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Like the highly successful initial volume in the Smyth & Helwys Bible Commentary Series, Walter Brueggemann’s 1 & 2 Kings, this volume explores the beginnings of kingship in Israel. Tony Cartledge author thoughtfully considers the debt that our religious and literary heritage owes to the books of 1 & 2 Samuel, including the counsel of Samuel, the determination of Saul, and the towering figure of...

Hophni and Phinehas “did not know the LORD” (2:12) and their sin “was very great” (2:17), “the boy Samuel grew up in the presence of the LORD” (v. 21b). We presume that Hophni and Phinehas also had grown up in the temple, but being in the temple and experiencing the presence of the LORD are not the same thing. The narrative returns a critical eye to Hophni and Phinehas (2:22–25), concluding with their ultimate rejection of Eli’s rebuke and the observation that God was planning their death. This is
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