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 11, 2013 | General Teachings, TEACHING
Episode two gets a mixed review according to Scripture. The story of Joshua and Judges were not done particularly well, but the story of David (for the most part) is done quite well. The recapitulation at the beginning of the second episode was particularly...
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...
by Justin Marple | Mar 4, 2013 | Former Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, Samuel Commentary, TEACHING
In this section Saul continues to act as king and the transition to David as king begins. All this begins with YHWH’s idea to have Samuel invite Jesse of Bethlehem to a sacrifice in order to reveal one of his sons as the next anointed king. Unlike...
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