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King David ranks among the most intriguing persons in the Hebrew Bible. The Second Book of Samuel tells the story of David’s kingship-his public successes and his private foibles. The narrator’s rehearsal of this story, as questioning as it is vivid, glimpses the secrets of David’s heart. In this commentary, Craig E. Morrison focuses on the aesthetics of the “art of the telling”: how does the...

in the NRSV) over his people. The title nāgîd appears for the first time in the Bible in 1 Samuel 9:16 when God tells Samuel to anoint the one whom he will present to him as ruler (nāgîd) over Israel. As Samuel anoints Saul in 1 Samuel 10:1, he bestows that title on him (translated “ruler” in the NRSV). Its use in this oracle reminds the reader that God has transferred Saul’s title to David, as David has just reminded his wife Michal (2 Sam 6:21). God informs David that he has been with him on his
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