Commentary on the second book of samuel chapter 121

This second book declares the noble acts of david, after the death of saul when he began to reign, to the end of his kingdom, and how it was expanded by him. Thomas benton, in annotations on the book of job and the psalms, 1732. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans. First samuel first and second samuel were written as one book. The second book of samuel begins immediately after sauls death when david becomes the king of judah and later the king of the united kingdom of israel. The biblical writer constructed this chapter chiastically to focus the readers attention on the amalekites. First samuel is a transitional book from the era of the judges to the kingdom. The men who translated the septuagint from hebrew to greek separated the book into two parts. Samuel, then, is considered the writer of 1 samuel up to the twentyfifth chapter, which records his death. His was an epoch life like abrahams, joshuas and luthers. View 2nd samuel 8 in the note window david subdues the philistines and moabites, ver.

The book of samuel, or 1 samuel and 2 samuel, form part of the narrative history of israel in the neviim or prophets section of the hebrew bibleold testament, called the deuteronomistic history, a series of books joshua, judges, samuel and kings that constitute a theological history of the israelites and aim to explain gods law for israel under the guidance of the prophets. A bible text and commentary on the book of ruth, written in level a easyenglish 1200 words. We owe the division of the one volume into two to the septuagint. Samuel waited till the last day of the seven, in order to put the constitutional character of the king to the test. They are hannah, eli, samuel, saul, jonathan, and david. It also contains the great troubles and dangers he sustained both within his house and without, the horrible and dangerous insurrections, uproars, and treasons wrought against him. Abner makes ishbosheth king battle between abners men and those of joab. Israels first king or download in rtf format a bible text and commentary on the book of 1 samuel. For example, david and his men joined the philistines in 1 samuel chapter 27.

Samuel the central figure of the first book is at the same time the. David of bethlehem in judah was a shepherd boy who became a mighty warrior, a gifted poet and musician, an outlaw, a prophet, and the king of a united israel. The second book of samuel s first chapter begins as a continuation from chapter 31 of the first book of samuel, which had a pretty sad ending. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of bible. This book has not come down to us, but it once existed. Bible class book on 2 samuel \old testament\ keywords. The insertion of this psalm, which is not in the book of psalms, was probably suggested by the insertion of the long psalm in 2 samuel 22. A bible study in easyenglish 2800 word vocabulary on the book of 1 samuel. Summary of the book of 2 samuel originally the books of 1 and 2 samuel were one book. The book starts with the miraculous birth of samuel in answer to his mothers earnest prayer. The lord said, it is on account of saul and his bloodstained house. Book of judges and those in the two books of samuel. In the same town were two men, one rich, the other poor.

The first book of samuel cambridge bible commentary. Verses 29 and the king said to joab the captain of the host, who was with him, go now to and fro through all the tribes of israel, from dan even to beersheba, and number ye the people, that i may know the sum of the people. This expression has been repeated countless times at the funerals of great men. Here is her afflictionshe was childless, and this affliction aggravated by her rivals insolence, but in some measure balanced by her husbands kindness v. To comfort ourselves in god when our difficulties and dangers are greatest. We can gather that this was a lie because 1 samuel 31. A chapter by chapter and verse by verse study of 1 samuel taught by pastor paul leboutillier of calvary chapel ontario, oregon. This is much the same as his work on the second book of samuel cf. Second samuel 2 commentary old testament matthew henry. The books of samuel contain many familiar features.

The books of samuel represent the transition from the time of the judges to the time of the kings. What an amalekite is dying to tell david 2 samuel 1. As 2 samuel begins, saul and jonathan have just died fighting the philistinesdavid almost fought for the philistines, but ended up getting excused at the last second, and headed off to fight the amalekites saul had committed suicide after seeing his defeat was inevitable with, as it turns out, a little help, and jonathan was killed in the battle. Free bible commentaries in easy english easyenglish bible. But it says that the name of davids second son was daniel. Further, when we turn to the twentythird chapter of this book, which records some. As we noted in the previous chapter, 1 and 2 samuel form one book in the hebrew bible. The men in judges seem to be ordinary and average, while here the characters are outstanding and above the average. Commentary on psalms 121 by matthew henry blue letter bible. In a unique war of judgment, god commanded saul to completely destroy the people of amalek 1 samuel 15. The second book of samuel describes the reign of david around 1010 to 970 bc. Summary of the books of samuel the story of the bible. The book of 2 samuel records the life of david as king. For a commentary on the separate verses the reader is referred to the commentary on psalm 18.

Apparently, nathan and gad completed the writing of these books. Welcome to s chapter summary series, do you need a quick summary of a chapter in the bible, join us for the journey and learn a lot in our chapter summary series. The second book of samuel cambridge bible commentary. Leviticus, numbers, deuteronomy, joshua, judges, ruth, 1 samuel, 2 samuel, 1 kings, 2 kings, 1 chronicles, 2 chronicles, ezra. Easyenglish is a system of simple english designed by wycliffe associates uk. The meaning of joab seems to be that, apart from any such illtempered appeal as abners. In a unique war of judgment, god commanded saul to completely destroy the people of amalek 1 samuel. The book of 1 samuel can be neatly divided into two sections. Listen to chuck swindolls overview of second samuel in his audio message from the classic series gods masterwork. The present division into 1 and 2 samuel has been decried by some scholars. Book of second samuel overview insight for living ministries. Dedicates the presents he had received and the spoils to god, ver. The second book of samuel hebrewenglish text contains twentyfour chapters and continues where the first book of samuel left off.

The septuagint, the greek version of the bible, first divided these books into two parts. Ackroyd has a clear writing style and often is of help on the reading of a given text, historical setting, customs and explanation of the passage. You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at. The first book of samuel the events recorded in 1 samuel chapter 1 to 1 kings chapter 2 are among the most compelling accounts of the life of an individual in the old testament. The book of 2 samuel is one of the books of history in the bible. If we do take the amalekites story as true, this is a chilling statement. Samuel the central figure of the first book is at the same time the last judge and the first prophet acts 3. Samuel s mother was hannah, the principal person concerned in the story of this chapter. The project gutenberg ebook of the expositors bible. New world translation of the holy scriptures study edition the second of samuel 1. Davids use of the oath as the lord lives shows how passionate his indignation is.