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II Samuel: A New Translation with Introduction, Notes and Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

II Samuel completes P. Kyle McCarter, Jr.’s study of the book of Samuel. In this volume, McCarter continues the discussion of textual and literary sources as they relate to a reconstruction of historical events. A key issue for McCarter is accounting for the historical circumstances that led to the composition of the book of Samuel. In dialogue with major schools of thought pertaining to the...

must have maintained a fierce loyalty to the house of Saul. Our Machir is likely to have shared this sentiment, and it is not surprising to find him harboring the Saulid scion Meribbaal. Nevertheless, Machir will eventually become a supporter of David (17:27). Was he won over by David’s “loyalty” to Meribbaal (cf. Sakenfeld 1978:89 n. 114), or is David’s surprising support in Transjordan to be explained in some other way? See the COMMENT on § XX. Lo-debar. A city in northern Transjordan, possibly
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