Annotated Sacred Book of Kings-1

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In this student-friendly, annotated and illustrated presentation of the Sacred text of First Kings, the student becomes familiar with: Anna who is barren and conceives a son, Samuel; Anna presents him to God according to her vow; the wicked sons of the priest Heli, who is slain by God; the Israelites sadly reject God as their King, and demand a human king; Samuel anoints Saul as the anointed King; Saul’s disobedience to the Lord; David is anointed King; he kills the Philistine Goliath; King Saul’s envy of David and his design to murder David; David refuses to kill Saul even when an opportunity arises; the Israelites are defeated by the Philistines.

All the books of Sacred Scripture that Christ the King Books publishes include student-friendly annotations, images, and illustrations to aid in the understanding of difficult passages. The text of our annotated Scriptures is that of the Douay-Rheims English translation. This is in turn a faithful translation of St. Jerome’s Latin Vulgate Bible, which is the only translation guaranteed by the Church to be free from doctrinal and moral errors.