1 Samuel: An Introduction & Resources

The Introduction

Psalm 16 (CSB) A Miktam of David.

¹ Protect me, God, for I take refuge in you.

² I said to the LORD, “You are my Lord; I have nothing good besides you.”

³ As for the holy people who are in the land, they are the noble ones. All my delight is in them.

⁴ The sorrows of those who take another god for themselves will multiply; I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood, and I will not speak their names with my lips.

⁵ LORD, you are my portion and my cup of blessing; you hold my future.

⁶ The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

⁷ I will bless the LORD who counsels me— even at night when my thoughts trouble me.

⁸ I always let the LORD guide me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

⁹ Therefore my heart is glad and my whole being rejoices; my body also rests securely.

¹⁰ For you will not abandon me to Sheol; you will not allow your faithful one to see decay.

¹¹ You reveal the path of life to me; in your presence is abundant joy; at your right hand are eternal pleasures.

Finishing our first series, Apostles' Creed, in the Bible Study with my son, Yusef, he asked if we could do a study on the life of David.

The only thing I can say is, "There's nothing to it but to do it."

The Recommendations

Study Bibles

CSB Study Bible
Holmon Bible Publishers. 2017.
Goodreads

ESV Reformation Study Bible
Commentary & Edited by R.C. Sproul.
Ligonier Ministries. March 16, 2015.
Goodreads

ESV Study Bible.
ESV Text Edition: 2016.
Crossway. 2008.
Goodreads

Hebrew Greek Key Word Study Bible.
New American Standard Bible 1977.
AMG International. 2008.
Goodreads

Spirit of the Reformation Study Bible.
NIV 1984.
Zondervan. 2003.
Goodreads

Life Application Study Bible.
NIV 2011.
Zondervan. 2011.
Goodreads

Commentaries

Judges

Judges: Such a Great Salvation.
Dale Ralph Davis.
Christian Focus. 2015.
Goodreads

Judges and Ruth: An Introduction and Commentary (Tyndale Old Testament Commentary)
by Arthur E. Cundall & Leon L. Morris.
IVP Academic. June 1, 1968.
Goodreads

Right in Their Own Eyes: The Gospel According to Judges (Gospel According to the Old Testament).
George M. Schwab.
P&R Publishing. 2011.
Goodreads

A Commentary on Judges and Ruth.
Robert B. Chisholm Jr..
Kregel Academic. 2013.
Goodreads

Judges and Ruth: God in Chaos.
Barry G. Webb.
Crossway. 2015.
Goodreads

Ruth

Judges and Ruth: An Introduction and Commentary (Tyndale Old Testament Commentary)
by Arthur E. Cundall & Leon L. Morris.
IVP Academic. June 1, 1968.
Goodreads

A Sweet and Bitter Providence: Sex, Race, and the Sovereignty of God
by John Piper.
Crossway. January 1, 2010.
Goodreads

Esther & Ruth (Reformed Expository Commentary)
by Iain M. Duguid.
P & R Publishing. October 1, 2005.
Goodreads

Judges and Ruth: God in Chaos.
Barry G. Webb.
Crossway. 2015.
Goodreads

Samuel

1 & 2 Samuel (Reformed Expository Commentary).
Richard D. Phillips.
P & R Publishing. 2012.
Goodreads

A Son to Me: A Exposition of 1 & 2 Samuel.
Peter J. Leithart.
Canon Press. 2003.
Goodreads

After God's Own Heart: The Gospel According to David.
Mark J. Boda.
P & R Publishing. June 29,2007.
Goodreads

1 Samuel: Looking on the Heart.
Mark J. Boda.
Christian Focus. July 20, 2010.
Goodreads

1 Samuel-2 Chronicles (ESV Expository Commentary).
Iain M. Duguid, James M. Hamilton Jr., Jay Sklar (Editors).
John L. Mackay (Author).
Crossway. October 3, 2019.
Goodreads

1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings, 1-2 Chronicles (OT Volume 5) (Reformation Commentary on Scripture).
Derek Cooper & Martin J. Lohrmann (Editors).
IVP Academic. 2016.
Goodreads

General Commentaries

The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament
John H. Walton, Victor H. Matthews, & Mark W. Chavalas.
IVP Academic. 2000.
Goodreads

The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament.
Craig S. Keener.
IVP Academic. 2014.
Goodreads

Calvin's Commentaries.
John Calvin.
Baker. 2009.
Olive Tree

Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible: Complete and Unabridged in One Volume
by Matthew Henry.
Hendrickson Publishers. 1991.
Goodreads

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's Commentary on the Whole Bible
by Robert Jamieson, Alexander Cruden & Andrew Robert Fausset.
Zondervan. 1961.
Goodreads

An Exposition of the Old Testament, Vols. I–VI
by John Gill.
Public Domain.
Goodreads

Poor Man's Commentary.
Robert Hawker.
Delmarva Publications. 2013.
Goodreads

Theology

The Cross of Christ.
John R.W. Stott. 2006.
Goodreads

The Death of Death in the Death of Christ.
John Owen.
Banner of Truth. 2007.
Goodreads

No Condemnation in Christ Jesus: As Unfolded in the Eighth Chapter of the Epistle to the Romans.
Octavius Winslow.
Banner of Trust. 1991.
Goodreads

On the Incarnation.
Athanasius of Alexandria.
St. Vladimir's Seminary Press. 1977.
Goodreads

All That Is in God: Evangelical Theology and the Challenge of Classical Christian Theism.
James E. Dolezal.
Reformation Heritage Books. 2017.
Goodreads

Institutes of the Christian Religion: Calvin's Own 'Essentials' Edition.
John Calvin. Robert White (Translator).
Banner of Truth. 2014.
Goodreads

Reformed Dogmatics.
Herman Bavinck, John Bolt (Editor), John Vriend (Translator).
Baker Academic. 2003.
Goodreads

The Wonderful Works of God.
Herman Bavinck.
Westminster Seminary Press. 2019.
Goodreads

Systematic Theology.
Louis Berkhof.
Eerdmans. 1996.
Goodreads

God is Love.
Gerald L. Bray.
Crossway. 2012.
Goodreads

The Existence and Attributes of God, Volume 1-2.
Stephen Charnock, Mark Jones (Editor).
Crossway. 2022.
Goodreads

Systematic Theology.
Charles Hodge.
Hendrickson Academic. 1999.
Goodreads

The Christian Faith: A Systematic Theology for Pilgrims on the Way.
Michael S. Horton.
Zondervan. 2011.
Goodreads

The Complete Works.
John Owen, Lee Gatiss (Series Editor), Shawn D. Wright (Series Editor).
Crossway. 2022.
Goodreads

Knowing God.
J.I. Packer.
Crossway. 2023.
Goodreads

The Works of John Wesley.
John Wesley.
Beacon Hill Press. 1978.
Goodreads