1 & 2 Samuel: Here Comes the King! – Taste and See Volume 7 – Gospel Folio Press

Author: J B Jnr Nicholson
Series: Taste & See
Publisher: Everyday Publications
Talk about drama! 1 Samuel is full of it: dramatic irony, character development, love and hate relationships, you name it. But on every riveting page, you start to see some very long shadows cast. You get the sense that behind the stories told are the Untold Story of two kings vying over one kingdom, and the crisis of loyalty that everyone eventually must face. In 2 Samuel, the scene changes. Saul is gone, and David now ascends the throne. In spite of David's well documented failures, we can't help but see a remarkable foreshadowing: a shepherd born in Bethlehem who becomes a king in Jerusalem. In between these events, he is despised by his brothers though anointed by God, a champion of the common people but treated as a criminal by the authorities, and lost to the Gentiles.