I Samuel : looking on the heart / [print]
Dale Ralph Davis.
- Fearn, Ross-shire, Scotland : Christian Focus, (c)2010.
- 329 pages ; 22 cm.
- Focus on the Bible .
- Focus on the Bible. .
1v reprint of 2v Baker edition, 1988-1996. This edition published in 2000. Reprinted in the Focus on the Bible commentary series in 2003, 2005 and 2007.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cradle and kingdom (1 Samuel 1:1-2:10) -- Judgment begins at the house of God (2:11-36) -- Prophets profit (3:1-4:1a) -- Rabbit foot theology (4:1b-22) -- Arkeological discoveries (5:1-7:1) -- New mercies (7:2-17) -- The King thing (8) -- Lost and found (9:1-10:16) -- A lost king? (10:17-27) -- A hopeful beginning (11) -- Covenant : accusing and assuring (12) -- Tarnish on the crown (13) -- Sad success (14) -- Rejecting the chosen (15) -- Looking on the heart (16) -- Glory to God in the highest and on earth, thud! (17) -- The shadow of the Almighty (18-19) -- How do you spell security? (20) -- Desperation (21:1-22:5) -- Even now many antichrists have come (22:6-23) -- The God who provides (23) -- This is the day! Or is it? (24) -- Preventive providence (25) -- The spear makes the point (26) -- What can a God-less text teach us? (27:1-28:2) -- And it was night (28:3-25) -- Accepting the Philistines as your personal savior (29) -- When the bottom drops out (30) -- The end? (31)
Davis brings cultural and historical colour to the task of interpretation and adds a pastor's heart for personal application. You will find a point of contact with the lives of Samuel, Saul, Jonathan and David as Davis answers the question, "What does God seek when he looks on the heart?" Davis presents simple exposition of the literary and theological character of the text in a bright and fascinating way --