The Old Testament Library Series: I & II Samuel
Overview
In this new addition to the Old Testament Library series, A. Graeme Auld writes, “This book is about David.” The author demonstrates how all the other personalities in First and Second Samuel—including Samuel, for whom the books were named—are present so that we may see and know David better. These fascinating stories detail the lives of David, his predecessors, and their families. Auld explains that though we read these books from beginning to end, we need to understand that they were composed from the end to the beginning. By reconstructing what must have gone before, the story of David sets up and explains the succeeding story of monarchy in Israel.
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- A Fresh Introduction
- Two Kings Anointed by Samuel
- Saul Rejected, David in Waiting
- End of Saul, Response of David
- David Secures His Throne
- Disloyalty and Disaster
- David and Absalom
- Concluding Perspectives
Top Highlights
“David has one royal predecessor and thirty-nine successors as kings of Israel or kings in Jerusalem” (Page 2)
“David says, ‘What have I done?’ (1 Sam 17:29; 20:1; 26:18; 29:8) as often as all other biblical users of the question taken together (Num 22:28; Judg 8:2; 1 Kgs 19:20; Mic 6:3)—and the ‘now’ added to the first such report neatly underscores how typical of him this protest is: this is far from the first time he has had to protest at injury to his innocence.” (Page 209)
“Very widely, therefore, hōlēk wāšāb is read literally as meaning that David is [continually] going and turning back from proximity to Saul, for the purpose of feeding his father’s flock in Bethlehem. David is moving between Bethlehem and the battle lines; and Goliath, for his part, is coming forward from the Philistine line twice a day for forty days.” (Page 199)
“This book is about David: all the other personalities are there so that we may see and know David better” (Page 2)
“David’s boasts are bigger than the Philistine’s: (1) The scavengers will have work in all the Philistine camp and not just with Goliath’s corpse. (2) The whole land—or is it the whole earth?—will know that Israel has a God. And (3) everyone gathered will discover that Yahweh’s deliverance is achieved without sword or spear. The development of the final point is left somewhat ambiguous: ‘The battle belongs to Yahweh, and [or but?] he will put you [all] in our hand.’ When the champion is laid low (without sword or spear), all Goliath’s people will come into Israel’s power.” (Page 212)
- Title: I & II Samuel: A Commentary
- Author: A. Graeme Auld
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Series: The Old Testament Library
- Publisher: Westminster John Knox
- Print Publication Date: 2011
- Logos Release Date: 2014
- Pages: 712
- 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: 9780664221058, 9780664239718, 066422105X, 0664239714
- Resource ID: LLS:OTL09SA1
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
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