Kingdom United

First and Second Samuel teach us about God and how we should relate to God.

Primary Resources

• The Bible
• The New American Commentary by Robert D Bergen
• Focus on the Bible Commentaries
  • Looking on the Heart, 1 Samuel by Dale Ralph David
  • Out of Every Adversity, 2 Samuel by Dale Ralph Davis
• Holman Old Testament Commentary by Stephen Andrews and Robert D. Bergen
• David by Charles Swindoll
• David by Gene Getz
• An Introduction to the Old Testament by Longman III and Dillard

1st and 2nd Samuel

• Greek Orthodox – First and Second Kingdoms
• Vulgate and Catholic – First and Second Kings (making our 1st and 2nd Kings 3rd and 4th Kings) – otherwise called… commonly called…
• Early Judaism – both books were treated as one work
• Septuagint, Greek speeking Jewish community divided into two so it would fit on a standard scroll

Purpose of Books

• It is Scripture
• It is Theology
• It is History
• It is Literary Art

Primary Divisions