Samuel
(Map, page [14 T.J.])
| By noting the three great cities of Philistia, Ashdod, Askelon, and Gath, give the general location of the land of the Philistines, the people so long at enmity with the Israelites ([342 H.T.],[360 H.T.], [375 H.T.]) from whose hosts came the giant Goliath ([386 H.T.]) | [493 H.T.] |
Saul
| Locate the country of Gilead where at Jabesh Saul's first battle was fought. | [359 H.T.] |
| (Note how the people of Jabesh-gilead later remembered Saul's help. [359 H.T.], [381 H.T.], [494 H.T.]) |
David
(Map, page [14 T.J.])
| Where was the town of Gath, the home of the giant Goliath? | [386 H.T.], [497 H.T.] |
| (Note that later King Uzziah broke down the walls of Gath. [287 T.J.], [288 T.J.]) | |
| Locate the land belonging to the tribe of Judah on whose hills David lived as a boy and tended sheep. | [382 H.T.] |
Solomon
| Describe the location of the city of Jerusalem, the capital of the kingdom of David and Solomon. Give its position with respect to the Dead Sea, the Mediterranean, Dan, and Beer-sheba. | [461 H.T.] |
| Did the Queen of Sheba come far to visit Solomon? Trace what was probably her route. Note how far Solomon's fame had spread. | [487 H.T.], [498 H.T.] |
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| Locate Ezion-geber, the town on the Red Sea from which Solomon sent his ships to trade in Egypt and Arabia. [Map] | [482 H.T.], [498 H.T.] |
| (Note that the same people who were formerly in bitter bondage in Egypt were trading on equal terms with that nation. [498 H.T.]). |