The Books of Samuel 2 - Radical Bible

Jonathan and Michal plot to deceive their father (chart from Jonathan Jacobs, JPG)
[source: Bodner, Keith and Benjamin JM Johnson, eds. Characters and Characterization on the Book of Samuel (London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020)]

S3E74: Michal saves David from her father Saul
(1 Samuel 19.8-18)

Saul’s evil spirit and his spear (PDF)

Laban and his daughters: an allegory of the monarchy (PDF)

S3E75: Is Saul also among the prophets?" (1 Samuel 19.18-24)

“Is Saul among the prophets?” 1 Samuel 10.9-13 and 19.20-24 (PDF)

S3E76: Jonathan and David conspire against Saul, part 1 (1 Samuel 20.1-10)

1 Samuel 20 key words (PDF)

David’s “What have I done?” throughout 1 Samuel (PDF)

S3E77: Jonathan vows to side with David against his father (1 Samuel 20.11-17)

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S3E78: Jonathan's pointed plan to save David from Saul (1 Samuel 20.18-24a)

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S3E79: Jonathan's face off with his father the king (1 Samuel 20.24b-34)

“Establishing the kingdom” in Samuel/Kings

S3E80: the slings and arrows of shifting monarchy (1 Samuel 20.35-42)

Arrows in the Deuternomistic History (PDF)

1 Samuel 20.19-22 and 20.35-38 compared (PDF)

S3E81: David comes to Nob, to the priest, Ahimelech (1 Samuel 21.1-2)

1 Samuel 21-23 scenes (PDF)

Some questions in interpreting 1 Samuel 21-22 (PDF)

Rumors and indirect communication in 1 Samuel 21-26 (PDF)

S3E82: Bread and sword (1 Samuel 21.3-10)

“Under the hand”: some examples in the Hebrew Bible (PDF)

1 Samuel 21.3-9 key words (PDF)

S3E83: David plays the madman (1 Samuel 21.10-15)

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S3E84: David gathers the marginalized
(1 Samuel 22.1-5)

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S3E85: Royal paranoia, royal treachery
(1 Samuel 22.6-10)

1 Samuel 22 key words (PDF)

1 Samuel 22 chiasms (PDF)

S3E86: Ahimelech's brave, bold witness
(1 Samuel 22.11-16)

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S3E87: The Priest Martyrs of Nob
(1 Samuel 22.17-23)

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S3E88: Saving Keilah from Philistines, saving David from Saul (1 Samuel 23.1-13)

1 Samuel 23 key words (PDF)

S3E89: David's and Jonathan's final encounter
(1 Samuel 23.14-18)

1 Samuel 23.14-18 chiasms and Jonathan’s bond with David (PDF)

S3E90: Saul chases David into the desert
(1 Samuel 23.19-29)

Hebrew chml (“to spare” or “to have compassion”) in Samuel (PDF)

S3E91: Introduction to 1 Samuel 24-26

1 Samuel 24 and 26 compared (PDF)

Verbal links between 1 Samuel 25 and 1 Samuel 24/26 (PDF)

C. Edenburg chart on similarities between 1 Samuel 24 and 26 (PDF).

from Cynthia Edenburg (1998): “How (not ) to murder a king:
Variations on a theme in 1 Sam 24; 26,” Scandinavian Journal of t he Old
Testament : An International Journal of Nordic Theology, 12:1, 64-85

Verbal links between 1 Samuel 25 and the Jacob/Laban story (PDF)