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...
by Justin Marple | Mar 11, 2013 | Book of 12 Commentary, Latter Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
Most famous for its line saying, “the righteous shall live by faith” (Hab 2:4), the prophet also was a psalmist. The book begins with an alternating pattern of lament and then answer, includes five woe oracles, and the third chapter is a long psalm....
by Justin Marple | Mar 8, 2013 | Former Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, Samuel Commentary, TEACHING
One of the most unfortunate divisions of text in Scripture into chapters and verses has to be the division between First and Second Samuel. Chapter and verse numbers are a much later invention that we use to help find particular Scriptures. Sometimes they...
by Justin Marple | Mar 6, 2013 | Book of 12 Commentary, Latter Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
The book of Micah is sandwiched between two books concerning Nineveh (Jonah and our present concern: Nahum). Nahum has a double title: “An oracle concerning Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh” (Nahum 1:1). The book is a Hebrew...
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