1 & 2 Samuel: Hope for the Helpless (Reading the Bible Today)

by Andrew Reid

Publisher:

Aquila Press

, 2008

Overview

Andrew Reid's insights into the people, events, and promises of 1 & 2 Samuel will evoke an even greater desire to search the Old Testament. Discover the richness of living daily in an intimate relationship with the Lord, the one who gives hope to the helpless.

Key Features

• Provides a trajectory for understanding the whole of 1 and 2 Samuel
• Guides the reading of Samuel accessible to Christians so can be read in the light of the gospel
• Offers an understanding and looks at the story of Hannah and her song to understand the books

Contents

• Help of the helpless: The story of Hannah (1 Samuel 1:1-28; 2.11)
• Hannah's song (1 Samuel 2:1-10)
• Samuel's rise and Eli's demise (1 Samuel 2:12-4:1a)
• The story of the ark (1 Samuel 4:lb-7:17)
• The transition to monarchy (1 Samuel 8:1-22)
• The appointment and confirmation of Saul as king (1 Samuel 9:1-11:13)
• Kingship and covenant (1 Samuel 11:14-12:25)
• The reign of Saul as king (1 Samuel 13:1-14:52)
• The rejection of Saul as king (1 Samuel 15:1-35)
• The anointing of David (1 Samuel 16:1-23)
• David and Goliath (1 Samuel 17:1-18:5)
• Saul's alienation (1 Samuel 18:6-19:24)
• Covenants, fugitives, and strange bedfellows (1 Samuel 20:1-22:23)
• Encounters in the life of a fugitive anointee (1 Samuel 23:1-26:25)
• David in Philistia (1 Samuel 27:1-30:31)
• Learning of and lamenting the deaths of Saul and Jonathan (2 Samuel 1:1-27)
• The transition from Saul (2 Samuel 2:1-5:5)
• Success and prosperity in the city of David (2 Samuel 5:1-6:23)
• A house for David (2 Samuel 7:1-8:18)
• Remembering Jonathan (2 Samuel 9:1-13)
• When kings go off to war ... not! (2 Samuel 10:1-12:31)
• Eating sour grapes (2 Samuel 13:1-14:38)
• Power and presence in weakness (2 Samuel 15:1-19:18a)
• Return and rebellion again (2 Samuel 19:8b-20:25)
• The blessings of Israel's kings? (2 Samuel 21:1-22; 23:8-24:25)
• Reflections on the life of David, God's king (2 Samuel 22:1-23:7)

Product Details

• Title: 1 & 2 Samuel: Hope for the Helpless
• Author: Andrew Reid
• Series: Reading the Bible Today Series
• Publisher: Aquila Press
• Print Publication Date: 2008
• Logos Release Date: 2022
• Pages: 267
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Bible. O.T. 1 Samuel › Commentaries; Bible. O.T. 2 Samuel › Commentaries
• ISBNs: 9781921460128, 1921460121
• Resource ID: LLS:RTBT09SA1
• Resource Type: Bible Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T02:48:22Z