撒母耳记下第1章：扫罗王死亡另外之记载
一. 请说明亚玛力人报给大卫有关扫罗王逝世的情况。
二. 关于亚玛力人所描述扫罗的死亡，您的反应如何？
三. 亚玛力人把什么东西拿来给大卫？亚玛力人认为大卫会很___ ___。我想，亚玛力人认为大卫会给他很特别的奖赏。
四. 大卫如何“奖赏”这位亚玛力人？
五. 大卫为什么如此行？
六. 注意：大卫又把扫罗王称为“耶和华的___ ___者”。（在《圣经》旧约理，此词很重要；请把它记住。）
七. 以上第二个问题，另外一个“问法”是：基督徒都相信《圣经》里的记载没有什么矛盾。看起来，撒母耳记上第31章（扫罗王自杀的记载）和撒母耳记下第一章（亚玛力人述说扫罗死亡的事）彼此之间有矛盾。请您解决这个问题。（事实上，这个问题很好解决！解决它的方法有二。是什么？）
八. 11节 [新译本]：“大卫就抓住自己的衣服，把它们全都撕裂…他们…悲哀、哭泣、禁食。”扫罗一直忌妒大卫，攻击大卫，企图暗杀大卫。那么，大卫怎么能够为扫罗“悲哀、哭泣、禁食”？从中，我们对大卫的认识有什么进步？
九. 17-27节：大卫写了一首哀歌怀念扫罗王以及约拿单。他诚实吗？
十. 大卫怎么样描述扫罗？
十一. 大卫怎么样描述约拿单？
十二. 大卫怎么样描述他与约拿单大友谊？
十三. 大卫写的这首哀歌是希伯来人写诗歌一个典型的范例。请用这首哀歌解释希伯来人写诗的方法。（请参考本系列的资料：”圣经问答：感恩（希伯来人写诗的方式）：出埃及记第七课，”以及“圣经问答：底波拉”：士师记第二课。）
读者：欢迎您把这篇短文下载，复印，用在您的《圣经》班里。
2 Samuel 1: Another Account of the Death of King Saul
1. Give in detail the report of Saul’s death told David by the Amalekite.
2. What is your reaction to how the Amalekite described Saul’s death?
3. What items did the Amalekite bring and give to David? The Amalekite expected David to be very h___. I think the Amalekite expected that David would reward him.
4. How did David “reward” the Amalekite?
5. Why did David do this?
6. Note: Once again, David called King Saul “the Lord’s a___.” (In the Old Testament, this is a very important term; please remember it.)
7. Another way of asking question number two above is, “Christians believe that the Bible does not contain contradictions. It appears, however, that there is a contradiction between 1 Samuel 31 (where it is said that Saul killed himself) and 2 Samuel 1 (the description of Saul’s death as told by the Amalekite). Please solve this problem. (Actually it is very easy to resolve. There are two simple explanations; what are they?)
8. Vs. 11: “…David took hold of his clothes and tore them… They mourned and wept, and fasted…” (NRSV). Saul was jealous of David, he attacked him and plotted to kill him. How then could David mourn and weap and fast for Saul? [Note: The Chinese is quoted from the New Chinese Version.] How does this increase our understanding of David?
9. 17-27: David wrote a lament for Saul and Jonathan. Was he sincere?
10. How did David describe Saul?
11. How did David describe Jonathan?
12. How did David describe the friendship between Jonathan and himself?
13. This lament is a typical example of how Hebrews wrote poetry. Using this lament as an example, explain how Hebrews wrote poetry. (See Exodus Lesson Seven and Judges Lesson Two in this series of Bible lessons.)
圣经问答
撒母耳记下第一课：扫罗王死亡另外之消息
Bible Study Questions: 2 Samuel Lesson One
2 Samuel 1: Another Account of the Death of King Saul
作者：谢德华 ©By Edward Short
本文所问的问题使用汉子圣经。
欢迎您把此文下载用在圣经班或私人学习。
A series of Bible lessons, written in Chinese
and based largely on the text of the Chinese Bible.
You may download and print copies of this lesson
for use in your Bible class.
图片一来自first photo is from：http://st-takla.org/bible/commentary/en/ot/matthew-henry/samuel1/ch31.html
图片二及图片三是本作者照的；second and third photos are ©by Edward Short。是从迦密山上往耶斯列平原以及基利波山（扫罗王自杀之地）而看。Looking toward the Jezreel Valley and Mt. Gilboa (where King Saul took his own life) from Mt. Carmel.