A Handbook on the Second Book of Samuel
Overview
What if you were responsible for translating God's Word into a language that never had a Bible before? Can you imagine the burden you would feel to do a good job?
God takes His Word pretty seriously, and you would certainly do everything in your power to make sure that you were not putting words into God's mouth, but that you were providing a text that clearly communicated God's Word as closely to the original as possible.
This challenge to understand the heart of the original Scriptures, in order to put the original text into a new language, was the impetus for the United Bible Societies to create handbooks for Bible translators working on this very thing. The United Bible Societies' Handbook Series is a comprehensive verse-by-verse guide to understanding exactly what is being communicated by the author in the original Scriptures.
- Exegetical, historical, cultural, and linguistic information on the original text
- Verse-by-verse guides
- An essential tool for Bible translators
Top Highlights
“There is a play on words in this passage. The word house is used here of the temple that David had envisioned. But in verse 11 the same word refers to the dynasty that God will establish for David’s family. So the idea of the whole passage is something like this: ‘YOU are not going to build a house [temple] for ME. I am going to build a house [dynasty] for YOU.’” (Page 752)
“According to the Jewish Law, both David and Bathsheba were to be put to death, since David had had sexual relations with another man’s wife (Deut 22:22).” (Page 822)
“like ‘Your love for me was wonderful; you loved more than a woman loves her children or her husband.’” (Page 645)
“The focus is not really on what David desires but on the promise that God makes” (Page 749)
“B. David as King of Israel and Judah 2 Sam 5:1–8:18” (Page 712)
- Title: A Handbook on the Second Book of Samuel
- Authors: Roger L. Omanson and John E. Ellington
- Series: The United Bible Societies' Handbook Series (UBSHS)
- Publisher: United Bible Societies
- Pages: 1,276