by Justin Marple | Apr 16, 2013 | Former Prophets, Kings Commentary, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
Having already given some introductory remarks regarding the book of Kings in the previous post, this post will take some of those insights further and will continue by looking in more detail at the opening chapters of Kings. I also hope to make explicit the...
by Justin Marple | Apr 11, 2013 | Former Prophets, Kings Commentary, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
The book of Kings is under-appreciated by many Christians today but it is both fascinating and helpful for Christians to study. I offer the following observations as a way into the book — at a level of greater understanding and depth — the notes to...
by Justin Marple | Apr 9, 2013 | Former Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, Samuel Commentary, TEACHING
Leithart notes what he calls the “obvious chiasm” of these chapters: There are a number of interesting correspondences within this chiasm. 2 Sam 21:1-14 and 24:1-25 are both out of chronological order – these both happened at some earlier point than the end of...
by Justin Marple | Apr 3, 2013 | Former Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, Samuel Commentary, TEACHING
The second to last section (2 Sam 20) is much shorter than the previous one. It answers in the chiasm to the corruption of Eli’s house. The rift between Samuel and Eli’s sons foreshadowed the division between Judah and Israel in Sheba’s...
by Justin Marple | Apr 1, 2013 | Former Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, Samuel Commentary, TEACHING
The exile and return of David answers in the chiastic structure of Samuel to the exile and return of the ark. Thus the author of Samuel is purposefully comparing King David with the ark. The movement of exile and return is a type of death and...
by Justin Marple | Mar 18, 2013 | Former Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, Samuel Commentary, TEACHING
The section we will look at here concerns the rise of Absalom, David’s son. His rise parallels the rise of Saul in the structure of the book of Samuel. But his rise is much worse than Saul’s early years. It begins when Amnon, another of...
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