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Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel: Zondervan Illustrated Bible Backgrounds Commentary (Old Testament), Volume 2 is unavailable, but you can change that!

This series brings to life the world of the Old Testament through informative entries and full-color photos and graphics. Here readers find the premier commentary set for connecting with the historical and cultural context of the Old Testament. Many today find the Old Testament a closed book. The cultural issues seem insurmountable and we are easily baffled by that which seems obscure....

left them liable to destruction (cf. Achan in Josh. 7). Simply put, contact with “devoted/banned” objects was “contagious, the transgressor becoming devoted in turn—and as such, foredoomed to death.”293 Telaim (15:4). This is probably to be equated with Telem, listed in Joshua 15:24 as one of the cities of Judah. The LXX mentions Gilgal here instead, which some have suggested may have been the site of Samuel’s instructions to Saul. Two hundred thousand foot soldiers (15:4). See comment on 4:10. Kenites
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