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Titles and Division of the Books, The two Books of Samuel, like the two Books of Kings, originally formed one book. The Septuagint translators, regarding the Book of Samuel and the Book of Kings as a complete History of the Kingdom from its foundation to its fall, divided the work into four books, which they styled Books of the Kingdoms. Jerome followed this division in the Vulgate, altering the name to Books of the Kings, which is retained as an alternative title in the Authorised Version. 2. Meaning of the Title. The title Samuel does not denote authorship, but like the titles Joshua, Euth, and Esther, commemorates the prominent actor in the events recorded in the book. It stands as a monument of the greatness of the Prophet who was Jehovah sinstrument for establishing the Kingdom of I srael, and guiding tbfe chosen people through a crisis in its history second in importance only to the Exodus. The book begins with the account of his birth: and his direct influence extends to the close of it, in the reign of the king whom he anointed as Jehovah schoice. The Second Book of Samuel must seem a strange title for a book of which not a line was written by Samuel, and in which his name is not once mentioned, unless we remember (1) that the division of the book into two parts is not original, (2) that Samuel sdirect work really reaches all through the book. 3. Who icas the author of the Book of Samuel? To this question no answer can be given. It is generally agreed that the book is a compilation from different sources, but who was the compiler there is no evidence to shew. 4. What then were these sources ?(a) Histories written by the prophets of the time.
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