SAMUEL ANOINTS DAVID (E 2) or (R). A better division would be in the
middle of 1 Samuel 15:35, so as to begin the new section with And
Yahweh repented. etc. Many authorities regard this section as a late,
possibly post-exilic, addition; but it seems the natural sequel to the
preceding chapter, and m... [ Continue Reading ]
DAVID, SAUL'S MINSTREL. (J), the ancient narrative, continues 1 Samuel
14:52. The earlier and more authentic of the two accounts of David's
introduction to Saul (_cf._ 1 Samuel 17:55 ff.).
Saul became possessed with some form of recurrent mania, which the
primitive combination of pathology and theol... [ Continue Reading ]