| A | B |
|---|
| A priest at the shrine of Shiloh who is Samuel's mentor | Eli |
| A farmworker who was the first king anointed by Samuel but turns out to be unfaithful | Saul |
| David's son by Bathsheba, he succeeds David as king | Solomon |
| Secretly anointed king by Samuel, he is publicly anointed king over all Israel at age thirty | David |
| A prophet who plays an important role in the lives of both David and Solomon, he tells David to postpone building the Temple | Nathan |
| Saul's son and David's loyal friend | Jonathan |
| To cover up his adulterous affair with Bathsheba, David arranges for the death of this man, Bathsheba's husband | Uriah |
| A priest and judge who leads the Israelites adn warns them against having a king | Samuel |
| Saul's eldest son, whom Abner originally made king over the northern tribes | Ishbaal |
| David's firstborn son who rapes his half-sister Tamar | Amnon |
| He kills Amnon for raping Tamar and betrays his father, David | Absalom |
| The surviving son of Jonathan, he tries to take away the throne from David | Meribaal |
| If this man hadn't been of the house of David, Jesus might not have ben born in Bethlehem | Joseph |
