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First and Second Samuel, KJV
This is a single volume from the complete set of large print individual Bible books available from Sunlight Desktop Publishing (Sunlight Bibles).
"These Bible books are ... perfect for Bible studies." - Darlene Sauber
"The size of the print ... is so easy to read, even at a distance." - Paul Carpenter
About I & II Samuel: 2 books in 1 volume. Samuel is called by God to serve as the last judge in Israel and to anoint its first two kings, Saul and David. The two books follow the lives of these three men.
Large print complete books of First and Second Samuel from the Holy Bible (King James Version, KJV). Printed in clear, large print, the slim size and light weight of this book is easy to hold and carry. It can be used for personal and group Bible studies or given as a gift.
"These Bible books are ... perfect for Bible studies." - Darlene Sauber
"The size of the print ... is so easy to read, even at a distance." - Paul Carpenter
About I & II Samuel: 2 books in 1 volume. Samuel is called by God to serve as the last judge in Israel and to anoint its first two kings, Saul and David. The two books follow the lives of these three men.
Large print complete books of First and Second Samuel from the Holy Bible (King James Version, KJV). Printed in clear, large print, the slim size and light weight of this book is easy to hold and carry. It can be used for personal and group Bible studies or given as a gift.
137 pages, Paperback
First published August 7, 2015
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December 26, 2022
I shall give a full review at a later date.
July 10, 2024
The basis of my study in the book of 1&2 Samuel. Reading through the Old Testament in conjuction with "Through The Word" commentary.
May 24, 2022
First Samuel used to be the book I reread constantly as a kid, in my eagerness to avoid “boring” Bible books yet still be reading the Bible. I wonder how many other Christian kids relate. ;) Consequentially, as a grown up, I tended to view 1 Samuel a little cavalierly—with an “oh I know possibly everything there is to know about it” fashion. There’s nothing more deceptive than that idea when dealing with the Bible. Reading it this year, I was amazed and so encouraged by what I learned through the life of David—and a Bible Study on Saul’s life taught me a lot too. I would love to make a post someday on my blog about what I learned, but here’s a few highlights…
- Samuel had a great testimony before the people, yet somehow his sons didn’t know God and were known as wicked men. This helped lead the people into asking for a King. Yet Samuel did serve God faithfully and was a man of prayer, constantly crying out to God and speaking with Him.
- God had big plans for Saul but he hid in the baggage instead… and didn’t tell anyone about what God was calling him to do. He didn’t wait for God but did the sacrifice himself because he was afraid. He was very controlled by his emotions, slow to act and quick to talk. He didn’t repent and let God’s plan happen, but fought against it instead, and feared the people (and David) over God. He was lost potential—he did some good things, but not as much as he could have, and that’s not what he is remembered for.
- David seems rather brushed aside by his father/siblings, yet he really was a young man of MANY talents. I wonder if he felt sometimes that “man, I’m really not being useful cooped up here in these fields with those stupid sheep,” instead of doing (more) “worthwhile” things like his older brothers. Yet God was using this time to form him into the man he needed to be. It was in the fields that David was prepared for his destiny. It was here that his character was made and his relationship with God cemented. The years of seeming uselessness and retirement were years of careful preparation for a great purpose.
I once horrified a group of friends by saying David wasn’t my favourite Bible character. I retract that statement now. Every time I read his whole story I respect him a little bit more. The life he lived was hard and unjust. He was a good man living a good life, why did he have to suffer this way?
Because God had to refine him and make him better. And his time was not yet come.
That’s just very encouraging to me. <33
Second Samuel is really an encouraging and thought-provoking book. What a story. So joyful, so sad, so powerful. I don’t have words, really. Just the realization that this is the story of a real man with his ups and downs, faults and virtues, well-doing and wrongdoing… yet a man whom God called “after His own heart,” a man whom God praised throughout His entire book…
Seeing David’s everyday life, and how he fell sometimes, but how he always picked himself up and walked with God… that’s encouraging. The Bible doesn’t say David was perfect, it just says he had a heart that was wholly God’s and he walked with the Lord… and man, it just goes to show that if DAVID could do it, with the life he lived, so can I.
- Samuel had a great testimony before the people, yet somehow his sons didn’t know God and were known as wicked men. This helped lead the people into asking for a King. Yet Samuel did serve God faithfully and was a man of prayer, constantly crying out to God and speaking with Him.
- God had big plans for Saul but he hid in the baggage instead… and didn’t tell anyone about what God was calling him to do. He didn’t wait for God but did the sacrifice himself because he was afraid. He was very controlled by his emotions, slow to act and quick to talk. He didn’t repent and let God’s plan happen, but fought against it instead, and feared the people (and David) over God. He was lost potential—he did some good things, but not as much as he could have, and that’s not what he is remembered for.
- David seems rather brushed aside by his father/siblings, yet he really was a young man of MANY talents. I wonder if he felt sometimes that “man, I’m really not being useful cooped up here in these fields with those stupid sheep,” instead of doing (more) “worthwhile” things like his older brothers. Yet God was using this time to form him into the man he needed to be. It was in the fields that David was prepared for his destiny. It was here that his character was made and his relationship with God cemented. The years of seeming uselessness and retirement were years of careful preparation for a great purpose.
I once horrified a group of friends by saying David wasn’t my favourite Bible character. I retract that statement now. Every time I read his whole story I respect him a little bit more. The life he lived was hard and unjust. He was a good man living a good life, why did he have to suffer this way?
Because God had to refine him and make him better. And his time was not yet come.
That’s just very encouraging to me. <33
Second Samuel is really an encouraging and thought-provoking book. What a story. So joyful, so sad, so powerful. I don’t have words, really. Just the realization that this is the story of a real man with his ups and downs, faults and virtues, well-doing and wrongdoing… yet a man whom God called “after His own heart,” a man whom God praised throughout His entire book…
Seeing David’s everyday life, and how he fell sometimes, but how he always picked himself up and walked with God… that’s encouraging. The Bible doesn’t say David was perfect, it just says he had a heart that was wholly God’s and he walked with the Lord… and man, it just goes to show that if DAVID could do it, with the life he lived, so can I.
November 12, 2018
Two books of Israel’s history that take place during the time of Saul and David’s reigns.
It starts with the birth of Samuel who grows to be a great prophet-judge of the Hebrew people. He helps unite the scattered tribes under one king, Saul.
From then on it continues with the history of King Saul’s reign as he fights the Philistines (Israel always seems to be fighting the Philistines) and other enemies of Israel.
Then David enters the picture with his fight with the giant Goliath. Due to Saul’s’ sin of anger, Samuel anoints David replacing Saul as king. David’s reign is littered with conflict also. First running from Saul, then later chasing and running from his own son, Absalom. He has another son by Bathsheba, Solomon who grows up to be one of the wisest and best known kings
There are moments of happiness though. For example: his true friendship with Saul’s son Jonathon.
Footnote: 1) David had a lot of trouble with women. One wife was given to another man, one betrayed him and another made fun of him. He was seduced by another woman, whose husband he then had killed so he could marry her.
Fave scenes: Samuel waking Eli up when God calls him, Jonathon and the arrows, Jonathon’s lame grandson, Mephibosheth and David weeping for his dead son.
It starts with the birth of Samuel who grows to be a great prophet-judge of the Hebrew people. He helps unite the scattered tribes under one king, Saul.
From then on it continues with the history of King Saul’s reign as he fights the Philistines (Israel always seems to be fighting the Philistines) and other enemies of Israel.
Then David enters the picture with his fight with the giant Goliath. Due to Saul’s’ sin of anger, Samuel anoints David replacing Saul as king. David’s reign is littered with conflict also. First running from Saul, then later chasing and running from his own son, Absalom. He has another son by Bathsheba, Solomon who grows up to be one of the wisest and best known kings
There are moments of happiness though. For example: his true friendship with Saul’s son Jonathon.
Footnote: 1) David had a lot of trouble with women. One wife was given to another man, one betrayed him and another made fun of him. He was seduced by another woman, whose husband he then had killed so he could marry her.
Fave scenes: Samuel waking Eli up when God calls him, Jonathon and the arrows, Jonathon’s lame grandson, Mephibosheth and David weeping for his dead son.
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