The First Book of Samuel

The aim of this series of commentaries is to explain the Revised Version for young students, and at the same time to present, in a simple form, the main results of the best scholarship of the day. The General Editor has confined himself to supervision and suggestion. The writer is, in each case, responsible for the opinions expressed and for the treatment of particular passages. A. H. McNeile. The history in 1 and 2 Samuel is continuous, and the two books in the oldest known Hebrew manuscripts were one. In the LXX they are called the first and second ‘Books of the Kingdoms,’ 1 and 2 Kings being the third and the fourth. This title is appropriate because the four books present a continuous history of the monarchy. Although Samuel’s death is recorded in 1 Sam. 25:1, his name was attached to .......