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Building off his monumental commentary on 1 Samuel, Andrew Steinmann continues his work on this single Hebrew book with the Concordia Commentary on 2 Samuel. The Book of 2 Samuel begins with David being made King of Judah and then walks through his reign—including his defeat of the Philistines, his sins of adultery and murder, and the threats against his life. Throughout the narrative of David’s...

There is one point Yahweh made about his work in David’s life that is not explicit in his recapitulation of Israel’s history: God cut off David’s enemies.32 The unstated parallel is that in cutting off David’s enemies, God was also delivering Israel from oppressors (see 7:10b–11a). Yahweh then moved on to four promises to David (7:9b–16): 1. He would give David “a great name” (7:9b). 2. Yahweh would “appoint a place” for Israel, where his people and David would have no fear of enemies (7:10–11a).
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