Woman with whom king David committed adultery and later married

Modern scholars who reject the full authority of Scripture

Israel's second king

This is the name used by modernist critical scholar Martin Noth to refer to the scribe or group of scribes that, according to his theory, supposedly composed Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Samuel and Kings during the Babylonian exile to show that the exile of Israel and Judah was a judgment they deserved. 

The priest who prayed for Elkanah’s barren wife 

Husband of Hannah

Huge warrior of the Philistines killed by David

Elkanah’s wife who was barren, but later gave birth to Samuel

The son of Eli’s daughter-in-law. The name means “There is no glory,” representing the fact that the ark of God had been captured. 

Son of king Saul, close friend of David