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 25, 2013 | Book of 12 Commentary, Latter Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
Haggai and Zechariah, which is the book after Haggai in The Twelve, both begin by dating their books by the reign of King Darius. Haggai begins, “In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of YHWH came by the...
by Justin Marple | Mar 20, 2013 | Book of 12 Commentary, Latter Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
Zephaniah is the only prophetic book with a genealogy of such depth – “The word of YHWH that came to Zephaniah the son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah…” (Zephaniah 1:1). Hezekiah is not identified as the king of Judah, but that is...
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