (2 Sam. 13:28-29) (P437). Absalom flees to Geshur
in Syria where he stays for 3 years (2 Sam. 13:37-38, 15:8) (P438). He then
returns to Jerusalem but is not permitted to visit his father the king (1027
BC) (2 Sam. 14:1-24) (P439).
1023
BC: Absalom rebels against his father David, forcing David and those close
and remaining loyal to him to flee Jerusalem (2 Sam. 15:7-18) (P442). He is
soon killed in battle by David’s army commander Joab (2 Sam. 18:9-14) (P445).
1015 BC: David dies and Solomon reigns
alone as king of Israel after reigning during the last 6 months of his father’s
life (1 Kgs. 2:1-10) (P459).
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