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David and Goliath, the call of Samuel, the witch of Endor, David and Bathsheba—such biblical stories are well known. But the books of 1 and 2 Samuel, where they are recorded, are among the most difficult books in the Bible. The Hebrew text is widely considered corrupt and sometimes even unintelligible. The social and religious customs are strange and seem to diverge from the tradition of Moses....

1 Some time after Saumel departed from Saul, the Lord himself spoke to his prophet. For And the Lord said at the beginning of an episode, see on 15:1. The expressions grieve about and being king over Israel echo the last verse of ch. 15 and thus are a link with the previous chapter. With the phrase I myself, “you” and “I,” both expressed by independent pronouns, are sharply contrasted. The use of the perfect have already rejected (me’astîw) here is in sharp contrast with the participle which describes
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