名句節選: For this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'The jar of flour will not be used up and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD gives rain on the land.' (1Ka. 17:14) 因為耶和華以色列的 神如此說、罈內的麵必不減少、瓶裡的油必不缺短、直到耶和華使雨降在地上的日子。 (列上 第十七章第十四節)
So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours? (1Ka. 3:9)
範圍: 1 Samuel 9:15-17 撒母耳記上第九章第十五節~十七節 1 Samuel 17:4-16
撒母耳記上第十七章第四節~十六節
1 Samuel 17:23-27 撒母耳記上第十七章第廿三節~廿七節
1 Samuel 17:32-40 撒母耳記上第十七章第卅二節~四十節
1 Samuel 17:48-51
撒母耳記上第十七章第四十八節~五十一節
名句節選: The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and the paw of the bear will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine." Saul said to David, "Go, and the LORD be with you." (1Sa. 17:37) 大衛又說、耶和華救我脫離獅子和熊的爪、也必救我脫離這非利士人的手。掃羅對大衛說、你可以去罷.耶和華必與你同在。 (撒上 第十七章第卅七節)
Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. (Ru. 1:16-17).
So he told her everything. "No razor has ever been used on my head," he said, "because I have been a Nazirite set apart to God since birth. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as any other man" (Jdg. 16:17).
為適應傳達神諭的特定內容需要,"先知文學"都以啟示體裁寫成。在表現手法上,"先知文學"常用異象、寓言故事和象徵來深入淺出地闡明奧妙的道理。比較常見的文體有詩文相間的特色,敘事、描寫時用一般散文體,抒情、議論時轉而為詩。其中,Book of Joel (約珥書), Book of Obadiah (俄巴底亞書), Book of Nahum (那鴻書)等某些卷籍完全是詩體。同時,由於各書的寫作時間不同,在結構上往往缺乏連貫性。