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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...

because of the previous reference in which the spirit of the LORD came upon David (16:13). While Yahweh’s presence with David is related as a promise in 17:37 and 20:13, it is a reality in 18:12, 14, 28, and 2 Samuel 5:10. Though Yahweh works behind the scenes with David, the narrator is convinced that only God’s presence could explain the young man’s meteoric rise and successful reign.
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