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First Samuel is a national autobiography of the Hebrew people. David Jobling reads 1 Samuel as a story that is complete in itself, although it is part of a much larger narrative. He examines it as a historical document in a double sense: firstly, as a document originating from ancient Israel, and, secondly, as a telling of the past. Organizing the text through the three interlocking themes of...

The final act (V) covers 11:14–12:25. It has its setting in Gilgal, where Samuel assembles the people after the Ammonite war to “renew the kingship” (11:14). This act consists almost entirely of a speech by Samuel (ch. 12) in which he theologically ratifies the kingship and brings it within the framework of Israel’s covenant with YHWH. The speech never mentions Saul by name and barely acknowledges his presence. It is a theoretical discourse about monarchy. . In these chapters kingship
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