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Score	Author	Title	Series	Year
84.310010	Bergen, Robert D.	1, 2 Samuel	NAC	1996
78.81005	Tsumura, David Toshio	The First Book of Samuel	NICOT	2007
78.71005	McCarter, P. Kyle	II Samuel	AB	1984
78.71005	Baldwin, Joyce	1 and 2 Samuel: An Introduction and Commentary	TOTC	2008
78.21005	Arnold, Bill T.	1 & 2 Samuel	NIVAC	2003
78.01002	McCarter, P. Kyle	I Samuel	AB	1995
77.71002	Davis, Dale Ralph	1 Samuel	FB	2000
77.41001	Davis, Dale Ralph	2 Samuel	FB	1999
76.91004	Klein, Ralph W.	1 Samuel	WBC	1983
76.81005	Brueggemann, Walter	First and Second Samuel	INT	1990
76.21003	Anderson, A.A.	2 Samuel	WBC	1989
76.21001	Leithart, Peter J.	A Son to Me: An Exposition of 1 & 2 Samuel		2003
75.61001	Alter, Robert	The David Story: A Translation with Commentary of 1 and 2 Samuel		2000
75.31001	Nelson, Richard D.	The Historical Books	IBT	1998
74.71003	Gordon, Robert P.	1 & 2 Samuel	OTG	1984
74.61003	Evans, Mary J.	The Message of Samuel	BST	2004
74.41003	Evans, Mary J.	1 & 2 Samuel	UBOT	2000
74.21002	Youngblood, Ronald F.	1, 2 Samuel	EBC	1992
74.11003	Campbell, Antony F.	1 Samuel	FOTL	2003
74.11003	Campbell, Antony F.	2 Samuel	FOTL	2005
73.81000	Laney, J. Carl	First and Second Samuel	EvBC	1982
72.71002	Smith, Henry P.	Samuel I and II	ICC	1898
72.41001	Fokkelman, J. P.	Narrative Art and Poetry in the Books of Samuel		1993
72.41004	Jobling, David	1 Samuel	BO	1998
70.91001	Firth, David	1 & 2 Samuel	AOT	2009
70.31001	Gordon, Robert P.	I & II Samuel		1986
66.21001	Cartledge, Tony W.	1 & 2 Samuel	SH	2001
1000	Phillips, Richard D.	1 Samuel	REC	2012
1000	Weinberger, Yosef	Shmuel I: I Samuel	ART	2011
1000	W. H. van Wijk-Bos, Johanna	Reading Samuel: A Literary and Theological Commentary	RTOTNT	2012
1000	Chisholm, Jr., Robert B.	1 & 2 Samuel	TTT	2013
1000	Magennis, Feidhlimidh T.	First and Second Samuel	NCBS	2011
1000	Utley, Bob	1/2 Samuel	FBC
1000	Chisholm, Jr., Robert B.	1 & 2 Samuel	TTT	2013
1000	Birch, Bruce C.	1/2 Samuel	NIB	1998
1000	Woodhouse, John	1 Samuel: Looking for a Leader	PtW	2008
1000	Keddie, J.; Keddie, Gordon J.	Dawn of a Kingdom, The message of 1 Samuel	WCS	1993
1000	Keddie, Gordon J.	Triumph of the King, The message of 2 Samuel	WCS	1993
1000	Payne, David F.	I and II Samuel	DSB	2006
1000	Peterson, Eugene H.	First and Second Samuel	WeBC	1999
1000	Wilson, Charles R.	Joshua–Esther (Vol. 1, Part 2)	WesBC	1967
1000	Goldman, Shalom; Rosenberg, A. J.; Oratz, E.	1 & 2 Samuel	SBB	1949
1000	Purkiser, W. T.; Finney, Charles G.; Mulder, Chester O.; Ridall, R. Clyde; Sawyer, Robert; Demaray, C. E.	Joshua through Esther	BBC	1965
1000	Ackroyd, Peter A.	The Second Book of Samuel	CBCOT	1977
1000	Ackroyd, Peter A.	The First Book of Samuel	CBCOT	1971
1000	Merrill, Eugene H.	1 Samuel		1985
1000	Merrill, Eugene H.	2 Samuel		1985
1000	Robinson, Gnana	Let Us be Like the Nations	ITC	1993
1000	Smith, James E.	1 & 2 Samuel	CPNIV	2000
1000	Keil, C. F.; Delitzsch, Franz	Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel	COT	2006
1000	Mills, Watson E.; Wilson, Richard F.	History of Israel	MCB	1998
1000	Murphy, Francesca Aran	1 Samuel	BTC	2010
1000	Auld, A. Graeme	First and Second Samuel: A Commentary	OTL	2011
1000	Omanson, Roger; Ellington, John	A Handbook on the First and Second Books of Samuel	UBS	2001
1000	Vannoy, J. Robert	1 & 2 Samuel	CBC	2009
1000	Wiersbe, Warren W.	Be Restored (2 Samuel): Trusting God to See Us Through (The BE Series Commentary)	BE	2010
1000	Wiersbe, Warren W.	Be Successful (1 Samuel): Attaining Wealth That Money Can't Buy (The BE Series Commentary)	BE	2010
1000	Hertzberg, Hans Wilhelm	I and II Samuel	OTL	1965
1000	Chafin, Kenneth	1 & 2 Samuel	TPC	2002
1000	Franke, John R.	Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1-2 Samuel	ACCS	2005
1000	Youngblood, Ronald F.	1/2 Samuel	REBC	2010
1000	Andrews, Stephen J.; Bergen, Robert D.	1, 2 Samuel	HOTC	2009

Forthcoming Commentaries

?	Tsumura, David Toshio	2 Samuel
?	Viberg, Ake	1 Samuel
?	Auld, A. Graeme	1/2 Samuel
?	Hunziker-Rodewald, Regine	1. Sam 1–15
?	Klein, Johannes	1. Sam 16 – 2. Sam 5
?	Naumann, Thomas	2. Sam 6–24
?	Greear, J. D.; Thomas, Heath	1/2 Samuel
?	Block, Daniel I.	Samuel
?	Gunn, David M.	1/2 Samuel
?	Jensen, David	1/2 Samuel
?	Mellish, Kevin J.	1 & 2 Samuel
?	Cooper, Derek	1 & 2 Samuel, 1 & 2 Kings, 1 & 2 Chronicles
2014	Hoffner, Harry	1 & 2 Samuel

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