In this commentary, now available 
in a new casebound edition, 
internationally-renowned scholar Hans 
Wilhelm Hertzberg probes the 
theological core of the narratives of 
Samuel, Saul, and David. Hertzberg 
writes with such grace and vigor that 
the reader is both charmed and 
instructed. 
The Old Testament 
Library provides fresh and authoritative 
reatments of important aspects of Old 
Testament study through 
commentaries and general surveys. 
The contributors are scholars of 
international standing.
Hans Wilhelm 
Hertzberg was 
Professor of Old Testament 
at the University of Kiel in 
Germany.