Excerpt from The Bible for Home and School: A Commentary on the First Book of Samuel The bible for home and school is intended to place the results of the best modern biblical scholarship at the disposal of the general reader. It does not seek to dupli cate other commentaries to Which the student must turn. Its chief characteristics are (0) its rigid exclusion of all processes, both critical and exegetical, from its notes; (6) its presupposition and its use of the assured results of historical investigation and criticism Wherever such results throw light on the biblical text; (0) its running analysis both in text and comment; (d) its brief explana tory notes adapted to the rapid reader; (3) its thorough but brief Introductions, (f) its use of the Revised Version of 1881, supplemented With all important renderings in other versions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.