1 Samuel - Klein, Ralph W.; Metzger, Bruce Manning (Grand Rapids, MI : Zondervan, 2000)
The birth of Samuel 1:1-28 -- The song of Hannah 2:1-10 -- Good son/bad sons 2:11-36 -- Samuel and the Word of Yahweh 3:1-21 (4:1a) -- The Ark goes into exile 4:1b-22 -- The victorious hand of Yahweh 5:1-12 -- The victorious Ark comes home 6:1-7:1 -- The rise of kingship 7-15 -- Samuel judges Israel 7:2-17 -- The righs of the king 8:1-22 -- Asses sought, a kingdom found 9:1-10:16 -- The king whom Yahweh has chosen 10:17-27a -- Saul proclaimed king 10:27b-11:15 -- Kingship : right or wrong? 12:1-25 -- No dynasty for Saul 13:1-23 -- Military exploits of Saul and Jonathan 14:1-52 -- Saul rejected as king 15:1-35 -- Samuel anoints David 16:1-13 -- The history of David's rise (HDR) 1 Samuel 16:14-2 Samuel 5:10 -- David comes to the royal court 16:14-23 -- David defeats the Philistine 17:1-18:5 -- Saul's jealousy and David's success 18:6-30 -- Four escapes 19:1-24 -- Bilateral loyalty 20:1-21:1 -- A priest favors David 21:2-10 (EVV 1-9) -- David, the madman 21:11 (EVV 10-15) -- Abiathar joins David in flight 22:1-23 -- Yahweh does not surrender David 23:1-24:1 (EVV 23:29) -- David refuses to kill Yahweh's anointed 24:2-23 (EVV 1-22) -- David and Abigail 25:1-44 -- Reprise : David refuses to kill Yahweh's anointed 26:1-25 -- David as double agent 27:1-28:2 -- Bad news at En-dor 28:3-25 -- A narrow escape 29:1-11 -- A kinglike hero 30:1-31 -- The death and burial of Saul 31:1-13.
Formerly published by Thomas Nelson.
Includes bibliographical reference and index.
Keywords: Bible. -- Commentaries