{"id":48,"date":"2022-10-31T18:36:09","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T18:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblefactory.org\/blog\/?p=48"},"modified":"2022-11-01T11:46:27","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T11:46:27","slug":"1-samuel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblefactory.org\/blog\/old-testament\/1-samuel\/","title":{"rendered":"1 Samuel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Date: ca. 1,000 BC<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_80 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/biblefactory.org\/blog\/old-testament\/1-samuel\/#Contents\" >Contents<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/biblefactory.org\/blog\/old-testament\/1-samuel\/#Theological_Themes\" >Theological Themes<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/biblefactory.org\/blog\/old-testament\/1-samuel\/#Main_features\" >Main features<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 id=\"contents\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Contents\"><\/span>Contents<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Samuel was the last judge before a king was appointed for the nation of Israel. These books mark the transition from the period of the judges to the kingship. The situation was chaotic. Religiously it went downhill and the economic situation was bad. The greatest difficulty was the Philistine army that threatened to destroy the people. In battle Israel was defeated and the Ark of the Covenant was captured by the people of the Philistines.<\/p>\n<p>In the middle of this period, Saul became the first king. A man who made the right decisions and then the wrong ones. He regularly committed acts of violence. Fearing others, especially David, Saul wasted much time fighting the wrong persons. Instead of liberating the land from the enemies, he fought his friends. In the end he went down ingloriously in battle against the Philistines.<\/p>\n<p>David was different. He had military insight and administrative qualities. He was able to structure the people as a nation and established a government apparatus. David&#8217;s greatest task was to defeat the Philistines, and he did. It was a crushing victory, for they never again posed a threat to Israel.<\/p>\n<p>David wasn&#8217;t perfect. At one point, during a decisive battle, he let himself be carried away by his sexual urges and seduced a married woman of one of his officers. Out of deep regret for this deed, David wrote a penitential psalm (Psalm 51).<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"theological-themes\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Theological_Themes\"><\/span>Theological Themes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The main theme in these books is the fact that God is working in the history of the world to carry out His plan. He can impose His will on us, but does not. Through our actions He accomplishes His plan. The miracle to which these events bear witness is: We may believe that everything will be all right, because God has everything in His hand.<\/p>\n<p>Another theme is that God does not allow himself to be manipulated. When the people of Israel threaten to lose the battle, they thought they could still win by taking the Ark of the Covenant to the battlefield. God is not forced. When our lives are bad, superficial piety is of no use. Finally, of the emphasis of God&#8217;s forgiveness. There are many examples of God&#8217;s patience with those who offend Him. It is wonderful that God does not treat us according to our sins, but grants mercy.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"main-features\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Main_features\"><\/span>Main features<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>1 Samuel<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The Life of Samuel (1:1-8:22),<\/li>\n<li>The Life of Saul and His Enmity with David (9:1-20:42),<\/li>\n<li>The captivity of David to the death of Saul (21:1-24:13).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: ca. 1,000 BC Contents Samuel was the last judge before a king was appointed for the nation of Israel. 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