1 and 2 Samuel Footnotes

¹  For David’s spouses, see 2 Sam 5:13; 6:23; 15:16; cf. 1 Kgs 1:3-4; 1 Chr 3:1-8. Concubines are females whose relationship to their sexual partner is other than primary wife. See Day, “Concubines,” in Eerdmans Dictionary, 273. For a good study of sex and sexuality in the Old Testament, see Lamb, Prostitutes and Polygamists, esp. 59–86.

²  The most extensive works on the nature of the covenants in Scripture are Dumbrell, Covenant and Creation, and Hahn, Kinship by Covenant.

³ Two works that explain this beautifully are Wright, The Mission of God, and Goheen, A Light to the Nations.

⁴  For more information on prophecy, see Thomas, Faith amid the Ruins, especially chapter 2, “Prophecy in the Bible.”

⁵ For more on this point, see Hurtado, Lord Jesus Christ; and idem, How on Earth Did Jesus Become a God?

⁶  Scholars have long recognized the connections between their songs. See Ellis, The Gospel of Luke, 74–75; Green, The Gospel of Luke, 100–105.

⁷  For a good introduction to other nations in the Old Testament, as well as their religious views, we recommend interested readers consult Hoerth, Mattingly, and Yamauchi, eds., Peoples of the Old Testament World. For the Philistines, see idem, 231–50.

⁸  See Thomas, Copan, and Evans, eds., Holy War in the Bible; Thomas, “The Old Testament, ‘Holy War,’ and Christian Morality”; Longman and Reid, God Is a Warrior.

⁹  According to 1 Chr 8:33 his name was originally Esh-baal, “Man of Baal,” but that was even worse, so the author of Samuel refused to write it.

¹⁰  For Yahweh as the great King, see Ps 48:2. I [Heath] am not fully convinced with Dumbrell that v. 19 teaches that the Davidic covenant is not only for the good of Israel but also a “charter for humanity,” in Dumbrell, Covenant and Creation, 227. The words that indicate this are difficult and may refer to the future royal line of David. For the latter view, see McCarter, II Samuel, 232–33. Still, the psalms recognize the benefits of the Davidic covenant for the whole of humanity as described above.

¹¹  See the wonderful discussion of Hahn, The Kingdom of God as Liturgical Empire, 23–41.