1 Samuel 18:1-9– The Battle after the Battle 1Samuel 18:10-16 – How to Not Fight Back 1 Samuel 18:17-30– Attacked, but Blessed A. David, Jonathan, and Saul. 1. (1-4) The friendship between David and Jonathan. Now when he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan...
1 Samuel (Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible) [Hardcover]Francesca Aran Murphy
ii. In 1 Samuel 15:27-28 the prophet Samuel rebuked Saul for his hard-hearted disobedience to God. In his distress, Saul tried to keep Samuel from leaving, and grabbed his robe, and a portion of the prophet’s robe tore away. When Saul was left holding the torn piece of Samuel’s ...
(18)And the golden mice.—We have here a far greater number of “golden mice” mentioned as being offered in expiation than appear specified in the directions of the priests and diviners (1Samuel 6:4). The truth was that whilst the human sickness was confined to the five cities, the p...
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2:36Anna:A variant form of Hannah, the name is one more piece that ties back to the earlier Old Testament account of Hannah and her son Samuel (see 1 Sam. 1:1–2:11, 18–21). a prophetess:Luke’s term elevates Anna and indicates the respect that she enjoys among her peers. Oth...
It was the indifference of Israel to the religious requisites for a theocratic king that accounted for Samuel’s opposition to their request for a king (cf. 1 Sam 8:4 ff.). It is noteworthy that in the secular suzerainty treaties, a similar oversight of the vassal’s choice of king ...
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Participants who viewed their initial failure withself-compassiondevoted25 per cent more time to preparing for future trials, andscored higheron the second test than those who focused on bolstering their self-esteem. Self-compassion can enhance performance,suggested Breines and Chen,because it enables...
and attempting to cover it all up by quickly marrying Batsheva after the mourning period for her husband’s death had passed, could still repent and be considered“a man after God’s own heart”(1 Samuel 13:14) specifically because of the quality of David’s kavanah, then so could the ...