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...
by Justin Marple | Mar 17, 2013 | Former Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, Samuel Commentary, TEACHING
In this post we will look at the fall of David. In the chiastic structure of the book this section answers the fall of Saul. Chapter 10 shows us Israel’s defeat of the Ammonites and the Syrians. I might have included chapter 10 under the previous section where...
by Justin Marple | Mar 13, 2013 | Former Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, Samuel Commentary, TEACHING
The first of the two sections we will look at in this post shows us the House of Saul vs. the House of David. Here we find the setting of the writing of the book of Judges (Ishboseth is king of Israel and David is king of Judah). In the chiastic structure...
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