1 Samuel 8:2-22 Samuel
informs God as to what he has heard from others.
Proverbs 15:3, Jeremiah 16:17, 23:24-25, Hebrews 4:13 God is everywhere. He
sees and hears everything.
1 Samuel 9:15-17 The Lord
tells Samuel that Saul has been chosen to lead the Israelites and will save them from the
Philistines.
1 Samuel 15:35 The Lord is sorry
that he has chosen Saul.
1 Samuel 31:4-7 Saul commits
suicide and the Israelites are overrun by the Philistines.
1 Samuel 15:7-8, 20 The Amalekites are utterly
destroyed.
1 Samuel 27:8-9 They are utterly
destroyed (again?).
1 Samuel 30:1, 17-18 They raid Ziklag and
David smites them (again?).
1 Samuel 16:10-11, 17:12 Jesse had seven sons plus
David, or eight total.
1 Chronicles 2:13-15 He had
seven total.
1 Samuel 16:19-23 Saul knew
David well before the latter's encounter with Goliath.
1 Samuel 17:55-58 Saul did not
know David at the time of his encounter with Goliath and had to ask about David's
identity.
1 Samuel 17:50 David killed
Goliath with a slingshot.
1 Samuel 17:51 David killed
Goliath (again?) with a sword.
1 Samuel 17:50 David killed
Goliath.
2 Samuel 21:19 Elhanan killed
Goliath. (Note: Some translations insert the words "the brother of" before
Elhanan. These are an addition to the earliest manuscripts in an apparent attempt to
rectify this inconsistency.)
1 Samuel 21:1-6 Ahimalech was
high priest when David ate the bread.
Mark 2:26 Abiathar was high priest
at the time.
1 Samuel 28:6 Saul inquired of
the Lord, but received no answer.
1 Chronicles 10:13-14 Saul
died for not inquiring of the Lord.
1 Samuel 31:4-6 Saul killed
himself by falling on his sword.
2 Samuel 2:2-10 Saul, at his own
request, was slain by an Amalekite.
2 Samuel 21:12 Saul was killed by
the Philistines on Gilboa.
1 Chronicles 10:13-14 Saul was
slain by God.
2 Samuel 6:23 Michal was
childless.
2 Samuel 21:8 (KJV) She had five
sons.
2 Samuel 24:1 The Lord inspired
David to take the census.
1 Chronicles 21:1 Satan inspired
the census.
2 Samuel 24:9 The census count
was: Israel 800,000 and Judah 500,000.
1 Chronicles 21:5 The census count
was: Israel 1,100,000 and Judah 470,000.
2 Samuel 24:10-17 David
sinned in taking the census.
1 Kings 15:5 David's only sin
(ever) was in regard to another matter.
2 Samuel 24:24 David paid 50
shekels of silver for the purchase of a property.
1 Chronicles 21:22-25 He paid
600 shekels of gold.