I have found either the NIV Application Commentary Series on Judges/Ruth by Zondervan or the Expositor’s Bible Commentary on Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, 1 & 2 Samuel also by Zondervan to be quite helpful. However, if you are not an NIV fan, then there is always the great Matthew Henry.

http://www.ccel.org/ccel/henry/mhc2.vii.i.html

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Jeff Wyman
Seminarian
Little Farms Chapel OPC, Coopersville, MI
Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, MI

"May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence." 1 Peter 1:2-3 (ESV)