had proved for the most part a failure.


STUDY TOPICS

1. Locate on the map the Midianites and the Philistines.

2. Why would it have been a calamity for the world if the Philistines
had conquered the Hebrews?

3. Study carefully the parable of Jotham (Judges 9. 8-15). In the
light of this shrewd illustration, why is it hard to get _good_ men to
run for political office, even to-day?

4. If we should undertake to have an _entirely different kind_ of
mayors, aldermen, governors, Presidents and so on, perhaps really good
men would accept these offices. What kind?




CHAPTER XIII

THE NATION UNDER DAVID AND SOLOMON


After Saul's death his son Ishbaal fled across the Jordan where the
Philistines were not yet in control, and was accepted as king by the
East Jordan tribes. More and more, however, the hearts of all the
Hebrews turned toward the young David, who, under the Philistines, to