Walk Through the Bible: I Samuel
Text for Sermon: I Samuel 1:1-2; 8:4-9, 19-22; 15:22-23
We come to the three double books of the OT that cover the entire history of the rise and fall of the Israelite monarchy, I and II Samuel, I and II Kings, I and II Chronicles. These six books cover about 500 years of the kings of Israel (1095 -586 BC). In these books we learn about Israel’s transition to a monarchy and how that monarchy succeeded and failed.
In the original Hebrew Bible they were three books, one scroll each. They weren’t separated until the OT was later translated into Greek, called the Septuagint, these books were divided into two parts around the second century BC.
Samuel is the likely author of I Samuel, and I Chronicles 29:29 indicates that II Samuel may have been written by Nathan or Gad and members of the school of the prophets.
Of course the real author is the Holy Spirit through the instrument of men.