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The books of 1 and 2 Samuel witnesses the transition of Israel from tribal confederacy to established monarchy. And during such transition, questions of identity and power are unavoidable. In the aftermath of the decline of the judges, priests abuse their priestly privileges, a people covets the centralized authority of its impious neighbors, and a throne is won, forsaken, redeemed, lost, and...
the reign of Saul was now over. Now the promised land really was Israel’s. They were beginning to see something of the area’s wealth. The hopes that the Israelite elders had had when they asked for a king had been fulfilled. The monarchy, for a while at least, was working: the LORD gave David victory wherever he went (6). This final reference is probably an editorial addition making sure that the reader is fully aware of God’s involvement in the successful establishment of the nation. David might
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