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Explore the textual basis, historical context, literary structure, and theological significance of some of the Bible’s most famous narratives with this commentary on 1 Samuel. Review and evaluate modern critical perspectives on the book, and considers the legacy of modern historical-critical studies. Organized for easy reference, Word Biblical commentaries make an ideal Bible study companion...

composition, which may be much older. No deuteronomistic phrases are identifiable in this account. (17:1–3) The account opens with the Philistine and Israelite armies facing one another across a ravine in SW Judah. Socoh is identified with Khirbet Abbad (MR147121), the ancient name is preserved in the neighboring Khirbet Shuweika, 14 miles W of Bethlehem (cf. 2 Chr 17:7; 28:18). Some 2–3 miles to the NW was Azekah, modern Tell ez-Zakariyeh (MR144123). Ephes-Dammim is located by V. Gold
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