撒母耳記下第1章：掃羅王死亡另外之記載
一. 請說明亞瑪力人報給大衛有關掃羅王逝世的情況。
二. 關於亞瑪力人所描述掃羅的死亡，您的反應如何？
三. 亞瑪力人把什麼東西拿來給大衛？亞瑪力人認為大衛會很___ ___。我想，亞瑪力人認為大衛會給他很特別的獎賞。
四. 大衛如何“獎賞”這位亞瑪力人？
五. 大衛為什麼如此行？
六. 注意：大衛又把掃羅王稱為“耶和華的___ ___者”。（在《聖經》舊約理，此詞很重要；請把它記住。）
七. 以上第二個問題，另外一個“問法”是：基督徒都相信《聖經》里的記載沒有什麼矛盾。看起來，撒母耳記上第31章（掃羅王自殺的記載）和撒母耳記下第一章（亞瑪力人述說掃羅死亡的事）彼此之間有矛盾。請您解決這個問題。（事實上，這個問題很好解決！解決它的方法有二。是什麼？）
八. 11節 [新譯本]：“大衛就抓住自己的衣服，把它們全都撕裂…他們…悲哀、哭泣、禁食。”掃羅一直忌妒大衛，攻擊大衛，企圖暗殺大衛。那麼，大衛怎麼能夠為掃羅“悲哀、哭泣、禁食”？從中，我們對大衛的認識有什麼進步？
九. 17-27節：大衛寫了一首哀歌懷念掃羅王以及約拿單。他誠實嗎？
十. 大衛怎麼樣描述掃羅？
十一. 大衛怎麼樣描述約拿單？
十二. 大衛怎麼樣描述他與約拿單大友誼？
十三. 大衛寫的這首哀歌是希伯來人寫詩歌一個典型的範例。請用這首哀歌解釋希伯來人寫詩的方法。（請參考本系列的資料：”聖經問答：感恩（希伯來人寫詩的方式）：出埃及記第七課，”以及“聖經問答：底波拉”：士師記第二課。）
讀者：歡迎您把這篇短文下載，複印，用在您的《聖經》班裡。
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.)
聖經問答
撒母耳記下第一課：掃羅王死亡另外之消息
Bible Study Questions: 2 Samuel Lesson One
2 Samuel 1: Another Account of the Death of King Saul
作者：謝德華 ©By Edward Short
本文所問的問題使用漢子聖經。
歡迎您把此文下載用在聖經班或私人學習。
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.
圖片一來自first photo is from：http://st-takla.org/bible/commentary/en/ot/matthew-henry/samuel1/ch31.html
圖片二及圖片三是本作者照的；second and third photos are ©by Edward Short。是從迦密山上往耶斯列平原以及基利波山（掃羅王自殺之地）而看。Looking toward the Jezreel Valley and Mt. Gilboa (where King Saul took his own life) from Mt. Carmel.