{"id":12872,"date":"2016-11-01T01:00:35","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T08:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/?p=12872"},"modified":"2016-10-30T21:36:21","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T04:36:21","slug":"30-days-in-1-samuel-25-day-1-background","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.doorposts.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/01\/30-days-in-1-samuel-25-day-1-background\/","title":{"rendered":"30 Days in 1 Samuel 25, Day 1: Background"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"30days1sam25day1\"<\/a>I’m excited to be digging into an Old Testament narrative for the first time in our Busy Mamas Bible studies! We’re going to study a\u00a0real story\u00a0<\/em>about\u00a0real people\u00a0<\/em>with\u00a0real problems and temptations,\u00a0<\/em>and we’re going to see how our real<\/em>\u00a0God<\/em> worked in and through those lives and circumstances. I believe we will be encouraged and strengthened through our study of 1 Samuel 25!<\/p>\n

As we study, we will be marking the text<\/strong> of this chapter — highlighting, circling, writing notes, and possibly drawing little pictures.\u00a0I personally mark directly in my Bible because I want to be able to save my markings, and I tend to lose pieces of paper, no matter how hard I try to keep them organized. I also like to see my notes and recall what God taught me when I return to a passage later. And I’m hoping my children will value my marked up Bibles more than a stack of papers when I move on to glory. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

But not everyone wants to write in their Bibles. If you prefer to mark on a printout, use these links<\/strong> (KJV<\/a>, NKJV<\/a>, ESV<\/a>,\u00a0NIV<\/a>, NASB<\/a>) to print out the chapter<\/strong> in your preferred translation by Thursday. (I will be referring primarily to the ESV in our instructions.)<\/p>\n

As we begin our study, our first task is to understand the background<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0context <\/strong>of this chapter. We need to ask ourselves some questions and find their answers. What are the circumstances that form the setting for this story of David and Abigail? When does the story take place in the timeline of Israel’s history? What attitude do the people have toward God? Who are their leaders? What are their challenges? The very first verse of 1 Samuel 25 opens with this terse statement, “And Samuel died.” Why is this information important?<\/p>\n

Knowing something about the historical setting of the book, and more specifically, what comes before and after Chapter 25, will affect how we read and understand its story.<\/p>\n

Assignment:\u00a0<\/strong>Pray for God\u00a0to teach you from His Word as we study 1 Samuel 25 over the next four weeks.<\/p>\n