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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...

Sometime between 997 BC and 980 BC10 The chapter begins with a new chronological notice (21:1) that also serves to separate this final section of 2 Samuel (chapters 21–24) from the previous one (9:1–20:26). From 9:1 to 20:22 the material is arranged in chronological order,11 with 20:23–26 serving as an appendix. The chronological information in 21:1 takes the reader back in time to some unspecified three-year period during David’s reign. The author emphasizes that
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